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Edumacation And Enlearnment
dairwendan:
It is possible to get out of college what you put into it, intellectually, spiritually, personally, but there is no guarantee that you will get out of it what you put into it financially, and that was my point.
Also, PLEASE beware of online colleges. Many are not accredited by the proper educational institutions and you come out of them with a degree that does not say for instance, that you have a BA in history, but that you took all of the online classes at University of Whatsit in order to get what the University of Whatsit calls a BA in history. So please, do your reasearch and don't take the online college's word that they are 'accredited'.
OnlyElise:
Yes, what the previous poster said. I did my online schooling with Kaplan University, and it was actually more difficult than the brick-and-mortar school I attended right out of high school (which was a pretty prestigious school, too). You definitely get out of it what you put into it. I would recommend not doing an online school like University of Phoenix because of their group assignments. They make up half your grade, which means the bad students don't have to do any work at all because they know the good students in their group will carry them. A good way to tell if a school has a good reputation is by calling reputable brick and mortar schools and asking them about whether they'll accept someone with a Bachelors' from the online school into their Masters program.
Madd:
--- Quote from: OnlyElise on April 04, 2012, 02:54:16 AM ---A good way to tell if a school has a good reputation is by calling reputable brick and mortar schools and asking them about whether they'll accept someone with a Bachelors' from the online school into their Masters program.
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Good point.
Icecream:
--- Quote from: parthagenon on April 03, 2012, 08:36:41 PM ---But college is fun! A torturous amount of work (hello, 3-hour problem sets in Physics, Math, and Chemistry due tomorrow...), but if you choose interesting classes and find fun people to hang out/work with, homework parties become tolerable and sometimes even enjoyable.
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I just handed in a huge project (worth a lot!) with literally one minute to spare. I'm not feeling it. Why the hell am I doing post-grad?! I remembered how much I hate uni last year!
parthagenon:
--- Quote from: Icecream on April 04, 2012, 04:25:19 AM ---I just handed in a huge project (worth a lot!) with literally one minute to spare. I'm not feeling it. Why the hell am I doing post-grad?! I remembered how much I hate uni last year!
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Maybe it's because the professors are nicer to undergrads? I dunno, even though we're always dying of work, I think most of my friends agree with the sentiment that college has been pretty awesome so far. Although that might change next year, when we're no longer freshmen to be coddled. :o
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