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/sci/ Census Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:11:25 2016 No.8206002 [DELETED]

>What university do you attend?

>What is your major?

>What is your GPA?

>How do you study?

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:13:46 2016 No.8206003 >>8206002 What if you're British?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:14:19 2016 No.8206004 >>8206003 Post your shit adjusted to the thread then, m8.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:14:20 2016 No.8206005

>Athens State University
>Biology/Chemistry
>4.0
>Repetition, sometimes with classmates but typically just read over my notes over and over. With chemistry & math problems, just doing problems and homework several times.
>Yes, because the pursuit of knowledge is fascinating and so is the natural world. I also enjoy extrapolating data in chemistry but biology will hopefully allow me to help the natural environment.
>I wouldn't change. I go to my current university for free.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:16:08 2016 No.8206007

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?

Princeton

>What is your major?

Chemistry

>What is your GPA?

3.98

>How do you study?

Secret that plebs aren't allowed to know

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?

Got a good deal upon graduation. Will be making upwards from six figures.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

No.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:17:40 2016 No.8206009 File: 897 KB, 253x197, 1468567124751.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8206007 >chemistry major >making fun of plebs I have news for you.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:17:41 2016 No.8206010 DeVry University Electrical Engineering 4.0 they give me credits to go see a tutor for 1 hour/week per class its ok. lots of nerds. maybe university of phoenix

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:20:47 2016 No.8206013 >>8206002 >Cambridge. >Physics. >4.00 >Nootropics and Asperger's obsession. >Yes, see latter point above. >Never.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:23:50 2016 No.8206014

>What university do you attend?
University of Colorado
>What is your major?
Pharmaceuticals, but it's grad school so not really a major
>What is your GPA?
I have no fucking clue. Probably like 3.8
>How do you study?
By reading literature on the topic
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Ya, it's nice because i set my own hours and I don't have a lot of bench work to do, rather I just do a lot of reading
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:25:20 2016 No.8206015
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>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
Edinboro University
>What is your major?
Physics/Engineering 3+2 program
>What is your GPA?
3.8
>How do you study?
I read the entire chapter in the morning, go to class, and then do all of the work in the afternoon
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
I do because it challenges me in ways that makes me think about the world and opens doors to myself.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I went to this university because I'm an aspie with a GED. If I had a higher SAT score and bothered to finish high school, I would have gone to somewhere much more "prestigious" AKA where rich kids act degenerative. I went to a very prestigious boarding school for secondary school, so I know exactly the differences between average public schools and selective private schools. There are no academic reasons to attend a selective school if you're autistic and have few friends by choice.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:26:49 2016 No.8206016 Typical of prestigious american college intellectuals, discussing trivial nothings to infinity, but can't be bothered to read the 'fine print' >If you want advice regarding college/university or your career path, go to /adv/ - Advice.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:27:06 2016 No.8206017 >>8206013 >ending everything in a period even when it's not a sentence yeah, you are autistic.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:28:20 2016 No.8206018 File: 209 KB, 550x494, fZng7N7.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8206016 Nobody is asking for advice in this entire thread. You're mentally challenged and can fuck off, now.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:29:01 2016 No.8206019 >>8206013 what noontropics? Do you just mean adderall?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:29:12 2016 No.8206020 >>8206017 I know, I have weird habits about punctuation.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:30:00 2016 No.8206022 >>8206016 every board has threads like this. there are no rules against it. fuck off retard.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:32:02 2016 No.8206024 >>8206019 Noopept, Pramiracetram; Alpha-GPC and Ritalin.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:32:18 2016 No.8206026 File: 31 KB, 177x278, oh.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8206016 pot calling a kettle black lmao. try reading the fine print yourself genius >advice nobody ITT asking for shit. the fucking thread is called Census for fucks sake. kys.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:33:33 2016 No.8206028

>>8206018
Even though the posting style sometimes seems like /Frats and Colleges/ you're actually on a science board, which your topic isn't relevant to in any way.
Never stopped anyway on 4chan, but pride of your status in these organization is no less than shitposting.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:36:10 2016 No.8206029 >>8206028 >Work hard. >Enjoy your field. Can't have pride in that? I'm sorry, are you a Puritan?

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:39:16 2016 No.8206031
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>What university do you attend?
MIT
>What is your major?
Physics
>What is your GPA?
3.6
>How do you study?
like >>8206015
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
I always wanted to go into Physics. I couldn't tell you why. It just always seemed like the zenith of our knowledge while still being fundamental and to me that seemed extremely impressive and powerful as a kid.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I wouldn't change anything.
>>8206020
>tfw you make a snarky comment about him being autistic but he doesn't bite back
You win. I have Aspergers as well.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:42:40 2016 No.8206035 >>8206031 Nothing to get upset about, I know I'm a bit abnormal.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:59:31 2016 No.8206050 >>8206002 >University of Delaware >Political science >4.0 >Combination of notecards, online sources, and rereading >Of course, it's a lot of fun, and I'm meeting a lot of new people >Nothing, possibly economics due to the usefulness

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:00:45 2016 No.8206056 >>8206007 >princeton Okay buddy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:13:23 2016 No.8206074 File: 75 KB, 166x177, 45543543.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8206050 >political science >on /sci/ >mfw not really liking that

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:18:10 2016 No.8206082 ITT everyone from MIT/Harvard with an average GPA of 4.0 already making six figures and totally aren't full of shit.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:20:24 2016 No.8206087
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>What university do you attend?
University of Alaska: Anchorage
>What is your major?
Electrical Engineering
>What is your GPA?
3.0, fucked around first couple years
>How do you study?
Adderall
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Very much
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I like my university well enough, but we don't have the biomed engineering I want. Only difference would be picking up some sort of pre-med dual major when I started out

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:23:28 2016 No.8206090 >>8206082 only three guys have said shit about being at a top school and six not. calm down retard

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:28:40 2016 No.8206095 >>8206014 sko buffs Econ & Math 3.4ish I didn't study ye, I'm probably like 10% autistic Probably shoulda gone to UCSD cause its way better for my major but I'm done now so who cares

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:30:50 2016 No.8206098 >>8206074 (you)

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 22:41:36 2016 No.8206106

>What university do you attend?
Georgia tech
>What is your major?
Nuclear engineering, phd
>What is your GPA?
3.9x
>How do you study?
I don't take classes.
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
No, phd.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do?
No.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 23:00:14 2016 No.8206118

>What university do you attend?
Berkeley
>What is your major?
EECS
>What is your GPA?
3.9 in major
>How do you study?
Previous exams
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yes. Fun stuff
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I would do MIT/Stanford EECS, but I didn't get into those. I did get into CMU SCS, which I now realize is miles ahead of Berkeley's "BabyCS" major, but at the time they wanted $66k a year. So if that was reduced to around $28-30k like Berkeley somehow, I would go there, since I'm hoping to get into academia.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 23:19:37 2016 No.8206141 Im attending my first year of college next year and am majoring in Chemistry but was considering dual majoring in Physics and Chemistry at the same time. Is it doable? Anyone have advice or doing it now?

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>>8206141
No uni advice ITT or we'll get BTFO by faggots like >>8206016 reporting us for not following the sticky. sorry anon. we can partially circumvent it by having threads like this, but no advice is allowed because shitty ass /adv/ - a relationship advice board exists.

NO ADVICE.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 23:46:47 2016 No.8206195

>>8206002
I'm going to act like every single person in this thread:
>MIT
>Physics/mathematics
>4.0
>I'm smart lel plebs
>ofc
>fuck no MIT RULEZ

but for real:
>NCSU
>Physics (planning on double majoring in math)
>Don't have one yet cause I'm a freshman taking summer classes (should be 4.0 after this summer)
>Doing assignments and reading
>Couldn't say but I have always loved physics so
>I wish I could go back to the beginning of high school and restart... hopefully could to go a better school

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 23:52:15 2016 No.8206205 >>8206195 I'm going to act like you >I'm going to act like everyone here! >"Hurr I'm an idiot, I'm stupid!" >"Hurrr hurrrr" >"Did I mention you guys are stupid?" but for real: fuck off

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 23:57:57 2016 No.8206213

>>8206002
A big research university in the UC system

Inorganic Chemistry/Materials Chemistry

dont have one yet

i literally am in lab all day. its like a language. you start to pick up on it when its how you communicate all the time

yeah. We study and do really cool shit, but the jobs are not as common as they used to be. so thats really demotivational sometimes.

another university? i dont know. I feel like going to grad school for any higher rank and I would feel out of my league. This is a really good place for me, also has really cool research and a short graduation time relative to other universities of this same caliber. As for another major, probably. I really love chemistry and cant imagine doing much else, but I feel like I really missed out on engineering sometimes. I was pretty bad at math in high school and went to a small private uni with no engineering program. By the time I realized im not dumb, and it was just shitty high school taught math, I was too far into my major/wasnt able to transfer into an engineering program. PhD is the next best thing for my field. They say its pretty common for chemistry majors to go from chemistry to chemical engineering grad school, but the reality is you dont get the ABET accreditation and most will reject you. I knew a chemistry major I met at a PhD visitation weekend who applied to 20+ schools (for those of you who dont know, that's roughly $3000 in application fees, maybe more) and got rejected from all of them. But i'm having a lot of fun despite the cons to my situation and I'm taking engineering classes for fun anyway because I like math and they are free now that im a PhD student. if I had to switch, maybe materials engineering? i dont know but it would probably be something in the materials science/ChemE realm.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:00:21 2016 No.8206217

>What university do you attend?
Monash University, Melbourne
>What is your major?
Math/Physics/Mech. Eng
>What is your GPA?
3.5
>How do you study?
Learn most of the content during the break before uni starts.
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yeah, love maths, physics is interesting, and mech. eng is neat
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Nah, I'm happy with my current undergrad course/uni. Will probably go to Melbourne University to do my postgrad studies though.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:02:47 2016 No.8206220

I guess I'll be honest:
>What university do you attend?
Cal Poly Pomona

>What is your major?
Computer Engineering.

