First day of College/uni on monday

[dclamp]

Tomorrow is my first day of college/university! Excitement and nervousness are in the air. Even got myself a campus job. Wish me luck eh?

[mendhak]

Ha ha! Education!

[venerable bede]

Good Luck dclamp.

[klen_]

I feel sure you'll find new friends there. Everything will be fine. Good luck!

[I_Love_My_Vans]

Hope your clothes dry in time

[Torc]

You now get to spend a few years learning everything you will need to forget when you get a job.

p.s. Do you want good luck or bad luck?

[AsmIscool]

You now get to spend a few years learning everything you will need to forget when you get a job.

Hehehe The number of times I have had to tell a fresh graduate that.

[I_Love_My_Vans]

If only you guys had told me sooner, I wound't have wasted thousands of £££.

[MarMan]

Good Luck!!!!

[abhijit]

Tomorrow is my first day of college/university! Excitement and nervousness are in the air. Even got myself a campus job. Wish me luck eh?

You'll need luck, if you plan to play Poker on campus. What kind of job did you get?

[abhijit]

If only you guys had told me sooner, I wound't have wasted thousands of £££.

[dclamp]

You'll need luck, if you plan to play Poker on campus. What kind of job did you get?

i will be working at the Police Department on campus. wootwoot. Its 630 am... my clas doesnt start until 9am. I heard parking sucks on the first day so im going bright and early. Bringing my netbook to keep me company

[abhijit]

Does every campus in the US have a Police department?

[dclamp]

Does every campus in the US have a Police department?

No, im sure all of them have some form of security. But my campus has a full police department that actually can arrest people, conduct investigations, etc. Unlike campus security that can only call the real police.

[I_Love_My_Vans]

Nobody said I studied spelling correctly at uni

[dclamp]

Nobody said I studied spelling correctly at uni

good to see you spent all your (pounds)(pounds)(pounds)(pounds) wisely.

[abhijit]

No, im sure all of them have some form of security. But my campus has a full police department that actually can arrest people, conduct investigations, etc. Unlike campus security that can only call the real police.

Too much crime?

[TheBigB]

Break a leg, dude
I'm starting in two weeks.
Still enjoying my well-earned vacation

[dclamp]

Too much crime?

Uhh i guess so. My campus is huge, 40,000 people, not all of them are nice people.

Break a leg, dude
I'm starting in two weeks.
Still enjoying my well-earned vacation

thanks man, just got home, but i have a night class. so i get to hang out for a few hours before going back.

[Shaggy Hiker]

The education is secondary. You will learn things, but then again, you would learn things even if you weren't in school. The difference is that a degree is a pretty effective pry bar for opening doors that would otherwise be closed. That is what you are paying for.

[abhijit]

Also you're bound to form some kind of network that could be helpful.

[dclamp]

There is almost some awkwardness to me being in class today. Out of 40,000 people at my school, i am one. Luckily i have the job on campus, and through that job i will on out on campus working, meeting people, etc. So Im really looking forward to that.

[Hack]

40,000? Are you going to UCLA?

[Blakk_Majik]

The education is secondary. You will learn things, but then again, you would learn things even if you weren't in school. The difference is that a degree is a pretty effective pry bar for opening doors that would otherwise be closed. That is what you are paying for.

^This.

I remember trying to apply for IT jobs a few years ago (right after the dotcom bomb btw). And while I knew enough to get something entry level (help desk, for example), I was consistently told the equivalent of "you need the red key".

Unfortunately, they forgot to tell me how much the red key cost.

[Shaggy Hiker]

^This.

I remember trying to apply for IT jobs a few years ago (right after the dotcom bomb btw). And while I knew enough to get something entry level (help desk, for example), I was consistently told the equivalent of "you need the red key".

Unfortunately, they forgot to tell me how much the red key cost.

Yeah?? Try the private college version. Fortunately, that was twenty years ago, but it still took fifteen years to pay it off.

[abhijit]

Nobody said I studied spelling correctly at uni

or anywhere else, for that matter.

[dclamp]

40,000? Are you going to UCLA?

No, My GPA wasn't quite that good. Im going to Cal State Fullerton.

[dbasnett]

The education is secondary. You will learn things, but then again, you would learn things even if you weren't in school. The difference is that a degree is a pretty effective pry bar for opening doors that would otherwise be closed. That is what you are paying for.

Amen! Two days into my Freshmen year and several of the classes I could teach (if I had a degree). I also found out that it is mandatory that I take an Intro to PC class. I asked if I could test out and was told no. Can't wait.

Looking back I wish I had just taken a class or two a year. At this point I would have been Dr. Dewayne