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Sun Oct-17-04 10:44 PM
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Where did you attend college? |
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And are you in the profession that you majored in?
For me, I went to Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. I majored in Communication with a minor in journalism.
I am now a sports writer.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:47 PM
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1. University of Central Florida |
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Television Production major with a minor in creative writing.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:49 PM
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I did a lot of video production as part of my communication degree. It was a good time.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:26 PM
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31. A very good friend of mine went there |
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graduated a few years ago with a degree in biology.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:48 PM
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2. I went to Hampshire College |
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and concentrated in music and audio engineering.
I somehow managed to end up in the computer industry. I wanted to be an audio engineer, but it was impossible to make a living.
So, no, I ended up in a completely different field...
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:02 AM
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52. I knew a couple of people that went to that college. |
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One of them stopped going there because she wanted wanted to get traditional grades.
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:39 PM
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143. yeah...the evaluations were so much harsher than grades.... |
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But, I attended a bunch of classes at UMass, Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith that put grades on my transcript...most of my music classes were taken at Amherst and UMass, so at least I have a few grades on my transcript.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:49 PM
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3. Aww we had the same major. |
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Nope, not in the same field, and I'm not saying my school.
I am a weird secretive person.
:)
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:50 PM
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7. You don't have to say. I will allow it. |
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But if it were anyone else.....:)
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:51 PM
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I feel all special and stuff now :)
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:53 PM
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14. Consider it an early Halloween Present! |
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I didn't buy my candy yet!:)
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:49 PM
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5. West Barnstable MA, Arundel; West Sussex England, Henniker NH |
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Cape Cod Community College - Elementary Ed with a concentration in English Lit New England College - English Lit, European History
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:51 PM
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10. So what's your profession? |
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Beside a DU moderator.:hi:
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:53 PM
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13. Instructional Designer, Editor, Project manager |
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and currently, scapegoat.
In my spare time I write novels. An excerpt appears tonight in the lounge.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:54 PM
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16. I will have to check out that excerpt |
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:50 PM
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6. LSU in Baton Rouge, majored in Anthropology. |
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Then I graduated and realized I needed to get a job doing something so I went back to school at University of Houston and got my masters degree in accounting.
I passed the CPA and worked in 2 firms, then I started my own practice. It was going great guns until I became disabled. Now I tinker around with a few people's returns, that's it.
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:06 PM
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have family in Anthro - your plight is familiar. Sister needs to get a real job too - has a masters!
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:50 PM
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8. Shit this is a big list |
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Douglas College (General Studies) Universite Du Quebec (French) Universite Du Moncton (French) New Brunswick COmmunity College (Journalism) Langara College (Journalism)
As you can tell I had a hard time staying put. I came out with my journalism diploma (associate degree) and a shitload of university credits. I often think about bringing them together to see what I come up with.
I'm a newspaper editor now, but soon, the way things work will be an afternoon news anchor at a radio station.
(By the way Washington DUers - the station can be heard in Washington)
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:52 PM
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12. Best of luck on that new job quest |
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Sounds like it'll be really cool. It also sounds like you need a break from the newspaper biz.:hi:
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:57 PM
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I've actually gotta talk to my future boss about freelance writing cause I'm pretty sure I can get a freelance contract with the Vancouver sun. SO the extra dough would be nice
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:59 PM
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24. Freelance is always available |
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I'm full time at the paper I work at but have done a few freelance things. And oh yes, that money is nice!:)
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:51 PM
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9. University of North Carolina |
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these days it seems popular to add "at Chapel Hill"
AB, JD
I'm a lawyer.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:59 PM
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Another UNC-Chapel Hill person right over here :hi:
history major
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:53 PM
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15. Sweet Briar College. One of the last remaining independent women's |
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Edited on Sun Oct-17-04 10:54 PM by no_hypocrisy
colleges left. Fifteen or so miles from Jerry Falwell & Lynchburg (VA).
No, I did nothing vocational with my music major. However, with the liberal arts program generally, I do independent research, I think critically, and I enjoy a good argument. No complaints.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:46 PM
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49. A friend of mine teaches there... he said the joke is |
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that Falwell calls you ladies "The Whores on the Hill". LOL. My friend is uber-smart, very liberal, and a very nice guy... I think he enjoys teaching there, but as usual, university politics can be a drag.
