i'd take parker's advice with a grain of salt because
Originally Posted by Parker
i'd take parker's advice with a grain of salt because
Oh, I already know what I'm doing - Psychology with a minor in neuroscience. And of course I aim to go to grad school since I kinda need a PhD to get anywhere with it.
Era Vulgaris
"My life's a chip in your pile. Ante up!" ~Setzer, FFVI
"Knights do it two-handed!" ~Drunkard, FFV
Oh, okay!I seriously thought I read somewhere in here that you were going to uni for a Liberal Arts degree.
Don't be like me and realize you've spent all this money on classes you could've gotten for much, much cheaper, and you end up back at CC anyways.
Psychology is a liberal arts major because it's all made up.
(SPOILER)/nik0tine
I meant that I'm going to a liberal arts college but I definitely know what I want to major in and what sorts of careers I'd like :P
Era Vulgaris
"My life's a chip in your pile. Ante up!" ~Setzer, FFVI
"Knights do it two-handed!" ~Drunkard, FFV
I'm in my third year of University and I (stupidly) decided to do a joint degree of Sociology and Criminology (worst decision of my life, neither class respect the fact that some of us have other work to do/lectures to go to, I miss out on loads of guest speakers as I'm in another lecture, exams are always badly timed, assignments at the same time, It's absolute hell).
University breaks down like this, for partying.
First year - Party hard.
Second year - Only party for the first term.
Third year - Wonder what 'party' even is anymore. I haven't been out all year.
And after this Ive signed myself up for a further two years and I'll be doing a masters in social research for Sociology, focusing on social identity and body modifications where I'll be writing a 30,000 report of my own research. I have a death wish.
Should've gone on a foreign exchange, easiest 30 credits I've ever got for going out 3 times a week.
This twenty-year-old boy was distinguished from childhood by strange qualities, a dreamer and an eccentric. A girl fell in love with him, and he went and sold her to a brothel...
Brave person. I wouldn't dream of doing a masters in my subject.I'm in my third year of University and I (stupidly) decided to do a joint degree of Sociology and Criminology (worst decision of my life, neither class respect the fact that some of us have other work to do/lectures to go to, I miss out on loads of guest speakers as I'm in another lecture, exams are always badly timed, assignments at the same time, It's absolute hell).
University breaks down like this, for partying.
First year - Party hard.
Second year - Only party for the first term.
Third year - Wonder what 'party' even is anymore. I haven't been out all year.
And after this Ive signed myself up for a further two years and I'll be doing a masters in social research for Sociology, focusing on social identity and body modifications where I'll be writing a 30,000 report of my own research. I have a death wish.
You can still find time to go out drinking and letting off steam even in third year though, be it even 1 day during the week.S'what I did near the weekends.
Had I gotten into my University of choice, I would of been doing Sociology & English Literature with a year in Finland. Imagine
And me and Sociology go back a long time. Third year of Uni is my 7th year of doing the subject, so after my masters it'll be 9. I have an unhealthy love for the subject. And apparently the masters is wrote in a way that I may be able to get it published, when I told the head of department about my idea, his face lit up; how people identify themselves through body modifications in contemporary society, how it's similar to changing your avatar in a game, but that it is your own body, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, piercings, hair colours. I'm super super excited.
And I would get opportunity to go out if I didn't have a job as well.
As someone with a BA in psychology... basically.
Whats so terrible about psych majors exactly?
Im going to uccs in the fall.
My dads giving me 7000 for college, tuition is 8000, and i can live on home while working on campus. This minimizes any and all cost.
I want to get a BA In psych, a masters in counseling psychology, and then strive to become a family counselor. Its not a well paying job, but if i can manage my money well i can make it work. It also helps that counselors in general have a very high growth expectation.
Id like to hear feedback on this idea of mine. How viable is it?
Eyyyyyyyyyyyyy
My one piece of advice is to enjoy it. It will be over before you even know it.
Man, it feels like 5 seconds ago I was a fresher!
But really, the best advice I can give to you is:
1. Get work done on time - early is even better. That is the golden rule for me.
2. Get a job as soon as you can. Having extra money is never a bad thing.
I do Media and Journalism. For my first year I loved it. I loved doing radio the most on the journalism side, and analysing media for the media side. I partied a little - I still lived with my parents so I would commute which meant socialising wasn't my priority really. I didn't mind though. Towards the end of they year though I was smurfing broke as trout. I searched fro a job and got a pretty decent one at a fashion store near the Uni.
My second year was... bad. My depression kicked back in after living away from home in a horrible situation and my boyfriend didn't exactly help either. I also started to really dislike Journalism and started considering a career teaching film and television studies instead as that's where my passion was.
Now I'm in my last year and my God I LOVE Journalism again. Writing for EoFF is probably the reason for that, but for a long time at Uni I felt I was a bit trout at Journalism, but really I was just paving my own way and realising my strengths, weaknesses and style. I also love my housemates again. I'm a couple months from Graduating and I'm starting to feel confident about it. I've had a lot of trout on my this year, and Uni isn't just about Uni, it's about everything else that happens to you in that time and how it makes you grow as a person.
As for my personal growth, I think I've done really well. I've gained so much confidence - that part time job I got in first year? I'm now in a Managerial position and I love it! I feel like I've matured a lot, going through depression will do that to you - I'm slowly starting to learn to not take things to heart too often. I get stressed a lot, but I'm learning not to, and I deal with it a lot better also.
So really Reb, take every oppurtunity that is put in front of you - grasp it with both hands. Because yeah, college/uni is not like the movies, but you get to make it whatever you want - so make it good.
Because it's an over-saturated degree field, and you really can't expect to do anything with it unless you go for you PhD.
Well, I went into Stony Brook University knowing full well that I wanted to go into medicine. I was originally a Health Science major, but my classes have led me to switch to Biochemistry. Now, I'm about to switch to Biology, which in all honesty isn't all that much of a change.
My life here has had its ups and downs; I'm busy climbing out of a down after a less-than-stellar semester last fall. SBU isn't for everybody; the campus is practically dead on the weekends, and the classes, particularly the introductory science courses that nearly everybody has to take, are overcrowded. The lack of transparency and accountability of professors and administration here is also infuriating at times. However, the people I've met here have made dealing with all the bulltrout worth it.
My general advice boils down to the following:
-Don't kill yourself taking too many credits, especially if you have AP credits coming in. Few things can kill your interest in your classes and in your passions than being in way too far over your head.
-Take some classes you enjoy outside of your major. For example, I'm taking a Mythology in Literature class right now that is a ton of fun. It's not too much work, and the professor cares about the class and is hilarious.
-Grades are not everything. Don't freak out just because you fail one exam; many classes will give you a chance to redeem yourself in one way or another. Learning from your mistakes is just as important as learning the material.
-For pre-medical students and other hard science majors, don't take biochemistry with a lot of other classes unless the professor is really, really good. The material is difficult enough on its own; you'll be absolutely miserable if the professor you have for the subject sucks.
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