>tfw 26 and just entering university Who /mature student/ here? Really regret not giving a fuck in high school.

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Anonymous Thu Sep 1 19:43:34 2016 No.8315420 [Reply] [Original]

>tfw 26 and just entering university

Who /mature student/ here? Really regret not giving a fuck in high school.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:12:46 2016 No.8315522 >>8315420 Eh, i was about your age when i started too. Ten years later i'm still studying and still don't have a degree.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:13:36 2016 No.8315525 23 here. I had to drop several times due to hospitalizations for schizophrenia.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:15:58 2016 No.8315533 >>8315522 What went wrong?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:18:55 2016 No.8315541 >>8315533 I started with 19 but only with 25 realized what I really want to study. Life is unpredictable like that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:29:20 2016 No.8315573 >>8315541 what did you start with and what are you studying now?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:31:25 2016 No.8315581 >>8315420 That will be me in a few years when I'm out of the military.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:45:18 2016 No.8315633 27 junior in uni MechE major >feels good man The only thing I dislike is being forced to work in groups because a lot of these other young students are entitled and don't contribute. I might be a hard ass as I got old.

Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:49:41 2016 No.8315642

I'm 29 and have 1 year left if all goes well.

The way I saw it when I started around 25 was that I could be 30 with or without a degree. As in time will pass regardless of my choice to go or not. The goal is to provide a better future. It seems like a daunting task but with good study habits and hard work anyone can do it.

I will graduate with a BSME and no debt.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 1 20:52:04 2016 No.8315648 27 third year med school, basically failed to enter the fourth by not completing a few exams. Will probs be done with 30-31 if I don't keep fucking up. Damn I feel like a gramps.

Anonymous Thu Sep 1 22:10:12 2016 No.8315811

>>8315633
>The only thing I dislike is being forced to work in groups because a lot of these other young students are entitled and don't contribute.
that's a problem for everyone, age doesn't matter. i wonder why the fuck don't they still force people to work in group.
if i have to look at the silver lining, at least i known someone even if i'm a sociopath.

Anonymous Thu Sep 1 22:19:52 2016 No.8315833

>>8315420
>>8315522
>>8315642
Do you have to work? I mean, I would not mind starting uni at 25 if I had all the time in the world to study, but working full time I feel it would be impossible for me to finish before 40, all that suffering what for exactly?

Anonymous Thu Sep 1 22:21:32 2016 No.8315841

>>8315420

29
>Going through a two year IT school so I have a backup for going through a genetics and chemical engineering degree

At least I'm living under the assumption that I'll be smarter, stronger, and more valuable when I'm 60 than now. I've seen too many faggots squander their life on absolute bullshit.

I also consider the last 28 years to be a vacation in hell. The age thing doesn't hit me as hard now that I've seen how incompetent and complacent people become. My hope is to devour the stupid alive.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 06:58:39 2016 No.8316478 starting next year @ 21

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 07:00:21 2016 No.8316481 >>8315420 >tfw finishing math undergrad at 20 >tfw know more about abstract algebra than paying taxes

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 07:34:43 2016 No.8316511 Doesn't bother me, I have no regrets. I'm 24 and as an adult learner I feel more motivated to succeed than they a lot of 18-21 year olds on campus.

Phoenyx temple of the evil tru(...) Fri Sep 2 07:37:43 2016 No.8316517

>>8316511
I agree.

Also your brain will still work great until you become a 60yo man.

Most successful scientists/engineers/bussinessmen had great habits which allowed them to see the path of improvement.

There is no time to waste in this website. Bye.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 07:40:25 2016 No.8316518 >20 >still a freshman

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 10:57:43 2016 No.8316826 21 here. Going for EE degree and to get into robotics

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 11:01:23 2016 No.8316834 >>8315525 Tim?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 11:03:29 2016 No.8316838 File: 18 KB, 235x215, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >That 45 year old guy that always tries to make small talk with the autistic professor during class

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 11:09:39 2016 No.8316850
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>I "instruct" calculus and pre-calc at my university as an adjunct
>I'm not a professor, as I'm working on my doctorate concurrently
>1/4 of the class is older than I am
>tfw 24
There's literally nothing wrong with being an older student, and generally the older students perform better in my course.
The only pain in the ass are the older students who aren't technologically inclined, and don't know how to access blackboard or navigate websites..... It's hard to be patient when this occurs

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 11:33:15 2016 No.8316874 >>8316838 >in literature class in CC cause needed for degree >mid 40s black woman >ghetto >talks for hours on end, interrupting the class >talks about how she went to jail I never asked for this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 11:58:51 2016 No.8316945 >>8315420 I was 21 when I started my degree. I'm 25 now, just graduated and got a job in the field.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 12:00:26 2016 No.8316947 This is odd, it seems like all of us mature students are in Mech E

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 12:13:20 2016 No.8316974

>>8315420
Good decision dude. 23 here. Started at 21 after dropping out of high school. Don't regret starting late either. I'm seeing these 17 and 18 year old kids and they really have no idea what life is like outside of school.