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:02 AM
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74. True, true, and true. The joke is when I was there, I was with a crowd |
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that would be euphamistically called "bad girls" in House 01. It would have been nice to have been recognized by Jerry F. back then, but he was a nobody then. I do remember for a classical music concert in which one of his Liberty College students appeared, we were compelled to stand up, salute the flag, and sing the national anthem. My feeling was "C'mon, bring on the Mozart . . . "
And yeah, the policies for the professors are stifling for them as they are for students, but as for anything else in life, one can always work around them, if not ignore them when possible.
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:10 AM
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115. unfortunately any women's college seems to attract |
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those clever "whore hill" monikers... I went to a Cath. women's college in Pa. for a year and it was either Whore Hill or the Frigid Ridge. No middle ground.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:55 PM
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17. Oklahoma State and University of Missouri |
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OSU-BS OSU-MS UM-PhD
Now a college professor
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:56 PM
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'80s. BA in print journalism. Used to be a sportswriter. Now do monotonous sports statistical research for Nevada sportsbooks.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:27 PM
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33. My stepfather went there |
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he was on the track team with OJ Simpson.
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Mon Oct-18-04 02:52 AM
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66. That was a great track team |
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Many national championships in that era, and I think they set a sprint relay world record in the 440, or maybe 400 meters.
I used to cover the track team for the Daily Trojan, sitting in the bleachers at Cromwell Field.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:56 PM
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19. Started at community college in NJ, then on to Univ. of Md. |
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Then finally finished my BS in marketing at the University of Underachievers....oops....I mean University of Phoenix. Sometimes, ya just gotta pay for your degree!
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:28 PM
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35. U of MD at College Park? |
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:57 PM
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21. University of Washington |
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BA in Political Science and Journalism
Then, The Art Institute of Seattle AA in Interior Design
In January I start a 16-month program to become a licensed massage therapist. Yes, educationally, I'm all over the map.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:26 PM
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They're my fave college football team.TOO bad they suck this year.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:27 PM
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34. Yes, they do indeed suck this year |
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I think they've won a whopping one game.
I live less than a mile south of Husky Stadium, so I get to experience game day traffic in all its glory. :D
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:08 AM
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56. Oh, I forgot to answer the second part of the question |
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Except for some half-assed writing jobs, volunteer grantwriting and some self-publishing, no, I'm not in my chosen profession. I wanted to be editor of The New York Times. And I've been working in retail for 20 years, but I've owned my own store for the past 10.
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Sun Oct-17-04 10:58 PM
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22. University of Pittsburgh and majored in Math, German, and Economics |
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I am a graduate student now
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:11 AM
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2 degrees from there. BA English Lit and Masters in Counseling. Plus post-master's credits. :hi:
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:00 PM
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25. Hanzehogeschool van Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands |
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International Business with a specialization in finance. I'm still working on it!
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:15 PM
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27. I'm currently attending Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, |
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but will probably transfer to Ohio State to finish out my bachelor's degree. I'm a poli sci major.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:10 AM
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Wright state, wrong university!
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:22 PM
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28. Any Brown Grads that could get me in? |
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I would gladly give you like, $20 in cash if you would do so.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:24 PM
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I majored in history. Now I am working in a law office.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:27 PM
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32. New Mexico State University in Las Cruses, New Mexico 93' |
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:30 PM
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38. One of my good friends went to Stanford |
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He played football but wasn't as good there as he thought he was going to be. Didn't really play that much.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:34 PM
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I think alot of folks get there with big ego and realize they aren't quite as good as they thought they were going to be... then there were some of us who went in wondering what the heck we were doing there... and never quite got past that sentiment (but thats another story.)
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:35 PM
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42. Honestly, I don't know if he ever got a degree |
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I've never seen it and rumor has it he never graduated.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:38 PM
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friend of bigwillq gone missing... to a degree... ;-)
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:51 AM
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110. Whoa! DePauw grad at DU! |
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I thought for sure I'd be the only one from such a small school. Maybe there are others?
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:24 PM
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not just a small school, but such a conservative one to boot! :hi:
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:29 PM
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37. University of Missouri BS 1990 |
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Missippi State University MS 1993 Mississippi State University Ph. D. 1998 All fisheries related work, but not really anything that I was trying for. And I'm still not doing the kind of thing I want.
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:14 AM
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I am one of only a few people I know who actually does what they went to grad school for. But I really wanted to be a writer, back in the day.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:33 PM
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39. university of wisconsin |
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BA english major, two degrees elsewhere hence
minor in bong and keg engineering
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:35 PM
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41. 70's art school dropout |
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Kendall School of Design , Grand Rapids
left school after a year of Illustration courses because i thought I wanted to become an illustrator. Decided that I was wrong.
