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Draz

05-26-2011, 09:23 PM

Criminal Justice also. What are you planning to go into as a career?

I had to take a diversity elective that drove me nuts, North American Indians. And just as you speak of sociology being boring the teacher of this class is a regular sociology professor and put me to sleep every day. The material was hard as hell, he was the equivalent of Ben Stein, yet our 3 exams were all take home (LOL). I got a B+.

Honestly, I don't know what I plan on doing as a career. Possibly a paralegal? I don't know, what are some choices that your trying to go towards in a career? My professor is blind, so he speeches to us 24-7 continuously talking. He's a great guy though.

LA_Showtime

05-26-2011, 09:25 PM

Finance.

Hey you should be happy about that. Taking bullshit gen eds like communications was much easier than taking the upper level finance classes. At least you can chill for the semester.

I'll be in the communications class AND upper level finance courses. :oldlol:

SourGrapes

05-26-2011, 09:28 PM

Psychology. Research Methods was probably my toughest undergrad course that was required for it. Behavioral Neuroscience was probably the toughest in grad school (unless you want to count Dissertation as a course).

same

it seemed the professors assumed we would pick up spss with little or no guidance. the application in research methods was literally the only portion of the major i didn't like

StateProperty

05-26-2011, 09:30 PM

Honestly, I don't know what I plan on doing as a career. Possibly a paralegal? I don't know, what are some choices that your trying to go towards in a career? My professor is blind, so he speeches to us 24-7 continuously talking. He's a great guy though.
I've got 3 semesters left until I graduate. I've got a 4month paid internship coming up with the US Marshals, and I get a review at the end where they let me know if I become a deputy and go to their boot camp. If that fails I'd still like to get into a federal agency: ICE, US Marshals, DEA, FBI etc.

You should look into some internships to see where your interest lies. I at first wanted to work in probation but realized it would be too boring for me. I need to be out in the field.

Where are you going to school? Certain internships are only open to certain schools too.

Myth

05-26-2011, 09:34 PM

same

it seemed the professors assumed we would pick up spss with little or no guidance. the application in research methods was literally the only portion of the major i didn't like

I actually didn't mind the SPSS part. Heck, I was a TA for Behavioral Statistics and had to teach SPSS the same semester I was in Research Methods. I just hate setting up and writing as if I am writing for a peer reviewed journal.

DeuceWallaces

05-26-2011, 09:43 PM

They taught you SPSS and not SAS or R?

Lebowsky

05-26-2011, 09:48 PM

Back when I studied chemical engineering the hardest were in this order fluid dynamics, analytic chemistry and heat transfer. Nowadays in economics it's probably econometrics, advanced macro and economic growth.

Draz

05-26-2011, 09:51 PM

I've got 3 semesters left until I graduate. I've got a 4month paid internship coming up with the US Marshals, and I get a review at the end where they let me know if I become a deputy and go to their boot camp. If that fails I'd still like to get into a federal agency: ICE, US Marshals, DEA, FBI etc.

You should look into some internships to see where your interest lies. I at first wanted to work in probation but realized it would be too boring for me. I need to be out in the field.

Where are you going to school? Certain internships are only open to certain schools too.

That sounds great. I have an internship I have to fulfill at the end of everything, I would have to need to finish all of my classes and have all of the credits before doing so. I attend Laguardia CC, in NY. Is it guarantee you'll get a job with a degree in Criminal Justice?

heyhey

05-26-2011, 09:53 PM

I study math and my hardest course has been topology

Lebowsky

05-26-2011, 09:57 PM

I study math and my hardest course has been topology
No wonder, that stuff is crazy. Actually most of what you must be studying is crazy.

StateProperty

05-26-2011, 09:59 PM

That sounds great. I have an internship I have to fulfill at the end of everything, I would have to need to finish all of my classes and have all of the credits before doing so. I attend Laguardia CC, in NY. Is it guarantee you'll get a job with a degree in Criminal Justice?
I don't think it's guaranteed in anything anymore.

When you transfer to a 4 year school look at Pace and John Jay if you plan on staying in NY. They have good connections as far as getting internships and such in the field. Make sure it's what you want to do before you transfer though. If you plan on doing something more "office-oriented" like paralegal or probation/parole then look all around for schools.

To be honest just watch some criminal justice type TV shows and you'll find an interest somewhere.

SourGrapes

05-26-2011, 10:00 PM

They taught you SPSS and not SAS or R?

taught is a charitable way of putting it, but yeah

GatorKid117

05-26-2011, 10:08 PM

Health Science

Worst class would probably have to be Ethics in Healthcare. The class itself wasn't that hard but the sheer lack of anything remotely exciting made it that much harder. What a lame class.