Idk what you did between highschool and now, but I got significant work experience (still working) in engineering, manufacturing and communications systems that my colleagues simply don't have.

Looking like I'll graduate by the time I'm 26/27 with a dual degree in applied math/electrical engineering and an associates in physics.

GOOD LUCK HOMEY YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 12:24:00 2016 No.8316997 >>8315420 34, im in 2nd year now life happens, anon, better late then never

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:28:21 2016 No.8317192

I'm 21, self studying A levels in UK. I won't be hitting university until I'm within a few weeks of turning 24. 3 year paramedical sciences degree, then hopefully, at 27, I'll be going straight into post-grad medicine. I'll be 31-32 by the time I'm finished if it all goes right.

>tfw you won't be in your desired career until you're 35+
>tfw you might not make it full stop

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:33:37 2016 No.8317198

Son, I gave zero fucks in HS. Barely graduated, and only because my mother begged and pleaded with the school to permit me to graduate.

Stewed in my own juices for a few years, then got the itch for math and science like I had when I was 5-6 years old.

Went to uni when I was 24. Graduated with MS when I was 29. Now many years later I am at the top of a very niche engineering field. Making bank and enjoying family life.

If I was in charge I would force all kids to take a few years off after HS to gain some perspective on life and decide what they really want to do or be.

Good luck.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:38:52 2016 No.8317210

>>8317198
>If I was in charge I would force all kids to take a few years off after HS to gain some perspective on life and decide what they really want to do or be.

Fuck, there would be so much less misery in the world if this were enforced. Although, we rely on young kid's ignorance to fill the shit professions that, given enough thought and perspective, no one would ever actually want to do.

If it's someone you care about, you should definitely get them to do this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:40:34 2016 No.8317217 >>8315420 Started PhD in the UK when I was 28. It's .. different. But I think my supervisor appreciates the fact that I'm an adult and don't arrive in the office at 12h earliest.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:45:42 2016 No.8317220

did 5 years in the Navy. another 6 years as civilian mechanic.

in senior year for Mech E right now. already have a comfy as fuck federal job lined up for after graduation.

if i had to do it all over again i probably wouldn't change anything. i wasn't ready for college at 18, i just wanted to party, chase girls, and generally fuck off. i did plenty of that in the military.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:53:01 2016 No.8317248

>>8317198
>Graduated with MS when I was 29. Now many years later I am at the top of a very niche engineering field. Making bank and enjoying family life.
How did you get a job, or what kind of job was it (trainee or a real position)? It sounds like your CV was basically empty all the way.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:58:31 2016 No.8317261 >>8317198 10/10 post.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 14:58:50 2016 No.8317263 >>8315811 because in real life you will be paired with shit people all the time

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:01:53 2016 No.8317269 >>8315420 >26 >mature choose one

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:01:56 2016 No.8317270 >>8316947 Yeah.... whats up with that??

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:02:22 2016 No.8317274 >>8317198 >If I was in charge I would force all kids i honestly feel like its just men that need to do this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:04:04 2016 No.8317280 >>8317263 yes, but you get a valuation out of that. they should judge you individually to be fair.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:05:04 2016 No.8317284 >>8316947 >>8317270 its a jack of all trades field that lets you integrate your previous work experience.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:09:55 2016 No.8317296 >>8317263 in real life people can get fired.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:13:27 2016 No.8317306

24yo freshman in Applied Math

I was studying Philosophy before, realized that it was a bunch of nonsense, got into Logic in the meantime (Frege, Peirce, etc), and said to myself that this shit won't employ me so might as well study actual math and programming.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:21:14 2016 No.8317330

25 years old, almost 26, been a career firefighter for the past 2.5 years.

Currently considering quitting and going back to school for something math/science related.

Went for software engineering right out of high school, but didn't care enough about it and dropped out (almost failed out). Now regretting it a little.

I like my job now, but it's made me a very jaded person. I work in a very impoverished city and the people are all pieces of shit. I could retire at 53 with a pension, but I feel like the job might destroy me first.

All I really want to do is sit around and play with myself.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:22:27 2016 No.8317333 24 and a masters student but i'm dating an 18 year old someone call me a creep

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:28:33 2016 No.8317349 File: 8 KB, 250x238, melencholypepe.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8315525 i feel you. who else /beautifulmind/ here?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 16:00:36 2016 No.8317437 28 years old. 2/3 years into my bachelor. Doing one semester at SDSU. Taking Astronomy 101 just for the fuck of it (also i like stars'n sheet). Never felt so old in my life.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 16:00:42 2016 No.8317438

>>8317248

Ravel Ammerman changed my life.

Then 9/11 happened and then I accidented into a job interview with ExxonMobil. I don't work for them anymore, but it was my start.