>What is your GPA?
I just got accepted and will start taking classes in the fall. I had a 3.71 at my CC. CPP didn't accept some of the classes and my GPA went to a 3.67.

>How do you study?

I read the notes, do the problems in the book.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?

I haven't done any of my classes for my major. I'll be doing two classes for my major this semester (ECE 109, 114).

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

Probably Mechanical Engineering.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:11:43 2016 No.8206240 >>8206205 I never said anyone was stupid. There is no possible way there are this many people on here going to top schools

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:15:46 2016 No.8206246

>What university do you attend?
University of Michigan
>What is your major?
Chemical Engineering
>What is your GPA?
3.7
>How do you study?
Watching videos of example problems being solved until I'm able to solve them entirely and correctly on my own
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yes, I find a good amount of the material to be pretty fascinating and I think I'll continue to enjoy it as long as it stays interesting to me
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I'd potentially want to go into applied physics or "engineering physics" as some schools call it. I'm very into research and it seems more relevant to the research I've been doing so far. But that won't matter once I get to grad school anyway.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:18:31 2016 No.8206249 >>8206240 Frankly? I know for a fact there's a bunch of very smart people who browse /sci/. It's hard to know. This thread could be good if people focused less on the first three questions and more on the other ones

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:20:24 2016 No.8206251 >>8206007 >chemistry >making six figures upon graduation with a BSc Ive got news for you, bud...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:21:31 2016 No.8206252 >>8206024 Add in some piracetam, it's cheap as fuck. Also I like to use phenylpiracetam noopept and caffeine rather than adderal, vyvanse or ritalin; it's a decent substitute.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:23:08 2016 No.8206254 >>8206005 >>8206007 >>8206010 >>8206014 >>8206015 >4.0 >3.98 >4.0 >3.8 You guys are using a 4.0 scale right? How the hell do you get a GPA that high? The max in our entire department is around 3.7.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:26:54 2016 No.8206256

>>8206002
UC Berkeley
Mechanical Engineering
4.0
I read and do practice problems.
Yes. I've wanted to work on spacecraft forever; my ambition when I was 6 was to be a MechE and it has completely met my expectations.
I would not. Indeed, I did have a choice to choose a different university.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:29:03 2016 No.8206260 >>8206256 >I've wanted to work on spacecraft forever Why not aerospace then?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:30:27 2016 No.8206262 >>8206260 Because A) it's just a more specialized version of MechE- not a good thing at BS level and B) Berkeley has no AeroE department. For the reason mentioned previously.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:32:22 2016 No.8206263 >>8206262 Alright then.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:32:54 2016 No.8206264

>>8206002
Purdue

Math

3.86

I don't study

My major is great. Not entirely sure how to say why. I enjoy doing math.

Anywhere else. I came here for engineering, but I changed majors 2 years in. Only a 18 credits left, so it doesn't really matter at this point.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:37:16 2016 No.8206271 >>8206240 you mean the three guys out of like 12 at the time of your post? fuck off you insecure retard.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:40:12 2016 No.8206274 >>8206254 If you haven't noticed yet, a lot of us are autistic and it's basically all we do.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:40:27 2016 No.8206275

>>8206002
>Just got into UC Davis as a community college transfer
>Mech E
>3.52 at CC, start UCD in the fall.
>Start studying early during the summer. Make sure I understand every nuance of a problem.
>Yeah, not much else I can see myself doing.
>Honestly, CC is a joke. I had mental issues and made excuses for myself, never went to class, didn't do homework.I know I could have gotten into much better schools easily, and I resent that a bit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:44:08 2016 No.8206280 >>8206274 Still, someone getting a 4.0 means they aced every single test they ever took....

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:50:55 2016 No.8206290 >>8206280 Not with a curved class. Chemical engineering fluids at Purdue has exam averages of about 12%. I had a friend have an exam average of 36% and he got an A+. And this is Purdue which is famous for having no grade inflation.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:53:25 2016 No.8206292 >>8206290 But getting a passing grade with 12% means you barely understood the subject.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:57:13 2016 No.8206294

>>8206002
Brigham Young University
Geology
3.6
Most of my studies are classwork and field trips with 3-4 scientific papers a semester about what we did on those field trips and class work.
Sure. I enjoy studying the geologic history of the Earth and holding in my hands rocks that are billions of years old. Each rock tells a story.
UCLA and Film but I wouldn't find a career and have no experience so I doubt they would want me anyway. But that would kick so much ass. They have classes literally taught by men like Spielberg and Ridley Scott

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:57:49 2016 No.8206295 >>8206292 Not him, but It means that the professor was a complete anal asshole and didn't have tenure.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:59:24 2016 No.8206297 >>8206292 By that logic, getting a 12 on the Putnam means you don't understand math.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 00:59:35 2016 No.8206299 >>8206294 Lmfao you think you'll find a career more easily in geology.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:02:29 2016 No.8206302

>>8206275
go ags

sdsu

ms applied mathematics

haven't started yet

i read and think about math problems. i make up my own problems to solve. i combine ideas until something new pops out. i sometimes calculate things by hand or computer.

i'm good at it and i have a high level of focus. i've enjoyed thinking about math since i was young. i'm obsessive. i enjoy collaborating on mathematics. i feel oppressed by school and that's a crummy feeling.

i'd live a totally different life... english or lit at a liberals arts college.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:05:54 2016 No.8206305

>>8206299
I don't know if that's a fair assessment since anyone graduating with a degree in film at UCLA is set for life. They can work in television or make commercials for good money if they can't find a dream job in Hollywood, also video games if they really want. UCLA is a world renowned film school the hard part is getting in.

While geology is a major you simply need to declare and BYU is a decent school. There is also a great need for geologists, especially as the world's resources are consumed and so few people are going into geology programs to fill the need.

So yeah, I will find work, not a guaranteed job like a film student from UCLA but I have great chances.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:06:18 2016 No.8206306 >>8206295 Nope. He has tenure. https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/people/ptProfile?id=4239

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:08:32 2016 No.8206310

>>8206292
No. It means the professor only writes incredibly difficult problems and gives almost no partial credit. My real analysis teacher landed a solid 40% average on our first exam with a 30% median. Tons of people got 0s and everyone that broke 70% knew real analysis before taking the class.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:11:44 2016 No.8206313 >>8206306 >Graduate Students >Vishrut Garg >Pritish Kamat >Sumeet Thete I guess the pajeet meems were true.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:14:09 2016 No.8206317

>>8206002
>University of PLACE

>Mathematics

>3.7

>I pay close attention to detail (literally the only thing that matters) in class and then I just review specific topics when they come in tests, usually the very same day the test is due. Mathematics is a weird subject because honestly if you already understand a theorem then you gain nothing by re-reading it again or applying it again in a different problem. You either know the theorems or you don't. You either can prove a theorem or you can't, Studying in mathematics is always just reviewing. You review theorems for your applied classes where you are expected to apply the theorems and you review definitions for your pure classes where you are expected to prove the theorems.

>Holy fuck math is objectively the best degree you can possibly get, at least if you are someone like me. First, it is really comfy. I have not once felt under pressure. Second it is just fun.

>I probably wouldn't. Everything is alright the way it is. I like the mathematics program in this university and I like mathematics itself so there is nothing to change.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:20:49 2016 No.8206328 File: 57 KB, 625x656, son-this-is-bait.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8206317 >Studying in mathematics is always just reviewing.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:26:27 2016 No.8206332

>>8206328
How is this bait? I mean, what do you know about math and if you are also majoring in math then tell me how your method is different?