Draz

05-26-2011, 10:09 PM

I don't think it's guaranteed in anything anymore.

When you transfer to a 4 year school look at Pace and John Jay if you plan on staying in NY. They have good connections as far as getting internships and such in the field. Make sure it's what you want to do before you transfer though. If you plan on doing something more "office-oriented" like paralegal or probation/parole then look all around for schools.

To be honest just watch some criminal justice type TV shows and you'll find an interest somewhere.

Understood. I got rejected at John Jay, I have a few friends that go there, they say it's a good school. I'm thinking more office related jobs, being a cop is so consistent for people these days. Anyone can be one, it's a average job.

StateProperty

05-26-2011, 10:15 PM

Understood. I got rejected at John Jay, I have a few friends that go there, they say it's a good school. I'm thinking more office related jobs, being a cop is so consistent for people these days. Anyone can be one, it's a average job.
State cop my man. Especially in NJ (it's tough to get in) you get over 100k a year. Know someone who made 120k last year as an NJ trooper. Check out what it is for NY because idk.

Plus with all the advancement positions in police work it might not end there. Detective work, SWAT team, k-9 unit and such. One of my professors is a Philly cop, SWAT team member, and a UFC referee for pay-per-view events on the side. :lol Dude is badass.

Get an internship at a prosecutor's office (they'll take everybody) and see how you like the office side of the major.

EDIT: http://www.nytrooper.com/salary_benefits.cfm

check what you'd be making after 5 years. look at what you make just in the ACADEMY. then 66 grand you're 1st year.

Like I said, look all over.

JerrySteakhouse

05-26-2011, 10:17 PM

Civil Engineering - Structural

One more year and I graduate. Bitcch I made straight As, go head and try to degrade us

SourGrapes

05-26-2011, 10:21 PM

I actually didn't mind the SPSS part. Heck, I was a TA for Behavioral Statistics and had to teach SPSS the same semester I was in Research Methods. I just hate setting up and writing as if I am writing for a peer reviewed journal.

it's much the same in graduate school, right?

i was ok with writing the papers. our projects weren't very good, which i'm sure made the papers more difficult than necessary

Draz

05-26-2011, 10:36 PM

State cop my man. Especially in NJ (it's tough to get in) you get over 100k a year. Know someone who made 120k last year as an NJ trooper. Check out what it is for NY because idk.

Plus with all the advancement positions in police work it might not end there. Detective work, SWAT team, k-9 unit and such. One of my professors is a Philly cop, SWAT team member, and a UFC referee for pay-per-view events on the side. :lol Dude is badass.

Get an internship at a prosecutor's office (they'll take everybody) and see how you like the office side of the major.

EDIT: http://www.nytrooper.com/salary_benefits.cfm

check what you'd be making after 5 years. look at what you make just in the ACADEMY. then 66 grand you're 1st year.

Like I said, look all over.

Thanks, your really helping me a lot. I'm a freshmen in college, taking on a Criminal Justice degree was just off of trying to do what's right for the community and for everyone around me. This all sounds really good, the salary these guys are making are really good. And damn, your professor is pretty badass. He's probably rich as shit.

Myth

05-26-2011, 11:33 PM

They taught you SPSS and not SAS or R?

Yep. I don't even know what that other program is that you are speaking of.

Myth

05-26-2011, 11:40 PM

it's much the same in graduate school, right?

Is what part the same? If you mean the use of SPSS, then yes. If you mean something else, you'll have to specify.

ThaSwagg3r

05-26-2011, 11:51 PM

Sociology, anyone have any experience with it?

DeuceWallaces

05-27-2011, 12:12 AM

Sociology, anyone have any experience with it?

Yeah I have my soc degree.

ElPigto

05-27-2011, 12:17 AM

Civil Engineering.

I absolutely hated Dynamics. **** dynamics.

Maga_1

05-27-2011, 12:19 AM

I need help to find every college in US which someone can do a master in management of human resources. Any help?

ThaSwagg3r

05-27-2011, 12:20 AM

Yeah I have my soc degree.
How was it for you? i.e. Your experience?

Balla_Status

05-27-2011, 12:24 AM

Petroleum Engineering

Geostatistics
Ethics in Engineering (a couple lectures were interesting)

Those two classes sucked and I had no interest in them. Probably due to senioritis but whatever. I got Ds in both lol

The TA for the ethics class was a philosophy major with a power trip against engineers. Dude was a real dick. And it seemed like a lot of the philosophy stuff we learned was common sense.

