Dec 2, 2014

Let's talk about our past, current and future experiences in school, college & university.

You can also ask fellow S80 members for advice or just vent out what's on your mind.

 

Dec 2, 2014

First year undergrad checking in. Comp science major.

 

Dec 2, 2014

I have been studying european studies for 2 months now and it's been really amazing. Shame they don't have good english classes, so i still have to learn on my own.

 

Dec 2, 2014

What are you studying, Hasman? And good luck fam!

Where are you studying? I live in Europe as well so I'm quite interested.

 

Dec 2, 2014

I don't study yet, I'm still in my last year of high school.
However, I plan on studying law in the country I live in.
And three exams in a row are really rough. The struggle is real

 

Dec 2, 2014

I'm polish so I'm studying in Warsaw now, but I plan to go on that Erasmus programme next year and move to the other country to continue studies. And you?

 

Dec 2, 2014

I live in the southern part of the country west of Poland. Do you have to speak multiple languages fluently for your studies? That's what I've heard about European Studies, that you need to speak for example French, English and German fluently.

 

Dec 2, 2014

I was really astonished that you can't study medicine or law right away in North America. However, I think it would be really interesting to skim through academic fields like political sciences, rhetoric, government and sociology before starting with your "actual" studies. Where I live, basically everybody that has completed 12 years of school can study law - 9 or 10 years of school result in a high school diploma, and after 12 years, you get a permission to attend universities. Here, law is really just law for the most part, although there's sometimes history and philosophy of law sprinkled in here and there.

Furthermore, for the most part, you don't finish your studies with crippling debt because the government lends money (without interest rates) to all students who need it. I'm also hoping on somehow getting a scholarship - my grades are very good but not perfect, so it could be difficult to get one. Unfortunately, scholarships are rarer here than they are in North America.

 

Dec 2, 2014

It really depends on what do you want to do after graduation. If you want to work in EU parliament you should know at least 2 languages, but you can also continue other studies after getting bachelor degree. Then it's not that neccessary. I would like to make master's degree on completely different major, for example e-marketing or journalism.

Why are you avoiding a name of your country? lol

 

Dec 2, 2014

I've studied Law. Business Law Bachelor and Law & Technology Master to be precise. I enjoyed the study, especially Law & Technology, which was an interesting field. Too bad I don't really like the field of work so far...

I remember having classes on law philosophy and the history of law. I really enjoyed the change these classes brought. It had less "dry matter" as the regular law classes.

 

Dec 2, 2014

2 days left whew.

Just got one assignment to hand in and an exam.

 

Dec 2, 2014

I studied accounting for 2 years and history for 2 year. After 4 years I said f--- it and quit, should've figured it out before lol would've saved a lot of money.

 

Dec 2, 2014

s--- son, where at? Am third year compsci at UMD

 

Dec 2, 2014

Ayyy. My g. Im in UK lol.

I Been doing python this semester.

 

Dec 2, 2014

Haven't done python yet, I hear it's pretty easy to cheat in it tho ;]
Start learning Java man, it'll be extremely helpful in future

 

Dec 2, 2014

Yeah man im planning to do C++ and Java. Gonna do tons of side projects as well. Theres a skills shortage in UK.

 

Dec 2, 2014

Yeah, I've done C++ too. It's annoying, and Java is more widely used in day to day stuff and you can create things from it too.
Lemme know if you ever need help on Java ;]