Your Schooling

[thegilly]

I have a BA, BA (Hons), and MA (Hons) in English (lit.) from the University of Auckland, in New Zealand.

(Yes, that's three degrees. For some reason, the U of A follows the Scottish system for honours degrees in some subjects, the English system for others, and some just don't seem to fit any kind of pattern at all. In Arts, a BA (Hons) is a one year post-grad degree you do after you have a BA, and is currently the prerequisite for a research MA. You get honours on your MA if you do well enough overall. In Law, an LLB (Hons) would mean that you got really good marks in your first two years of your LLB, were invited into the honours programme, accepted, and spent an extra semester doing an honour's seminar course. In Engineering, honours means you did the same degree as everyone else but were in the top x% of the class. So sometimes an honours degree is a post-graduate degree and sometimes it's undergrad but you did well. It's all very confusing.)

In New Zealand MA (or other master's degree) and PhD are separate programmes--it's by no means expected that MA students will carry on to the PhD, and the MA isn't something PhD students just kinda pick up along the way as it often seems to be in America. I am considering going back to do a PhD, but I feel as if my brain's been fried by too much study and I don't know if I can commit to spending three more years minimum at university--especially as it would be three more years minimum spent researching and writing a thesis. I didn't go mad spending one year on a thesis for my MA, but still ...

 

[Iscariot]

Born of lightning, grit and sheer willpower, I defy your education system.

 

[CalBoy]

In New Zealand MA (or other master's degree) and PhD are separate programmes--it's by no means expected that MA students will carry on to the PhD, and the MA isn't something PhD students just kinda pick up along the way as it often seems to be in America.

The America system is actually similar. Not all MS/MA students go on to get a PhD, and a MA/MS isn't handed out to all students. It requires its own thesis and a minimum number of graduate units.

Born of lightning, grit and sheer willpower, I defy your education system.

So that explains your ability to fly.

 

[d_and_n5000]

I am still in my small, dinky, fifty-years-behind-the-times Catholic school. Next year I get to graduate to the local public high school. Woohoo! No more khakis(no rivets, now, that's jean style) and solid(NEVER striped) polos day in and day out.

As you can tell, I'm a bit bitter, but its only because the only real reason they implemented this particular dress code(instead of tightening restrictions on more casual jeans/tshirts) is so that we didn't look bad compared to the rest of the diocese, of which the majority of the other schools have uniforms. We were the last to switch to a no-jean rule, and we had to make that switch. Or at least that's my opinion. The official reason is that the first eighth grade class about five years ago apparantly really pushed the limits, some of the girls were wearing midriff-baring tops and couldn't get in trouble because the dress code was written years before when the fashions were baggy rather than tight, etc. So they just said to hell with it and dropped everything but khakis, polos and button-ups.

 

[forafireescape]

I'm a junior in high school. I've been around macs all my life so I know everything about them!

That's a hefty claim

 

[MartyMoe]

With apologies to Avenue Q

What do you do, with a B.A. in .... Communications (Television, Radio & Film)?

What is my life going to be?
Four (and a half) years of college, and plenty of knowledge....
Have earned me this useless degree...

I can't pay the bills yet
'Cuz I have no skills yet
The world is a big scary place...

But somehow, I can't shake
The feeling I might make
A difference.. to the whole... human race!!

 

[gadgetgirl85]

If you have the equal of a Bachelor's degree, then you'd pick BA/BS. If you're doing 4th Year honours, then I can assume that you do have the equivalent of a BA.

Yep, I've already got a Bachelors degree in social science (psychology) and finishing up honours which will make me a probationary psychologist. Completing masters or doing 2 years supervised practice will make me a fully qualified psychologist

 

[rhsgolfer33]

Currently a sophomore in college. I go to a small college in Southern California where I'm an Accounting major. Currently debating what I want to do after I graduate: either go on to a Ph.D in Accounting or if I can't get in right out of college a M.S. in Accounting then a Ph.D; or go to law school and study to become a tax attorney; or just go get a job at one of the big 4 accounting firms and try to earn my CPA. Yeah, it's gonna be a tough decision any help is appreciated.

