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I know the general population of SR is at going-to-University age and because most of you are sharper than your average spoons I'm sure a lot of you are diving deep into the neverending pool of governmental debt that is higher education.
Now that it's imminent (well, about 6 weeks away) how prepared/nervous/excited do you feel about the whole thing?
Potentially the only thing that worries me is getting kidnapped by the Palestinians, which isn't very likely since I bought my lead suit.
My plan was to make a lively debate about this whole issue but it's half two in the morning and I'm trying to play online poker whilst typing this, so just try and salvage whatever you can from this.
On a side-note, what the hell has happened to this damn forum? It's like the God of binary condemned this place and wiped his biblical ass all over it. Faggy n00bs lol, k.
Now that it's imminent (well, about 6 weeks away) how prepared/nervous/excited do you feel about the whole thing?
Potentially the only thing that worries me is getting kidnapped by the Palestinians, which isn't very likely since I bought my lead suit.
My plan was to make a lively debate about this whole issue but it's half two in the morning and I'm trying to play online poker whilst typing this, so just try and salvage whatever you can from this.
On a side-note, what the hell has happened to this damn forum? It's like the God of binary condemned this place and wiped his biblical ass all over it. Faggy n00bs lol, k.
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down wrote:
> Where are all you people at uni? And what courses?
Lincoln University - Games Computing.
Providing I receive the results next week, mind.
> Where are all you people at uni? And what courses?
Lincoln University - Games Computing.
Providing I receive the results next week, mind.
Paradox: wrote:
> Sorry if I'm a little slack here but Postgrad would be getting a
> masters or doctorate, right?
Absolutely right. In this department, there are about 10 funded MSc students and about 10 funded PhD places per year. I share an office with three other PhD students, one from Bulgaria, one from Germany and one from China. They are all very talented mathematicians, which kinda makes me the "office idiot", which is fun in some ways. Thankfully we all have different areas of interest, so its hard for people to spot me as the weak student :D Ever since finishing my masters I've been waiting for people to figure it out, but a year on and nobody's caught me yet.
Returning to Aliboy's question, if you can get the right department, one with high enough status for a decent set of funding for their students, then its likely that if you get a place with them, you'll automatically get the funding.
> Sorry if I'm a little slack here but Postgrad would be getting a
> masters or doctorate, right?
Absolutely right. In this department, there are about 10 funded MSc students and about 10 funded PhD places per year. I share an office with three other PhD students, one from Bulgaria, one from Germany and one from China. They are all very talented mathematicians, which kinda makes me the "office idiot", which is fun in some ways. Thankfully we all have different areas of interest, so its hard for people to spot me as the weak student :D Ever since finishing my masters I've been waiting for people to figure it out, but a year on and nobody's caught me yet.
Returning to Aliboy's question, if you can get the right department, one with high enough status for a decent set of funding for their students, then its likely that if you get a place with them, you'll automatically get the funding.
Aww, I want to start uni again.
In a couple of months I'll have finished my MSc and that'll be it, over :^(
In a couple of months I'll have finished my MSc and that'll be it, over :^(
I can't be bothered with a gap year.
It's not going to teach me that much, and will probably cost a lot more than I could afford. And I can't be bothered with that fund-raising stuff - I'm sure it will be a wonderfully educative and enriching experience, and if I did go straight to uni then I'd probably never get round to doing it again, but meh, at the moment there are more reasons not to do it than to do it.
I want to save money as well, for a crappy car and parts, but also for uni. Depends where I want to go, but if I do end up going to Oxbridge, from what others have told me, I probably won't have enough time for a job. If I went to Glasgow, then I wouldn't really have to worry about money, but anywhere else I'd need to think.
Where are all you people at uni? And what courses?
It's not going to teach me that much, and will probably cost a lot more than I could afford. And I can't be bothered with that fund-raising stuff - I'm sure it will be a wonderfully educative and enriching experience, and if I did go straight to uni then I'd probably never get round to doing it again, but meh, at the moment there are more reasons not to do it than to do it.
I want to save money as well, for a crappy car and parts, but also for uni. Depends where I want to go, but if I do end up going to Oxbridge, from what others have told me, I probably won't have enough time for a job. If I went to Glasgow, then I wouldn't really have to worry about money, but anywhere else I'd need to think.
Where are all you people at uni? And what courses?
Ant wrote:
> I'm taking a gap year.
>
> But not paying the extra fees.
>
> Owned.
I share your happiness.
> I'm taking a gap year.
>
> But not paying the extra fees.
>
> Owned.
I share your happiness.
Sorry if I'm a little slack here but Postgrad would be getting a masters or doctorate, right?
AliBoy wrote:
> or take out another loan to go back and do some post grad studies...
I have to recommend it (the postgrad studies bit, not the loan). I'm just about to finish my first year of a PhD and have greatly enjoyed it so far. Its very different to the undergrad stuff and, despite being more disorganized, feels like there is a larger goal at the end of everything.
As for the loan part, many postgrad positions are funded. I don't know what subject you are doing, or at what university, but at this university for example (Bath), there is the opportunity for an EPSRC grant (many other universities have this too) as well as other funding possibilities, often providing a grant of £10,500+ per year, tax free. Whilst its not exactly high paid, its better than the unfunded alternative.
> or take out another loan to go back and do some post grad studies...
I have to recommend it (the postgrad studies bit, not the loan). I'm just about to finish my first year of a PhD and have greatly enjoyed it so far. Its very different to the undergrad stuff and, despite being more disorganized, feels like there is a larger goal at the end of everything.
As for the loan part, many postgrad positions are funded. I don't know what subject you are doing, or at what university, but at this university for example (Bath), there is the opportunity for an EPSRC grant (many other universities have this too) as well as other funding possibilities, often providing a grant of £10,500+ per year, tax free. Whilst its not exactly high paid, its better than the unfunded alternative.
Hedfix wrote:
> whilst attempting to conform.
Hmm, you've met a far different bunch of students than I have. Conformity was the last thing on their mind. Of course, if you mean bettering yourself by gaining an education, then so be it.
> whilst attempting to conform.
Hmm, you've met a far different bunch of students than I have. Conformity was the last thing on their mind. Of course, if you mean bettering yourself by gaining an education, then so be it.
Peeing your life away in a shallow way whilst attempting to conform.
You're not missing out on much Sheepy.
You're not missing out on much Sheepy.
I missed out on it all :(
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