Thermodynamics was hard as well but the most interesting in my opinion.

ballup

05-27-2011, 12:26 AM

Civil Engineering.

I absolutely hated Dynamics. **** dynamics.
Ah statics/dynamics was a tough course. Strength of materials is much harder.

Balla_Status

05-27-2011, 12:29 AM

Ah statics/dynamics was a tough course. Strength of materials is much harder.

Without a doubt but they're so important to understanding how stresses distribute among buildings, beams etc. just for the basic engineer.

I didn't know how to solve any of those problems on the FE exam though. Passed it anyways!

ballup

05-27-2011, 12:34 AM

Without a doubt but they're so important to understanding how stresses distribute among buildings, beams etc. just for the basic engineer.

I didn't know how to solve any of those problems on the FE exam though. Passed it anyways!
Nice job:applause:

Kinda makes me wish I was in high school again. SATs can't lay a finger on the FE.

ElPigto

05-27-2011, 12:42 AM

Ah statics/dynamics was a tough course. Strength of materials is much harder.

I struggled through strenth of materials, but I found it so much easier than dynamics. I ****ing kicked ass in all my structures courses. I'm glad I'm done with that for now.

Timmy D for MVP

05-27-2011, 12:47 AM

History.

My hardest class would be from the last semester History of Sport in America. The connections the prof asked you to draw in the work were crazy. He was grading like this was gonna be published. He also gave complete freedom in a couple works as far as subject went. Good prep for Senior Course.

It was refreshing after breezing through some other classes. :D

Joshumitsu

05-27-2011, 12:58 AM

vapid

05-27-2011, 01:02 AM

Econ and Econ History.

My hardest classes was probably my 3rd year macro class.

Stuckey

05-27-2011, 02:19 AM

english language

yeah I'm teaching now

edit: with a tesl certificate now

Scholar

05-27-2011, 02:41 AM

What is or was your college major? Also, what were some classes that gave you a headache taking due to it being a requirement for your major? I'm majoring in Criminal Justice, and I'm currently taking Sociology. This class is completely, the most boring, worst, class I have ever taken in my life.

I have to write a 10 page essay, on nothing.

Discuss.

I was a Sociology major for the first two years of college, but I ended up switching because I found out that you can't do much with a Sociology degree unless you go all the way into the Masters.
I'm majoring in Journalism now.
The worst class I've taken so far is Statistics. I'm terrible in math and this class is definitely going to lower my GPA this semester. :banghead: I'm hoping for a C.
FWIW, I've got a 3.2 GPA. Not great but still good.

ThaSwagg3r

05-27-2011, 02:48 AM

solar.hands

05-27-2011, 03:40 AM

Computer Engineering
had trouble with integral calculus.
fvck math!

LA_Showtime

05-27-2011, 03:44 AM

English lit.

I'm terrible at it and I don't plan on using it ever.

Hardest class was a Neuroscience class I took to fulfill gen. ed requirements. I didn't want to spend $200 on the textbook and I never attended class because it was too long. I ended up passing with a mid-C.

Wait, so you majored in English Literature, but you were terrible at it and you don't plan on applying anything you learned? Lol, alright.

Dude, I can't believe you took Neuroscience to fulfill a gen. ed requirement. That shit sounds painful. I took like Nutrition of Food to get that shit done with.

LA_Showtime

05-27-2011, 03:46 AM

I was a Sociology major for the first two years of college, but I ended up switching because I found out that you can't do much with a Sociology degree unless you go all the way into the Masters.
I'm majoring in Journalism now.
The worst class I've taken so far is Statistics. I'm terrible in math and this class is definitely going to lower my GPA this semester. :banghead: I'm hoping for a C.
FWIW, I've got a 3.2 GPA. Not great but still good.

I considered sociology before I started college... I thought it doesn't pay well, period. Being a social worker would be pretty cool, making $30-40,000 a year would not be.

Joshumitsu

05-27-2011, 03:47 PM

Wait, so you majored in English Literature, but you were terrible at it and you don't plan on applying anything you learned? Lol, alright.

Dude, I can't believe you took Neuroscience to fulfill a gen. ed requirement. That shit sounds painful. I took like Nutrition of Food to get that shit done with.

Yeah, man.

I don't like theorizing and overanalyzing literature. At least, not to the point where I'm able to get an "A" in the class. I think that's too much emphasis on the unnecessary. Subtlety is my choice and this makes me a broody slacker, by choice.