Learned to do stuff on a mac computer
then in the... 80s - multimedia artist 90s - human/computer software interface designer 00's - have my own consulting firm specializing in things from automotive/aviation digital cockpit interaction design to experimental home automation design.
So know I use Photoshop 90% of the time and ended up making illustrations for a living. ha ha funny...
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:36 PM
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
GO POINTERS!!!!
GET 'EM DAWGS!!!
I'm a Comms Media technology major
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:39 PM
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45. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg |
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a wonderful branch campus in the middle of assfuck nowhere.
I like it better than the city though. :-)
by the by, if you couldn't tell, I'm a political science major, and a history major.
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:45 PM
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48. Don't you have to finish the degree at the Oakland campus though? |
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Or do the branch campuses do all 4 years now?
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:18 PM
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150. i can finish at greensburg. |
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nice thing though, degree says "university of pittsburgh" not denoting a branch campus.
WR
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:16 AM
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119. you know you get more personal attention |
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there than at Pitt main. Pitt main is great in many ways, but there are so many people there that you have to work really hard to make your mark. I suspect yours is a good decision. Although you can't beat Oakland for night-life when you are in college. ( or you can get beat up in Oakland) ;)
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:42 PM
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majored in speech and used to be a debate coach. Now I am a journalist and teacher of journalism and public speaking.
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:09 AM
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57. well we've got something in common |
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I go to Harvard and I do policy debate, is that where your name comes from :) ?
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:12 AM
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58. I debated for Harvard in 1969.... |
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won the NDT with Joel Perwin. Nah, my screen name is from something else
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:51 PM
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50. University of Maine (Orono, Maine) |
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B.S. Computer Engineering.
Nope, I am not in the profession I majored in. There are hardly any technology jobs left to get. There seems to be a severe lack of entry level positions. It looks like I won't get my opportunity to get my foot in the door any time soon. I'm kind of turned off by the field now after trying so hard to find jobs. I could care less if I ever get a job as a programmer or software engineer any more. My current profession is stay-at-home mom. I think it is a better profession any how.
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:07 AM
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Georgia Institute of Technology - BS Electrical Engineering '04 hehe Mercer Univ. School of medicine - MD!!! '09 hehehehe
right on. it's so cool to see all these international types of people here. one from germany, eh?
babyreblin, nice to hear a comp e out there! i'm sorry to hear that you aren't in an engineernig position...keep the faith. india can't keep all the jobs forever. actually engineering unemployment is pretty low - ~5% compared to the 6-7 we were seeing earlier. still time to go back, if you wanted :)
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:52 PM
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51. Univ Cal. San Diego undergrad... |
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BA in PoliSci; UCLA JD. Practiced corporate and telecommunications law in LA, NYC, Atlanta and DC for 5-1/2 years, then quit (2 years ago). Currently doing fundraising and writing. Verrrry glad to be out of law. It was wonderful to study, not so much fun to practice.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:02 AM
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97. Also PoliSci at UCLA ('78) |
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But after passage of Prop 13 (property tax limits) I was compelled to go into the private sector, where I have remained lo these many years.
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:06 AM
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53. Georgia State University nt |
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:07 AM
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55. Don't wanna share the second part |
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Mon Oct-18-04 03:13 AM
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69. bad ahbit of reading only subject oops |
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englsih major, theatre minor, secondary ed minor
I taught theatre in HS for 10 years, drug rep for three (hated it) now in 6th month of a non-profit performing arts group I started.
all pro-bono so far, but having fun and making a difference in my community
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:58 AM
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95. Thanks for getting back and sharing (nt) |
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:29 AM
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Working as a Polysmnographic Technologist. So no I've not used my major in the job market.
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:31 AM
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BA Physical Anthropology
I worked with Special Needs Pre-schoolers...
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:33 AM
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61. Where didn't I? U. Penn, U.S.C., U.K.C. |
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which is to say, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Kent at Canterbury for Junior Year Abroad. To the extent I'm working (very little), I think it's fair to say that the International Relations degree from Penn and the Economics MA from USC have contributed not an iota. Not that that's anyone's fault but my own, but still.
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Mon Oct-18-04 04:56 AM
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71. Middle Tennessee State University |
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Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 04:59 AM by Robeson
Also known as MTSU. BS in Cultural Anthropology, with double minors in History and Sociology. Attended Memphis State - as it what known back then - where I worked on an Masters in Urban Anthropology, and where I was summarily kicked out of the department for not agreeing with the the Republican/Libertarian head of the department. To this day, many years later, I still think thats an oxymoron: Republican/Libertarian who is head of an Anthropology dept.? Well, we got along like oil and water.