Hail Based Ravel Ammerman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRgZ-puZjfA&list=PL8kq5qsK0cc42p-m3eGHiuCi3Xr_ORv9W

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 16:02:36 2016 No.8317442 >>8317333 >be old in college >way past my awkward teenager stage; well developed muscles from manual labor, full beard and some salt n pepper in my hair >get eyefucked by 18-20 yo girls constantly the daddy issues are real

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 16:03:43 2016 No.8317447 >>8316517 >Also your brain will still work great until you become a 60yo man. and even then you can coast well into your 70's just off your experience alone.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 16:31:02 2016 No.8317490

>>8317333
dude you shouldn't be dating any chick above the age of 23. they hit peak at 21-23 unless they take great care of themselves then it's about 27.

you're not a creep. fuck the young and hot.

23 here and I've fucked plenty of 18-22s. then I realized I can't stand college girls because they're fucking stupid as shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 16:34:44 2016 No.8317496 >>8316874 Zoz

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 16:38:45 2016 No.8317503

>>8316517
At least these threads are motivating, towards something meaningful no less. In that sense, /sci/ might be the only useful board on this site.

>>8317192
My father didn't start medicine until he was 25. He managed to pull it off and became a trauma surgeon. Mind you, you'll also grow up to be prideful, jaded, and extremely intolerant of imperfection.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:12:23 2016 No.8317563 >>8316826 Are you me?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:15:17 2016 No.8317568 >>8316826 24 here. Studying EE and realizing it has nothing to do with robotics. Like why do I need to know about magnetic fields and shit? Should have vent into Computer Science.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:27:01 2016 No.8317585 21 Just decided to study abroad and recently dropped out of uni at my country so I have a spare year in here. Hopefully going for computer science and mathematics

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:30:54 2016 No.8317595 File: 16 KB, 500x500, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8315642 >>8317192 If it all goes right... All I can say is plan, plan well. >>8316874 Ask her how prison was.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:33:34 2016 No.8317600 >>8317568 >Should have vent into Computer Science. >not realizing that most EE programs are like 9 credits away from a CS degree nigga, just double major

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:35:06 2016 No.8317605 >>8315420 Please. There were literal grandmothers and grandfathers in nearly all my classes.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:41:43 2016 No.8317612

>>8317503
>My father didn't start medicine until he was 25. He managed to pull it off and became a trauma surgeon. Mind you, you'll also grow up to be prideful, jaded, and extremely intolerant of imperfection.
>Mind you, you'll also grow up to be prideful, jaded, and extremely intolerant of imperfection.
>prideful, jaded, and extremely intolerant of imperfection.

I have a degree in psychology and I'm sorry to tell you that it's my professional opinion that you have some unresolved issues which need to be addressed. Fuck knows what those issues relate to though. Probably wanting to fuck your mom, since that's the only thing we really learned.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 17:52:28 2016 No.8317635 26 third year EE

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:00:00 2016 No.8317651

>In Ethics class
>they bring up gender and started saying how women have it so hard because they can choose between a job and kids
>start bitching how men don't even get that choice, it's overtime or overtime, shame on them
>triggers the teacher
>expect it to trigger the other children later
This is going to be a fun class

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:00:51 2016 No.8317652 31 just starting my masters fuck.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:06:16 2016 No.8317670

>>8317612
>unresolved issues meme

What are you talking about? You're on 4chan, so we're all well-adjusted individuals here. We obviously all had competent father figures who guided us toward success and good habits, who were there for us when it really mattered, and who definitely did not instill a Pavlovian stress reaction to the sound of a raised voice.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:23:19 2016 No.8317705 >tfw turned 19 a few weeks ago >starting Maths at Balliol College, Oxford in October Face it, you guys aren't made of the right stuff. You won't be successful

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:25:30 2016 No.8317709 >>8317705 >being young >being cocky You have much to learn, little one.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:27:59 2016 No.8317720 >>8317709 I am just confident, I don't think I am the smartest guy in the world but I have achieved a lot for my age and plan to do more. I was just being honest, thinking you will be a big shot when you are still in school at 30 is delusional.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:31:33 2016 No.8317727 >>8317705 >Started at 19 Jej, I started at 17 and I'm not even good.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:36:36 2016 No.8317739 >>8317727 Like I said, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, I also wanted to stay with my friends and do my A2s at the normal time. Got 4 A*s, what about you? Also, show me some ID otherwise you are just trying oneupmanship.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:41:16 2016 No.8317750 File: 339 KB, 1199x514, YlRjM8u.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8317727 started at 16, but I'm lazy so I'll probably finish a bachelors around the same time as if I went at 18

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:44:50 2016 No.8317758 >>8317739 I'm not british, so I'm not even certain how the system there works. I was 5 when I started school, 17 when I graduated and went to uni, and 21 when i got my BS. Pretty normal.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:45:32 2016 No.8317760 >>8317720 Nobody said anything about being a big shot, most just want a job that's not low wage bullshit

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:48:25 2016 No.8317770

>>8317568
There shouldnt be much on magnetic fields unless you are seeking that out? I mean they cover it in E&M but thats hardly EE stuff. Learn Operating Systems, how to take a circuit from schematic to pcb, and interactive programming like python and you will be doing well.
t. EE undergrad to Robo PhD

