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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: PreparationH]
    #14232937 - 04/03/11 07:46 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Oh my bad - sorry.

I was talking to pwn - he said he wasn't interested in his field nor felt like he learned anything.

I don't know if he was exaggerating or cheated a lot but learning is necessary to get a electrical engineering degree.

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: asm0309]
    #14232955 - 04/03/11 07:50 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Ultimately in the workplace, most people apply close to NONE of the specific skills and knowledge they learned in school.

Degrees are basically proof that you are capable of learning, problem solving, and self-motivation.  How many jobs have you started and known exactly how to do the job with zero training?  I'm going to guess none.

Depending on the degree, and the effort the person put in, these skills will have been learned to a different extent.  In general, however, an engineer is FORCED to a higher standard than, say, a philosophy major.  Not to say that a philosophy major can't have honed their skills to the same level, but they weren't forced by extremely demanding classes to do so.

Thus, from an employer's perspective, when he has the philosophy major and the engineer as his choices, he has a higher chance of getting a more capable employee from an engineering background than from a philosophy background.

This is all from my experience anyways, and I'm obviously not talking about specific fields such as nursing, or law, etc.  The skills you need for most jobs are learned on the job, and so taking two people with minimal experience, the person with the higher chance of having higher potential is a better candidate.

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: ben_dover0802]
    #14232970 - 04/03/11 07:52 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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ben_dover0802 said:
Oh my bad - sorry.

I was talking to pwn - he said he wasn't interested in his field nor felt like he learned anything.

I don't know if he was exaggerating or cheated a lot but learning is necessary to get a electrical engineering degree.




I was being a little facetious - I learned a lot of math and a good deal about circuit analysis, but IME working in the industry for the past 3 summers the workplace is a lot more practical and a lot less theoretical, and thus I feel that it should have been a lot more project based than theory based.  Just my opinion.

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #14232994 - 04/03/11 07:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I want to drop out too, but im scared that i will regret not having my degree.

but i could learn more in the feild then in the class room


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: onnagata]
    #14233190 - 04/03/11 08:38 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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I want to drop out too, but im scared that i will regret not having my degree.

but i could learn more in the feild then in the class room




You absolutely learn more in the field than the classroom - the question is, can you get into the field without first completing the classroom component?

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: PreparationH]
    #14234047 - 04/03/11 11:13 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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I say drop out.  Less people with degrees makes other's college degree worth more when less people have them.  Drop out, you can't do it.


And "how do you get a psychology major off your porch? Pay them for the pizza"



You sound very uneducated to give someone advice on education.


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Curiousgeorge22]
    #14234160 - 04/03/11 11:40 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

O really, why is that?

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: PreparationH]
    #14235115 - 04/04/11 08:06 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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"how do you get a psychology major off your porch? Pay them for the pizza"




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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Curiousgeorge22]
    #14235168 - 04/04/11 08:36 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

That's a joke my psychology professor told us. LOL

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: PreparationH]
    #14235238 - 04/04/11 09:02 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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That's a joke my psychology professor told us. LOL



No harm done :lol:


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Curiousgeorge22]
    #14235370 - 04/04/11 09:40 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

my hands also sweat alot in class and i tend to have a lot of anxiety in class too which makes things such as tests really hard when you get the scantron wet because of your sweaty palms that i have found no cure for


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Curiousgeorge22]
    #14235382 - 04/04/11 09:45 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

how about wiping your hands on your shirt every few minutes?

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Curiousgeorge22]
    #14235509 - 04/04/11 10:24 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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I am really considering dropping out of college. I'm a freshman and will probally have a 2.2-2.4 gpa at the end of my first year. I just feel as if college may not be for me. Im a psych major and a B.A in psych seems pointless unless i go to graduate school. School also costs me about 20k a year. Learning feels like a chore. I am scared to drop out though since society has taught us that college is needed. If i drop out i plan to learn real estate and work on websites, photography, and art in addition to a starter job. Is there anybody here on the Shroomery that has dropped out and made a good living for themselves?