Though, when I say I don't plan on using my degree, I mean it in a creative kind of way. Most people, when they look at an English degree, will ask you what you'll do with one. Well, you really can't do anything except teach and that's the honest truth.

But, honestly, I think people only say that because they are boring, uncreative people in the first place. They see college education as a set of skills you pick up. They don't see the practicality of anything not pertaining to their specific fields, views, or agendas. They didn't come to college to learn or expand their thinking/challenge their views. They want to be coddled and live a safe, comfortable life amidst the wars, genocides, and economical collapses around them.

So when I say I don't plan on using the degree, I mean I don't plan on using it the way it was designed. You look at successful CEO's, actors, lawyers, some doctors even and many of them were English or Philosophy majors. Not what you'd expect but it's what makes them indispensable since they bring different views into the mix.

You can guess I also get a lot of flack from the general science students who criticize English lit. as being too ambiguous and subjective for their tastes. At least science is set in stone, they say. And I tell them that's one of the most arrogant things they can say as a scientist. They're the farthest thing from a scientist. A true scientist is one who challenges the status quo. He strives to make the impossible possible.

But those people will amount to nothing. Why? Because they don't think like an artist. And great artists (whether in sports, business, art, literature, finance) always change their game, experiment with new genres, styles, forms, and challenge themselves. Pretentious or not, they're more true and real than all these mechanical people who repeat the same things everyday without meaning or purpose.

Sorry if I've typed too much, that's just the English degree, not me.

Just keep finding ways to challenge yourself, bro, even if school seems like a joke for the most part.

GatorKid117

05-27-2011, 03:57 PM

^Great post. Anyway, a few good friends of mine in college pretty much lost their friendship because of an english degree. Well besides the fact one of them was pretty much a bitch, she essentially called the other two out for having useless degrees (both English majors). They got into a huge fight and as a result, the other two are no longer friends with her. They were roommates for 3 years so its kinda unfortunate. O well.

English majors get a lot of crap for their degrees it seems and they don't deserve it.

Crystallas

05-27-2011, 04:08 PM

EE and ME minor

Positive

05-27-2011, 04:32 PM

I just graduated with a degree in chemical engineering. The curriculum sucked but looking back at it, it was definitely worth it. I'll be making a lot more than most of my friends in business/other majors and I'll have an interesting (at least somewhat) job.

I'd say my hardest classes were probably Heat Transfer and Mathematical Modeling, which was a completely retarded class but that's another story.

Lebowsky

05-27-2011, 04:37 PM

Jailblazers7

05-27-2011, 04:42 PM

Account and Info Systems. I haven't had any courses that have challenged me. I would say maybe stats was the toughest but it was a 200 level stats course and I got a 95 in the class. Hopefully I have something challenging next semester so I don't feel like such an unambitious blob lol.

28renyoy

05-27-2011, 05:11 PM

biochemistry and a minor in physics. i wouldn't say any classes give me "trouble" although it was a ***** to make an A in organic 1

not even going to use my major, im going to medschool. i should have just stayed bio, but i went biochem and currently im taking upper level chem classes/cal 3

Positive

05-28-2011, 02:51 AM

I hope you enjoy working as a chem eng, because when I found out I didn't it was already too late. Congrats on your graduation and good luck.

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

tian820

05-28-2011, 03:02 AM

Microbiology. Intro to Organic Chemistry was toughest, but I still think it was because I took it my second semester in school. Wasn't a fan of Biochemistry either.

Studying Medicine now

Pasty Kobe

05-28-2011, 03:03 AM

wait. how people go back to college and reset their indecisive asses boggles me. i owe banks just for my first wrong choice.

baseketball4life

05-28-2011, 03:06 AM

Justice Studies aka Criminal Justice, about to be a senior in university, really enjoying my major... seems like the one academic field I actually like to study and enjoy going to class for.

m1sterb

05-28-2011, 12:37 PM

Electrical Engineering - Power emphasis

LuppersGB

05-28-2011, 12:49 PM

Well I have a gist of what you mean by Major/Minor ie Major being the significant component of the degree right? I have no idea on the US collegiate system?

Over here I study History and International Relations. With emphasis on I.R meaning lots of Modules on Foreign Policy:rockon: . I dabble in International Crime and Global Security(theory). I'd say my hardest module has been a Political concepts from my 1st year and trying to learn Arabic for a low credit extra module:banghead:

RocketGreatņess

06-16-2011, 03:23 PM

Electrical Engineering - Power emphasis
do you like this field? a buddy of mine last night when hooping told me he majored in ee, has a job at some company that manufactures oscilloscopes. makes decent money, is satisfied,etc.

i'm thinking of computer engineering myself.

