/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.3164161]

Let's get a school thread going.

Be honest and don't let any chucklefuck that's all "lol third-tier turd fuck off CCfag", you're anon.

<- Junior, CSE

[SAGE No.3164176]

>>3164161
>Junior engineering

saged and reported for homosexual CP

[Anonymous No.3164189]

>>3164161
What? You just learn how to suck balls? But not the actual penis head?

[Anonymous No.3164194]

>>3164189
>>3164176
NO!

OP is a engineering junior in college. He learns to suck dicks just like the other engineers.

[Anonymous No.3164200]

This was a bad idea, OP.

Delete thread and kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.3164216]

Nobody on /sci/ goes to school. You're a minority.

[Anonymous No.3164241]

ChemE.

[Anonymous No.3164284]

>>3164241
>Cornell
>Not Princeton
girls laughing.jpg

[Anonymous No.3164312]

M.Sc. candidate

[Anonymous No.3164323]

>3.9 instead of 4.0
>Number 8 in top student in class
>going to state school
>everyone else in the top 10 is going to yale, princeton, university of chicago

We read out of the same books and our teachers have the same Ph.D, so why pay 40,000 a year more than me?

also, chemical engineering

[Anonymous No.3164335]

UCLA, computer science & engineering
good times

[Anonymous No.3164337]

>>3164323
>paying to go to school

What kind of shit tier school do you go to? I have a 3.8 weighted GPA and all my tuition is waved.

[Anonymous No.3164342]

>>3164323
Better chance at a top grad school and getting recruited by well-known companies

[Anonymous No.3164347]

>>3164337

There are so many things wrong with this post.
>3.8 GPA, but can't look at the picture of the post he replied to and doesn't think about it when writing the question
>calling another person's college shitty, but no good college will give you a free ride

[Anonymous No.3164355]

>>3164342
I don't see either of those being worth an extra quarter million dollars. Maybe in the long run, but my father had to pay off college loans for 15 years and told me it wasn't worth the money he used to make.

[Anonymous No.3164361]

>>3164342
You want to get recruited by top companies? As an engineer? Well, I suppose you could. But you'll just be a line engineer working on one small portion of a small portion of a problem. As a graduate, my advice is to look for a small company to sign up with. They give you real responsibility, and broad control over projects to manage and develop, or at least some tangible component thereof. When I graduated I ended up working at an engineering consulting firm. Research, publications, relaxed hours, relaxed culture, high pay. Sure as hell beats reservoir modeling or whatever the fuck I'd be doing at a major firm.

[Anonymous No.3164374]

>>3164355
Honestly, if a person has to pay that much because they can't get merit scholarships, they probably won't put the brand name of top tier schools to good use. It's better for them not to go to those kinds of schools anyway. I'm only speaking for engineering majors.

[Anonymous No.3164386]

I don't think I've lol'd so much in the last month or so as I did when I saw the first few posts in this thread.

Thanks /sci/. Love you.

[Anonymous No.3164398]

Mathematics, University of Cambridge

[Anonymous No.3164409]

>>3164386
>>3164386

Also, astrophysics at the University of Oslo in Norway.

[Anonymous No.3164420]

caltech, undeclared

[Anonymous No.3164431]

I go to USA (University of South Alabama).

[Anonymous No.3164445]

>>3164431

I feel you, bro. My sis went there (over GA Tech, will never understand WHY.)

CAPTCHA: Wherre from

[Anonymous No.3164460]

bump

[Anonymous No.3164468]

grad student

[Anonymous No.3164472]

>>3164284
>Princeton
>not Cambridge
>laughingbrits.jpg

[Anonymous No.3164476]

Perimeter Institute, Waterloo university, getting a master in theoretical physics.

[Anonymous No.3164484]

>mfw the only truthful person ITT is the South Alabama kid.

[Anonymous No.3164499]

>>3164484
>University of Calgary
>Implying I would chose that to lie

[Anonymous No.3164503]

Weird question but the people ITT seem to like making snap judgments.

