Ask a University Student Thread.

[funxus]

In response to Dawgphood001's post:

Living in a dorm with 11 others, loving it, 2 of them have become really good friends since we moved in. I work extra in a bar and in a pub, they pay about $5 before tax, but it's pretty fun and you meet a lot of new people (and cute girls flirt with you ). I study engineering physics and atm we're taking electromagnetism, ODE, linear algebra and programming. Don't know about my teachers, never met them, but from others I hear that most of them are snowed-in and asocial. I love uni life style, a lot of partying (at good and cheap places), time to travel, studies are interesting and I rarely have to get up early in the morning.

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

God no!

What do you think this is? The Ritz?

Yeah I don't have AC either. It isn't too bad except my computer overheats.

 

[sysyphus]

University? I thought you were at RMC.

 

[Goonie]

University? I thought you were at RMC.

HAH!(see post #14)

Western grad?

edit: p.s love your sig.

 

[Markus6]

I want in, from a slightly different angle:

How big is your dorm?

15-25 square metres, depending on what room you get

How much do you like your dorm/housing?

At the moment I love it. Ensuite bath room with bath and shower, dark wood panelled walls with fireplace, newly refurbished. It's basically a 5 star hotel room.

Do you have a part time job? If so what?

Nope we're not allowed to get jobs. I work with a marine engineering company during the summer hols though.

What courses are you taking?

Engineering, the first two year were general, I have now specialised into civil and structural.

What university do you attend?

Cambridge

Are your teachers douchebags?

I don't know what one of those is. The lecturers, supervisors and fellows here can be a bit unique sometimes though.

How many roommates do you have? Are they cool?

None, N/A

Do you like the college lifestyle?

I don't really like the work bit, the rest is amazing

I don't have A/C, I'm in England...

 

[Snow]

Did any of you find it difficult to pay for college? I'm from a fairly low income family so I can't expect much help from them. I know of FAFSA but I'm sure that won't cover everything.

How much do you expect to be in debt by the time you leave college? What's a normal amount?

 

[Goonie]

Where in the United States are you?

I would suggest coming to a Canadian school (go Queen's!), seeing as even international tuition is much cheaper than most American schools. Does your state have a well funded state college system? If so that might be a good bet as well.

Luckily I have a scholarship that covers my tuition, so I will be debt free upon leaving school.

 

[Snow]

I live in Kentucky. The best school's in this state are The University of Kentucky and University of Louisville, both are somewhat affordable for me because of my families state taxes which gets me a reduced tuition.

However I don't I want to go to those schools, I think I'm capable of being accepted into better schools. I'm worried about how I'll pay for them is all.

I never thought about going to a school out of the US. Seems like an awful long distance from home, and wouldn't I need to become a Canadian citizen to do so? I'm not going to rule it out though, but because I know nothing of the process I would need to take to do so it seems a little daunting.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

How big is your dorm?

Not in one, live at the grandparents house, close to campus, and I don't have to pay to rent it

How much do you like your dorm/housing?

Grandparents have an excellent stock of the hard stuff in the basement (vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, scotch, etc) They are also loaded to the gills with beer.

Do you have a part time job? If so what?

Yes, baitshop attendant. Sell lots of bait and licenses to lots of fishermen.

What courses are you taking?

PC Troubleshooting Beginning, Intro to College Math, Systems Analysis and Design, Word Intermediate, Excel Intermediate, and PowerPoint Beginning. (This is my first year, and these are all required).

What university do you attend?

Not a university, Mid-State Technical College in Wisconsin. Better learning environment, no BS electives just courses directly related to your field of study, small class size, excellent equipment in the computer labs, lenient teachers, many age groups, the cosmetology dept students are extremely hot

Are your teachers douchebags?

I hated my Programming Logic teacher, but that I know it wasn't personality-wise, she just wanted me to succeed. And another teacher's comments are very insulting(which she thinks aren't). She says several things I'm doing are rude, and lets the whole class know that what I'm doing is rude. Puts me on the spot, I've several times thought of telling her off, but I'm a student in several of her classes, so probably not a good idea.