Every time I have to study I just re-read theorems and definitions from my notebook that I know are relevant for the test. I have never had to study in the sense that I would study chemistry back in highschool where I would read entire chapters and try to do as many practice problems as I could.

Do you?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:31:18 2016 No.8206337 >>8206220 breh youre living my dream. did you do any programming aside from C? how do i increase my chances of getting in?

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:31:54 2016 No.8206338

>>8206317
>>8206332
it really sounds like you haven't encountered difficult subjects yet

much of harder math is about technique, knowing how to apply the appropriate results and combine them together. I don't know how you'd learn this without doing exercises.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:35:04 2016 No.8206341

>>8206002
>>What university do you attend?
Texas Tech
>>What is your major?
Physics
>>What is your GPA?
3.86
>>How do you study?
I read the chapter then do all the practice problems
>>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Not really. I just stopped giving a shit about physics.
>>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
University no. I fit in very well here. Major yes.I wish i did ee. Its way more interesting, and the research is cooler. Im doing an ee phd next year.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:35:57 2016 No.8206343

>>8206338
>I don't know how you'd learn this without doing exercises.

I do practice for my tests but I only do proofs, not exercise in the common sense. My philosophy is that if I can prove the theorem I can apply it and this has worked every time for now. Tests are always a mix of proving and solving just so you know.

That said, I am still in my freshman year so I suppose you are right when you say that I haven't encountered difficult subjects.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:39:51 2016 No.8206348

>>8206337
>how do i increase my chances of getting in?

Well, I had all the Math and GE done. In other words, I had the 60 credit requirement and the golden four completed.

https://www.cpp.edu/~admissions/advising/impacted-majors.shtml?nav=undergrad

Essentially fulfill the impacted majors requirement and have at atleast a 3.5 GPA should have a high chance of getting in. Getting into this school shouldn't be too hard to get in compared to to CP SLO, UCLA, etc.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:40:25 2016 No.8206349

>>8206343
I know what you mean. It's a good philosophy to understand things and then go from there to specifics. But things are going to get harder and harder to understand. Proofs of difficult theorems often won't be very illuminating by themselves, and you're going to have to do a bunch of exercises (read: related proofs that clarify and complement the techniques used) to really start understanding the material.

In any case, make sure to work hard and don't ride on your talent. If you're very comfortable, push yourself. You can do much more than what's asked of you, and you should.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:42:05 2016 No.8206351

>>8206348
>did you do any programming aside from C?

I did a C++ class at a community college, but it did not transfer to CPP. Actually, none of the community college engineering classes transferred, so I did not take any of them at the CC level. I just stuck with the Math and other GE classes.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 01:47:29 2016 No.8206357 >>8206341 How's the raider rash?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 04:03:05 2016 No.8206478 >>8206002 I got a scholarship to Japan, from a shithole country. Starting 1 year japanese course in Japan in april, then after that gonna do either ME, EE or Math in the University of Tokyo.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 04:33:22 2016 No.8206498 >>8206010 That's not even a real school

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 14:12:51 2016 No.8207238 >>8206031 >as well. You're the only one with aspergers. See, the other guy brushed off your rude response. You on the other hand probably shit your diaper because of his calm demeanor.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 14:28:38 2016 No.8207270 >>8206498 think what you want ill spend a total of 3 years here skipping all the GE crap and go directly into the work force

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 14:33:47 2016 No.8207279

>>8206002
>Heidelberg university
>Medicine
>Its on a pass/no pass basis, but i suppose it wouldn't be very high, got in on a 4.0 though
>check presentations, copy important shit from there and from wikipedia, i cap it at 1 and a half hours of studiyng at a time, i've gone up to 7.5 hours a day but i'm usually inconsistent, like 2-3 days a week
>it's the only thing i ever found interesting besides physics, which isn't a realistic way to provide income
>probably still medicine but in my home country, cause it would be about 10 times easier

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 20:21:22 2016 No.8207889 >>8207238 Try reading what you reply to.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 20:37:50 2016 No.8207917

University of Central Oklahoma

Mechanical Engineering

3.2

My habits have changed over-time. In the beginning I didn't have an effective method and made only decent grades. Towards the middle of my curriculum I became became methodical with note taking and diligently doing my homework, and ended up making dean's honor roll for three-semesters. Now towards the end, I kinda don't give a shit and just take notes but don't read them later.

Yes, I just really like tinkering, also I have the potential to get my master's in something like aerospace engineering.

I would like to be at a different university as our entire engineering department shares the same building with biology, physics, and chemistry. We don't have a machine shop capable of manufacturing any complicated parts. Meanwhile in the flagship university of my state, the engineering department is the size of my college's entire campus. On the plus size, there are plenty of people getting jobs at Boeing and other fortune 500 companies with a degree at my university, and because tuition is so low, I have no dept.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 20:39:26 2016 No.8207921 >>8206262 Berkeley doesn't have an aerospace department?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 20:39:38 2016 No.8207924 I think I have like a 2. something now

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 20:59:22 2016 No.8207984 >>8207924 uh oh

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 22:32:35 2016 No.8208197

>What university do you attend?
Northwestern
>What is your major?
Chemistry
>What is your GPA?
3.4sumthin
>How do you study?
Mixture of cramming and old test papers
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Not particularly, I decided lab research wasn't for me so wading through 20+ hours of labwork a week for class junior year was brutal
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Still love Northwestern, but I'd transfer to the school of social policy which is relatively a cakewalk.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 22:49:54 2016 No.8208225

>University of Texas
>Mechanical Engineering
>4.0
>read the book, show up to class, do the practice problems
>tbqh mechanical is really interesting. You get to see how pretty much anything works
>same major, maybe a school in less of a meme city than Austin

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 22:50:08 2016 No.8208227

>>8206002
>>What university do you attend?
Liberty University
>>What is your major?
Computer science
>>What is your GPA?
3.1
>>How do you study?
I go to the library and study by myself or with friends
>>Do you enjoy your major?
Yes
>> Why?
I don't know.
>>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I probably wouldn't make it anywhere else, but I always wanted to go to VT. Honestly though I'd like to go to any accredited school other than LU, I consider it my punishment for being a poor student.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 23:33:26 2016 No.8208332

>What university do you attend?
UCLA
>What is your major?
Undecided - probably biology on a pre-med track
>What is your GPA?
Not yet
>How do you study?
Combination of reviewing notes and looking up videos/practice problems online
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Not really. I hate dissections and the smell of formaldehyde, but I want the money if I manage to become a doctor
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Stanford for the prestige and the research. I would've taken physics since I had some really great experiences with it in the past. Not to mention Stanford's particle accelerator.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 23:51:55 2016 No.8208352 >>8206010 All the "online" degree holders i've worked with are dumb as they can be

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 23:52:07 2016 No.8208353

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?

TAMUCC

>What is your major?

Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering

>What is your GPA?

4.0

>How do you study?

read & highlight book, read notes, read book again, do as many problems as possible

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?

Yes. It will give me many options upon graduation

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

I like my majors and if I went to a school that wasn't shit I wouldn't be able to do both and maintain my GPA.

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 00:01:24 2016 No.8208370

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
SUNY (Not joking)
>What is your major?
Physics
>What is your GPA?
3.6
>How do you study?
At this point I'm working on my capstone so mostly reading
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
I enjoy applying it to my job as an engineer (again not joking)
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Probably not

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 04:34:02 2016 No.8208610 >>8206031 In what way were you considered exceptional? Did you do anything in particular during your high school career or do you think it was mostly your grades? Still bitter that I didn't get in...

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 07:31:12 2016 No.8208730 File: 2.11 MB, 4128x2322, 14687549725472114264611.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is my dog. Say hi to my dog.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 07:33:13 2016 No.8208734 File: 2.21 MB, 4128x2322, 1468755130562-591197660.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8208730

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 10:11:56 2016 No.8208977

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
Melbourne Uni
>What is your major?
Economics/finance bachelor, master of Eng postgrad
>What is your GPA?
4
>How do you study?
Consistently, don't leave it till the last minute
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yeah it's ok, I'm pretty much guaranteed an 80k starting job at a finance consultancy. I wanna go into engineering, but this means I'll have to take a pay cut.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Nope, best uni in the country and extremely employable.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 10:22:17 2016 No.8208988 >>8208332 >he's doing it for the money You'll probably suicide in a few years

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 10:23:17 2016 No.8208990 >>8207921 Nope. Not for undergrad, at least. You could also Google this

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 11:35:57 2016 No.8209067

>>8206002

>What university do you attend?
UNC-CH

>What is your major?
Stats, Econ

>What is your GPA?
3.8

>How do you study?
Depends on the professor. Always cater studying methods based on the professor.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Meh. It's ok. It's somewhat challenging, and I enjoy that, but in terms of liking the actual material, it's pretty dry