 

[3nm]

i'm still doing my undergrad.

 

[Doctor Q]

just curious, did you go to grad school right after undergrad?

Yes. I kept going and going and going until they ran out of degrees to give me and had their bouncer throw me off campus.

I'm glad your username isn't dukeboundandgagged.

 

[iDAG]

I'm 16 and in high school like I should be.

 

[wordmunger]

I checked "two advanced degrees" since I have two master's degrees -- one in Science Education and one in English. Not quite as impressive as, say, an MD/PhD, but both degrees actually come in handy in my current job.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Born of lightning, grit and sheer willpower, I defy your education system.

I too was lazy , but have been assessed as having personal devolopment on a par with University graduates.

 

[CalBoy]

I was in school for a quite a few years: Preschool, K-12, Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Then I stopped and became a hobo.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your alma matters?

I checked "two advanced degrees" since I have two master's degrees -- one in Science Education and one in English. Not quite as impressive as, say, an MD/PhD, but both degrees actually come in handy in my current job.

That's quite good! What's your job at the moment? Are you an instructor/teacher?

 

[Pittsax]

Graduated with a BS in neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh and a PhD in neuroscience from Cornell University. Now I'm toiling away as a postdoc making no money because I need something called "years of experience" that apparently 9 years in school doesn't give you

 

[kainjow]

I'm eight months away from getting my bachelors. I think I'll stop there

 

[cycocelica]

YUCK!! Cougs really really suck...

GO HUSKIES!!!!

Whoa, whoa. We will agree to disagree.

We are still in the sweet 16.

Oh and I am a junior in college, majoring in public relations and minoring in sociology.

 

[0098386]

I've just got a lowly Ba for now, going for my Masters in a couple of years though.

Funny thing is I'm currently working as a designer and artist for my cousins company (no qualifications needed) and working on my independent game. And maybe in a few weeks I'll be working for a game studio who found me via word of mouth. So effectively I wasted years and thousands at college and university.

 

[Xfujinon]

Almost have my master's degree in Epidemiology.

Going onward to get my DO/PhD, or maybe just the DO degree pending interest in doing hard-core research.

I don't really like school, but I love learning, so I tolerate the formal structure in order to sate my appetite for continuous cerebral influx.

It is, however, costing me a kidney, all the fillings out of my teeth, and about six inches of my small intestine.

 

[Roger1]

I have an Associate's in Computer Management from Davenport University, an Associate's in General Studies from Washtenaw Community College, and a couple of certificates.

 

[shecky]

BFA in graphic design from RISD. eventually onward to an MFA but not until the undergrad degree is paid off; then i just need to invent a 2 year block of free time to get the MFA.

 

[JohnMC]

I checked "still in HS" as I am 17 and do not have my formal diploma yet. However, I have not been to my local HS in a full year. I currently go to college full time under the Minnesota PSEO program, free college tuition and books, credits count for both HS and your BS.

John

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

I'm a currently a junior (strictly credit speaking) at the real UW, the one in Wisconsin. Go Badgers!
But at the moment, I'm not even there as I'm on Co-Op assignment this spring/summer.

 

[kuebby]

I'm studying politics at NYU and I'm a Sophomore (by credits) and a Freshman by year.

And I think there should be an "in college" poll option because there are a lot of people on MR who are legitimately "in college". It's a major Mac market.

 

[carbonmotion]

I'm a freshman at the University of Michigan. Thought about getting a Mac for college, but thought it was a safe choice to stick with Windows, so I opted for a Dell. Upon coming to college, I was surrounded by Macs, and subsequently purchased a Macbook. Addiction, anyone?

Woot! Go Wolverines! Best School in the Mid-West!