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Let's get one of these threads going...
Pic fucking related

>> No.2836834

>What I studied
Science.

>What I expected
Science.

>What I got
School.

>> No.2836840

>What I studied
Science.

>What I expected
Pharmacy.

>What I got
Pharmacy.

>> No.2836841

>What I studied
E-Commerce.

>What I expected
Serious Business.

>What I got
Theoretical shit.

>> No.2836842
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>> No.2836847

You faggots don't even link a template.

>> No.2836850
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>what I studied
Synthetic biology

>what I expected
madscientist.jpg

>what I got
madscientist.jpg

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obligatory

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>> No.2836872

For the love of god more!

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Related as fuck.

>> No.2836875

I don't have the template, so I'll just green text it.

What I studied:
>Biochemistry

What I expected:
>Zerg

What I got:
>Studying DNA

>> No.2836876

>>2836874

Also, OC and shit.

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>> No.2836883

>what I'm studying
Biochemistry

>what I expected at the grad level:
Actual science, problem solving for real solutions

>what I got:
azn PhD's bickering about inane shit, slow progress if any.

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>>2836874

I have a similar one saved from a thread ages ago, pic related.

>> No.2836901

>What I studied
Biology.

>What I expected
Science.

>What I got
Science and research on things few have done before.

>everythingwentbetter.jpg

>> No.2836907
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<Not OC but so true from the couple of philosophy classes i've taken.

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>> No.2836911

>>2836907

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope

The glorious father of trolling. Summon His name before any trolling endeavors.

>> No.2836925

what i studied
> medicine

what i expected
> don't know

what i got
> depression

>> No.2836953
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2836953

>What I studied
Economics

>What I expected
Job security

>What I got
Gentlemen, how do we save the world?

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yup

>> No.2836960

>>2836953

Wait, did your teacher say this ? Dat plagiarism.

It's MY joke : opening my classes with ... "In this next episode of how to fix all the world's problems in two hours..."

>> No.2836963

>>2836953
>Gentlemen, how do we pave the world?

ftfy

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>> No.2836995

>>2836911
Oh god thank you, I haven't stopped laughing from reading the wiki article on him

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I think i'm going to drop out.

>> No.2837035
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>Taking my 4th fucking Geotechnical class
>Still sore from hand augering on Saturday
>"By the way, nobody actually does this in real life lolololol"

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>>2836847

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>> No.2837229

>What I studied
Biochemistry

>What I Expected
Working with cool machines and understanding how they work and finding out more about how life works on the molecular level.

>What I got
Putting chicken meat in a blender.

>> No.2837235

>What I studied
Biology

>What I expected
interesting animals/plants/bacteria, DNA, cloning, biotechnology

>What I got
pre-med

>> No.2837242

>>2837189
I had to take a "logic" course for an elective. I know what you mean. I put "logic" in parentheses because it really had nothing to do with it. It wasn't all what i expected it to be. Just a bunch of philofags that wanted to troll each other.

>> No.2837246

What I studied
>Computer Science
What I expected
>studying and researching AI and quantam computing and such
What I got
>Database programming and management at generic office building #13215415145

>> No.2837254

>>2837242
At least logic is one of the more sensible fields of philosophy outside of math and such.

>> No.2837258

>>2836861
what's that Templar (?) pic? is kinda badass looking.

>> No.2837266

>What I studied
Chemistry

>What I expected
Molecular pathways and applied stuff

>What I got
Guassians. Gaussians Everywhere.

>> No.2837280

>>2837242
>""
>parentheses

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>> No.2837364

So fucking glad I dropped Mechanical Engineering for Computer Science.

>> No.2837371

Any more electrical engineering

>> No.2837400

I'm interested in Chemistry. Would you guys say it is better to study straight chemistry, or to specialize it and go with chemical engineering? I feel like engineering would leave me with more stable and available job prospects, while with straight chemistry I might end up teaching high school if I can't enter another career (while it is an incredibly important and noble profession, I have no desire to be a teacher).

>> No.2837411

>>2837400
>chemistry or chem-e
chem-e, chem-e, chem-e omg chem-e

do chem-e if you want to make an assload of money and have fun

do chemistry if you want to go into pure chemistry and get a Ph.D. (yawn)

>> No.2837429

>>2837411
Anyone with any experience beyond middle school want to answer this question?

