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>that 25 year old sophomore in a STEM field

>> No.9669636
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>>9669630

>> No.9669671
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>that guy who asks the TA in tutorials to repeat everything we learned from the lectures.

>> No.9669674

>>9669671
>going to tutorials
>calling people stupid
that's rich

>> No.9669676

>>9669671
>we
Who's 'we' faggot? If you already know everything then why bother going to the tutorials?

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>that guy who does something

>> No.9669678

>>9669630
Whats wrong with being 25 in college?

>> No.9669681

>>9669630
This really hurt my feelings, op. Wtf

>> No.9669712

>>9669681
this. now i might withdraw my registration. thanks wojackposters.

>> No.9669728

>>9669630
bro i look like this and i am this. not cool.

>> No.9669733

>>9669677
God I hate that guy

>> No.9669745

>>9669630
You mean the responsible guy who goes to class and actually tries to learn?

>> No.9669782

That 25 year old bangs bitches and can buy you booze. Why are you not friends with him?
All you need to do is help him out slightly and you will be swimming in pussy at awesome parties.

>> No.9670168

>>9669712

:(

>> No.9670173

>>9669782
In what shithole can't you buy alcohol at university age?

>> No.9670192

>>9670173
The United States.

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>>9669630
> 28 everyone thinks I'm 18

>> No.9670201

>>9669630
>Be 46 years old
>Still in JC
>Still shitposting on 4chan
Granted, I'm teaching at said JC, but for one, it's humanities, and for two, feels bad man.

>> No.9670222

>>9670201
>humanities
so you get hot looking chicks in your classes?

>> No.9670226

>>9670173
Clapistan. You also have to sign contracts with chicks now to have sexual intercourse. Lawyer must be present too.

>> No.9670235

There's a 35-year-old major in my CSE class. The guy said Python was superior to C for embedded systems because there was libraries for I2C already written. Did I mention he was utterly incapable of understanding the algebraic properties of powers in a ring?

>> No.9670274

>>9669630
Good to know you had the chance to attend university straight after high school. Not all of us were in a situation to do so.

>> No.9670306

That feel when 29 and after years of grueling mathematical modeling you are putting CAD data into database and do same PowerPoint comparisons arr day errr day.

I died and am in hell, wtf

>> No.9670317

>>9670226
>implying I don't make them sign one first
That child isn't mine.

>> No.9670319

>>9669678
Nothing. Don't fall for the memeing here.

>> No.9670326

>>9670319
>t. 30 year old

>> No.9670330

I will start my first year of physics when im 20. Is that good enough?
t. 19HS

>> No.9670336

>>9670326
Actually 24

>> No.9670339

I'm 26 studying IT at community college. It's either that or a call center, and I'll kill someone before I'd do that again.

>> No.9670340

>>9669630
>that 25 year old sophomore in a STEM field
better than a 25 year old in Humanities

>> No.9670343

>>9669630
Better Late Than Never

>> No.9670367

>>9670330
No that is fucking terrible, you mean you didn't start your degree at 16 like all the other wizards?

Utter failure.

>> No.9670375

>>9670367
No, in sweden people start at 18 for the most part. NA brain i suppose.

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>>9670367 >>9669630
Be Terence Tao

Age 7: Begins High School
Age 9: Begins University

Age 10,11,12: Bronze, Silver & Gold Medals in
IMO (International Math Olympics)

Age 16: Honours Math BSc
Age 21: Math PhD at Princeton

Age 24: Professor at UCLA
Age 31: Fields Medal ("Nobel" in Math)

>> No.9670393

>>9670196
I've never cringed so hard at a picture in my life.

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>>9670367 >>9670326
*Terence Tao blocks your path integral*

https://youtu.be/MXJ-zpJeY3E

Beat him:
7yo: High School Freshman
9yo: University Freshman

10, 11, 12: Bronze, Silver & Gold Medals in
IMO (International Math Olympics)

16yo: BSc in Math at
21yo: Princeton PhD in Math at

24yo: UCLA Professor
31yo: Fields Medal

How can 16-35yo bois even compete?

https://youtu.be/yS-BnopPuIA

>Note: obviously I'm t. samefag as >>9670378

>> No.9670399

i'm a late bloomer who has wasted years after sixth form doing shitty freelance work online

currently doing an access diploma in biology but i have no clue what to study at university. i applied for geography, environmental management, and urban planning, but now i'm wondering why the hell i applied for those things. is it too late to switch? how the hell do i figure out which course to do

>> No.9670402

>>9669674
>>9669676
Tutorials are designed to help students on specific problems that they are attempting for which the requisite knowledge should already have been covered at least a week before.

This Anon >>9669671 is correct. It fucking pisses us off when we have to recover material. Faggots like you are taking time away from students who actually have a future, so we have to help them understand difficult problems in our office hours instead.

All because you retards couldn't read a few chapters of a textbook covered in lectures you skipped.

>> No.9670405

>>9669678
>Whats wrong with being 25 in college?
What's wrong with it is that you're increasing the risk of down syndrome babies.