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I'm pretty happy with my school choice. In terms of major, maybe something to do with physical therapy and sport mechanic, but my current major is hopefully laying the groundwork for what I want to do in the future. PT is a backup career option though

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 12:09:06 2016 No.8209110

>What university do you attend?
Caltech

>What is your major?
Physics

>What is your GPA?
3.5 (but going up, had a lot of personal problems two years ago, voluntarily took some time off, and am now doing really great)

>How do you study?
Read read read. Work on the problem sets early and often. Try to get to office hours when I can.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yeah, physics is pretty awesome, and it's a flexible enough major here.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Stay, keep doing exactly the same thing. <3 caltech

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 12:46:31 2016 No.8209158 >>8206007 please tell me your secrets I'm going there

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 13:47:49 2016 No.8209271

>California Polytechnic University: San Luis Obispo (aka discount UCSD imo)
>Electrical engineering, completed CS minor (going into third year )
>Gpa is 3.216 because I'm a stoner nerd failure
>Study by pretending to explain concepts lecture-style, also drill problems which encapsulate key-ideas. Will do derivations for weird equations to develop intuition
>I love my major, a lot of people are in it for the meme engineering pay but a lot of people genuinely are into learning and reaching their own personal ideas, so its a great community. Also I've wanted to study EE for years before college so its the literal dream.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 13:50:07 2016 No.8209274 >>8209271 Oh shit missed one. >I would maybe have gone to UCB or Stanford if I got in but honestly I'm loving what I'm getting and I'm not 'sperg-tier enough for those schools anyways

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 13:57:18 2016 No.8209295 >>8209271 Did you get in as a freshman or transfer? What was your GPA? Any tips to get in as a transfer?

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 13:58:48 2016 No.8209300

>>8209274
>I'm not 'sperg-tier enough for those schools

I love how when someone does not get something they wanted they start to demonize the people who did get that thing.

Like, you are obviously going to say I'm trolling and shit, but you know that the sentence I quoted came not from your heart but from all the salt you have blocking your brain, you salty cunt.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 14:07:31 2016 No.8209323 >>8207917 Go to TU. It's an engineering school mainly.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 14:12:00 2016 No.8209334 >>8209300 Especially since there is nothing particularly "spergy" about either school. My favorite one is "oh I just wasn't rich enough to bother applying to X"

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 14:36:41 2016 No.8209397 >>8206002 1)umaine 2)gender study 3) 1.2 or some shit idk 4) yes, idk 5)probably lol

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 15:03:08 2016 No.8209467 File: 19 KB, 236x440, nemi.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I just dropped out lmao, haven't told my parents or boss yet

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 15:15:13 2016 No.8209483
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>what university do you attend.
media college amsterdam. mbo4 brainlet
>whats you major
web development
>whats your gpa.
im dutch. we have a different system
>how do you study
do my own projects a lot
>do you enjoy your major and why ?
i hate it. but since MBO4 people cant go interesting stuff like SE/DS/CS/ES or any worthwhile EE. so yeah. end my life
>if you had the opportunity to choose another university/major, what would you do? why ?
Data Science at Tu/e or TU/d. or ES at the same uni's. i am bored to death at my current study. and data science is incredebly interesting to me, i like optimizing things. and ES because i love my arduino and have rigged half the house with them.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 15:16:37 2016 No.8209487 File: 57 KB, 582x608, 267141.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209397 this better be fucking bait

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 15:39:50 2016 No.8209521 bump

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 17:57:58 2016 No.8209780 >>8208227 >studying computer science >at LU, the official bible belt college of Virginia How's that working out for ya champ?

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 18:07:09 2016 No.8209808

>>8206002
Lot of bullshit answers here.

>What university do you attend?
Brown University/RISD (dual degree program)

>What is your major?
Computer Science/Sculpture

>What is your GPA?
3.9

>I have a strict schedule I follow by, as balancing classwork with studio work can become incredibly time-consuming and energy draining

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yes; I believe it's an incredible privilege to study the intersections of both art and technology, and excel at both.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

I originally planned to attend Yale, but I received a full ride to Brown (and RISD). So no, I wouldn't.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 18:37:08 2016 No.8209880 >>8209808 >Computer Science/Sculpture >Time to read the CVs of the people who applied for my 6 figure 500k starting job >'Computer Science'. Okay, good qualification. >'Sculpture degre'. >Into the thrash it goes

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 18:40:29 2016 No.8209891 >>8209880 Seconding this. The first thing that comes to my mind when someone tells me they have an art degree is not another one of those retard artsy liberal arts sjw crybaby faggots.

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 19:03:36 2016 No.8209942
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>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
Florida Polytechnic University

>What is your major?
Computer Engineering with focus in Machine Intelligence

>What is your GPA?
4.0/4.0

>How do you study?
Rarely. When I do, it's mainly just identifying what I can't outwardly explain well enough and reinforcing that. Sometimes I'll compile a list of topics that were covered so far and I'll review those using the aforementioned technique.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
It's alright. It's only been my first year, so I haven't taken anything like Circuit Design and Analysis. The head prof is a dick when it comes to grading. He's somewhat vindictive and looks for minutia in your work to deduct points for, even though he presents the same (if not worse) quality work in lecture.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I applied to MIT, but my grades were shit and I spent too much time trying to understand people with other interests. I didn't really have anything else on the side. My scores were pretty good though, but not MIT-tier.

If I had to pick a uni to attend, probably GT. I wouldn't have gotten accepted out of HS, considering my acceptance record to other FL unis. But, I think I would be able to transfer '17 Fall.

Overall, FL Poly is pretty nice. They're currently paying for everything, so money hasn't been too tight and I'll graduate without student loans. The only thing I'm worried about it quality of instruction and curriculum. I don't think we're covering the same depth as other unis. My friend at UF and I were taking the same state-designated class, but his class's midterm covered all the material on our final and more. I really hope everything turns out alright.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 19:05:07 2016 No.8209945 >>8209780 >tips fedora: the post

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 19:11:22 2016 No.8209949 >>8209891 Okay mr. CEO of your mom's basement.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 19:11:52 2016 No.8209951 >>8209942 >has a 4.0 gpa >mentions that his grades were shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 19:25:01 2016 No.8209978 >>8209951 Pre-uni grades were shit. I graduated with a 3.2. Should've specified.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 20:47:22 2016 No.8210105 >>8209808 > Lot of bullshit answers here. > full ride to Brown

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:02:57 2016 No.8210128

ITT most of the thread is lying

>>8206005
>Athens State University
>>8206007
>Princeton************************************
>>8206010
>DeVry University
>>8206013
>Cambridge********************************
>>8206014
>University of Colorado
>>8206015
>Edinboro University
>>8206031
>MIT**********************************
>>8206050
>University of Delaware
>>8206087
>University of Alaska: Anchorage
>>8206106
>Georgia Tech***********************************
>>8206118
>Berkeley***********************************
>>8206195
>NCSU
>>8206217
>Monash University, Melbourne******************
>>8206220
>Cal Poly Pomona
>University of Michigan***********************
>>8206256
>Berkeley*************************************
>>8206275
>Davis****************************************
>>8206294
>BYU
>>8206341
>Texas Tech
>>8207279
>Heidelberg University
>>8207917
>University of Central Oklahoma
>>8208197
>Northwestern*************************************
>>8208225
>University of Texas********************************
>>8208227
>Liberty
>>8208332
>UCLA************************************************
>>8208353
>TAMUCC
>>8208370
>SUNY
>>8208977
>Melbourne********************************************
>>8209067
>UNC-CH***********************************************
>>8209110
>Caltech*************************************************
>>8209271
>Cal Poly
>>8209808
>Brown University*************************************
>>8209942
>FPU

the ****** indicate whether or not the university is in the top 100 in the world. Lets see exactly how much /sci/ is full of shit. second post coming.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:09:48 2016 No.8210139 >>8210128 It is a bit odd but what would someone gain from lying in this thread? Literally who gives a fuck.

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:12:37 2016 No.8210145
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>>8210128
So, out of 32 anons that posted, 16 of them go to top universities. Half of /sci/ is trying to bullshit that they go to top universities.

Now, lets look at the GPA's. Out of all of these posts, every single one is using a tough major, yet somehow at these top schools, 28 of them have a GPA at 3.5 or higher.

So lets recap

>16 out of 32 go to top universities(top 100 in the world, the majority being in the top 20 in the world)
>28 out of 32 of them have exceptionally high GPA's in Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering. considered the hardest majors

Sorry, this is all bullshit. /sci/ is too stupid to have such scores from such schools in such majors.