I'm a lawfag (finished 1st year) and I'm in something of a bind. A girl I know (friendzoned her because I'm dating another girl right now) has been laying it on pretty thick, I'm almost dead certain she wants to do me. Here's the thing: she's a physics PhD student that does her work in particle physics at the LHC about 3 months of the year.
So: philosophy degree that works for an import company or physics PhD student? Both are about dead on even in looks. Both are tolerable.

[Anonymous No.3164515]

>>3164503

>implying what they study matters

I've had the following as girlfriends:

A dental nurse
A journalist
Two design students
A biology student
A history student
Some crazy bitch who worked as a dancer in a metal club.

And I ended up marrying an interior designer. If I want intellectual conversation, I'll go talk to a man.

[Anonymous No.3164526]

>>3164515
> If I want intellectual conversation, I'll go talk to a man.

Wow, you're so manly!

SO EDGY!
SO COOL!
I HOPE MY SON GROWS UP JUST LIKE YOU!

Also, an "intelligent conversation" requires two intelligent people. You're not intelligent. Therefore you will never be a part of an "intelligent conversation", faggot.

[Anonymous No.3164528]

Bowling Green State University.

yeah shitty as fuck school, but the travel opportunities are UNBELIEVABLE. Last year i went on the appalachian trail, and this year i'm spending a semester touring national parks. Year after that i'm going to programs in britan and france. Getting credit for it all, and it's all incredibly cheap since it's through the school.

[Anonymous No.3164534]

>>3164526

Well that hit a nerve.

>I HOPE MY SON GROWS UP JUST LIKE YOU!

Chances are whatever comes out of your partner's cunt won't be yours anyway.

It's pretty much common knowledge that women are shit at serious conversation. Thanks for playing though, maybe those girls you're nice to all the time will let you fuck them one day.

[Anonymous No.3164538]

Electrical Engineering undergrad, University of Delaware. sucking a big ol' chode right now, thankyouverymuch

[Anonymous No.3164540]

>>3164503
Whichever one is more tolerable of course.

[Anonymous No.3164545]

>>3164526

[Sheikah !NKCqu160yw No.3164546]

>>3164534

I have a hard time believing that you're married with that attitude. Your wife must be a lucky gal. Another married guy here, how do you live with someone that you clearly don't respect? Is it because you don't respect yourself, or what?

[Anonymous No.3164550]

>>3164526

[Anonymous No.3164551]

Boston University here

[Anonymous No.3164556]

>>3164540
They might get along with one another and they both seem open minded. I'm going to double down on this bet and try for a threesome.

I'm terrible at poker, but I normally win when I partake in "gambling" that doesn't involve a table and cards.

[Anonymous No.3164566]

UoD
Biochem, just doing it for the bursary, doubt I'll get a job after it.

[Anonymous No.3164567]

UGA, Bioengineering
I don't have to suck dick. The faculty is so scared of losing students to Tech that they'll suck mine. Already became co-author on a publication and rocking a paid internship. I'm not even a sophomore.

Too bad I'm transferring to Tech anyway

[Anonymous No.3164573]

>>3164546

>how do you live with someone that you clearly don't respect?

I do.

I just don't view discussing academia as important. She isn't that academic, so why bother? She's a lovely woman and I enjoy being with her. My point is that if you're going after a girl because you view her as academically successful then you're doing it for all the wrong reasons.

[Anonymous No.3164572]

>>3164567
Damn spoiler tags

[Anonymous No.3164585]

>>3164526

Butthurt femanon or whatever bullshit ugly girls on 4chan call themselves or woman sympathizer.

Just ignore.

[Anonymous No.3164601]

Adventure Therapy

I'm not really one of you, science is just fascinating to me.

[Anonymous No.3164612]

>>3164515
This man speaks truth.

[Anonymous No.3164614]

>>3164567
Fuck yeah, paid internships. Kudos to you for getting one freshman year. I just snagged one for the summer. Good experience and a dickton of money.

[Anonymous No.3164618]

>>3164573
Everyone's entitled to their own view of what marriage is, so I'm not going to talk shit on the arrangement that works for you.

