Topic: University/College (Read 453333 times)

ankhtahr · « **Reply #1500 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 16:17 »

Quote from: Stybar on 26 Aug 2013, 12:17

No, my birthday is the 15th September. Lessons start the 16th.

huh. Mine is two days earlier.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #1501 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 18:30 »

My night class starts the 16th (taking yr time there MC?) but I also have an accelerated course for work on Thursday-through-Sunday and that exam is scheduled for either the 23rd or the 30th. I'm excited for this Spanish class, because other than these work courses (all but one I've done accelerated) I haven't taken a class in five years.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1502 on:** 26 Aug 2013, 22:36 »

Sort of super envious at the people who have a couple more weeks before they have to start school.

Stybar · « **Reply #1503 on:** 27 Aug 2013, 02:17 »

If it makes you feel any better, I have retakes for my exams from 19 august till 2 september.
Basically, it means that I have 4 exam periods during my year, and if I fail any of them, I get to take another try at them in these 2 weeks.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1504 on:** 27 Aug 2013, 05:27 »

I also start on the 16th September, but that's normal/early for the UK. Schools start back in the first or second week of September, and universities sometimes don't start until early October. Then again, school summer holidays start in mid-July and universities in June.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1505 on:** 27 Aug 2013, 23:08 »

I've been sitting in front of my computer without typing anything in my assignment for an hour. I only have two paragraphs left but I can't get myself to type anything and I think law school may have been a huge mistake. And I have class in about six and a half hours.

Carl-E · « **Reply #1506 on:** 28 Aug 2013, 01:02 »

It's two hours later.

You done yet?

pwhodges · « **Reply #1507 on:** 28 Aug 2013, 01:35 »

Welcome to student life; indeed I still reach that point writing reports or SOPs...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1508 on:** 28 Aug 2013, 09:13 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 28 Aug 2013, 01:02

It's two hours later.

You done yet?

Oh, ha, by then I had actually finished and fallen asleep. Not sure if I did that well but it's one of the first assignments and I think it's a "did/did not do" thing, so quality isn't terribly important. Plus today's class straightened a lot of things out. I feel a lot better about law school now!

Carl-E · « **Reply #1509 on:** 28 Aug 2013, 10:54 »

Ah, so it was a stress-test. I hear some professors actually do that on purpose...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1510 on:** 28 Aug 2013, 11:04 »

I think it was more just teaching us how to do it without pressure. Without pressure...right

Loki · « **Reply #1511 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 04:55 »

I think it was to teach you not finishing your assignments on the last day.

As is commonly known, this never works.

Papersatan · « **Reply #1512 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 09:43 »

I just realized I need another class this fall. <head to desk>
I planned on using 3 credits from my internship, but I am trying to get user research internships, which I just realized will not give me credit for archives, which is where I need 3 more credits.
This means I need to take another archives class. There are two archives classes offered this fall which I have not already taken, "access systems" and "social memory"

Pros and Cons:
Access Systems is at 8:30 on Monday morning. I am terrible about being on time to morning classes, and I was trying to keep Monday and Tuesday open so I could work an internship those days.
Social Memory conflicts with the Java class I was going to take, but which I don't actually *need*

Access Systems will teach things I might actually use later in life (though I don't intend on being an archivist or librarian, so most of it will be nice to know stuff, but not stuff I need to know)
Social Memory sounds more interesting.

Access Systems is with a professor I have never met.
Social Memory is with a professor I have had twice and like. He is also the person I keep asking me to write letters of recommendation for me.

Which do I take?

Redball · « **Reply #1513 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 11:03 »

Social Memory, seems to me. Everything you wrote leads to that, unless the prof has a problem with writing that letter of recommendation.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1514 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 12:10 »

I agree, take Social Memory. If you don't need the Java class, learn about Java some other way. 8.30 on a Monday morning is the worst time ever and if you can avoid it, you should!

Loki · « **Reply #1515 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 13:25 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 29 Aug 2013, 12:10

8.30 on a Monday morning is the worst time ever

No. 8.15 on a Monday morning is the worst time ever.

Jace · « **Reply #1516 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 16:01 »

That's cute. I had a maths class at 740 in the morning mon wed fri

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1517 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 16:05 »

You people go to ridiculous schools. I have never had any class start before 8.45. In fact I think they all started at 9 or later - 8.45 was registration in secondary school.

Also I can't get my head around the concept of signing up for classes. The only time I've had to do anything remotely like that was when I wanted to do a dissertation in a particular seminar group, which had a maximum of 12 people. But if I hadn't got into that one, I could have done the same dissertation in a different group, it'd just had a slightly different slant.

Papersatan · « **Reply #1518 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 16:12 »

Jace goes to a community college. The administrations there are usually sensitive to the fact that many of their students are working 30+hours a week, so they make early and late classes so people can work around them.