D-Rose

03-27-2013, 10:17 AM

DukeDelonte13

03-27-2013, 10:42 AM

I've bounced around my first two years now.

Started as Pre-med, then kind of had the stop gap major of anthropology, and then international studies.

Got accepted for History into the university...going to minor in Economics and Philosophy and push HARD for law school. Fairly confident I'll get in.

i wouldn't go law school unless you are prepared to work for yourself when you get out. Even top students at top schools are struggling to find work; historically its the worst job situation ever for young lawyers in this country.

D-Rose

03-27-2013, 10:49 AM

i wouldn't go law school unless you are prepared to work for yourself when you get out. Even top students at top schools are struggling to find work; historically its the worst job situation ever for young lawyers in this country.
Been looking at the law schools here in Texas and they have typically good employment rates, such as 85-95%. Plus I won't have any debt coming out.

DukeDelonte13

03-27-2013, 10:57 AM

Been looking at the law schools here in Texas and they have typically good employment rates, such as 85-95%. Plus I won't have any debt coming out.

those employment rates are skewed. Grads working non-legal jobs count towards that number. Most law schools have employment rates in those figures. No debt is huge coming out, but like I said, you gotta be prepared to make a lot of sacrifices. Law isn't like normal jobs. If you manage to get into a small firm (which is extremely difficult in this legal job market) you are going to work minimum 50-55 hour work weeks on a salary which means no overtime. If you manage to make it to a big firm the hours are even crazier but at least the pay is better. Gov jobs are nice, but they are becoming more and more difficult to land as most local govs are cutting back their spending/hiring.

n00bie

03-27-2013, 11:21 AM

Hardest course for me was Stats.

Those confusing terms: Probability of a ball hitting a wall vs a wall hitting a ball.

:biggums:

Bandito

03-27-2013, 03:59 PM

Was studying chemical engineering for awhile but studied Cardiovascular/pulmonary with the Air Force and now I am going to college for computer science

Bucket_Nakedz

03-27-2013, 04:06 PM

applied science aka computer networking

DeuceWallaces

03-27-2013, 04:19 PM

Nice necro bump.

Unfortunately, I'm back to school yet again; getting to old for this.

code green

03-27-2013, 07:54 PM

network engineering, currently bored as shit in my cisco 4 class.

embersyc

03-27-2013, 09:46 PM

Graphic Design, but I became a software engineer.

lpublic_enemyl

03-27-2013, 10:13 PM

business technology management b.comm

IamRAMBO24

03-27-2013, 10:14 PM

Double major Psych/Philosophy (B.A.). Going back for computer coding.

Draz

03-28-2013, 12:29 AM

Double major Psych/Philosophy (B.A.). Going back for computer coding.

I might do this. Should I? Philosophy history bores me to death..

boozehound

03-28-2013, 01:18 AM

those employment rates are skewed. Grads working non-legal jobs count towards that number. Most law schools have employment rates in those figures. No debt is huge coming out, but like I said, you gotta be prepared to make a lot of sacrifices. Law isn't like normal jobs. If you manage to get into a small firm (which is extremely difficult in this legal job market) you are going to work minimum 50-55 hour work weeks on a salary which means no overtime. If you manage to make it to a big firm the hours are even crazier but at least the pay is better. Gov jobs are nice, but they are becoming more and more difficult to land as most local govs are cutting back their spending/hiring.
Not a lawyer but I would concur. I have a buddy who went to cal-berkley for intellectual property law (considered the best? or so in that field) and he works 60+ hours as a drudge in a firm. Sure his pay is great, but he and his lawyer wife had to wait about 2 years to actually get married since neither one could take a break and they all have free time. Have another buddy who went to John Marshall for patent law (a top 15? program) and he got a job that worked him 70+ a week. He quit after a couple of years, couldnt get full time permanent employment (worked as a temp patent lawyer) and after a couple of years took a job as a patent clerk. Most of my friends with law degrees (probably about 20) are employed as lawyers (except for one mr. mom, who has a degree from Georgetown and worked for the nfl), but they have terrible hours and dont really like their life.

part of the issue is that so many smart kids were directed to law school (hey lawyers make money!) instead of the sciences or other fields. Now, there is a glut.

Draz

03-14-2016, 08:39 PM

Dodged a bullet there. Almost majored in psychology LMFAO.

Declaring social work major after I ace this class.

