Take THAT everyone who didn't believe in me!

5/11/2011 1:33:04 PM

grades aren't official yet, but 'grats!

5/11/2011 1:33:59 PM

Do people actually not believe in other people? i've never encountered this, only shit talking out of jealousy

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

5/11/2011 1:34:19 PM

Do you know how many people finish college?!


The same number of people that find money to pay for all 4 years.

5/11/2011 1:34:53 PM

big fucking deal

5/11/2011 1:35:33 PM

Thats totally true. Only 20% of people change to an easier major somewhere in the middle

Do you know how many pizza places there are?

As many as can pay the bills

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5/11/2011 1:36:06 PM

congratulations. don't let dickholes tell you it's not a big accomplishment. you have every reason to be proud.

5/11/2011 1:36:06 PM

congrats....now welcome to real world hell

5/11/2011 1:36:29 PM

As someone who never believed in you, I'm not going to start believing you now. Liar!

5/11/2011 1:38:34 PM

a bachelors is the new high school diploma

you'd have gotten as much (if not more) value out of learning a trade straight out of high school...saved a boatload of money, too

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5/11/2011 1:39:12 PM

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"Just finished college! "

I'm sorry

5/11/2011 1:39:33 PM

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"Do you know how many pizza places there are? As many as can pay the bills"

Brilliant!!!!!!!

5/11/2011 1:41:12 PM

Now get a goddamn job.

5/11/2011 2:01:45 PM

Already did

5/11/2011 2:18:44 PM

Congrats, love!

5/11/2011 2:20:11 PM

I won't believe in you till become CEO, marry a supermodel and own real estate in no less than five countries. All before you turn 30.



Better get started.

5/11/2011 2:20:32 PM

congrats man.

5/11/2011 2:39:15 PM

congrats

5/11/2011 2:42:18 PM

yay! congrats!

5/11/2011 2:42:45 PM

<-- This guy just finished as well

5/11/2011 2:42:48 PM

definitely an accomplishment


now is the time to start lobbying Congress to cut back on educational funding and to increase the number of disqualifiers from the FAFSA to preserve the equity of your accomplishment, i.e. if you ever jaywalked or accidentally walked into the lady's room you should be prohibited from getting any educational funding, especially since Obama nationalized the process

Do you know how many people finish college? I don't know, but it's comparative to the amount of cars on the interstate - too many

5/11/2011 2:44:57 PM

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"a bachelors is the new high school diploma"

not really true. Among the G7 countries, the number of college graduates has slipped from the top to near the middle in recent years.

http://www.economist.com/node/18618613?story_id=18618613&fsrc=scn/tw/te/rss/pe

5/11/2011 2:48:36 PM

^^






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5/11/2011 2:50:43 PM

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I HAVE ONE MORE EXAM AND IT'S GOING TO RAPE ME

i failed my analytical chemistry exam. dropped my grade a full letter grade fmllllllllll

5/11/2011 2:54:43 PM

^^^ i meant in general...i don't think that a bachelors degree is "worth" as much as (or more than) it was 15-20 years ago

5/11/2011 2:56:45 PM

Not trying to turn this into a political argument, but I think increasing the quantity of educated workers creates a more functional and prosperous society (i.e. Someone who has a bachelors with communications is more productive socially, culturally and economically than someone with a high school diploma).

5/11/2011 2:58:35 PM

Real world [bold]HELL[/bold] season 666

5/11/2011 3:00:12 PM

oh, i agree

but when you increase the education level of the average person, then those falling below that stand out even more in their lack of education

so if 50% of the population has a BS/BA and 20% have an advanced degree, that means that the 30% with a high school diploma or less are going to be eligible for even fewer jobs and for lesser pay, since competition will lower the entry salary of those BS/BA folks

5/11/2011 3:02:53 PM

I'd argue that in this economy, and going forward, any academic degree isn't worth it's weight in gold compared to real world work experience. More people get jobs because of work experience than Masters degrees in this economy.

Try applying to a job with no work experience, but a BS and an MBA. Most jobs want 6 years work experience with portfolios, projects, or some kind of results to back up your credibility. Your best bet to stay competitive is to have both, and if you must sacrifice one, it should be the Masters degree.

