University: where and what?

j00ni · 13 May 2006 at 13:48

3rd year medic at Manchester, doing my clinical years in Preston

exams monday

Arcade Fire · 13 May 2006 at 13:48

Blackstar said:
So why post in this thread?

To justify his decision not to go to university, obviously. Hence the "I haven't got a degree but I have a car and a house and X amount of money". That's great. Woo for you!

Jon Frost · 13 May 2006 at 13:54

Arcade Fire said:
To justify his decision not to go to university, obviously. Hence the "I haven't got a degree but I have a car and a house and X amount of money". That's great. Woo for you!

Jealous?

Arcade Fire · 13 May 2006 at 13:59

Jon Frost said:
Jealous?

Why on earth would I be?

The university versus job debate is so incredibly common, and most of the views from both sides are so incredibly dull and repetitive. You'll hear people shouting about how they're three years ahead like that means anything at all, and you'll hear people with degrees shouting about average salaries for graduates compared to non-graduates. The belief that there's a 'right' decision and a 'wrong' decision is fallacious. Different things work better for different people.

To come into a thread asking what people are studying and launch into your spiel about how you don't go to university and you have a job and a car and a house and a yacht and and and... is pointless. So you didn't go to university - that's fabby for you, but I don't think anyone really cares!

slambo69 · 13 May 2006 at 13:59

Ill be doing civil engineering for 5 years at strathclyde come september. hope its as good a uni as people say!

Bunka · 13 May 2006 at 14:01

Una said:
Same here \o/

Cool

What's your name?

Stellios said:
How are you finding it? Im doing it at Northumbria in Sept.

t'is a great course at the moment, seems to be quite heavily programming orientated, but it's all interesting stuff

Cobra said:
Oh, how is that? I'm starting at same uni and same course this year!

Pretty much what una said. Decent course mainly except one module (CSC 164) which is fairly hardcore with crap teaching.

Nikias · 13 May 2006 at 14:02

Starting Law at Durham this year, assuming I start some revision and don't fail my exams.

RobH · 13 May 2006 at 14:07

SoapSurgeon said:
final year computer science at aston uni. Ive enjoyed it and hoping to go on to a PhD next year

First year Computer Science at Aston Uni (University of Aston in Birmingham)

Una · 13 May 2006 at 14:17

Bunka said:
Cool What's your name?

t'is a great course at the moment, seems to be quite heavily programming orientated, but it's all interesting stuff

Pretty much what una said. Decent course mainly except one module (CSC 164) which is fairly hardcore with crap teaching.

Its Alex, and yeah I agree with the 164 comment. It cant be very easy to teach that module though. Not looking forward to the exam in it, looking at the past papers hehe. Next year looks like its going to be more Maths/Algorithms stuff and less programming.

Arcade Fire · 13 May 2006 at 14:19

Pickers said:
TBH - so I've heard.

Spot the difference!

Stellios · 13 May 2006 at 14:20

Id hi....

Mindriot · 13 May 2006 at 14:27

First year physics at university of Warwick, near Coventry

Exams at the beginning of june, but to celebrate - Foo Fighters in Hyde park on the 17th then off to Rome with my girlfriend for a week.

Psyk · 13 May 2006 at 14:33

Mindriot said:
Exams at the beginning of june, but to celebrate - Foo Fighters in Hyde park on the 17th

Cool I'm going to that too.

Gas Panic! · 13 May 2006 at 14:43

Coming to the end of my first year of Computer Science at Royal Holloway. It's been good so far, minus the whole Infinite Structures module... that was *yawn*.

I don't care for DFA/NFA construction.

Bunka · 13 May 2006 at 14:49

Una said:
Its Alex, and yeah I agree with the 164 comment. It cant be very easy to teach that module though. Not looking forward to the exam in it, looking at the past papers hehe. Next year looks like its going to be more Maths/Algorithms stuff and less programming.

Hey, can't recollect you off hand, but im Martin btw

Yeah just looked at next years module list and it looks more interesting.

Kaiju · 13 May 2006 at 15:03

Arcade Fire said:
Why on earth would I be?

The university versus job debate is so incredibly common, and most of the views from both sides are so incredibly dull and repetitive. You'll hear people shouting about how they're three years ahead like that means anything at all, and you'll hear people with degrees shouting about average salaries for graduates compared to non-graduates. The belief that there's a 'right' decision and a 'wrong' decision is fallacious. Different things work better for different people.

To come into a thread asking what people are studying and launch into your spiel about how you don't go to university and you have a job and a car and a house and a yacht and and and... is pointless. So you didn't go to university - that's fabby for you, but I don't think anyone really cares!

Good summation.

triggerthat · 13 May 2006 at 15:04

Computer Science at Kingston.

reflex · 13 May 2006 at 15:06

3 Years ahead..lol!

Socaddict · 13 May 2006 at 15:06

Gap year at the moment, but off to Bristol Uni in october for a Physics Masters. Might cut down to a bachelors, though, as I have a load of mates there already, with most of them doing 4 year courses, so I'd end up being there and graduating at the same itme as them. But I have a while to decide yet.

Arcade Fire · 13 May 2006 at 15:30

Stellios said:
Id hi....

Don't you dare!

The Jet said:
Good summation.

Thank you, I've had a lot of practice at summation so I like to think that I'm quite good at it now. I hope that you found my post to be a good summary as well.