>> No.2837449

>>2837429
hey faggot im in undergrad (studying math & cs, but i have a general idea of the other majors around me)

chemistry alone is gay; you'll never make any money beyond $25k with a chem degree. with a chem-e degree, you make $80k just starting out.

>> No.2837450

>What I studied
Computer Science

>What I expected
Solutions

>What I got
Problems and Segfaults

>> No.2837451

>>2837429

He pretty much summed it up how it is. You aren't going to get that far out of high school with that attitude.
http://www.reddit.com/r/chemistry/
If you need to be spoonfed like a little baby here is your answer:
http://www.reddit.com/r/chemistry/comments/gifuo/chem_or_cheme/

>> No.2837454

>>2837429
that guy answered it pretty good
engineering is where the money is, but you can get the same job with any chemistry degree,

>> No.2837468

>>2837429
>>2837451
>omg
>get a Ph.D. (yawn)
Forgive me for not taking this faggot seriously.

>> No.2837481

>>2837468
hey faggot i wasn't referring to _all_ ph.d.s, just ones in chemistry. that's just my personal opinion i interjected with parentheses.

personally, i would like to get a ph.d. in cs, but i will have to weigh it against job prospects once I graduate. i have nothing against ph.d.s, even ones in chemistry. i just think it would be exceedingly boring--just my .2

>> No.2837482

bump for justice

>> No.2837509

Any websites where you can see what the credentials were like for students admitted to certain schools?

>> No.2837584

>>2837509
I have a tool called naviance.

Ask away.

>> No.2837602

>>2837584
Even with Google I'm not quite sure what that is, but I've been looking at Waterloo and McGill for chem e.

>> No.2837620

>>2837602
Sorry, really only limited to US colleges, sorry :(

>> No.2837623

>>2837620
Thanks anyway.

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I couldn't find the image of the professor crossing out the words 'computer' and 'science'

>> No.2837694

>>2837602

Queens also has a good chem. e program.

>> No.2837718

>>2837688
It gets better man, I used to feel the same way. If you want to challenge yourself in the field you can, but everybody has to start out with basic OO and algebra.

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>Major in neuroscience+Computer science
>minor in philosophy
>Become a god.

you jelly?

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>>2837755

>forget to crop paint image
>even gods make mistakes

>> No.2837804

>>2837602

I'm at waterloo right now for chem eng, can answer any questions

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>>2837769

>problem of evil
>solved
>mfw

>> No.2837863

>>2837602
In Canada what university you go to does not increase your chances at anything.

Carleton university has a Chem E program that's just as good as mcgill or waterloo.

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fml

>> No.2837895

>>2837875
care to elaborate?

aren't you learning how everything works?

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>What I studied
Psychology

>What I expected
being able to conduct questionably ethical human experiments, like Milgram or Zimbardo

>What I got
Developmental Psychobiology
I experiment on quail neonates, I'm a total chick magnet

>> No.2837934

>>2837873
>>2837769

I think the real lesson of this thread is you should all major in neuroscience

>> No.2837941

>>2837895
I'm too stupid for all the math and I still dont get the thing about centrifugal force and centripetal force ._.

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>>2837941
>centripetal force

>> No.2837990

>>2837948

inb4 xkcd

>> No.2837992

>>2837934

/truth

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Le sigh.

>> No.2838051

>>2836861
lol i dont get it

>> No.2838060

>>2838017

That's why I changed

>> No.2838063

>>2838060
to what?

>> No.2838097

>>2838063

History...

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>>2838097
GTFO

>> No.2838118
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I like this thread.

>> No.2838123

>>2838097
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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>>2838111

>> No.2838138

>>2837900
>psychology
>I experiment

whateveryousaytim.jpg

>> No.2838166

I took a class in linguistics as an elective. I thought it would be really classy, that we'd be talking about literature, history and etymology but it turned out to be actual science with electrodes, clinical studies and shit. Who woulda thought?