Obviously you should get both if you can afford it. I just think it's funny seeing these kids with 50k in student loan debt with bachelors and masters degrees, working for 35k a year. They could have been making that and going to school simultaneously, which would jump-start them into a much higher salary after getting the grad degree.

Parallel processing your work and academic standings is where it's really at in this economy. Possibly getting your company to absorb some of the costs of the graduate degree is super smart.

[Edited on May 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM. Reason : -]

5/11/2011 3:04:41 PM

^

5/11/2011 3:28:09 PM

^^I'm so glad I held out until I got a decent job....I'm definitely gonna let this company absorb my master's degree since they will pay for 100% of it

5/11/2011 3:35:58 PM

I have a Master's degree but little work experience

it is exceptionally difficult for me to find a job right now

5/11/2011 3:40:01 PM

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"Do you know how many pizza places there are? As many as can pay the bills"

Aw yis.

5/11/2011 3:41:03 PM

hooray! i also just finished college - for the 2nd time in my life, but most likely not the last time. woooo student for life



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5/11/2011 9:21:20 PM

Well I think what has happened is the devaluation of the high school diploma even more now that everyone has a college degree.

People who only graduate high school and don't go to college aren't even really employable. We need to cut the flood gates clogging our universities with the worthless masses and ruining the prestige of a degree.

Give me the crack emoticon all you want, but if you're a skeptical female and didn't acheive your MRS during your bachelors years, you also are an epicfail. Go study elementary education.

5/11/2011 9:30:45 PM

funny you should say that

5/11/2011 9:31:53 PM

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"a bachelors is the new high school diploma"

You're kind of lumping all degrees into one category here. Most of my friends with engineering or business bachelor degrees got jobs right away. It took me more than a year after graduating to find a job I like and that pays well but I'm really picky.

After searching I found a job at a small company, with a bunch of young smart people, great location, get to travel and work from home often. I guess I got lucky but if you're determined and willing to relocate it's pretty easy to find jobs with the right degree.

Although I have an engineering degree and I'm in business but hey my boss is also a mechanical engineer. The degree just proved I could problem solve and think critically. Sure I won't be using it much later in life but half my friends who got actual engineering jobs rarely use what they learned anyway.

Congrats.

5/11/2011 9:58:50 PM

suspend op











but srsly... good job. feels good dont it??

5/11/2011 10:18:59 PM

peeps for a college degree the unemployment rate is about 4.5%, HS degree about 9.5%, and dropouts, 13% or so.....so a college degree is NOT the new high school degree.....is passing the 8th grade the new high school degree?!?!?!



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5/11/2011 10:24:33 PM

I finished too. And will finish again in December

congrats!

5/12/2011 8:35:28 AM

Today is my last exam so I will be finished in about 3 hours.

Now shit's gonna hit the fan for real.

5/12/2011 10:59:54 AM

omfg

it's over


...............now what?

5/12/2011 11:26:01 AM

you stay poor

5/12/2011 11:26:29 AM

yep

5/12/2011 11:42:17 AM

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"More people get jobs because of work experience than Masters degrees in this economy"

In my field, people who have a Master's and can't find work must have done something wrong.

Grad school is often more about making personal connections and making yourself marketable than anything else.

If you haven't taken on internship opportunities or built up a list of contacts, you might as well have done all the reading in your spare time.

5/12/2011 11:45:41 AM

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"Take THAT everyone who didn't believe in me!"

And not even 500 posts. Clearly your collegiate career was a failure.

5/12/2011 12:25:22 PM

^^Yeah if you get a master's degree work experience is a given. You're already supposed to have contacts and experience in your field.

5/12/2011 12:34:55 PM

I interned

in my field interns are not typically offered a job

^ what did you get your Master's degree in?


[Edited on May 12, 2011 at 12:54 PM. Reason : -]

5/12/2011 12:53:24 PM

Why did you choose a field with such poor job prospects?

5/12/2011 1:00:02 PM

^^Oh I don't have a masters. I'm just saying most of my friends who have master's have lots of experience and contacts they got through internships, co-ops, and regular jobs. You've got to be pretty lazy or unmotivated to go all the way through a graduate program without getting any experience in your area of interest.

5/12/2011 1:06:47 PM