*Sorry to bother you post #61. This was meant to be in response to original poster!
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Mon Oct-18-04 01:51 AM
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transferred from Tick Tock Tech
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TESC and Cornish and another art school and some community colleges. I have about 5-6 years worth of credits-and no degree! :P and I'm still going!
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studying for my BSc in civil engineering, concentration in transportation engineering. i'm looking at schools across the pond to get a professional degree in urban design and planning. i've got 2 years left in undergrad to get through first though.
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Mon Oct-18-04 02:30 AM
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65. I was enrolled at Oberlin |
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for 4 years but I wouldn't call it "attended." Not really working in the field.
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120. some of my favorite people in life |
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Mon Oct-18-04 02:54 AM
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67. I am currently attending Memorial University of Newfoundland |
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Majoring in political science. In my second year right now.
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Mon Oct-18-04 03:07 AM
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Major Public Administration, didn't finish.
I'm in internet marketing.
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Mon Oct-18-04 03:36 AM
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70. did you go to high school in MT sandnsea? nt |
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Mon Oct-18-04 05:42 AM
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72. Silvermine College of Art (defunt) fancy part of conn |
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art till 69 them music till 85.then tech stuff speaker company,many day gigs started painting again the night they selected W so in a round about sort of way yes.still do sound for Office of the Americas and any good cause like getting our country ,troops and ideals back. i do political paintings because some one has to
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Mon Oct-18-04 02:37 PM
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But my kids went to school in Stevensville, and a little bit in Missoula. And my oldest went to his primary grades in Havre. Back when Montana had one of the best school systems in the country. I read the other day the teachers are now the lowest paid in the country, lower than Mississippi. Would you tell people up there that when you put in Republican tax cuts and social programs, you get Mississippi and Alabama. What did they expect would happen!! I was reading Havre's endorsement of Denny Rehberg, it's a wish list of about 20 projects they need up there. How do they think they're going to get any of that with Bush deficits, Bush tax cuts, and Bush program cuts; supported by Denny Rehberg. It must be so frustrating being a Democrat in Montana right now, especially one who remembers what it was like when Democrats were running the state. Grrrr.
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Mon Oct-18-04 05:59 AM
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73. University of North Texas then North Texas State -eom |
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:05 AM
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75. School of Visual Arts - NYC |
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:19 AM
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121. just love the artists |
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my husband was an art major before he had to get a computer sci degree. His arty and musical sides are two of my favorite things about him.
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Mon Oct-18-04 02:30 PM
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135. Gaonna go back for grad school |
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Mon Oct-18-04 04:24 PM
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Grad school is fun, but a lot of work. Good way to refine your skills and think about what you really want. Well, at least for me.
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:06 AM
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76. University of the Philippines |
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while in USAF in the dark ages. I served and then "career'ed" <g> in journlalism in newspaper editorships...
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:37 AM
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77. Beloit College in Wisconsin. |
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I do not work in my major -- but, as I double-majored in Philosophy and Creative Writing, that is to be expected.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:11 AM
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:13 AM
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:39 AM
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78. Anyone ever hear of The College of Mount Saint Vincent |
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Little school in Riverdale, NY. (Its the town where Archie Comics is set). Anyway, majored in Bio and History. I am an attorney, so I didn't use any of my undergrad work.
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:40 AM
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79. Ferrum, Christopher Newport, U Md. (Europe-Army) and Va. Commonwealth |
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I left out the ONE class I took at Tommy Tech (Thomas Nelson CC)
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:47 AM
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80. Macomb Community College. One of them colleges Mr Bush likes to |
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talk about. ;) I majored in business and then english. I am now a real estate appraiser which, I guess you could say, uses both of those majors at times. :hi:
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Mon Oct-18-04 07:59 AM
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81. Attending Providence College in Providence, RI |
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Majoring in computer science, minor in mathematics.
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:00 AM
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82. Clarion University of Pennsylvania |
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:02 AM
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83. West Virgina University... |
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Natural Resources Management
Grad school at Marshall University in Counseling and Rehabilitation.
Now employed as a therapist.
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Mon Oct-18-04 02:53 PM
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137. News-editorial journalism |
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Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 02:53 PM by Southpaw Bookworm
At WVU.