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:50:15 2016 No.8317777 >>8317349 I'm Bipolar and it caused me problems but didn't need to be hospitalized. I can relate with the social problems.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:50:19 2016 No.8317778 >>8317758 Oh, well it is different here, not many people choose to skip years and we finish school at 18. I turned 19 in the Summer holiday. Also, it is important, are you at a good maths school? Otherwise it means fuck all that you got into university.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 18:57:46 2016 No.8317797 >>8317778 I didn't go for math. I chose my uni based on it's being close to home and a top 10 med school.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 19:21:05 2016 No.8317833

>>8317778
Man, if you're like this now, then I can't imagine how insufferable you'll be after a year at Oxford. When you go home for a few weeks after first semester, I can see someone in town knocking seven shades of shit out of you with that sort of attitude. Will serve you right, too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 19:27:06 2016 No.8317845 File: 1.99 MB, 350x300, 1389573115222.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8315420 >tfw 48 and dating my mathematics professor's 17 year old daughter behind his back

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 19:33:00 2016 No.8317857 >>8317845 That is incredibly disturbing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 19:38:44 2016 No.8317871 >>8317833 Is Oxford really that fully of elitists? Perhaps a stupid question.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 19:41:56 2016 No.8317874 >>8317720 >>8317705 come back and gloat when you finish the degree. plenty of people here "started" college.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 19:47:20 2016 No.8317887 >>8317652 not a big deal for a masters. I saw plenty of people in their late 20's and beyond when I took some graduate classes.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 19:56:11 2016 No.8317904

>>8317306
>I was studying Philosophy before, realized that it was a bunch of nonsense
Not so much nonsense as shit you study on your own time... Unless you mean studying philosophy at school is nonsense. Or just 99% of continental philosophy, in which case I agree.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 20:00:41 2016 No.8317912 >>8317490 No shit, you should only date girls above 24 dude... Otherwise they're stupid as shit. But you should only fuck girls below 24. Oh the dilemmas of life.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 20:23:14 2016 No.8317955

>24 year old electrician.
>unemployed for a year after mining collapse, can't get any job
>never been a NEET
>started doing tertiary prep at uni
>enjoying the self actualisation, appreciating the academic writing, hating the content.

Why the fuck are these pre-uni programs using sociological concepts for working people?
This course is literally for people of the real world yet they push abstract meme shit with an agenda.
Every peice of paper has "we like to the thank the traditional owners of this land", and Karl Marx was introduced within 2 weeks of starting.
I did this to learn, not be subtley indoctrinated, and to be graded on my knowledge rather than obedience.

I want to study Mechatronic Engineering and use my practical electrical skills to automate and integrate systems, not discuss the extent in which social factors like historical legacy and attitude influence a person's happiness.

Give me strength /sci/.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 20:28:39 2016 No.8317966

>>8317955
its your opportunity to learn how these people think and develop a professional/political way of interacting with other human beings.

you aren't trying to be some grunt tradie who never talks to clients or people of import. its not to teach you obedience. its to teach you patience and tact.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 20:36:29 2016 No.8317978

Finished bachelors at 27 instead of a couple years earlier. Improved mental health and personal enlightenment was noticeable at 25 and allowed
me to tackle the psychological barriers involved with avoidance. Getting top marks wasn't difficult, but my brain did everything in its power to discourage or persuade me from keeping focused. It was identical to my experience with being psychologically addicted to speed and hydros except I was being repulsed or subtly lured from dry academic tasks.

To that extent I believe in smart but lazy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 20:53:01 2016 No.8318020 >>8317349 here. am 25 wanted to start university this year after getting better but now that its actually about to start im like no. social stuff is hell for me

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 20:55:08 2016 No.8318023

>>8317966
That's true I suppose.. however for some reason I feel the need to state that I have never been a grunt tradie.

I just find it hard to take these people seriously, it all seem's so irrelevant to my technical mind. I just want to get into engineering so I don't have to bother with open ended conjecture about arbitrary topics and 'feelings'.
I only realize the merit to academics of the technical world, where the knowledge has applications beyond pondering life and making quotes that instagram girls can put of their feed.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 20:59:48 2016 No.8318027

>>8318023
>however for some reason I feel the need to state that I have never been a grunt tradie

if you are getting paid to work, instead of being paid to think, you are a grunt.

that is the difference between a technician and an engineer.

take it from someone who has been in your position, you are about to enter a very different world when you graduate. everything you are going through in college has value to it, but it is up to you to learn from it. if you just have a shitty attitude and can't optimize your experience you aren't going to come out the other side as a better person.

act according to the station you aspire to.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 21:06:18 2016 No.8318039

I'm 24 and entering my third year of mathematics.
I was an overachiever through high school/sixth form(UK), never got told I needed to work harder because I attained above average results and shot myself in the foot graduating with A levels A,A,B,C when I was predicted A*,A*,A,A. I still got into Warwick for chemistry, but shat out my lab reports the day they were due and failed first year labs which are impossible to retake.