How many roommates do you have? Are they cool?

Again, I'm at my grandparents house, my grandma is a hardline Catholic and Democrat :thumbdown , and I'm a hardline athiest and Republican . We have our squabbles, but generally we get along, just don't sit both of us in front of a talkshow (like Oprah or Dr. Phil), one time I swear we were a hair away from coming to blows (she would've lost...badly). My grandpa is cool, he's a Dem also, but he is a person that thinks logically. If you have an intelligent argument and prove a good point, he'll accept it, even if he doesn't like it. We have almost identical interests, he lets me go fishing with him (he has freakin awesome equipment) and in return I fix his computer whenever one of them breaks it or problems arise. He also doesn't complain about me drinking, he joins me!

Do you like the college lifestyle?

Though I would like to be making some cash, the college lifestyle is still pretty cool. So yes I like it.

 

[Goonie]

I live in Kentucky. The best school's in this state are The University of Kentucky and University of Louisville, both are somewhat affordable for me because of my families state taxes which gets me a reduced tuition.

However I don't I want to go to those schools, I think I'm capable of being accepted into better schools. I'm worried about how I'll pay for them is all.

I never thought about going to a school out of the US. Seems like an awful long distance from home, and wouldn't I need to become a Canadian citizen to do so? I'm not going to rule it out though, but because I know nothing of the process I would need to take to do so it seems a little daunting.

You would not need to get Canadian citizenship.

Take a look. http://www.queensu.ca/quic/intlstu/index.htm .

Once you are away from home, does it really matter if it is 200 or 500 kilometers?

 

[Abaddon]

I think it's been at least a year, possibly two, since I made a thread.

Pity we already had this thread twice then!

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[georyan]

Sorry Abaddon, it seemed like this would be an easier thread to post in if one is new to the forum.

I guess I'll add my responses to the pool. It's interesting to see how univerisities vary in differing locales.

My dorm was nearly 12x12 with a bathroom shared by the room next door. The walls were concrete and white, the beds were designed with the option of stacking them and a pullout couch, desks, and stackable shelves came with the room. Next year I move down the hall but the room will look the same.

How much do you like your dorm/housing?
The housing is basic, the dorm is huge (+1,000 people) but it has classrooms and labs in it, so for some intro classes I had a couple minute walk. I like it, I live with intellegent (mostly) and interesting people.

Do you have a part time job? If so what?
I helped a professor with research in a physics lab. Didn't do much though, really just learning the programming needed for analyzing experiment results. Not really a job either, more of an activity with a stipend cause they didn't pay much and I didn't have set hours, just had to do the work.

What courses are you taking?
I'm attempting to major in astrophysics so I took lots of science and math classes for my first year. I did take a cognitive psych, that was my only non-science and math. I have a history and philosophy of sci next year as well.

What university do you attend?
I go to Michigan State Uni. It's a huge public university in the US. Large public schools often do lots of recruiting for honors students because they both have the means and the need (to compete with the smaller private schools in the US that honors students often apply to), so it seems to me at least. A good plan for any student whose got nice grades and test scores is to check out some of these school, MSU is very nice to out of state kids in the honors college for example.

Are your teachers douchebags?
None of them were, some were very tough. One was scary when we did exams-I've never seen a person so happy. But they were all nice people, I'm lucky.

How many roommates do you have? Are they cool?
This year I had one. He was a genius who abused the American college system. By this I mean that he took lots of classes in high school that allowed him to get credit for university classes and also took college classes in high school so that he came in as a third year student in credits. He'll finish in three years with three majors and maybe a masters. His sister is at Oxford for graduate studies, I don't know what college though.

Do you like the college lifestyle?
College is lots of work, but there are many interesting people, many interesting classes, and lots of activities to go to. There is a school of music at my university and students can go free to the concerts they perform, so I've had the chance to go to many wonderful productions, when I've had the time.

Sorry if that was long, I don mean to display a perception that everyone cares to know so much about me, but I've been verbose all my life and no teacher has done a complete job of ridding me of the habit.

 

[Goonie]

Pity we already had this thread twice then!

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