To me, marriage is a business partnership. Two humans agree to enter into a partnership to become more successful and profitable together than they could be alone. This partnership happens to have a sexual and (if they choose) reproductive element as well.
The reproduction, if the partners choose to do it, is especially important. The goal of these two united humans is to crank out the highest quality product they possibly can. The catch is that this product is a human being and the "manufacturing/refining process" is far from easy. To make a good reproductive product, one must carefully judge one's partner. If the reproduction is traditional (man-woman couple), then the chosen partner must be carefully screened for desirable traits. This partner must be intellectually capable, genetically fit, and emotionally stable in order to maximize the chances that the offspring will be similarly fit.
>>3164601
Adventure Therapy? Let's say I have a lot of money and I want to waste it on adventures... is that something which someone in your line of study can do?

Cage-free Great White diving [ ]
Fly a fighter jet [ ]
Hang out with Russian mobsters in St. Petersburg [x]
Cage free dive with bullsharks [x]
VFR pilot's license [x]
Cave diving certification and vacation to dive mexican cenotes [x]

Can you help me with my dreams or is Adventure Therapy nothing what it sounds like?

[Anonymous No.3164624]

>>3164614
just another benefit of studying engineering. We pay our interns pretty nicely.

[Anonymous No.3164640]

>>3164614
Fuck yeah. I did mine in pharmaceuticals after my freshman year. It was going to be an actual science-related internship but I got snatched up to handle a marketing/PR slot because I speak fluent German and passable French... FUCK YEAH.

Is it bad that I thoroughly enjoyed wearing a tailored suit to work, eating lunch with my HS friend who interned at state republican party HQ, and laughing at the kids with shit-tier internships?

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164663]

University of Pacific.

Possibly transferring to Ohio State if I can afford it. :l

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164675]

>>3164663
*University of the Pacific

[Anonymous No.3164700]

>>3164640
>laughing at people with 'shit-tier internships'

Yeah, it's pretty bad. You sound a bit like a stuck up asshole.

[Anonymous No.3164709]

>>3164663

Why on earth would you want to transfer to that shithole?

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164713]

>>3164709
Well because my major is electrical engineering, and that schoo's better than my current one. :l And it's either that or Texas Tech(another shithole as I'm told)

[Anonymous No.3164721]

>>3164700
Yeah, that's my worry. I might well turn into a complete asshole. My post-graduation work in pharmaceuticals took me from the lab to the conference room. I've noticed that I'm a much bigger jerk when I'm not doing actual science work... this worries me.

>hey, at least I realize it

[Ice !!t9uevLo7NU5 No.3164726]

>>3164161
Northwestern for undergrad going to Stanford for grad school.

>go to /sci/ looking for intellectual conversation
>realize there is none to be found
>look at the schools people are going to
>No surprises here

And no, I'm not stupid enough to incur 100k+ student debts from going to private schools. The only reason I didn't go to Stanford for undergrad is because they tried to cheat me on the aide. I'll be walking out with a grad degree without owing a cent.

I respect those of you ITT that turned down bigger name schools to get a free education. I made the same choice.

[Anonymous No.3164727]

>>3164713
I dunno what your GPA is, but I'm sure you can do better than Ohio. Try UMich or UIUC

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164736]

>>3164726
This. My aid at pacific is really great.

>>3164727
Yeah, it's not good at all. Because I was screwing around the first year and a half. FWIW, It's a 2.65 ;__;

[Anonymous No.3164737]

>>3164323

Fellow Beaver here, Mechanical Engineer. I may know you...

[Anonymous No.3164738]

>>3164721
Yeah, that's cool that you do realize it. I mean, hell, it may happen to me too. I have an internship at a top-tier company, and once I'm in I may just be like "well everyone else doesn't even compare".

Whatever. Keep it to yourself if you can, I guess.

[Anonymous No.3164743]

Junior Freshman, Engineering
Trinity College, University of Dublin

[Anonymous No.3164748]

>>3164726
One of the few highlights of being a poorfag is that I can go to a private school (CMU) without paying a cent.