The business school here dose the same thing. I am taking a stats class this fall that is 7-10 pm.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1519 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 16:14 »

I retract that, in that case - that is far more considerate than anywhere I've been. I've always just had to fit work round the fact that I could have lectures any time between 9 and 5 and supervisions between 12 and 7.

cesium133 · « **Reply #1520 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 16:18 »

When I was an undergrad, all the advanced physics courses were scheduled for 8 AM.

Jace · « **Reply #1521 on:** 29 Aug 2013, 16:49 »

Yeah the only reason I don't have the class that is mon wed from 7 to 9pm is that sca practice is wed night. All the other maths courses are before 10am

Carl-E · « **Reply #1522 on:** 31 Aug 2013, 07:03 »

Calculus at Purdue was one of many lecture-recitation courses - three one-hour lectures with 499 of your closest friends on M-W-F, and breakouts into groups of 30 or so for one-hour recitations on the other two days.

My Calc II recitations were at 7:30 AM.

With Sophie Jocko, who was easily the only reason I made it to every single one of them on time.

*sigh*

snalin · « **Reply #1523 on:** 31 Aug 2013, 15:45 »

Quote from: Papersatan on 29 Aug 2013, 09:43

Social Memory conflicts with the Java class I was going to take, but which I don't actually *need*

Quote from: Barmymoo on 29 Aug 2013, 12:10

I agree, take Social Memory. If you don't need the Java class, learn about Java some other way.

Hi there! As I said to Sorflakne in the javascript thread, I've got a bunch of time on my hands, and would gladly help someone out with introductory programming!

Papersatan · « **Reply #1524 on:** 31 Aug 2013, 18:09 »

The thing is, I won't have the time on my hands.

Welu · « **Reply #1525 on:** 01 Sep 2013, 07:00 »

Got my letter telling me to show up to college on the 25th if September. Whoop!

Redball · « **Reply #1526 on:** 01 Sep 2013, 07:14 »

Good news! But what if it isn't September?

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1527 on:** 01 Sep 2013, 07:39 »

But it is!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1528 on:** 01 Sep 2013, 07:45 »

Holy crap it's September. That means I start my midwifery training this month. Two weeks tomorrow! And next month I am running a half marathon! Argh! The future is happening!

Masterpiece · « **Reply #1529 on:** 01 Sep 2013, 08:14 »

Quote from: Redball on 01 Sep 2013, 07:14

Good news! But what if it isn't September?

Lol

Jace · « **Reply #1530 on:** 01 Sep 2013, 18:09 »

Quote from: Redball on 01 Sep 2013, 07:14

Good news! But what if it isn't September?

Go to the store and pick up a loaf of bread, if there's eggs, get a dozen.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #1531 on:** 01 Sep 2013, 20:14 »

Holy crap is September.

Wow August went by fast.

My birthday is in just a few days. I honestly couldn't give a damn.

And for me school started in the teens of August...

Carl-E · « **Reply #1532 on:** 02 Sep 2013, 07:32 »

US vs. UK. We start the fall sessions earlier because we have so many damn holidays... and we like to be done by christmas.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1533 on:** 02 Sep 2013, 08:11 »

I think it's a lot to do with the weather to be honest. Our best time for summer weather is usually late July, early August, so that's when the kids have off. We have three terms: September - December, January - Aprilish (depends when Easter is), May - July. Universities just have shorter terms.

Metope · « **Reply #1534 on:** 02 Sep 2013, 16:38 »

I have so much time off! This year will be even weirder than usual because the new building on campus will be all ready for use in term 2 of the upcoming academic year, and for some reason my school feels that it's necessary to move in and get it ready while classes aren't happening, so on top of the crazy long summer vacation (which lasted from mid-May till September 16th) we get 6 whole weeks off at Christmas, plus the regular 3 weeks off at Easter. I'm okay with it because it means I get to go see my long distance boyfriend more often than I would have otherwise, but it must drive the other students nuts, I remember being really impatient about starting up in previous long vacations.

Jace · « **Reply #1535 on:** 02 Sep 2013, 17:00 »

I go back tomorrow but I don't want to

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1536 on:** 02 Sep 2013, 17:23 »

Sooooooooooooo much work (but it's my fault for putting it off, but still!)

Welu · « **Reply #1537 on:** 03 Sep 2013, 09:10 »

Quote from: Redball on 01 Sep 2013, 07:14

Good news! But what if it isn't September?

My letter actually says to show up at 11:30pm so maybe if it isn't September it's not a typo and that's the actual time.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1538 on:** 03 Sep 2013, 10:03 »

You think that's bad? One of my classes was scheduled from 3:30AM to 5:00PM

I knew one of them was a typo, and was relieved to find out it wasn't the latter.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1539 on:** 03 Sep 2013, 17:30 »

Happy National Internet Slowdown Day!