After having worked, I now treat studying like the least stressful 9-5 I've ever had and it's made all the difference.

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 21:18:56 2016 No.8318064
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>>8315633
Sadly, this pisses me off so much.

Story time!
>be me third semester CE
>database course, already know my way around data structures from last semester
>have a program that fills nodes of a list with an ID and a string writen in C++ from last semester
>teacher asks for a program that does that but that is capable of adding and removing attributes
>fuck yeah
>work in teams to do it (fuck)
>two guys on the team didn't write a single line of code so I gave instructions to the only guy left
>me: I have this program, it does such a thing, but I need you to check it out and add modules to it so you can remove and add attributes, I make the necessary changes for it to insert a node to a list according to a file with the metadata
>a week passes and the guy says he doesn't know C++ so he did his own thing in C
>I have to complete this shit for next week and have tons of other stuff to do too
>do it, its missing the attribute adding but can create a new list with different attributes
>guy brings his program, it doesn't wven compile
>don't worry m8, my program already has a pro level versioning control and the executable file is already in my $PATH
>I show my program to the teacher while this guys tries to figure out what's wrong with his
>we get an 80% of the grade
>mfw if it wasn't for my stupid program we would have lost the grade
>mfw can't switch teams
>mfw this is just the beginning

I'm almost 25 and this always gets on my nerves. Fuck working in teams in school. IRL I would have fire their asses because of under qualification.

If you don't understand a fucking language go learn it. I'm not even asking you to do it in Lisp or Brainfuck. You can learn the basics of C++ in two days tops (at least of what was required).

Anonymous Fri Sep 2 23:08:33 2016 No.8318276

>>8317871
Unfortunately yes. Most people I've spoken to from Oxford had some kind of superiority/God complex. In addition there's a lovely tendency to try to single you out as turbo brainlet for not knowing every detail of your field to an almost sub-atomic level of precision.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 23:28:42 2016 No.8318321 >>8315420 32 year old junior. Its honestly better being a mature student. I wouldn't of taken college this seriously if I was a teenager.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 00:26:43 2016 No.8318460 I'm an 29 year old Euro, beginning med school this year.

Anonymous Sat Sep 3 00:34:55 2016 No.8318479

>>8318064
Not exactly related, but:
>EE doing "Embedded Systems"
>programming Pacman on the LPC1768 Landtiger (among other labs)
>partner is 10 years older guy, he just isn't as good as I am at programming, even dyslexic
>he does most of the writing assignments, I edit
>the fucking Pacman project, I press the turbo button and do literally at least 98% of the assignment, he was there literally all but one hour I didn't ask him to join me, at least like 20 hours of productive work
>had to restructure it 3-4 times because I kept abstracting shit (fucking pointers to pointers n shit)
>teacher underestimated the difficulty of the project, most people didn't even finish
>I'm not bitter to the older guy at all, I admit I took control and he was there to keep me on task and make sure everything got done and did much of the final paper

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 00:51:29 2016 No.8318511 >>8318460 >I'm a 29 year old American stopped reading there. Holy Kek.

Anonymous Sat Sep 3 01:10:57 2016 No.8318536

>>8315525
I'm 23 and I'll be starting a EE/Comp Sci Degree next year. Took me 5 years to graduate from BA because of similar reasons (delusional disorder).
Meet loads of schizos when I was in hospital always thanked fuck I wasn't that crazy - also bipolar paranoid was a shit fest to see.

Hope you go well in your studies dude.

Anonymous Sat Sep 3 01:20:25 2016 No.8318542

i'm going back to university this year starting a bachelor in cognitive science after a failed bachelor in AI. i'm 26 now as well. i'm worried about the mathematics classes, but everything else will be fine.

i really hope there will be more older students and not just the usual smug 18 year olds.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 02:55:56 2016 No.8318647 >>8317955 Where are you doing your course?

Anonymous Sat Sep 3 11:25:32 2016 No.8319242

>>8315420
28 and entering the second year in Chemical Engineering and doing MBA in parallel. Already have a biology major and a master in chemistry. I may start PhD next year. Worked in the army for a while.

MFW my sister feels superior with a low level blue collar job, just the main high school education and a drug addiction.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 11:28:59 2016 No.8319247 >>8317333 >>someone call me a creep or better, a total beta

Anonymous Sat Sep 3 12:42:50 2016 No.8319389

22 here starting uni in an undeclared program, taking chem, calc and a history course as my electives (would have taken physics but it completely overlapped with a mandatory course I have). I have never been able to see myself working in any specific industry or job, and I have no clue what I want to do, so I've been fucking around for a few years trying to find myself, but nothing happened. Guess I should go around to all of the facilities and start asking about the courses, might learn something new.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 13:00:03 2016 No.8319419 27 here. I started my second career. First one was graphic design and now I'm in a engineering at industrial design. The first days I felt so fucking weird surrounded by teenagers. I made a couple of friends but I still feel so weird. :(

Anonymous Sat Sep 3 13:07:33 2016 No.8319435

>>8317274
Yes.