KyrieTheFuture

03-14-2016, 08:52 PM

Finance and Management

What a waste of money.

Draz

03-14-2016, 08:53 PM

Finance and Management

What a waste of money.
What you mean?

KyrieTheFuture

03-14-2016, 08:57 PM

What you mean?
Two reasons, one I never plan on working in Finance. Two, literally every Finance job I've seen trains you prior to you actually doing anything, because they know the Finance you learn in school is useless. You memorize formulas that...you don't need to memorize. You use computer programs to do all that shit. Management is just incredibly subjective and impossible to teach in a classroom.

Only cool class was about mergers and acquisitions and basically all it was, was a real life forum to discuss takeovers. We didn't read a single chapter. Tests were about prices and #s of shares, which is useless information now. No one cares how much Apple bought Beats for. Not gonna get you a job.

Get a STEM degree, or don't get a degree unless you want to teach your subject.

EDIT: ESPECIALLY if you need to take out loans. I'm fortunate in that regard.

Draz

03-14-2016, 08:58 PM

Two reasons, one I never plan on working in Finance. Two, literally every Finance job I've seen trains you prior to you actually doing anything, because they know the Finance you learn in school is useless. You memorize formulas that...you don't need to memorize. You use computer programs to do all that shit. Management is just incredibly subjective and impossible to teach in a classroom.

Only cool class was about mergers and acquisitions and basically all it was, was a real life forum to discuss takeovers. We didn't read a single chapter. Tests were about prices and #s of shares, which is useless information now. No one cares how much Apple bought Beats for. Not gonna get you a job.

Get a STEM degree, or don't get a degree unless you want to teach your subject.
Ah yeah, you're right. I've stated this before with the accounting course I've taken last year or so. You don't do any of that in the field. I got discouraged by it and just said fck it, because I wasn't going to a private college.

Ranked 12th

03-14-2016, 09:11 PM

Dual degree: Software Engineering and Physics

knickballer

03-14-2016, 09:15 PM

Ah yeah, you're right. I've stated this before with the accounting course I've taken last year or so. You don't do any of that in the field. I got discouraged by it and just said fck it, because I wasn't going to a private college.

Not necessarily Accounting. Alot of the material and theory you learn in Accounting comes in handy and I guess it depends what you actually work in. Entry level staff accountants or bookkeepers(not really accountants) usually just do excel shit that anyone can do(like the other guy said) but auditors, tax accountants, and higher level accountants definitely need knowledge of accounting and the theory behind. Ex- How everything relates to the F/S, what's the purpose of this account, what's the benefit of deferring, is this in line with GAAP, what does FASB say about this rule, etc.

But yeah many of the entry level positions you don't need much knowledge. Finance can be different and I can assume much of the entry level is just data entry, excel, creating budgets and basic shit that really isn't stimulating. You just got to be excel savy. If you're a wizard with excel chances are you'll be great at your job.

And I always find it funny how you have to memorize all those formulas for tests. It's not like at your job if you forgot the quick ratio you just hope for the best..

knickballer

03-14-2016, 09:21 PM

Two reasons, one I never plan on working in Finance. Two, literally every Finance job I've seen trains you prior to you actually doing anything, because they know the Finance you learn in school is useless. You memorize formulas that...you don't need to memorize. You use computer programs to do all that shit. Management is just incredibly subjective and impossible to teach in a classroom.

Only cool class was about mergers and acquisitions and basically all it was, was a real life forum to discuss takeovers. We didn't read a single chapter. Tests were about prices and #s of shares, which is useless information now. No one cares how much Apple bought Beats for. Not gonna get you a job.

Get a STEM degree, or don't get a degree unless you want to teach your subject.

EDIT: ESPECIALLY if you need to take out loans. I'm fortunate in that regard.

My advice is as long as long you go to some state school and commute locally go study the **** you want as you won't be in debt. Hell, you can even get a masters in something like Accounting and sit in for the CPA despite having a philosophy undergraduate degree..

PS, what field you working in now?

Le Shaqtus

03-14-2016, 09:21 PM

English Language Arts Education.

Draz

03-14-2016, 09:23 PM

Someone else here was doing Social Work (lives in Canada) I forgot his username

KyrieTheFuture

03-14-2016, 09:37 PM

My advice is as long as long you go to some state school and commute locally go study the **** you want as you won't be in debt. Hell, you can even get a masters in something like Accounting and sit in for the CPA despite having a philosophy undergraduate degree..