[Anonymous No.3164758]

>>3164738
Yeah. The best thing I've found is to not get too involved in corporate culture. Be friendly with people from work, but don't let them become your only friends. Stick to your sciences/engineering, the pure work will keep you pure, as it does for me. The more your job involves being a jerk in a suit, the more you'll be a jerk in a suit. If your job entails being a geek in a labcoat, you'll lean more towards being a geek in a lab coat.

Law school has generally been a bad development for my "dick" factor. However, I find myself pining for the relative simplicity of the lab. Viruses are so much simpler than humans.

[Anonymous No.3164760]

>>3164161
Are we in San Fransisco?
GTFO FAGGOT!

TAKE YOUR SHIT to /y/ or /cm/!

[Anonymous No.3164769]

>>3164760

Hey /sci/! It's the person who makes unfunny gay engineering jokes and samefags threads so people think he isn't the only one laughing at his dumb jokes.

This is an example of a tremendous faggot.

[Anonymous No.3164777]

>>3164769
It is shitty and generally unfunny, but it's amazing if that's true.

One person doggedly samefagging until a meme develops is a herculean display of neckbeardery.

[Anonymous No.3164785]

>>3164777

I am now going to use the term "neckbeardery" as often as possible. You are truly awesome.

[Anonymous No.3164795]

>>3164769
AGREED. WE DEMAND RIGHTS!

[Anonymous No.3164801]

>>3164777
RIGHTS!

[Anonymous No.3164809]

I guess nobody on /sci/ actually majors in math

[Anonymous No.3164818]

Mechanical Engineering

Ohio State.

Don't give a fuck about what anyone says about your school. If you need your school's name behind you it means you don't stand out enough on your own as it is.

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164821]

>>3164818
I got accepted as a transfer student for the autumn quarter. Is it really a "shit-hole"?

[Anonymous No.3164823]

>>3164818

That, and undergraduate education is pretty much the same across the board.

[Anonymous No.3164828]

Second year Master's (defending this summer)
Mechanical Engineering

[Anonymous No.3164832]

>>3164828

What's your research area?

[Anonymous No.3164850]

>>3164821

Honestly I love it here. It's ohio so the weather is fuckin shitty, but there's just so much to do. I came into ME not knowing what I wanted to do, and found a student group that has set me up in a good position to get a job designing amusement rides/roller coasters. Not many people can say they do that as a career.

Also the engineering here is ranked fairly high in Ohio, and the fact that networking is a huge part of finding a job in a tough economy makes the huge alumni base important (especially with how many business degrees we put out)

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164866]

>>3164850
Yeah the engineering's pretty good there which is why I'd like to attend. But the financial aid just isn't working out for me.

[Anonymous No.3164895]

>>3164866

Bummer. Out of state tuition is pretty high. I'm in state so the loans are more manageable.

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164900]

>>3164895
Yeah it's quite unfortunate. I'm thinking maybe I should just go there for my grad school and continue to stay at pacific just becuase of the aid.

[Anonymous No.3164924]

>>3164758
Solid advice sir, thanks.

[Anonymous No.3164929]

>>3164900

Not a terrible idea. Seeing as this coming year is our last on quarters before we switch to semesters. I don't plan on going to grad school but if I can't find a job I just might.

[bleedingedge !!OBNkFn9BVXZ No.3164951]

>>3164929
Yeah, I'm not too sure what the job outlook is for B.S. engineers.

And another thing that is swaying me is that because of the different curricula, I'll have to take a few extra courses to catch up.

[Anonymous No.3164978]

>>3164743
I always loved the picture of that library but never knew where it was. Thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous No.3164981]

>>3164951

Honestly I don't think the outlook is that bad. Things have been picking up (it seems), and an engineering degree is diverse enough that even though you may not get a job that explicitly requires engineering, you'll still be able to settle for something that isn't too terrible. The most important thing to do is diversify yourself and network relentlessly. Want a job in, say, robotics? Go to conventions, meet the people who would hire you. Don't rely on what is readily available to everyone else, because then there is no incentive for a company to pick you over someone else.