>>8210139
Fuck off retard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:13:12 2016 No.8210146 File: 2.70 MB, 4032x3024, image1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8210128 >>8206014 b-but I'm not lying though

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:15:12 2016 No.8210150 >>8210146 >he thinks I was noting him as being impressive and notable sorry anon. maybe in another life

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:17:25 2016 No.8210155 >>8210145 The solution is that people who go to these universities are incredibly stupid. If you filtered by people in doctoral programs, maybe you would be convincing.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:18:31 2016 No.8210158 >>8210155 Learn english before posting.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:19:12 2016 No.8210161 >>8210145 I'm the Davis guy. I got accepted as a transfer for fall 2016, so I haven't even taken a single class there yet. My 3.52 gpa is from community college lol.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:20:00 2016 No.8210162 >>8210146 inb4 doxx

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:20:25 2016 No.8210163

>>8210150
Then why even mention my post? Also, if most of the people here are in grad school, it really isn't that difficult to get good grades. The only way you can fail a grad school class is to not show up the entire semester except the final, take the final to the bathroom, take a shit on it, then turn it in. Even then you would probably still get a B- if your lab work is fine

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:21:21 2016 No.8210165 >>8210163 I didn't star yours, so why did you reply as if I did you fucking moron?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:22:05 2016 No.8210169 >>8210128 tfw Devry didnt make the list

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:22:25 2016 No.8210170 >>8210165 Why the fuck did you include it in your post at all is my fucking point? Why didn't you just post the MIT's, Princeton's, etc. instead of everyone? Also, why are you so upset?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:23:22 2016 No.8210173 >>8210169 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24DPU-hkJM

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:25:14 2016 No.8210177

>>8210170
I literally was gathering all of the posts to make a point you stupid fucker. Why are you so upset and annoyed by the fact that I did that? Fuck off to your shitty ass school.

Why the fuck you'd care about such a benign detail means you're literally a fucking retard. Stop replying to me or I'm going to go to your shitty ass school and hook you in the gabber m8.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:32:57 2016 No.8210187 >>8210145 Kek, I know plenty of high performing people studying rigorous degrees in top institutions that lurk /sci/ (myself included). Just because you're a brain-dead fuck doesn't mean the rest of us are, faggot. Go be a debunker elsewhere.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:36:02 2016 No.8210191 >>8210187 I'm at Stanford for CS with a 3.8 GPA. Nice try brain-dead fuck.

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:38:29 2016 No.8210192

Harvard University
Theoretical Physics
3.72
I don't really study.
I enjoy my major because it leaves me free time to be active in my fraternity chapter. We party every weekend but we also do community service and fundraisers for charities and we promote safe sex and agree with the fact that women should feel free to express their sexuality. It really sucks that as men we call women sluts for having sex with many men. We should not label them and allow them to have sex with as many of our fraternity brothers as possible.

Maybe UC Berkeley because I got rejected for being overqualified

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:39:18 2016 No.8210193 >>8210191 >Stanford xaxaxaxa

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:40:20 2016 No.8210196 >>8210173 you made me delete my post. i have no shame at attending DeVry

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 21:50:59 2016 No.8210208 >>8209780 It's free, so not too bad.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:03:06 2016 No.8210228 >>8210191 If you're really at Stanford then meet me at Plutos at 8pm >inb4 it's summer excuses

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:08:10 2016 No.8210233 >>8210145 >University of Texas >top 100 school Top kek, half our school can't walk and chew gum at the same time

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:25:46 2016 No.8210265 >>8210228 >engineers actively hunt for boipussy on /sci/ fuck

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:34:27 2016 No.8210285 >>8210265 They're getting crafty

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:42:42 2016 No.8210293
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>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
pic related

>What is your major?
mech E.

>What is your GPA?
3.3

>How do you study?
uhh, read the book and do the homework i guess? i'm a B student no doubt.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Its dope. I build shit in the machine shop and Solidworks is pretty much my favorite video game.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

maybe would have tried for U Mich and their nuclear program.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:47:33 2016 No.8210300 >>8210285 >>8210265 >I make up my school and samefag for le karma

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:48:48 2016 No.8210302 >>8210196 If you're honest, why would you actually attend Devry with that kind of tuition? You're essentially paying 75~K a year when you could have went to harvard for far less.

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 22:49:14 2016 No.8210303

>>8206002
>Clemson University
>Mechanical Engineering
>3.21
>I periodically sit down and try to get homework done, and mentally make sense of the systems I'm studying (read: I'm a lazy fucker)
>same college (assuming we're being realistic and I can't just go to MIT), I'm suspecting I might be a better electrical engineer

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:08:56 2016 No.8210320 >>8210293 hows that male/female ratio lmao. t. colorado school as well well not anymore but before I transferred I went to a colo school

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:16:31 2016 No.8210327 >>8210320 >hows that male/female ratio lmao. its not that the ratio is bad, its that STEM girls are cunts. I've been seeing an english lit major who attends DU. fuck these bitches at CSM.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:24:18 2016 No.8210336 File: 562 KB, 530x506, Untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8206220 >>8210128 >lying about going to CP Pomona

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:30:25 2016 No.8210338 >>8210336 I didn't star your post. Learn to read you fucking retard. Does that shitty school teach you anything?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:31:37 2016 No.8210340 >>8210338 >>8210228

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:33:24 2016 No.8210344 >>8210336 Please confirm with timestap, a note saying /sci/ and also showing the dick pls. I mean all those things next to the card. Anyone could google shit like that my main man.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:33:58 2016 No.8210345 >>8208988 I'm just hoping I do some sort of nanotech medical research at this point

Anonymous Sun Jul 17 23:57:22 2016 No.8210371

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
University of Waterloo
>What is your major?
Mechanical Engineering
>What is your GPA?
80% (3.7 according to a per school chart)
>How do you study?
I usually just complete mandatory assignments or projects over the term and cram before exams.
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yeah. I've enjoyed the co-op jobs I've had so far, designing things is fulfilling to me.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I might have chosen to just go into the trades instead. Being a welder or millwright seems pretty comfy. I enjoy my choice though, I don't feel the desire to switch.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:00:37 2016 No.8210375 >>8210371 >80% 80% is C so your GPA is more like shit.0

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:02:45 2016 No.8210378 >>8210375 I was just going by this chart (http://studentsuccess.mcmaster.ca/students/tools/gpa-conversion-chart.html)), we only use percentages here. You know what they say though, C's get degrees, and I'm a very lazy student.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:04:30 2016 No.8210380 >>8210338 honestly kek'd

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:04:54 2016 No.8210381 File: 20 KB, 880x248, 2016-07-17-210435_880x248_scrot.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8210375 >80% is a C

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:06:26 2016 No.8210384
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>>8210338

Your post is misleading. You did not directly mention what exactly your point was by including every single school that people in this thread mentioned. All you did was post asterisks which could mean anything from my point of view. For example, what you wrote could be construed as all those schools being bullshit and the ones with the asterisks are ones that are much more likely to be bullshit. Your post would have been stronger if you had just included the elite schools with a post that directly states that you believe those post where bullshit. A simple "These schools are bullshit. Post proof or you're lying". That way the onus would be on those posters to provide proof. In the end, you made your post confusing. Especially in an online environment which needs precise words to translate your meaning to others.

>>8210344

I'm sure you're just jesting, but I'll provide it just for the heck of it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:08:25 2016 No.8210388 >>8210381 Hmm, on the 100 scale we use at my uni: 91 - 100: A 81 - 90: B 71 - 80: C 61 - 70: D smaller than 61 F.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:10:08 2016 No.8210391 >>8210384 >no dick My engineering bros and myself are dissapointed. That you were trolling I mean.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:19:22 2016 No.8210408 File: 9 KB, 907x211, fucking retard fuck off.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8210384 >All you did was post asterisks which could mean anything you mean other than pic related from >>8210128 Learn to read and shut the fuck up.

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:21:07 2016 No.8210411

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
University of Houston

>What is your major?
Geophysics

>What is your GPA?
3.7

>How do you study?
I transferred in from CC, i only have to take 2 classes per semester for 3 more years (7 years total for BA, spent 3 years for associates),i have a lot of time to study, just read and do the math problems over and over

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
The geology part is cool, engineering math was somewhat hard, hoping differentional and complex are a bit easier

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Nope, University of houston has the best geology/geophysics program in the state of texas, we are ranked #1 in that, #2 goes to A&M and college station and 3rd place goes to UT and austin, I have a shitload of internships from different oil companies because UH is smack dab in the middle of everything oil, i didn't like mechanical engineering because i found it really boring.

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:27:20 2016 No.8210425

>>8210408

>the ****** indicate whether or not the university is in the top 100 in the world. Lets see exactly how much /sci/ is full of shit. second post coming.