Now finishing my master's at the University of Tennessee in Information Science.
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:04 AM
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84. APPALACHIAN State University |
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In Boone, NC.
Economics major
now working in statistics/databases (but not in econ).
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:06 AM
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85. Military Instutute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro; and No. |
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Majored in Electronics but spend my days programming software. Perfunctorially related at best.
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:17 AM
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86. currently at Smith College |
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:01 AM
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89. Another seven sisters college |
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:09 AM
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:20 AM
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87. Western Michigan University, BSW 1986 |
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I have been working as a social worker with the same employer since 1987.
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Mon Oct-18-04 04:11 PM
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:44 AM
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88. Hanover College, Wright State, Ohio University |
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:04 AM
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90. Vanderbilt University - BA in Philosophy, 1996 |
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And yeah - I've been scavery and unemployed for well over 2 years, so I guess you could say I'm working in my field. :shrug:
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:14 AM
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History major. Currently taking paralegal classes at community college.
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:19 AM
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:24 AM
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Northwest Missouri State University: Bachelor of Arts, History and Philosophy, 1990
University of Kansas, Master of Arts, European History 1993
I ended up as a baseball writer.
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:31 AM
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94. DeVry Technical Institute, Union NJ |
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Now DeVry University in North Brunswick.
I graduated with a diploma in Electronic Technology in 1973, and worked as an electronics technician for ten years. Then I became a technical writer, which I've done for the past 21 years.
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:59 AM
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96. Kick for the Monday crowd |
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I started this last night but still interested in where people went.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:05 AM
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I bet you've learned so much more at that "school"
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:36 AM
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107. Same here - Hard Knocks U. |
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But I haven't done too bad. You don't need college just to get ahead. Sometimes I think it's not the education you get but the connections you make.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:36 AM
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And I don't do anything illegal, either.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:08 AM
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100. hmmm... all in North Carolina... |
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NC State (undergrad alma mater of John Edwards, John Tesh and a few other people) - BA/BS Political Science and Technical Writing - minor in Chemistry
Duke University - graduate studies in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:13 AM
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105. Yay! A happy thought! |
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Only a little while longer 'til Duke basketball comes around again! Never did much like the school - was too close to home for me to even want to apply, so I ended up going to that next-state-over version of Duke known as Vanderbilt. Now I live back here in the Triangle (unfortunately very much in tarhole country), and I get to go to one or two Duke games every year with my Dad. I try to catch every one on TV, too. Go Devils!
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:26 AM
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Auburn, Alabama. Graduated 1982.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:41 AM
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109. The 'highest' university in the land |
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Beautiful University of Wyoming, located in Laramie at 7220 ft above sea level. B.S.--Geology, '03 currently doing wellsite geology on natural gas drilling rigs.
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:53 AM
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111. That's an interesting fact |
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Mon Oct-18-04 10:55 AM
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B.A. in Political Science, Spanish minor.
I'm doing nothing associated with Political Science - I work in advertising for a radio station. Definitely just a job right now, don't consider it a career.
For awhile, I became disillusioned with politics, but I am now rethinking it. Maybe it's because of the election year, and what's going on in this administration, perhaps I'd like to get involved and try to make a difference somewhere in the political sphere. I'm almost 24, so I'm still young and have plenty of time. I guess we'll see...
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:21 AM
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124. this is a very good year to get excited about politics! |
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:01 AM
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Sounds like the lineup on Monday Night Football when all the guys say their colleges.
I'm a high school dropout who went to a community college for a couple of years. I'm a product of the school of hard knocks. Costs just as much but no diploma.
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:02 AM
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114. What job do you have? (nt) |
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:19 AM
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122. Right now, I work in a grocery store |
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I have done about everything, though.
Trained greyhounds at a racetrack. Factory work. Construction. Snowmobile sales and mechanic. Sold cigars. Run heavy equipment.
Wanted to teach but life got in the way.
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:19 AM
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123. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, mostly... |
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UNL: BA, Psychology UNL: JD University of Missouri-Columbia: working on an MLS
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:32 AM
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125. I'll Deny It If You Ask Me |
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BA - History Major, Business and Poly Sci Minors MA - Education (Private School Administration) JD - Law
All from a private Christian university that I wil not name. Believe it or not they actually had a young democrats club when I was there.
MBA - Finance (Investments) and Management Concentrations
From Oklahoma State University in Tulsa
Worked as a trust and investment portfolio manager until being laid off along with about thirty percent of my co-workers nearly two years ago. Responsible for the management of approximately $800 million in equity and debt securities in the two years before I was laid off.