Young men in the modern world are soft, squishy, flavorless beings with no passion or desire. It's fucking weird.

I've seen it time and time again. Young men with no life experience just prefer to jack off, smoke weed and play video games all day. I even see it on my weightlifting team - it's consistently the women who are tougher, work harder, are more focused and more passionate about their fields of study and weightlifting.

My personal theory is that women have a bit of a chip on their shoulder still, to be "taken seriously" by men, that they're like this. But I don't know. It would need some analysis

Anonymous Sat Sep 3 13:23:01 2016 No.8319466

>>8318039

WEW lad, me too.

I'm turning 25 next month, I just got into a really good public Uni to study math (transfer student)

My first year in college, at 18, I did pretty well, but still didn't apply myself fully. Slowly my grades slipped and I did worse and worse. Ended up dropping out at 20.

After that, I worked a couple SHIT jobs and a couple fun ones too. the turning point was when I worked two jobs - stocking shelves in a grocery store and bartending a few nights a week. I got so burnt out. I never slept and I was constantly bored out of my mind at the grocery store or so stressed from bartending (it was a big bar, I made bank) that I couldn't sleep until 5-6am.

To make it worse, I had a gf at the time and because I was so tired and busy, I could never see her or my friends. I also lived in San Francisco, so I was surrounded by guys my age (23ish) that studied comp sci and worked in the cushy tech bubble making 150k a year just working 6 hours a day.

Then my friend, working the same kind of jobs as me, hung himself. He was 23, my age.

I knew I couldn't keep doing this. I went back to school and took pre-cal and some other shit and applied myself 100%, got straight As and now I've got a free ride at a good public Uni to study math and its simultaneously the easiest and the most interesting and stimulating 9-5 I've ever had.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 13:26:26 2016 No.8319474 I'm doing postgrad first time at 24 In uk Am I fucked?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 13:30:21 2016 No.8319483 >>8319466 Good luck anon

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 16:01:55 2016 No.8319800 Started at 22 and now hold an engineeirng degree

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 16:04:27 2016 No.8319808 >>8315420 The old fucks in my school are so annoying and ruin the college vibe. Especially the vets cause they never shut the hell up with their stupid comments. Wish someone would tell them to go back to the retirement home.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 18:55:01 2016 No.8320130 25-year-old freshman at a bretty good school in Canada I have lots of savings though and my degree probably won't cost me much if anything at all (cause of co-op) Feels good man.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 3 19:07:02 2016 No.8320148 >>8318027 Agreed and this is coming from a former grunt tradie. I'd rather be well-read than not and I can see the value of the liberal arts/humanities even if it isn't related to my discipline.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 04:42:18 2016 No.8321046 bump?

Anonymous Sun Sep 4 10:05:43 2016 No.8321434

>>8317192
Hey man, I'm basically in the same boat. 21, interested in pre-hospital care, want to study medicine. I'm personally going for the access route, but BSc Paramedic Practice > grad entry is my backup.

Consider moving up to Scotland. We're recruiting 1000 paramedics over 5 years and it's currently the vocational method: 1yr Technician, apply for 1yr paramedic practice DipHE, then apply for 1yr BSc Paramedic Practice. It takes you to the same place, but you get paid the whole way through and have to spend less time studying first.

Plus, since in Scotland students don't need to be supernumary, you can get far more hands-on experience.

Just something worth thinking about. Hope it helps, and good luck bud. We'll both need it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 11:00:32 2016 No.8321517 File: 52 KB, 564x566, a6d6f917d315470a189e060f4633994c.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] pic mildly relevant

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 11:02:59 2016 No.8321523 >>8321517 Thanks for this anon.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 11:08:49 2016 No.8321529 File: 104 KB, 766x960, 1472518354140.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Ill be entering uni when ill be 21

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 11:13:22 2016 No.8321540 I'm 24 and entering my second year of EE.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 12:05:28 2016 No.8321646 >>8321529 I entered it at 20. While people are falling I'm regaining my years.

Anonymous Sun Sep 4 12:14:27 2016 No.8321669

starting sixth form at 18. the bare minimum to get in to the course i wanted were 5 Bs. i got my results on the same day i was meant to enroll, i got 5 Cs.
now i'm doing a very similar course, it's never as bad as it seems. i'm a bit upset about it though, my predicted grades were all A/A*
i missed ~2 years due to mental illness when i was 15. it worked out surprisingly well, paranoia made me learn life skills (learnt to cook because i thought my mum was poisoning me, ect.) i think it's good to take a break from education, basically what >>8317198 said

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:02:25 2016 No.8322901 20, starting undergrad lost 2 years because reasons don't worry OP, you're alright. saw some 50 year old asian lady taking one of my classes, literally going through menopause