No, that does not imply that you were singling those out as being fake and the ones without asterisks were actually real. All that sentence implies is that those schools are elite schools. The sentence you wrote does not imply anything when it comes to the schools that you did not put asterisks.
As I wrote before:
>For example, what you wrote could be construed as all those schools being bullshit and the ones with the asterisks are ones that are much more likely to be bullshit

You did not clarify anything.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:30:08 2016 No.8210430 >>8210425 It's making more sense that you're in such a sub-par university the more you post.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 00:35:55 2016 No.8210445 >>8210430 :^)

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 03:55:45 2016 No.8210815 >>8206220 >>8206337 >>8210336 >>8210344 >>8210384 >all these broncofags you guys ready for the parking nightmare coming this Fall thanks to the new structure by the BRIC?

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 03:58:07 2016 No.8210818
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>University of Michigan
>Physics, Mathematics
>3.5
>Nonstop practice problems
>Yes. There are lots of interesting things out there, but I wouldn't want my foundation/education in anything else.
>Nope. I had the opportunity to switch to engineering at one point and was considering it, but decided not to.

>>8210145
Kinda funny, I used to go on /sci/ regularly from junior year of high school up until my junior year of college. After high school I went to a no-name, local, easy (read: shit-tier) university, but then for my junior year I transferred to Michigan. With all the opportunities (research, professors, classmates, activities, etc.) I've been so distracted I haven't even had time to go on /sci/. This is my first time popping in randomly in maybe 6 months or so (when I randomly popped in last time). I'm just procrastinating on a thing for my summer internship.

Most of /sci/ is garbage. I don't even remember it being this bad when I went on regularly, but holy shit.

If we assume the people in top schools aren't just blatantly lying: you have a lot better to be doing than being a regular on here. If you can't see this, then you deserve to be made fun of/questioned. People who don't have access to resources at a good university or aren't as successful (as I used to be) can't really see how bad it is here. At my high school and previous university, there was such a dearth of people interested in science and math that this was the only place I really knew where I could go to discuss these topics. I also used to think this place was really good for that reason. Now, I'm looking through the catalog and something like 90% of the threads make me cringe.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 04:02:29 2016 No.8210824 >>8210161 Davis guy, how hard was it to get into Davis? Davis is my #2 school after Cornell for my major. Then again Im applying for graduate school though.... How is davis in general? is it a nice campus

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 04:13:17 2016 No.8210831 I don't attend university. I don't have a major. I don't have a GPA. I don't. No. There's nothing to enjoy. Another...? .. Whant to see my neck beard retard?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 10:53:34 2016 No.8211464 >>8210293 want to go there for for geology masters. Any advice?

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 11:03:09 2016 No.8211488

Uni: a community college

Gpa: 4.0

Major: psychology

Study method: copious amounts of caffeine+nicotine. Ideally I'm a little hungry. I'm in a quiet place reading and maybe making flash cards.

Would I change my major/university: no. I enjoy learning why people behave the way they do. Since you specified uni, I'm transferring to Virginia tech in the fall.

I'm also trying to minor in neuroscience.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 11:15:54 2016 No.8211504 >>8210128 Heidelberg is top 40 in medicine and top 70 overall. It's the only ego boost I got, man, do your research.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 11:19:07 2016 No.8211506 >>8210824 It really wasn't that hard to get in for engineering. Davis itself is pretty nice, yeah. Clean. There's rumors the campus smells like cow poop but I didn't notice anything. It's just a very calm area. I really like it.

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 11:29:04 2016 No.8211513

>>8206002
>Local Community College
>Mechanical Engineering (down the street from CSM)
>3.1
>caffeine, ritalin or adderall if I have the money
>absolutely- it's the most fun thing I've done with my life yet.
>If I had unlimited money, I'd probably attend a school with similar quality but a different location, like MIT or CIT

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 11:43:39 2016 No.8211521 >>8206002 Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza CS What is GPA? I don't. I waste all my time on the Internet and fail year after year. Wouldn't change. Would change myself so I actually studied but I'm just one enormous lazy faggot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 11:57:42 2016 No.8211535 >>8210818 Your post made me cringe, faggot!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 11:57:54 2016 No.8211536 >>8206002 >University of York >Computer Science >Britbong >Depends a lot on subject >Yeah >Probably same but at Nottingham, or maybe CS + maths. York is not bad but I think Notts is better now I'm here (fml)

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 12:23:19 2016 No.8211564

>>8206002
1. some ukrainian uni about name of which nobody would care whatsoever
2. organic chem
3. we don't have GPA
4. I attend lectures and that's it pretty much
5. I do, managed to get paid internship. feelsgoodman
6. particle physics - only reason I don't do it is that at school Phys teaches was stupid and a bitch in general, while Chem teacher was a badass. So I basically was offered to chem like this:
>ayy why not do chem? it has something to do with particles, and it's sorta similar to physics

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 12:30:17 2016 No.8211572 File: 828 KB, 200x189, 1332006492668.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8206002 >mfw I read "what universe do you attend"

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 12:49:21 2016 No.8211583 tfw i would have gone to trump university... thx obama

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 12:53:40 2016 No.8211584 >>8210818 >most pretentious and cringeworthy post ITT >everyone else is the problem Kill yourself, lad.

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 13:19:51 2016 No.8211606

>>8206002
University of Leeds
Physics
72% 1st (what's that as GPA?)
Cram 2 weeks before exams using lecture notes. Fuck actual lectures, they're pointless with shit lecturers.
Not really, got baited by popsci shit in late highschool.
Would choose Physics at Leeds again because they were so fucking laid back. I've graduated now but the only time I showed up to the Uni was for mandatory lab work/exams and they didn't give a shit the rest of the time. I just smoked weed and played vidya with my stoner housemates everyday. Yeah, I'm now a complete stoner loser with no work ethic, social skills or actual life skills but at least I had a fun as fuck time and still got a 1st.

I need to find a job. Should have taken advantage of their careers centre.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 13:31:29 2016 No.8211623 >>8211606 GPA is the standard grading system out of 4.0 in the US. Like France is out of 20. Its harf to compare between countries unless youve experiencrd both systems. A decent student with half a brain should have a 3.0 or better.

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 13:34:10 2016 No.8211630

attended CMU
computer science
no clue on GPA, over 3 less than 3.5
I didn't really study until the day of tests
enjoyed my major quite a bit
I think I made a fine choice, as I'll be making 200k my first year out of college and my signing bonus was over 75k. (tech job in the valley at big company)

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 13:59:42 2016 No.8211659

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
University of California, Irvine
>What is your major?
Physics and Computer Science
>What is your GPA?
3.5
>How do you study?
Through experience.
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yes, because computer simulations are cool.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
One where Lisp is popular, literally no one knows about Lisp at UCI.

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 14:09:43 2016 No.8211674

>What university do you attend?
university singidunum
>What is your major?
electrical engineering and computing
>What is your GPA?
7.5/10
>How do you study?
go to classes, take notes, study at home. sometimes alone, other times with people.
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
yes, it has a lot of applications and I like math and computers.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I wouldn't. I'd want to finish asap and start working.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 14:16:16 2016 No.8211687 >>8208353 Go 'Ders

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 14:41:57 2016 No.8211726 >>8210815 I was thinking of finding the nearest park and parking my car there then riding my bike to the school or walking. I still haven't looked into it, though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 14:46:12 2016 No.8211736 >>8209271 ayy EE here too, i transferred in but my cal poly gpa is 3.62

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 14:49:42 2016 No.8211744 >>8206002 University of Alabama CompSci 3.0 By myself through repetition No, because everyone is doing it. I would go to Harvard and study patent law. So I could fuck smart hot chicks on the reg.

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 14:58:12 2016 No.8211764

>>8209295
im >>8211736 and the only advice I can give you is to complete all the major pre req available at your community college. Cal Poly will give preference to those who have complete all available pre reqs before they even think about gpa. I have a friend who got into civil engineering with a 2.8 and two Failed courses he never waived, don't be an idiot like him and actually try to get good grades.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 15:25:19 2016 No.8211791 >>8207984 Yeah i pretty much destroyed any chance of transferring into a different school in my Uni. I'm trapped and it's all my fault.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 15:32:19 2016 No.8211805 >>8211564 you're retarded

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 15:46:44 2016 No.8211831
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I feel compelled to post since some people think there arent guys going to elite schools on this board. where did this delusion come from? Im the guy that makes all the gorilla threads

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 15:48:27 2016 No.8211834 >>8211831 That picture has been posted countless times.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 15:53:40 2016 No.8211844 File: 33 KB, 943x403, image3.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8211834 I have posted it every time because I love saying im black

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 15:58:04 2016 No.8211852 >>8206002 >Oxford >Genetics >PhD student, so no GPA >Yes - the department's good, and the people are keen and fun >Probably not

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 16:00:25 2016 No.8211858 >>8210818 >University of Michigan >Good

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 16:04:15 2016 No.8211866

>>8206002

>What university do you attend?

UCSD (University of California San Diego)

>What is your major?
Math

>What is your GPA?
3.51
>How do you study?
Practice problems and with a group of classmates
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Not really, though I do like learning new things it's pretty boring overall.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?

