Your Major/College/Career

[KraftKing989]

Hello I am starting another topic What would you like to major in? What is your college? What is your career? Or if you plan to go to college what do you want to major in? What college do you want to go to? What do you want to do for a living? And if you didn't go to college or don't plan on it what do you do or want to do? Thanks for reading post replies below.

[Zylo]

I'm about to begin my 3rd year of college. Electrical Engineering major, already have a potential job with Riot Games lined up.

[flrnprdmn]

10th grade at a grammar school in Germany, I will study informatics and may have a job as paramedic.

[lordgandalf]

Im a IT guy with the dutch army.

[MurasakiRyu]

Taking a break from college (have two years done as a communications major) to do my dream job of being a speech and debate coach.

[Jackster21]

Im A MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) In Windows 7 Support and Configuration.
I Also have 12 other IT qualifications, 7 of which are Microsoft Qualifications.

I Now work for an IT company called Bar Squared supporting a specialised application used by the English and Australian legal system.

[iainj]

Collage = university? Or is it different?

No, a collage is a "form of art in which various materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric are arranged and stuck to a backing." Completely different to both college and university. Silly Iain.

I'm studying mathematics, and also working part time in the bank.

[FrozenToast2]

I thought you were mr. pizza guy?

[Jackster21]

, and also working part time in the bank.


I thought you were mr. pizza guy?


Yeah, thats what i thought....

im so confused! D:

You was Mr.Domino's a few weeks ago?!

[iainj]

College = university? Or is it different?

Happy levi :/

[Jackster21]

College = university? Or is it different?

Happy levi :/


your english and don't know the difference?


Nursery > Primary School > Secondary School > College (or 6th form) > University

how do you not know this...? o.0

[Bleedinghippy]

College = university? Or is it different?

Happy levi :/


your english and don't know the difference?


Nursery > Primary School > Secondary School > College (or 6th form) > University

how do you not know this...? o.0

He means american college obviously...

For me: Still in 6th form, going to study maths at uni

Education systems change in different continents/countries :P We don't have college here, I think it's the equivalent of our TAFE.

[FrozenToast2]

We have primary school > secondary school > university (or lower).. well actually there are several connections while getting a bachelors on lower schools (than uni) where you can switch up to university, but that shit's hard to explain.

[Jackster21]

Education systems change in different continents/countries :P We don't have college here, I think it's the equivalent of our TAFE.


TAFE????

[flrnprdmn]

Education systems change in different continents/countries :P We don't have college here, I think it's the equivalent of our TAFE.


TAFE????
Totally Abstract Friggin' Education? :D

[Zylo]

College = university? Or is it different?

Happy levi :/


your english and don't know the difference?


Nursery > Primary School > Secondary School > College (or 6th form) > University

how do you not know this...? o.0


Here in America, university and college can be interchangeable but mostly the difference is this:
Universities are bigger.

For instance I attend the University of Such and Such, but on my university we have about 5 different "colleges," such as the College of Education, College of Business, College of Engineering, ect.

However some schools are just a college and not a university.

Also we don't say "Oh I'm in university" or "I'm at university." We refer to the grade level as college as a whole, so while I attend a university, I'm in college. America is weird, don't blame me.

[FrozenToast2]

[...]However some schools are just a college and not a university.

Also we don't say "Oh I'm in university" or "I'm at university." We refer to the grade level as college as a whole, so while I attend a university, I'm in college. America is weird, don't blame me.

Like... Greendale?

Yes, Greendale is a real school. In heaven. :D

[KraftKing989]

That is really cool everybody I plan to major in video game design or computer maintenance.

[Cheesecake]

I have a degree as a metalworker, with specalisation degrees in silicone lathes and CNC machines and a degree as a car mechanic.
At the moment i'm following another specalisation course for repairing body work (Which sadly enough is a dying breed of workers as cars use more and more plastic lately.)
In the future i'm also looking at doing an electricians course and very likely to look into aero mechanics for smaller private airplanes.

[Cheesecake]

That's right jack, i can actually do something useful!

[Cheesecake]

Oh and in the future i may also look into getting a degree for welding lol.

[Zylo]

Cheesecake, I believe this is for you:

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/14759300.jpg

[Cheesecake]

Lol, never hurts to get some degrees, easy to get work that way.
And the specialisation degrees are just extra courses over a year added to the main course, still handy to have though

[Zylo]

Yeah, luckily my university has a co-op program so I am guaranteed a job when I graduate. If you don't know what a co-op program is I can explain it.

[Cheesecake]

Go ahead.

For all you people confused about TAFE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_and_further_education

[lordgandalf]

i have done middle-level applied education in the netherlands.
as a digital forensic expert.
And im currently working as a IT administrator by the dutch military

[MurasakiRyu]

Omg ok the american school system goes like this.

Nursery school (under age 5) Non-mandatory
Kindergarten (age 5) Mandatory
1st grade-12th grade encompassing elementary school, middle school, and high school graduating high school around age 18. Mandatory
College/University- Non mandatory higher education where you get AA, BA, MA, and PHD degrees along with other things like getting an MD (medical degree). In the Us these vary from 2 year to 4 year. These are institutions which vary in price and the kind of degree you can get.

[Zylo]

Go ahead.

Okay so here's how a co-op works:
I attend my university for fall and spring semester for my first and second year of college. Then in the summer semester after my second year, I attend co-op. Then in the fall semester, I attend my university, then spring semester I attend co-op, and so on and so forth until I graduate.

A co-op is like an internship, except I get paid (and get paid pretty well). It is a program for engineering students so they get real experience in their field before they graduate and nine times out of ten, the company you co-op'd for will hire you full time when you graduate college.

In my case, I'm waiting until the fall of my 3rd year (fall of 2012) to go on co-op and I will be taking classes this summer. Basically, I never have summer break again. T-T

[Cheesecake]

Ah we have that too sort of, pretty much paid internship.
I got put in a large factory that makes certain parts for cars though, wasn't really much fun.
I'm looking at work in a more private sector, less industrial kind and more custom requests from clients.

[flrnprdmn]

The German system works like this:

Kindergarten (3-6 Years age)
Elementary School (1st - 4th grade)
Secondary Schools
> Secondary Modern School (5th - 9th grade)
> Middle School (5th - 10th grade)
> Grammar School (5th - 12th/13th grade; that's being discussed by the government atm)
University

In Australia it's just

Primary School 5-11/12 years old
High School from 12/13 - 17/18 years old (depending on what state/school you're at)
Then TAFE and Uni are whatever age. :P

[Zylo]

I think it's interesting just how different the education system is in each country.

Also want to add to Sarah's post that the final two years of high school aren't compulsory, you can leave as long as you are leaving to work full time, go to TAFE or to get an apprenticeship.

[Cheesecake]

Over here it's

Kindergarden 3-6
Elementary 6-12
Secondary 12-18

After that you have a degree in what you chose and if you want you can go to university

[Steffany686]

I am majoring in DDT or Drafting and Design Technology. I will be finishing up this Spring semester!

[lordgandalf]

I did the following
Kindergarden
Elementary
10th Grade (vmbo as its called in dutch)
intermediate vocacional education - IT engineer
intermediate vocacional education - Digital Investigator
Currently im working in the IT.
At work they are talking about getting to a University of Professional Education.

[SocomKiller18]

I'm a Information Technology major at AASU (Savannah, GA) - 3rd year out of 5 or 6. Rock on :P

[Someb0dy]

I am studying Computer Science at Bradford UK finishing this May 2013 ;)