Sorry If this has been said I don't have time to read through 4 pages of responses..but going into real estate right now is not a good idea at all. The real estate market is absolutely terrible and its not going to improve anytime soon.


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Curiousgeorge22]
    #14235574 - 04/04/11 10:43 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Go to a much less expensive college.

Like - go to community college until you can figure out where you want to go for a real degree.

If I can advise you on anything:
I'd advise you go into a trade. 

Trade of choice being a water/wastewater treatment plant operator.


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: PreparationH]
    #14235711 - 04/04/11 11:30 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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how about wiping your hands on your shirt every few minutes?



doesn't work dawg....i mean it drips! and the more i think about it the worse it gets. Pretty soon my face might start to sweat. It Sucks!! and doesnt stop unless i chill the fuck out in a cool environment or take addy or opiates which makes no sense since both of those are know to make you sweat


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Curiousgeorge22]
    #14236043 - 04/04/11 12:56 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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PreparationH said:
how about wiping your hands on your shirt every few minutes?



doesn't work dawg....i mean it drips! and the more i think about it the worse it gets. Pretty soon my face might start to sweat. It Sucks!! and doesnt stop unless i chill the fuck out in a cool environment or take addy or opiates which makes no sense since both of those are know to make you sweat




you just need to relax...you're obviously super duper nervous. My hands sweat sometimes too...but never DRIP sweat...thats not normal man.


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Anthony917]
    #14236114 - 04/04/11 01:21 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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PreparationH said:
how about wiping your hands on your shirt every few minutes?



doesn't work dawg....i mean it drips! and the more i think about it the worse it gets. Pretty soon my face might start to sweat. It Sucks!! and doesnt stop unless i chill the fuck out in a cool environment or take addy or opiates which makes no sense since both of those are know to make you sweat




you just need to relax...you're obviously super duper nervous. My hands sweat sometimes too...but never DRIP sweat...thats not normal man.



its not me relaxing cause they usually sweat about 80% of the time.


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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: Anthony917]
    #14236146 - 04/04/11 01:28 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

a lot of people that tell you you don't need a degree are out of their minds. maybe 25 years ago you could get away with doing research or engineering without a degree, but not anymore. you won't get an opportunity to gain experience in these fields without a degree, even if you teach yourself an prove you know it, no one will hire you. maybe the system is fucked up and it shouldn't be this way, but personally it  benefits me so i can't complain. less people with science degrees means i get more $ for doing shit that i find incredibly interesting.

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I'm about to finish with an engineering degree, and I'm not even remotely interested in my field of study nor do I really feel I learned very much.

I disagree with most of the sentiments in this thread.

If you're smart and more importantly motivated, you'll make it no matter what.  Just cause you don't go to university doesn't mean you'll be at the bottom of the food chain.

Open a business, learn the construction trade, become a contractor, tons of stuff you can do.  Flip houses, the list goes on.




thats interesting. i'm about to finish a bs in me but i fucking love every minute of it. i'm a lazy student with poor performance but i enjoy engineering school and everything that it has taught me.

i think what happened is you fucked up. you went for engineering because you didn't really understand what it was (like most everyone else entering engineering school) but you were never cut out for it to begin with. but never the less you were attracted to the prestige and salary. what did you expect? the curriculum is torturous as it is but without any passion i just don't understand how thats even possible to do...

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: dummy]
    #14236353 - 04/04/11 02:08 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I went for engineering because I wasn't really interested in anything in particular, didn't want to write essays, and engineering is the most versatile degree you can get IMO.

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Re: Dropping out of College [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #14236820 - 04/04/11 03:23 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

After a lot of thinking i have decided to continue my education because in the end a college degree, even one with a subpar gpa, is better than nothing at all. Gotta survive especially in the way things are going now.


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