(aka the traditional first day of classes for most schools - primary, secondary and collegiate level - in the United States)

Skewbrow · « **Reply #1540 on:** 04 Sep 2013, 10:01 »

My course on freshman calculus for non-math majors started today. 109 hopefuls signed up on day one. I have booked problem session rooms only to house about 80, but we'll manage somehow.

Papersatan · « **Reply #1541 on:** 04 Sep 2013, 14:58 »

Today I had the first of my 4(and a half) classes of the semester, and I am already stressed out. This was supposed to be my 'easy' semester, but it looks like it will be my busiest, by a lot.

LOTs of reading, which I still feel odd admitting will be a problem for me. I was a voracious reader as a young child (the kind who got in trouble fro reading at inappropriate times), but as I grew older it has become increasingly difficult for me. I think it is a combination of things including, my early skill at reading causing me to never gain good techniques for processing 'difficult' texts, my adhd making it difficult to focus for very long (unless I am 'hyper-focused') and perhaps even my constantly imperfect glasses prescription (combined with ever decreasing font sizes).

Either way, I need to build good study habits early this semester, because I have a lot of reading for two of my classes, plus a research paper (with original research) and a flipping statistics class, which I am worried about doing well in.

Oh, plus an internship if anyone ever hires me, and near the end of the semester, my plunge into the depressing task of getting a job.

<head desk>

I am reminding myself that I only *need* 2 of these classes, so I can drop them if I need to. The ones I don't need all seem really interesting, intellectually engaging, and useful to my future... (Information Architecture and Fundamentals of Human Behavior in Interaction Design)

<deep breath> I got this shit.

Papersatan · « **Reply #1542 on:** 05 Sep 2013, 23:09 »

The two classes today (one of which I need and one which I just want) seem like they won't be too much work. So that's good. Turns out I had registered for the wrong stats class, so I am switching to the one all my friends are in, which also seems like it will be waaay easier for me. It's less straight math and more applying statistical methods to marketing case studies using stats software to do the mathy bits. That is more my speed, and I am more confident in my ability to do well.

One more class tomorrow, which dosen't have it's syllabus up yet, so I can't tell how much work it will be, but it's the one that had me read a whole book for the first day, and another book for next week, so I hope he was just front loading it, and isn't expecting a book a week for the whole semester.

Carl-E · « **Reply #1543 on:** 05 Sep 2013, 23:34 »

Naaah, he'll be ramping it up to two or three...

Papersatan · « **Reply #1544 on:** 06 Sep 2013, 07:15 »

Papersatan · « **Reply #1545 on:** 06 Sep 2013, 14:50 »

So I had the final class today, the one that gave us two books to read in the first two weeks. It's going to be interesting... but weird.. in a good way?

So he has front loaded the work on purpose and weighted the work in a way to encourage people to drop the class, he even admitted as much. So, there will not be this much reading the whole semester, which is good, buuut... the format of the class is atypical.

So it is an Information Architecture class and he is taking the stance that if IA truly is Architecture, and not just design, then one ought to be able to apply principles of architecture to it, and IA professionals would benefit from gaining architecture knowledge. As such, the work is to divide into teams, each assigned a theory of architecture (Arts and crafts, post-modernism, etc) To learn about that theory of architecture, and then to redesign Starbucks.com to using the principles of your theory.

The final exam will be to redesign starbucks.com based on a different criteria he gives us at the beginning of the exam.

Carl-E · « **Reply #1546 on:** 06 Sep 2013, 19:41 »

Go for one of the decorative styles -

Queen Anne

Gothic Revival

Art Deco

Neoclassical

One of my faves (and definitely a sub-sub genre) is Victorian stick-style. Serious decorative elements and deep overhanging eaves.

Seriously - get into it. Tie those decorative elements together. Make it fun. I wish I was in school again...

Papersatan · « **Reply #1547 on:** 06 Sep 2013, 20:22 »

I don't get to choose.
I will be randomly assigned either:
Arts and Crafts
Beaux Arts
Organic
Modern
Postmodern

I am actually really excited about the assignment and the class as a whole. I think it is a good exercise in learning both about the philosophy of our assigned style, and in creative thinking about what a website can be, not just what we have been taught are the best practices or popular design elements.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #1548 on:** 07 Sep 2013, 15:13 »

oh, hey, forgot to post this, but i actually managed to add my school to google street view

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=Miramar+College%2C+Black+Mountain+Road%2C+San+Diego%2C+CA&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-117.120704!3d32.910439!2m2!1f282!2f90!4f75!2m5!1e1!2m3!1sNBZ_LCSrJYcAAAQIt_EgNg!2e0!7e11!4m10!1m9!4m8!1m3!1d132270!2d-117.1984406!3d33.5774599!3m2!1i1920!2i955!4f13.1&fid=5

(check out the image credit!)

Carl-E · « **Reply #1549 on:** 07 Sep 2013, 17:11 »

Nice place!

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