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[KJbushway]

I know there is other people on Trekbbs who are currently either on there way to college or in college currently.
So if you want you can come here and share what your doing in college or what you prepare to do.

I don't want to exclude others so even your out of school and you want to share what you did feel free also.

As for me, due to financial aid problems I am taking a diploma program first that will then give me the 43 credit hours I need to get a scholarship, then I will take my school's Degree program.

I am going to school for automotive technology.
The diploma(which is a year) is this:
http://www.chattahoocheetech.edu/prospective/autofunddiploma/?t=semester

The end goal is the degree program:
http://www.chattahoocheetech.edu/prospective/autotechdegree/?t=semester.

I will end up taking the Welding and Alternative fuels courses. I haven't choosen which one to first since I really want to do both.

 

[Canadave]

I just got a BA in Geography, with a minor in Geomatics and Spatial Analysis from the University of Ottawa. Next year, I'm changing gears a bit and doing a graduate certification program called Environmental Management and Assessment at Niagara College, which will hopefully boost my employability a fair bit.

 

[CaptJack]

I'm a year away from completing a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I got a Bachelor's degree from California State University Stanislaus in History, with a minor in Economics. From there I went right into a Master's program in Public History from California State University Sacramento and graduated a year ago.

 

[Canadave]

I'm a year away from completing a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Nice. That's something I strongly considered segueing into, but ultimately decided against (mostly because I didn't want to do a Master's). I'm still fascinated by cities and how they work, though.

 

[thestrangequark]

I am ramping up to go back to school in the fall of 2012. I did my undergrad at NYU, where I double majored in psychology and a duel-certification childhood education special ed program. I graduated with honors, but didn't complete the psych degree (I'm something like 4 or 6 units away from it). This was all before I discovered I am far too cynical to be in the social sciences.
I'd like to go back to school for a doctorate in neuroscience. I'm going to try to work out the funds to complete my psych degree and beef up my science background a little this year, so that I'll make a better prospective student come application time. I'm looking primarily at New York schools, because I like living here and have done for ten years, NYU again, Columbia maybe, though I'm not especially keen on either of those. When I was in high school and choosing colleges I was quite obsessed with getting into a big name uni; I applied to Columbia, Brown, NYU, BU, etc. And I got into a few of them. Now that I'm more experienced, though, I've realized that, when it comes down to it, the names aren't worth that much in regards to actual learning.
Having a degree from NYU will certainly be beneficial in getting me into the grad school I want, but that's really all it's worth to me. I'm not saying all my time at NYU was worthless -- I did have a few good classes -- but they were indeed few, and far between. I was disenchanted with university by my experience at NYU, and for a while my degree seemed little more than a $120,000 piece of paper. The fact that it's a BS seems sardonically appropriate as I bullshitted my way through 90% of my classes. This time around I'm going to a better job choosing my school, and my classes.
My new and improved criterium have pointed me to Hunter College, part of CUNY (the City University of New York). There is a neuropsychology doctorate program there that is my number one choice. It's a great school, and the tuition will be pittance after NYU. I've got a few things in my favor: honors degree, and the fact that I'm a woman (still considered a minority in the field of neuroscience), and the fact that I'm half Native American. I'm crossing my fingers that in a year's time those factors will help me to be selected as one of the 4 students they take on for the program!

 

[Kommander]

I am a community college student. I've completed 36 credits so far, and my GPA is 2.897 (which, compared to the grades I got in high school, is a very big improvement. I'm happy with a B-, so suck it!)

I was originally a marketing major, with plans to transfer to a four-year school (Probably Wayne State University). Marketing is something I needed to know if I ever want to be successful as a writer, musician, or running a small business. However, if those plans fall though, I could use the degree for other things too.

After taking Principles of Marketing last semester, I was reminded that I don't like Corporate America, at fucking all, and I'd be miserable if I had to settle for an actual career in marketing. So, I decided to dual-major in psychology. It means an extra year at school, but then I'll have two degrees instead of just one.

I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to go for any graduate degrees or not.

 

[CaptJack]

I'm a year away from completing a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Nice. That's something I strongly considered segueing into, but ultimately decided against (mostly because I didn't want to do a Master's). I'm still fascinated by cities and how they work, though.

It is fascinating (and I'm glad I can still say that after spending years in a Master's Program for it), though the education has been much more policy-oriented than design-oriented (Urban Design jobs, I've been told, are usually taken up by Architects, since they have a much stronger design background).