Currently unemployed and contemplating yet another new career (before working in the securities industry I worked in both insurance and law). Some days I wish I had foregone all of the above and spent a few years in culinary school. As is, I am contemplating a career writing. Perhaps I will start by addressing the relationship of the Christian faith to the Christian political agenda.
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Mon Oct-18-04 11:48 AM
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126. University of Dayton, Class of 1983 |
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Wasn't my first choice of schools but when you have to pay your own way, you do what you can.
I started out as a Communication Arts major, but at that time (early 1980s) that program at UD sucked. And since I was working at a job I thought -- ha, ha -- I'd have for the rest of my life (journalism), I decided to major in something I "enjoyed" -- English.
I did spend the better part of 20 years employed as a copy editor, and I now do freelance proofreading for a publishing firm. But this fall I have gone back to school to work on a second degree, this time in social work with the goal of becoming a case manager.
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:07 PM
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128. College of William and Mary |
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Class of 1995, Major in Medieval/Renaissance History (because I like it) minor in Theatre
Tulane University, Masters in Theatre Design, 1997
I now do Loss Control and Risk Management for a car rental company- which is A LOT of fun. You wouldn't believe what people do to rental cars....
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:23 PM
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ASU - Zoology UofA - What the hell did they call it? Ecology and evolutionary biology - some long impressive sounding entire sentence which basically meant zoology...
didn't graduate, had some great times though. Now I am an evil cattle rancher. One course I had at ASU on sociobiology has always stuck with me in terms of animal behavior. Still love the subject of natural history and get to live it every day so I guess I am working in my field - ???
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:39 PM
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Engineering major.
And I am not in the profession I majored in. A closely related one, but not the profession that I majored in.
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Mon Oct-18-04 12:52 PM
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131. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN. PoliSci. Webmaster. |
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One of a dozen or so private liberal-arts colleges in the state, including Carleton College (where Paul Wellstone taught before he was a Senator).
I was a PoliSci major, and stayed the hell away from "professional" politics after graduation, because most of those graduates were more interested in power (or being close to it) than in making the world a better place.
I've never really had a job in my major, either, and I've done quite a bit. I managed a fast-food restaurant, sold insurance and mutual funds, built computers, and even worked in a pub in London, UK.
I am now a webmaster, employed by my state, overseeing the website for the largest state agency with an annual budget of $7 billion. I'm also an active union member and Democrat.
And I couldn't be happier. :D
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134. Colby, UCLA, Johns Hopkins |
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Goverment/East Asian History MA Early Childhood Education MS Environmental Science
unemployed. go figure.
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Mon Oct-18-04 03:21 PM
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138. Southern Methodist University |
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Dallas, Texas!
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Didn't like it very much. Way overpriced IMO. Was like a college with a phony "closeness like a high school." The professors sure put you on your own a lot, and I didn't have the aid of living on campus.
I majored in economics but remember a lot more about my computer studies. Profit maximization occurring at where marginal revenue = marginal cost is a good lesson to keep.
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Mon Oct-18-04 04:12 PM
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141. Bible Missionary Institute |
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talk about fundimental :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:43 PM
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144. Too many to list, Economics |
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But hubby went to WASH U.
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:45 PM
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145. Mankato State University, Minnesota. Psychology. Soon to be working |
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in HR - just got offered a half-way real job!
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Gustavus Alumnus here (just up the road in St. Peter)! I spent many a night that I can't remember too well in Mankato in my student days. Good times, good times,.... :)
Congrats on your new job!!! Hope everything goes well for you!!! :thumbsup:
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Mon Oct-18-04 09:32 PM
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153. Hey there! Grew up in Decorah with another little LIBERAL ARTS church |
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college, Luther... Glad to hear from you! Are you still in the area? I am SW of Kato, in Garden City (home of the Blue Earth County Fair!)
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Mon Oct-18-04 08:46 PM
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146. Metropolitan State College of Denver, Music Major |
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147. College of Charleston |
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Charleston, SC that is. Oldest municipal college in the country, and I believe it's the 13th oldest institution of higher ed (1770).
I majored in mathematics and chemistry. Currently a grad student, so I suppose it's in the same profession: anti-lucrative academia.
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149. Texas A&M University, BS - Political Science |
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It serves me well in my job as a mid-level state government drone.
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154. Drew University, NJ (n/t) |
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156. Harvard College... basically in the same profession as major |
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