Let me explain. You're taking the place of more deserving, younger students, who might actually have a chance in the job market.

I'm not saying you won't find STEM employment at 28 with no experience (it's unlikely in this job market, but possible), but you'll be starting with trainee pay. You won't get a decent salary until 30. You won't be able to afford raising a family until at least 35.


Honestly most people who go back to university are making the second biggest mistake of their lives. It sucks because now it's an indirect burden on other people too.

>> No.9670406

>>9669678
the problem is being 25 undergrad ~~in a stem field~~.
You will be 51 applying for postdoc grants living of ricepaper diet tier wages.
(if you mean stem to mean research, I would accept a engineer or computer guy at that age) .

>> No.9670407

>>9670405
>Honestly most people who go back to university are making the second biggest mistake of their lives
I'm sorry, okay?

>> No.9670408

>>9670396
Tao is amazing because he's one of the few child prodigies that actually went on to accomplish great things.

>> No.9670410

>>9670399
Conditions:
(1) A field you like, love or are excited about.
(2) Either a Secure or Well paid Job.

Many people love Biology, History, Music & Philosophy.
But they are among the Worst Paid majors.

If you love Biology, I suggest:
Bioinformatics =
Biology + Computer Science

If you love Geography, I suggest:
GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
Geography + Computer Science

If you love urban planning, I suggest:
Civil Engineering

If you love McDonalds, I suggest:
Philosophy

>> No.9670411

>>9670407
I know we meme a lot on /sci/, but we really don't understand why people with stable employment would choose to study undergrad STEM.

The market has been terrible for years. Many of us graduated top of our class and are desperately looking for jobs you probably already have.

Studying STEM (at a university) is a terrible choice even when you have a solid plan and find the degree easy.

>> No.9670413

>>9670410
This isn't as great advice as you might think.

Yeah those jobs pay better -on average-, but they are all rarer and more competitive.

With a biology degree you can get a stable QC job. Bioinformatios will over qualify you for most jobs so you have to be a top graduate and network your ass off and then just hope you get lucky.

Same with GIS.

For CivilE I know many people who did urban planning and are more successful than most CivilE grads who had to take jobs with below average salaries in finance consulting.


Really only go for the top tier jobs if you have very competitive personality and the intelligence to back it all up.

>> No.9670415

>>9670406
>>9670405
>job market is shit
Oh, you are talking about STEM in total. The T and E of STEM have a very good job market. You go pure math at any age you are begging to be fucked over, sadly. 25 year olds are more mature than 18-21 year olds so have an advantage in not only taking classes because they will work harder but also employers do enjoy "stability" in the people they hire.

>> No.9670418

>>9670411
>Many of us graduated top of our class and are desperately looking for jobs you probably already have.

But the Jobs we STEM fags look for are STEM jobs.

High School Graduates have to compete for a job in Retails (Wall Mart or Mc Donalds) or become Drivers (Truck, Taxi, Uber, Bus).

But Automation will kill these jobs.
Amazon drones will replace Wall mart.
Mc Donalds Drive-through will use Robots.
Self driving cars will replace Drivers.

And a Humanities degrees won't help them.

At least they can become High School Teachers, Code Monkeys or Low-Tier Engineers, so they can contribute more for society.

>> No.9670423

>>9670418
>And a Humanities degrees won't help them.
A Humanities degree* won't help them.

>> No.9670424

>>9670413
>Really only go for the top tier jobs if you have very competitive personality and the intelligence to back it all up.
The problem is that most STEM people are very anti-social. If you have an extroverted personality and have intelligence in STEM you really have a 1% chance of not finding a job. Like, just don't act like a complete autist.

>> No.9670443

>>9670415
>also employers do enjoy "stability" in the people they hire.
oh the lies we tell ourselves.
the most important thing in private industry is experience, and you are always behind when you grad late. btw I am a old fag back in college. not in stem though. and I know how badly I am fucked.
>>9670411
>why people with stable employment
>jobs you probably already have.
haha right? I quit my stable career with benefits for this. I wasnt fired from a deadend job or anything *crys in corner*.
>undergrad STEM.
I agree the employment/grant market for gradstudents and above is terror and btw that is all fields, not just stem.
if you are going to college late, pick a field that will employee you.
>>9670424
>The problem is that most STEM people are very anti-social. If you have an extroverted ....
nonsense. unless you went to Harvard and were the top in your classes, it is such a fucking crap shoot with 200 people applying per job

>> No.9670452

>>9670443
>not in STEM though

>> No.9670464

>>9670406
If you hate Math it's better to learn to love it.
Otherwise it's better give up STEM.

STEM & Economics requires Math beyond High School. Even Biology.

Some Humanities degrees are well paid. As Japanese Language & Chinese language (because they are harder)

>> No.9670470

>>9670443
>the most important thing in private industry is experience
You must have went to a shit uni if they didn't have good internship programs or co-ops. Also, believe it or not, people will hire other alumns from their school over guys from other schools.