I dunno

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 17:34:46 2016 No.8212003
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>What university do you attend?
pic related
>What is your major?
physics
>What is your GPA?
8.5/10
>How do you study?
4-6 hours a day, at uni, doing textbook problems
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
yes. I don't understand the second question
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
probably somewhere overseas, or maybe not

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 17:39:31 2016 No.8212009

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
none
>What is your major?
none
>What is your GPA?
I had a high school gpa of ~3.3
>How do you study?
paper and pencil + occasional pdfs from the internet
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
see the the answer to the second question
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
My first one will likely be something involving electronics/robotics/programming/design because that's where the future's at.(and maybe money)

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 19:17:03 2016 No.8212155 >>8210128 a top 100 uni isn't good...pretty much anyone I would consider to even have a uni education went to a top 100 uni.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 19:21:38 2016 No.8212164 >>8210191 >CS >Calling others brain-dead kys, mate. typical Stanford CS retard. Probably is doing CS because he wants to get a job in silicon valley like the rest of his retard friends.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 19:53:32 2016 No.8212231 >University University of Alberta >Major Electrical Nanoengineering >GPA 3.1 Rip

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 20:21:43 2016 No.8212270 >in college >go to History lecture in large auditorium >sit in the back >some kid on his laptop the whole time watching Rick & Morty This was a 3 hour lecture but still. Why even go if you aren't paying attention

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 18 20:48:05 2016 No.8212294 >>8211464 uhh, do it? its legitimately the best earth science school in the country. >>8211513 Red Rocks?

Anonymous Mon Jul 18 23:23:56 2016 No.8212446

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
University of Puerto Rico
>What is your major?
Computer Engineering
>What is your GPA?
3.70 (Going to start 6th out of 5 years bachelor's degree)
>How do you study?
First I make a mindmap, I give special attention to whatever book problems and old tests have, and several days before test, I try to teach or help others learn the material (I get a feel for what others usually struggle with, and therefore what the prof will likely focus on)
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
I wish I enjoyed it enough to work on stuff on my free time, but at least I feel comfortable studying and working. At this point, it could be Stockholm syndrome desu, but I'll take it
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Probably not, good eats and beaches for down time. I thought biology just to study alongside gf, but I like having the option to work straight after bachelor's if it comes to that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 01:20:40 2016 No.8212601 >>8212270 >3 hour history lecture what the fuck anon, that shit ain't right, my history lectures were 50 minutes long, what fucking istory course are you taking bro?

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 02:36:07 2016 No.8212691

>What university do you attend?
Georgia Tech

>What is your major?
Chemical Engineering, finished 2nd year

>What is your GPA?
3.59

>How do you study?
Take over rooms in the EST building at night with a couple of friends.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
It's okay. I feel kinda like a sellout, just taking what will (hopefully) make money.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I didn't get into Caltech, if I had I would. I'd switch major to math.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 03:41:50 2016 No.8212766

>>8206002
>University of Texas at Dallas
>Actuarial Science
>pretty fucking shit, 2.8, but I've learned my lesson about fucking around during the first freshman semester. Mostly just fucking around in my cores like the dumbass I am. Pulled solid B's during spring, and I'm ready to do great in my sophomore year.
>Sparse notes in class, basically anything the professor says two or more times or puts on the board, followed by going over the textbook a good few times. Could probably improve my note taking. Lots of repetition and writing down formula until it's muscle memory.
>It's a bit too early to say, I'm still in my core and general classes, but I really like the math and it's definitely challenging me. Plus, my major has a great fraternity onna campus, lotsa connections, and the money doesn't hurt either.
>again, too early to say. I was kind of interested in physics in high school, but I want to stick with this and see how it goes. If all else fails I can always just transfer into accounting.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 03:46:32 2016 No.8212774

>>8206002
Vanderbilt University
Molecular Bio
3.72

For bio classes I just retype notes, go over slides. For chem classes, do practice problems. I don't really study for anything else.

It's not bad, kinda wish I had done Neuroscience or Chemistry though. Bio classes all kind of blur together after awhile.

I'd probably not go to the south. Maybe case western (gave me almost as much money as Vandy). I would either major in Neuro or just not do STEM at all and just read up on sciences that I find interesting.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 03:48:26 2016 No.8212777 >>8212691 I'm attending Tech as a freshman in the fall. Similar boat. Was waitlisted and then later rejected from Caltech. Am I in for a major disappointment or will it still stack up as a good school?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 07:16:32 2016 No.8213042 >>8210145 you sound mad dude. I go to melb uni, doing a masters of mathematical physics and have a first class honours average. I can screenshot it if you want. Maybe you just need to realise that high achievers need to blow off steam too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 07:23:27 2016 No.8213052 do canadian uni ever curved a class? I fucked up my first semester and did pretty bad (4/5 out of 10 when average is 4/5) The next sem however I get a 9 out of 10 for most subject while other normies get 4

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 07:27:17 2016 No.8213058 Is >>8213052 not 0.8 but 4 or 5 btw

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 07:50:50 2016 No.8213080 >>8213042 nice dude, I'm at Monash studying math/physics/eng thinking of doing my masters/PhD at Melbourne if I get first-class honours. What's it like doing postgrad at Melbourne?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 08:27:12 2016 No.8213133 >>8212777 It's a good school. Don't be one of those pissy cunts who wastes his college education moping about not being at the number one absolute best school in the world, because it really doesn't matter.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 09:19:05 2016 No.8213224 >>8206007 >>8206106 >>8206118 >>8209808 >If I say I have a 4.0, people will realize I'm a fraud >I guess I'll say 3.9 because that seems more specific, and who would lie and pick a number that specific? :^)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:17:49 2016 No.8213345 File: 1.09 MB, 640x1136, IMG_1157.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8210145 >>8208977 I'm this guy What makes it so hard to believe that high achievers use 4chan? Besides, high school is easy as fuck here.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:26:26 2016 No.8213352 >>8213345 >Australian uni >good

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:27:08 2016 No.8213355 >>8213352 Generally they're mediocre. but melb uni is pretty highly regarded for stuff like business/law

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:32:27 2016 No.8213368 would you guys agree 3.3-4.0 is the only appropriate gpa range? Otherwise youre fucked

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:35:17 2016 No.8213372 >>8213355 >business/law Check what board you're on. No one cares.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:36:45 2016 No.8213373 >>8213368 I would say 3.5-4.0, 3.5 is already getting in the fucked range (I have a 3.5). If I have something like a 3.3 by the time I graduate, I better have published two papers or have some kind of guaranteed connections.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:40:06 2016 No.8213377 >>8213373 would you place a 3.3-3.5 gpa on your resume at all?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 10:48:48 2016 No.8213389 >>8213377 Yeah, I personally still would, because I go to a competitive school. That could very well be above average here. It's still low enough to make me freak out and feel like overcompensating though.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 11:00:17 2016 No.8213398

>>8213373
this applies only if you are going to grad school, if you get a job no one gives a fuck about your GPA as long as its passing

>>8213377
you really shouldnt put your GPA on your resume unless its a 4.0, no one gives a fuck, if you are applying to internships and its 3.5+ and you dont have experience ok go for it but once you graduate take that shit off and just say honors/cum laude or whatever.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 11:45:03 2016 No.8213472 >>8210128 ayyyy top tier university up in here

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 11:55:54 2016 No.8213504

>What university do you attend?
I'm 18 and just graduated high school. Probably UCLA though.

>What is your major?
Undecided. Debating between microbiology and pharmacology. Probably neither, because I'm an undependable piece of shit.

>What is your GPA?
Not in school.

>Do you enjoy your major?
I probably will. I've had an interest in all forms of medicine for as long as I can remember.

>N/A

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 14:00:28 2016 No.8213735 >>8213368 >>8213373 >>8213377 Depends on the field. An Engineering gpa of 3.0 is like a 4.0 in Business.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 14:53:45 2016 No.8213818

>>8206002
>What university do you attend?
University of Wisconsin
>What is your major?
Math
>What is your GPA?
I don't know; I'm a grad student.
>How do you study?
Open book/paper, read book/paper, and then think deeply.
>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
It's fun for me.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I'm pretty happy with my life choices.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 15:31:00 2016 No.8213887 >not interested in anything >going into second year of cs >don't like it because it's dumb hyper specialized bullshit what should i do /sci/

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 15:44:08 2016 No.8213920

>What university do you attend?
UT-Dallas

>What is your major?
Cognitive Science, with concentrations in neuroscience and computational modeling. I'm a Sophomore.

>What is your GPA?
3.6 I think?

