A few questions for those of you who graduated college

[myrare1]

Where did you attend college?
What was your major?
Did you have a minor/if so what was it?
Do you currently work in the same field you went to school for?
How much of the information you learned in school is applied in the real world?

Thanks

 

[CobraCallie]

University of Michigan
Nutritional Science = major
Chemistry = Minor
Yeah, I worked for Pfizer for awhile
Tons... everything I eat.. I know what's going on in my body

 

[SNK BITN]

Northwestern University
Computer Science = major
Architecture = minor
I worked for a major food distribution firm doing their networks for 2 years. Left the industry and am trying to start something new. I made a mistake picking CS as my major
Much of the knowledge I picked up in school applied to what I was doing.

 

[i8u]

Ranken Technical College

Degree- Associate of Technology in Automotive Maintenance Technology

Yes.

Everything! :beer:

 

[harry gilbert]

Originally posted by myrare1
Where did you attend college?
What was your major?
Did you have a minor/if so what was it?
Do you currently work in the same field you went to school for?
How much of the information you learned in school is applied in the real world?

Thanks

Rochester Institute of Technology
Printing Technology and Management
No
Quite a bit, but you can't stop learning after you graduate.

 

[NbNz06]

College--Northern AZ University
Major--Criminal Justice (B.S.)
Minor--Chemistry/Sociology
College- University San Diego
--Paralegal Cert.
Worked-- Various Law firms.
Now work for Gov.

Boring as Hell, Still Learning.

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[donpablo]

Originally posted by myrare1
Where did you attend college?
What was your major?
Did you have a minor/if so what was it?
Do you currently work in the same field you went to school for?
How much of the information you learned in school is applied in the real world?


Chaminade University of Honolulu
Criminal Justice (B.S.)
Minor in Psychology
No, different line of work.
Yes, I learned alot about myself, people (psychology) and how to study and analyze information.

DonPablo

 

[manystangs]

University of Iowa
Biomedical Engineering
No Minor
I work in engineering, but not what my degree is in. With engineering, in my experience, it is not necissarily what your degree is in, but can you apply your knowledge to a wide variety of different situations and learn new items at the same time.

Just my $0.02

Dan

 

[OKC03Cobra]

Originally posted by myrare1
Where did you attend college?
What was your major?
Did you have a minor/if so what was it?
Do you currently work in the same field you went to school for?
How much of the information you learned in school is applied in the real world?

Thanks

Oklahoma State University - undergrad
University of Tulsa - grad school
OSU - Political Science BA, Acctg BS
TU - MBA Finance
Work in oil and gas acctg
MBA taught me how to invest my discretionary income.

 

[FordSVTFan]

Rutgers University - Bachelors in Biology, Bachelors in Chemistry
University of Chicago - MBA
University of Iowa - MD

School taught me a lot of very cool things, one being that education can never be taken away from you.

I currently work for the Federal Government, not specifically doing what college prepared me for but my education gave me an indispensable knowledge base.

 

[GodStang]

I am in College as we speak. I am in Computer programming Class right now. Not doing work

 

[ralphy1798]

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA

Electrical Engineering Bachelors / Biomedical Engineering Masters Degrees

I am done with school in March 2004, and then I will work for St Jude Medical on electrical devices that go into humans

School is worth it!!!

 

[Blue03Cobra]

College - Trinity University
B.S.: Biophysics, 1987
Graduate School, UTHSCSA - Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine

I used my degree to become a Medical Technologist (ASCP), then to become a specialist SBB(ASCP). After I ran the Transfusion Medicine Service for four years, I was selected to the be the Administrative Officer/Chief Medical Technologist of a Federal Healthcare System Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service...

Stay in school, stay out of trouble and you can write your own ticket :thumbsup:

 

[SNCBOOM]

College-- Still attending Valdosta State University
Major-- Physics/Pre-Engineering
Minor-- Just a freshman at the moment
Work-- Haven't got there yet but I hope to
Real world application-- Well so far college has broadened my open-mindness quite a bit.

 

[AzDropTop]

Originally posted by myrare1
Where did you attend college?
What was your major?
Did you have a minor/if so what was it?
Do you currently work in the same field you went to school for?
How much of the information you learned in school is applied in the real world?

Thanks

Northern Arizona University
Exercise Physiology
Chemistry Minor
Nope. Don't work in the field.
I actually use a lot of the anatomy and physiology I learned in my current field. I'm a paramedic fire fighter now. Used to do personal training.

 

[NeedaCobra]

Bob Jones University (www.bju.edu)
Bible
Yes, Biblical Greek
I'm still just a freshmen in school, but I'd say the education I'm receiving now will help me tremendously on the mission field. I'm currently not going to school this semester, but I'm returning to school very soon.
A lot

 

[SIUEGIRL07]

Re: Re: A few questions for those of you who graduated college

Originally posted by SNCBOOM
College-- Still attending Valdosta State University
Major-- Physics/Pre-Engineering
Minor-- Just a freshman at the moment
Work-- Haven't got there yet but I hope to
Real world application-- Well so far college has broadened my open-mindness quite a bit.

College-Also a freshman...@ Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville
Major-Psychology
Minor-Sociology
Work-???
Real world application- Even though I've only been @ college for a lil over a month I've learned a few things...*I came from a small high school, so the school I chose no one else did, and I liked having a "new start" *be prepared to really take charge of your life (school, work, partying:beer: , ect.) *don't be shy...mingle w/everyone *Last, but not least, live in co-ed dorms!!!

 

[Bone Stock SVT]

University of California Santa Barbara
Business Economics
None
Sort of
Lots

 

[c0bra969]

College of the Mainland
Fire suppression/EMT
Galveston Fire deptartment
If your house is on fire, i'll pull out.


heh...this dosent really apply to me..

 

[jhwalker]

Where did you attend college?
Florida State University (half-ass-u)
What was your major?
English / Philosophyl
Did you have a minor/if so what was it?
Got the minor in Philosophy because I didn't turn in the final paper.
Do you currently work in the same field you went to school for?
No, 37 years in computers.
How much of the information you learned in school is applied in the real world?
Every bit of it. English and philosophy prepare you for RULING THE WORLD. They also make you a little crazy...
JW