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:05:34 2016 No.8322908 File: 106 KB, 640x787, 1424830776276.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] if I'm working 40+ hours a week how many classes per semester do you guys recommend I should take if I'm going for a Computer Science degree?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:22:08 2016 No.8322942 >>8322908 6-9.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:23:09 2016 No.8322944 >>8322942 >>8322908 err 6-9 credits i mean.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:33:36 2016 No.8322967 I'm in the middle of Food Engineering right now, and will graduate at 27 with no debt because college is free in my country.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:34:19 2016 No.8322968 >>8322967 >Food Engineering i want to see the course list for this

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:39:15 2016 No.8322976 >>8322968 http://www.unla.edu.ar/documentos/licenciaturas/alimentos/Plan%20de%20Estudios%202010%20-%20correlatividades.pdf

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:46:54 2016 No.8322989 >>8322976 what makes it a "Food" engineer? it looks like a general agriculture engineering degree.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 21:58:04 2016 No.8323020 >>8322989 The competences are all food/drug related: food processing, building of food processing plants, food machinery, packaging, ingredient manufacturing, instrumentation, quality control, etc. I know it sounds stupid, but is called that way.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 23:18:10 2016 No.8323218 File: 155 KB, 620x658, 1400012539368.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8322944 Thank you

Anonymous Sun Sep 4 23:41:08 2016 No.8323252

>>8317871
Generally yes. Every school with a fancy name and reputation is like that. Only rich faggots who care about trendiness, name recognition, and brand boast about it.

They act as if the things they learn there are somehow different or special compared to what one might learn in any other university when in fact that same knowledge can be had by any individual with the good sense to pick up a book.

They are schools for the rich to buy their prestige. Like they should be lauded for their willingness to pour money into a corrupt organization simply for the "privilege" of receiving a gaudy diploma in the end and the opportunity to network with other elites.

Most people I've met that come from these types of schools and act like it means something have been idiots. They don't know their field and they have no knowledge about the world in which they live.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 4 23:42:06 2016 No.8323254 I was ineligible for student loans before age 24 due to that whole "dependent" and "independent" thing

Anonymous Sun Sep 4 23:47:48 2016 No.8323261

>>8323254
University wouldn't let me claim independent before 24. Parents made too much money on tax returns. I flat out could not afford it. Now I'm 26 and have been trying to go back since 25. But now the university is fucking me on "out of state" tuition and trying to make me pay triple the cost. So now I have to wait. By the time I even start up full-time again I'll have taken about a 4-5 year break from college ;_;

My life is fucked up

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 00:26:08 2016 No.8323302 >>8315525 Same, but not for the same reasons.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 00:32:42 2016 No.8323309 Same here Spent 6 years working various jobs after highschool before i got into geology never would have thought thats what i'd be doing

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 01:40:13 2016 No.8323410 >>8317770 E&M covers the fundamental physics behind EE. It couldnt be more relevant. That and semiconductor physics form the basis of all electronics and circuits.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 01:51:59 2016 No.8323429 >>8323261 Do white parents really not help out their children with educational costs? Damn I'm poor af and my parents still manage to help me out a little

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 02:43:19 2016 No.8323479 >>8317585 Dude. I graduated from EE like 5 years ago. Now i mostly do CS. Just get the degree and then do whatever the fuck you want.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 02:44:20 2016 No.8323482 >>8317600 Also this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 02:48:18 2016 No.8323486 >>8317845 This is a clear win!

Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:10:30 2016 No.8323512
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>>8315420
Turning 27 and just going back. Thinking of scraping my 3 years in CS and starting fresh in engineering. Not sure how to feel. I quit my job 2 months ago to commit suicide, but randomly came into enough money to support myself through school for the next few years.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:18:25 2016 No.8323524 >>8323512 >27 >still thinks school is the only way to go >even goes back for seconds better prepare that noose

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:20:45 2016 No.8323526 >>8323512 kardashian wannabe

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:22:46 2016 No.8323529 >>8323524 Luckily I know better than to take advice from /sci/.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:25:32 2016 No.8323537 Is this the role playing thread xDDD? tfw 30 yr old getting back into school :PP haha at least im so mudge more experienced in lyfe and shieeet xdDDD everyone itt kill yourself

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:28:26 2016 No.8323541 >>8323529 >Comes on a chinese cartoon image board >Talks about killing himself >Happened to stumble upon some quid to support yourself through school >Not sure how he feels about this >Posts with confidence after in the actions hes taking Wow lad!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:29:45 2016 No.8323544 >>8323541 You seem like an angry lad. Assume whatever you like.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:31:54 2016 No.8323548 >>8323544 not even mad just pointing out the inconsistencies, good day sir tips

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 03:36:11 2016 No.8323560 >>8323548 Well I could either take my welding experience and become a fabricator or become an engineer. Those are the only real ways for me to move up in salary. I don't have enough capital to get into real estate. Beats committing sudoku, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 05:48:55 2016 No.8323742 I've always wondered what movie that's from. > waste 3 semesters at one university > transfer to different uni starting from scratch > everyone is older than me and already completed training

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 14:48:04 2016 No.8324697 bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 15:02:26 2016 No.8324719 Who else /lifeflashingbeforetheireyes/?