>How do you study?
Not efficiently.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Recently switched my major to Cognitive Science from Neuroscience, so while I haven't taken any CS classes yet, I've enjoyed my neuroscience classes so far. I've always really liked the brain.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
Another university: yes. Oh my god, yes. I don't want to feel entitled or anything, but I really wish I got into a better school. I had 99th percentile scores on the ACT, SAT, was a National AP Scholar, and a huge amount of district/regional awards. But because I was such a fuckup freshman and sophomore year of high school, my school rank was 47%. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to attend an already cheap university with a scholarship, but I feel awful and emotionally drained whenever I go back to that school. I'm dreading this summer being over, even though I've done basically nothing during it (got rejected from the one REU I applied for. That was for the best anyway, I needed to brush up on my programming skills anyway).

I wanted to transfer to a better school after freshman year, but that's when a big bout of depression really hit, and I convinced myself there was no point in applying anyway. Not even sure if it's worth applying anywhere after my sophomore year, it seems way too late to get anything meaningful done in terms of research and social groups.

Another major: Nah son, Machine Learning and Predicative Modeling are cool as fuck. I love this field a ton.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 15:44:38 2016 No.8213923

>What university do you attend?
University of Delaware
>What is Your Major?
Preveterinary Medicine
>What is your GPA?
3.92
>How do you study?
Take careful notes in lecture, reread them later, read suggested pages in textbook, rewrite notes utilizing information from both lecture and textbook, reread, create notecards when applicable, study notecards often
>Do you enjoy your major?
I definitely do as a means of differentiating myself from Premed students despite learning virtually the same information. In my own opinion, it seems more interesting talking about how I operated on a jaguar last week as opposed to "I fondled a child's testicles for his physical." Of course, this example only applies to Pediatricians and other varieties of doctors will be more interesting, but I hope I've illustrated my point.
>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I probably wouldn't change my major since my end-goal is seeking employment in a zoological attraction as a veterinarian, however, I should have stretched further instead of only applying to UD and two other schools as I was certain I would be accepted at Delaware. While the Pre-Vet program is well-regarded by veterinary schools globally, Penn State and Cornell are ranked higher and I would have stood a chance for acceptance into either. Furthermore, both Penn State and Cornell have veterinary graduate programs within their institution which would have made applications at the end of my undergraduate a hell of a lot easier.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 15:45:15 2016 No.8213925 >>8212766 Ayyyy fellow comet. Any tips on how to enjoy the school? I'm the poster above this post.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 15:46:24 2016 No.8213931 >>8213925 Nvm I'm not. I'm the cognitive science major from UTD

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 15:53:16 2016 No.8213950 >>8213920 Fellow UTDfag here, what exactly don't you like about the school? Is it just not good for your major?

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 15:56:46 2016 No.8213955

>>8213925
kek, just replied >>8213925

In any case, to be entirely honest, I don't get out to "enjoy" the campus all that much to be honest. I'm more focused on just staying cooped up in the dorm or library and focusing on my classes (after the shitshow that was my first freshman semester).
I used to play Magic with some nerds down in the union, but I've kind of given up on that.

I'm still looking to do things on campus (besides the actuarial fraternity), but nothing SUABB or the other orgs put on really interests me, unfortunately.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 16:09:47 2016 No.8213990

>>8213955
>I'm still looking to do things on campus (besides the actuarial fraternity), but nothing SUABB or the other orgs put on really interests me, unfortunately.

Make yer own. That's really easy to do at a smaller/lesser-known school, and "founder of so-and-so at school" gives you good points on a resume.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 16:15:51 2016 No.8214009 >>8213990 >Make yer own I was halfway considering making a wargaming club on campus, since I'm also a fa/tg/uy, but I'm still trying to ask around and see if there's a big enough interest for it.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 17:22:21 2016 No.8214189
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I'm from Russia, so...

> What university do you attend?
Kuban State University

>What is your major?
Fundamental Computer Science & Information Technology

>What is your GPA?
4.6

>How do you study?
I'm prioritizing university lessons. Maths and programming are more important than humanities. But, in addition, I just love learning and reading.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
Yes, I have a soul for computer science. In economy, in science, in engineering, everywhere need computer programming and applied mathematics. If you are programmer, you may be needed anywhere.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I hope to move to more advanced university. KubSU isn't my dream.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 18:02:01 2016 No.8214279

>>8213950
Honestly? I feel kind of lonely all the time. The few people I've met that seem really interesting and worth being friends with are transferring to UT for the rest of their academic career.

Past that, I can't get past the idea that I'm at an 'inferior' school. I understand that's shitty thinking and that UTD is honestly not a bad place, but when I see my old friends having the time of their life at UT, CMU, Berkeley, or MIT, I almost instinctively blame UTD. And since I haven't met a *single* person who says they enjoy it here, that reinforces my style of thought.

>>8213955
Good on you for focusing on academics. Do you not do anything for fun though?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 18:04:19 2016 No.8214281 >>8214009 forgot to reply to this; there would definitely be interest. Can't count the number of times I saw /tg/ kids playing some nerd (using this colloquially, those games are actually fun) games) at 2am in the West Res. Hall lobby.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 18:09:30 2016 No.8214295

>>8214279
While I can understand that kind of thinking, UTD is pretty up there for the "best" schools I could have gotten in to.
I fucked around a lot in high school, and I truly realized how hard it bit me in the ass during freshman year; I'm making the most of it, and living with my actions.

That being said, I don't mind that UTD is such a "boring" school.

>Do you not do anything for fun though?
Vidya with online friends for the most part, when I get the time. I'm also self-teaching myself to draw, as well as getting into lifting.
Not to mention all the /tg/ geekery.

>>8214281
Really? I wish I got put into West, I've been in SW and N so far, and all it's been was people watching sports or playing pool.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 18:16:17 2016 No.8214308

>>8214295
Then you're a far more mature person than I am. I hope I can adopt a similar mindset as I go through sophomore year.

Lifting, huh? Do you use activity center or the smaller dorm gym? Asking because I myself want to get back into lifting (I was very into it in high school, but haven't done anything for 1-2 years).

Yeah, West had a lot of geeky stuff going on past midnight. Very friendly people as well, they answered all my random questions about the games they played

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 18:25:35 2016 No.8214333

>>8214308
>I hope I can adopt a similar mindset as I go through sophomore year.
I hope I can maintain it, to be honest with you.
Gramps is paying my way through university, and I really want to make him proud for his own sake, beyond just doing well for my own career.

>Lifting, huh? Do you use activity center or the smaller dorm gym?
Smaller gym next to west, I never felt very comfortable working out in front of those big windows; it's usually pretty empty around 3 to 5 in the afternoon, but really picks up at night.
This is actually the first time I've started lifting in earnest, but hey, strong mind and strong body makes a strong man.

>Yeah, West had a lot of geeky stuff going on past midnight. Very friendly people as well, they answered all my random questions about the games they played
I'll have to check it out then when my game ships; were they playing card games, or legit miniature war games?

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 18:27:50 2016 No.8214338

>>8214333
I understand. You seem to be determined, so I'm sure you'll do him proud.

Empty is good lol, though I was a gym-rat in high school, I never got used to working out in a crowd of people. I'll check out the smaller gym sometime soon.

Both, though I saw the card games more often than the games that required miniatures.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 19 18:38:03 2016 No.8214361 >>8214338 Thanks man, it means a bunch to hear that. And that's awesome to hear, on both accounts; hopefully I'll be able to find enough players to actually justify dropping so much money on miniatures, kek.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 20:43:09 2016 No.8214532

>What university do you attend?
University of Wisconsin River Falls

>What is your major?
Physics and Math

>What is your GPA?
3.75

>How do you study?
I usually just do practice problems and sometimes I'll watch a video if I'm having trouble understanding a concept or am lazy. The videos make me think I know what I'm doing, but then I can't really do it.

>Do you enjoy your major? Why?
I do enjoy it. Physics is fun because we get to dick around doing projects fairly often. It's interesting to see different ways of manipulating numbers, too.

>If you had the opportunity to choose another university and/or major, what would you do? Why?
I'll be going on the the University of Minnesota to get an engineering degree. I don't care about the prestige, and I wish River Falls had an engineering program so I didn't have have to pay as much.

Anonymous Tue Jul 19 20:59:39 2016 No.8214559

>>8212777
What >>8213133 said. Also, it's pretty fun being at an in-state school with a ton of international students. It feels less like a grinder and more like a community, even more so if you choose to join a frat (not sure where you're from. If you're from the NW like me you probably have a whole bunch of ideas about frats you need to trash). Plus it makes the campus just feel super diverse. There are people from rural middle-of-nowhere Georgia and people from Greece and China and everywhere in between.

I think if you come in expecting everyone to be god-tier you're in for a disappointment. If you come in thinking about us as people from all sorts of backgrounds and walks of life and abilities you're in for some fun stuff.

People here STEM meme a bit too much for my tastes, but it's to be expected. Welcome to Tech dude, enjoy your stay.

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