Oh, the joys of college.

[YAOMTC]

So here's my story. When I got out of high school, I figured I should go to college. Seemed like the thing to do. Wasn't sure what I'd be doing, but I was sure I'd figure it out.

Well, I didn't.

Not until my third year, anyway. Right now.

I started out with chemistry, and it took me 'til the end of my second semester to realize I just found it interesting, but didn't actually enjoy it. Then I switched to physics/math with a computer science minor.

Well, after a semester of University Physics 1, I realized it's just not as fun (for me, anyway) as I thought it was in high school. So I just took my minor and made it my major, thinking, "I love computers and technology, so a CS major just makes sense, right?"

Wrong.

I enjoyed some of the programming-oriented stuff in the beginning... but now... Operating Systems, Data Structures, GIS, Algorithms and Formal Language... Don't like any of it. None.

That's probably why I haven't been doing much of my homework this semester, and why my grades have been slipping...

Just earlier this week I figured things out. I was working on my part-time, minimum wage (the Work Study govt. program requires this apparently) job for the Audio/Visual department of the school, and I realized...

I really like this job.

So I'm thinking I'll just be done with paying people to teach me stuff I may or may not care about, and go here for a year. And then start job hunting.

The one problem remaining, though, is that my parents have been paying for me to be at this somewhat pricy private liberal arts university for the last two years (plus this semester)... and I don't think they'll be too happy with this.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

EDIT: Oh, and as for my current job. It involves a lot of working with speakers, mics, amps, sound boards, video and audio recording, media duplication, setting up equipment for events... I have a lot of fun doing it, and it's stuff I've been into before I started going to college. Not sure why I didn't go with a Broadcasting major, but that would've taken five years anyway. I've had enough of liberal arts already.

 

[Chazwozel]

So here's my story... all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air

In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'

I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suite case and send me on my way
She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket.
I put my walkman on and said, 'I might as well kick it'.

First class, yo this is bad
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass.
Is this what the people of Bel-Air Living like?
Hmmmmm this might be alright.

But wait I hear there're prissy, wine all that
Is Bel-Air the type of place they send this cool cat?
I don't think sow
I'll see when I get there
I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air

Well, the plane landed and when I came out
There was a dude who looked like a cop standing there with my name out
I ain't trying to get arrested
I just got here
I sprang with the quickness like lightening, disappeared

I whistled for a cab and when it came near
The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
If anything I can say this cab is rare
But I thought 'Now forget it' - 'Yo homes to Bel Air'

I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And I yelled to the cabbie 'Yo homes smell ya later'
I looked at my kingdom
I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air

:horn:

Don't they have a Communications/Media major option at your current school? Pricey expensive liberal arts schools have more clout than technical schools. Before anyone jumps on me for saying that: sorry folks, it's true. You got a better chance scoring a job post Harvard than post-insert your state school here, simply because of the name.

 

[Koko]

Here are the pre-declared majors for the various colleges I just applied to...can't imagine how I'll feel a few years into one of these majors.

(plus San Diego State University, declaring accounting major)

 

[Bowielee]

Don't they have a Communications/Media major option at your current school? Pricey expensive liberal arts schools have more clout than technical schools. Before anyone jumps on me for saying that: sorry folks, it's true. You got a better chance scoring a job post Harvard than post-insert your state school here, simply because of the name.

Depends on the program. Some technical schools offer courses that universities just don't.

 

[Chazwozel]

Don't they have a Communications/Media major option at your current school? Pricey expensive liberal arts schools have more clout than technical schools. Before anyone jumps on me for saying that: sorry folks, it's true. You got a better chance scoring a job post Harvard than post-insert your state school here, simply because of the name.

Depends on the program. Some technical schools offer courses that universities just don't.[/QUOTE]

Technical schools usually offer more specialized course, not that the university doesn't provide it. Unless the university is really, really tiny.

 

[Dave]

Fucking liberals.



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[Necronic]

Technical schools are a massive ripoff 9 times out of 10. Anyone who would hire you with one of those degrees would hire you without it.

 

[Bowielee]

Technical schools are a massive ripoff 9 times out of 10. Anyone who would hire you with one of those degrees would hire you without it.

That's just straight up wrong. I'm attending a technical college and we have 3 universities in the area. None of them offer the courses offered at the Tech college.

Particularly in the fields of nursing, and Information management.

No, no one is going to hire a nurse or an IT analyst without that degree.

You guys also dismiss the fact that tech colleges offer specializations that would be "below" such braniacs as yourselves, such as machinists, and cosmetologists.