PS, what field you working in now?
Everyone I know who did accounting (~20 people) said the degree is useless without a CPA. I would agree with the first point, I wish more people did the 2 year community college and transfer route. So much cheaper, and better for your development because you meet many more kinds of people.

I grow weed in CO now :lol

True degenerate.

Although I do kinda use my degree I guess only cause so many people in this industry are ****ing retards with basic budgeting and accounting, which is a problem when you make the kinda money they do.

Draz

03-14-2016, 09:44 PM

KyrieTheFuture

03-14-2016, 09:46 PM

You're right. My best friend got her Masters in accounting and got a job at a prestigious firm after. Went to a private college for her bachelors though. Now she's auditing firms and shit. She's smart ASF but failed her CPA exam, going to retake it. They make bread though
Only thing I regret about not doing my 1-3 years at an investment bank with my friend. Dude makes so much god damn money.

KyrieTheFuture

03-14-2016, 09:48 PM

Wow. I posted in this thread while I was still in college.

Now that I've finished, the most exhausting courses would be fluid dynamics and this geotechnical graduate course
I used to get high and have my two engineering friends talk to me about this (and a few other classes). Fascinating stuff.

Draz

03-14-2016, 09:50 PM

Realized I was taking Sociology at this time of the post. Got an A- browsing all day on my phone posting here :lol, got a B+ in my criminal justice class, left the major, got my AA degree in Social Sciences and Humanities (BS ass degree) and now it's a long way doing something I would of believed 5 years ago.

Bandito

03-14-2016, 09:51 PM

Computer Science which I should finish this semester.

Lebron23

03-14-2016, 09:52 PM

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.

knickballer

03-14-2016, 09:54 PM

Everyone I know who did accounting (~20 people) said the degree is useless without a CPA. I would agree with the first point, I wish more people did the 2 year community college and transfer route. So much cheaper, and better for your development because you meet many more kinds of people.

I grow weed in CO now :lol

True degenerate.

Although I do kinda use my degree I guess only cause so many people in this industry are ****ing retards with basic budgeting and accounting, which is a problem when you make the kinda money they do.

For some reason that's the thought that everyone has but it's not all that true. If you want to work for an actual CPA firm then yea it's needed but if you want to do corporate accounting it's not needed. Even without a CPA degree you still are looking at good prospects and decent pay. You're career mobility is limited without it but I guess it's the same with other fields without all those damn licenses. For some odd reason all the accountants want to work at the "Big 4"(the most prestigious cpa firms) and spend 60 hours a week in a cubicle. No thanks jeff.

And good for you on the weed part :oldlol: I'm actually curious do you sell it legally and have one of your own weed shops?

KyrieTheFuture

03-14-2016, 10:02 PM

For some reason that's the thought that everyone has but it's not all that true. If you want to work for an actual CPA firm then yea it's needed but if you want to do corporate accounting it's not needed. Even without a CPA degree you still are looking at good prospects and decent pay. You're career mobility is limited without it but I guess it's the same with other fields without all those damn licenses. For some odd reason all the accountants want to work at the "Big 4"(the most prestigious cpa firms) and spend 60 hours a week in a cubicle. No thanks jeff.

And good for you on the weed part :oldlol: I'm actually curious do you sell it legally and have one of your own weed shops?
The big 4 recruit super heavily out of Syracuse so I most likely have a very skewed experience. JP Morgan/Chase is the other big Finance/Accounting draw. You're definitely right about licenses, it's kinda odd to me. You could just eliminate the degree requirement and require Series 7 and shit for Finance.

It's all legal, I work for a company that has two warehouses (~15,000 plants) and two dispensaries but we also wholesale to other dispensaries without their own grow operation. I'm just starting out and learning everything, my goal is to eventually have my own store/grow op. Stay small though, I only work in one warehouse (9,000 plants) and it's a ****ing bitch to coordinate everything. I'd much prefer a small scale thing for myself, but this is a great learning experience for sure.

stalkerforlife

03-14-2016, 10:07 PM

You should be a cop, OP.

All of you should be cops.

I can't be one because I have a record.

Being a cop would rule. Entertainment, authority, women, perks, etc.

Draz

03-14-2016, 10:11 PM

You should be a cop, OP.

All of you should be cops.

I can't be one because I have a record.

Being a cop would rule. Entertainment, authority, women, perks, etc.
My best friends going to be a cop. I wouldn't be a cop. A lot of people think being a cop is for everyone until they're 30 with a wife and kid. Then they live every day in fear.

CarlosBoozer

03-15-2016, 04:21 AM

BSBA Human Resource Management

Lebowsky

03-15-2016, 06:01 AM

You should be a cop, OP.