Anonymous Mon Sep 5 15:51:03 2016 No.8324810

26 year old here.

I'm about to get my AA and transfer (hopefully... I should) to the top school in my state. I'm majored in geology.

I fucked up in high school and didn't care... I've been taking classes part time while I work... Joined the NG and deployed... now my tuition is pretty much covered so I go to school full time.

Overall I'm much more disciplined with my studying and school is much easier..

Those 18 year old qt white girls in yoga pants tho.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 5 15:58:28 2016 No.8324840 >>8315420 28 i got my bachelor degree i n physics in july

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 6 10:21:34 2016 No.8326670 >>8317270 >>8317284 This. Everyone from former welders, HVAC techs, and car mechanics would get funneled into mech e. Chemical engineers don't really have a layman version, for instance.

Anonymous Tue Sep 6 18:17:08 2016 No.8327537
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>>8321517
>Mark Cuban
>until 25 bartender at his own bar
>indirect path to success
triggers me every fucking time. Mark Cuban's from a rich jew family, got into university at 17 and got to own his own bar while still attending college, using the wealth from that to buy even more businesses. The reality is the complete opposite of what this motivational picture is trying to convey.

Anonymous Tue Sep 6 18:56:10 2016 No.8327624

>>8317198
>If I was in charge I would force all kids to take a few years off after HS to gain some perspective on life and decide what they really want to do or be.

so true. the "go to college straight out of high school" meme is terrible. you're better off working a shitty job

Anonymous Tue Sep 6 19:03:43 2016 No.8327642

I'm 30 graduating this year with double major in Statistics and CS. Only about 4K in debt. Actually did research and stuff (I want to do environmental or ecological statistics), but still nervous about job prospects.

It felt so much easier than when I failed out after one semester at eighteen. I'm way more calm and motivated. Has been hard making friends though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 6 21:06:08 2016 No.8327891 File: 290 KB, 1280x1285, lost-in-life-people-who-took-indirect-path-to-success-infographic.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8321517 Version not for ants.

Anonymous Tue Sep 6 22:11:17 2016 No.8328031

>>8315633
>young students are entitled

wow that's really neat
what entitles them to your work bro?

oh, you mean "self-entitled" don't you?
or "THINK they're entitled"

and here's a preemptive fuck you for getting mad about being corrected

or should i say "emptive"
here's an emptive fuck you for being mad

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 6 22:23:02 2016 No.8328066 >>8317330 the story of america wonderfully told, dude i hope you make it; existentialist books/youtube lectures help me

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 6 22:26:09 2016 No.8328076 >>8317442 are you a daddy on the inside though? when i get the look of the lamb i just remember how small i really am inside.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 6 22:33:29 2016 No.8328095 >>8317750 what a fucking asshole, making a whole website just to regurgitate trending topics ironically >better not look like i'm trying, that wouldn't be self-aware i bet he fucking "acknowledges" that point-blank too the meta little shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 6 22:50:35 2016 No.8328155 >>8327537 damn son glad i ignored it

Anonymous Wed Sep 7 02:35:53 2016 No.8328514

>>8315420
I enrolled on geology this year. Before i went three years on well mining, but got some project and took it easy so i dropped out after three years. 23 yo. Went through higschool drunk and doing stupid shit. Neded two years to get back on track with math, physichs and chemistry.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 02:40:39 2016 No.8328515 >>8328076 once i got married i literally stopped caring about other women. once i stopped caring is when they started coming after me. weird innit?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 02:54:29 2016 No.8328529 >>8315420 > mature You mean old?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 03:00:08 2016 No.8328534 you know whats great. going to a career fair and crushing the hopes and dreams of the 20 year olds who think their shitty clubs and nice GPA can even compete with my resume.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 03:00:22 2016 No.8328536 >>8315420 30 yo here, about to defend my Ph. D. Started 3 years ago (commmon duration for a Ph. D. in my country).

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 03:03:58 2016 No.8328539 >>8315633 you're probably one of those fucks who expects he can get away with not doing any work on a project because "muh out of wedlock keedz" or "muh full time job". Consider dropping out.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 03:48:09 2016 No.8328585 >>8328529 DELETE THIS

Anonymous Wed Sep 7 06:35:47 2016 No.8328732

>>8328066
Nationalism isn't needed. The US isn't unique in its ability to give opportunities to the poor to improve their lives. In fact it's actually kind of the opposite, since you have to go into often crippling debt to take advantage of those opportunities.

t. The rest of the world

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 08:27:03 2016 No.8328849 >>8317349 same but for different mental illness. haven't actually gone back to school yet, not sure what to take. i've thought about studying neuroscience/psychology but idk seems a little on the nose.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 09:05:50 2016 No.8328902 >>8327537 Lol I miss the Red Green show

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 09:15:19 2016 No.8328919 >>8315633 >inb4 you upset the children

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 7 09:20:41 2016 No.8328932 >>8328902 haha this red green is awesome

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