It seems like you intend to be involved in some way with local or regional Environmental Planning? Lots of need to more successfully integrate planning for cities with that field across North America.

 

[Myasishchev]

I have a B.S. in history, and completed my J.D. this past semester.

 

[Canadave]

I'm a year away from completing a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Nice. That's something I strongly considered segueing into, but ultimately decided against (mostly because I didn't want to do a Master's). I'm still fascinated by cities and how they work, though.

It is fascinating (and I'm glad I can still say that after spending years in a Master's Program for it), though the education has been much more policy-oriented than design-oriented (Urban Design jobs, I've been told, are usually taken up by Architects, since they have a much stronger design background).

It seems like you intend to be involved in some way with local or regional Environmental Planning? Lots of need to more successfully integrate planning for cities with that field across North America.

Environmental Impact Assessments are something I'm really interested in getting into, yeah. There's lots of potential to get involved with planning and urban issues, as well as to do field work, which is something I really enjoy. We'll see where life takes me, of course, but it's definitely a big possibility for me.

 

[Kestra]

I am a community college student. I've completed 36 credits so far, and my GPA is 2.897 (which, compared to the grades I got in high school, is a very big improvement. I'm happy with a B-, so suck it!)

I was originally a marketing major, with plans to transfer to a four-year school (Probably Wayne State University). Marketing is something I needed to know if I ever want to be successful as a writer, musician, or running a small business. However, if those plans fall though, I could use the degree for other things too.

After taking Principles of Marketing last semester, I was reminded that I don't like Corporate America, at fucking all, and I'd be miserable if I had to settle for an actual career in marketing. So, I decided to dual-major in psychology. It means an extra year at school, but then I'll have two degrees instead of just one.

I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to go for any graduate degrees or not.

Have you looked into I/O Psych at all? That might be something you'd be interested in.

I'm desperately trying to finish up a BA in psych myself. I love the field. My dream is to do clinical psych, but I'm not sure how that balances against the rest of my life, so we'll see what happens. In the past few months I've gotten involved with volunteering at a domestic violence shelter and the work they do has come to mean a lot to me. I could see myself doing counseling for an org like that, or even doing marriage and family therapy with a private group, things like that.

I'm pretty much the cliche of "I want to help people."

 

[iguana_tonante]

Got myself a Master's degree in Astronomy and a PhD in Astrophysics, with focus on statistical analysis of large-scale structures of universe.

As a whole, about 10 years of sweat, blood, terror and paranoia. It was pretty sweet.

 

[LitmusDragon]

Well I ended up going to community college due to getting a discount there (mom worked for them at the time). I majored in "Electronic Media" for a while (kind of an arts degree with some computer stuff) and then majored in English for a while after that but never got a degree. In my 20s when I was actually in college I had the attention span of a small animal. I think if I were to go back now I could do much better. I would probably major in something profitable that played to certain talents I have- like accounting, maybe.

This is another one of those "I hate the rich" things- if I had been able to just go to college without working full-time on the side I could probably have gotten a degree. I just found it too difficult with the tools I had in my 20s to do very well at all.

 

[Lindley]

My undergrad was a double-major in math & computer science at Carnegie Mellon. More recently I finished a Masters in computer science from George Mason. No decision yet on whether to push for the final set of letters.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

BA in American Studies. MS in Education (counseling and guidance). Master of Divinity degree.

 

[KJbushway]

I have decided that I will take Welding first. This way when I finally graduate with the degree the Alternative fuels will be fresh in my mind.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^Makes sense to me.

 

[Shaytan]

I graduated 12 years ago in biology (I have a diploma in biotechnologies to be lab technician) and I started to study history this year at Nanterre university but I really don't know why, pure masochism certainly

 

[KJbushway]

Doesn't hurt to take something you like, even if it doesn't fit.
I have a lot of classes with the degree program that doesn't follow auto. But I want to so I can better understand some conversations here on trekbbs about budget and government. Not so good at teaching myself.

 

[Warp Coil]

I received a Bachelor's degree in Individual Studies, where I custom-built my own film major out of various film, TV, video and graphics-related classes spread throughout the university. The school abolished their Radio, TV and Film program due to budget cuts but there were plenty of classes still being taught, just not concentrated into an official area of focus. Granted, the smart thing to do might might have been to just transfer to a college with a dedicated TV and Film program, but my tuition was free so I made the best of what I had available.

I recently finished my Master's in Technology Management. Not sure how I will put that to work yet.