All of you should be cops.

I can't be one because I have a record.

Being a cop would rule. Entertainment, authority, women, perks, etc.

Nah, the real reason you can't be a cop is because you wouldn't reach your gun in your hip holster.

christian1923

03-15-2016, 11:27 AM

Media Production. The classes are so fun and easy that whenever i have to take a regular requirement like Math, History, or Writing it's actually kind of difficult to do well in those classes for me. I never remember to read the textbook or study for test.

UK2K

03-15-2016, 11:30 AM

My best friends going to be a cop. I wouldn't be a cop. A lot of people think being a cop is for everyone until they're 30 with a wife and kid. Then they live every day in fear.

I was going to be a cop until I realized I don't like cops.

sammichoffate

03-15-2016, 11:32 AM

Political Science. I got an interview with the Palestinian Embassy in DC yesterday, don't think I did well at all :lol

Bosnian Sajo

03-15-2016, 01:10 PM

You can guess I also get a lot of flack from the general science students who criticize English lit. as being too ambiguous and subjective for their tastes. At least science is set in stone, they say. And I tell them that's one of the most arrogant things they can say as a scientist. They're the farthest thing from a scientist. A true scientist is one who challenges the status quo. He strives to make the impossible possible.

But those people will amount to nothing. Why? Because they don't think like an artist. And great artists (whether in sports, business, art, literature, finance) always change their game, experiment with new genres, styles, forms, and challenge themselves. Pretentious or not, they're more true and real than all these mechanical people who repeat the same things everyday without meaning or purpose.

Oh, word bro? What do you do and how much do you make now 5 years later with your prestigious and artistic degree in English Literature? :facepalm

I'm finishing up my Associates this semester and will be transferring to a new uni to pursue a degree in Information Systems Management. It's like a beta version of Computer Science, but once done you guys will be basically doing the same job and getting the same pay. I have a friend who finished 2 years back and his first job payed him 65k. After a year, that bumped up to 80k, and this is here in the Tampa bay area mind you, relatively small technical hub compared to placed like Silicon Valley, Austin, New York, etc.

After I finish the bachelors at USF, I'll inshallah find a job and transfer to FSU and start taking courses to get a Masters in the field. I was against a masters degree before only because I want money asap, but the degree they offer at FSU suits me well because it is fully online, only 2 courses per semester, and it should be completed within 2 years. And Masters is always better than Bachelors, especially in this day and age where everyone and they momma earned a bachelors in something.

Just please, if you're a HS student reading this, don't waste your time studying something meaningless like English Lit. If it interests you that much, read on your spare time, whatever. But there is no future with that degree in terms of being employable.

Bosnian Sajo

03-15-2016, 01:21 PM

Everyone I know who did accounting (~20 people) said the degree is useless without a CPA. I would agree with the first point, I wish more people did the 2 year community college and transfer route. So much cheaper, and better for your development because you meet many more kinds of people.

I've always been left dumbfounded when i hear someone goes to school out of state while their parents have regular jobs, not high paying. All those movies people watch have brainwashed them into thinking the only way to do college is to live in the dorm, party like crazy, and when your done you will be paying off your degree for the next 10-15 years. Don't get me wrong, I would like to experience dorm life (probably wont, sadly...but oh well) but I'd much rather finish college debt free and live comfy af than to go out of state, pay 3x the amount, and be left with 100k in debt before ever even getting started.

If you're an athlete/have some kind of scholarship that ensures you won't be in debt when you finish, by all means then, that would be amazing. But if you or your parents will be left in debt just to get you through school, wtf is the point? Why start your journey in life handicapped?

falc39

03-15-2016, 01:48 PM

I've always been left dumbfounded when i hear someone goes to school out of state while their parents have regular jobs, not high paying. All those movies people watch have brainwashed them into thinking the only way to do college is to live in the dorm, party like crazy, and when your done you will be paying off your degree for the next 10-15 years. Don't get me wrong, I would like to experience dorm life (probably wont, sadly...but oh well) but I'd much rather finish college debt free and live comfy af than to go out of state, pay 3x the amount, and be left with 100k in debt before ever even getting started.

If you're an athlete/have some kind of scholarship that ensures you won't be in debt when you finish, by all means then, that would be amazing. But if you or your parents will be left in debt just to get you through school, wtf is the point? Why start your journey in life handicapped?

It's because they weren't taught or experienced the value of money. It's a lot easier to be careless with spending when it's not your money or you can expect to be bailed out. Common theme in life and some people have to learn the hard way.