>> No.2838168

>>2838111
What's wrong with History?
I'm majoring in physics, yet i enjoy History.
Law is worse

>> No.2838173

>>2837022
if you're going electrical engineering why are you doing [what looks like] truss problems from statics

>> No.2838176

>>2837934
>Interested in psychology.
>Target university has biopsychology or behavioural neuroscience majors.
>Most interdisciplinary field about behavior and biology.
>Good to know,

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>>2837875
"This is trivial"

Dammit, I hear that during every lecture, at least 3 times/hour, I rage/laugh every single time.

>> No.2838189

>>2837875
haha true fucking story

>> No.2838207

>>2838181
It can easily be shown that...

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>>2838181
I don't get the joke

>> No.2838258

>>2838207
For me, the worst:

"It is left as an exercise for the reader..."

To stay semi in-line with the thread:

What I studied:
> Mechanical Engineering, then Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D.)

What I expected:
> Here's some cool stuff about how things work, now here's some more cool stuff and why

What I got:
> Here's some cool stuff about how things work, now do 5 years of slightly different interpretations on inhomogeneous wave/heat equation PDE's and don't forget that in the real world you will do all this work only to have the guy in the machine shop give it a look and then built it from his gut feeling.
Oh, and while we have your attention, you can have imaginary and negative damping.

>> No.2838262

>>2836830
mechanical engineering major here

OP's pic is so true

>> No.2838302

>What I studied
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

>What I expected
Designer babies

>What I got
Dilutions of LDH

>> No.2838313
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>>2838207
Even more funny in descriptive/metric geometry:

Teacher is going to solve a complex problem:
Draws 6 lines on the analysis figure. Doesn't say a single word.
"Well, so the problem ... is solved."
>mfw

>> No.2838352

>>2838258

Holy shit I am not the only one here getting a PhD in mechanical engineering?

I am second year.

>> No.2838475

I took a course where Physics/Mathematics are joined together and we gets to pick one of them after first year.

what do after i pick physics? I want play with space physics or flight physics, maybe work in flight industry/research if able to. Where should i look forward?

>> No.2838493

/sci/, which should I go with, Computer Engineering or Computer Science?

>> No.2838497

>>2838493

what do you want to work with?

>> No.2838510

>>2838497

Computers.

Sorry, but you left yourself wide open to that one.

Really, I want to be more on the hardware end of computers, so I thought computer engineering would be better for me. Am I right?

>> No.2838514

>>2836830

That pic, but I expected to be Batman.

>> No.2838526

>>2838510
If you want to work with hardware study electrical engineering and focus on computer chips and circuits. Study programming as well, maybe computer science. Dual comp sci and EE would make you a god. Work for Nvidia making the hottest new generation of graphics cards.

>> No.2838538

>>2838526
fuck me like a flapper and call me cow cheese!

>> No.2838541

>>2837182
i'm interested in aerospace engineering, but is it really like that?

>> No.2838542

>>2838302

where do you study?

>> No.2838548

>>2838526
>hottest
i see what you did there

>> No.2838558

>>2838526

Thanks for the help. I think I'll do that.

>> No.2838587

God damn't I have one more year of mechanical engineering.....and you make me not want to finish

>> No.2838606

>>2836982
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>> No.2838612

>>2838541


Most definitely.

>> No.2838637

>>2838612
and there goes my dream of building a spacecraft

>> No.2838645

>>2836953

lol

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>> No.2838678

Any statistics majors that wanna make one of these pics? I'm curious

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>> No.2838747

>>2838660
how's it feel that us compsci gods are going to automate your profession out of existence?

>like a boss

>> No.2838755

>>2838747
you'll just make our lives easier, if anything

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>> No.2838921

>>2838747
I mean, long term, that's true of every profession except mechanical engineering and academia.

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>> No.2838963

>>2838747
How does it feel that professionals in your field are worth a dime a dozen?

>> No.2838991

>>2838939
>easy work
>imokwiththis.jpg

>> No.2839017

>>2837182
black prophecy is shit but it looks so beautiful

>> No.2839028

>>2838963
don't you mean "a diamond dozen?"

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>>2837755
the only reason I did'n go to neuroscience is the boring psicology/patologies part that has in the course

>> No.2839139

What can I say:
There are a shits load worth of faggots in here who expected to much.
I'm studying everything, and I'm getting all I ever hoped for. I hope to die.