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Your Schooling

Choose your highest level of educational attainment

  • I'm still in high school/junior high

    Votes: 66 19.6%

  • I don't have a High School diploma/GED

    Votes: 8 2.4%

  • I have a High School diploma/GED

    Votes: 71 21.1%

  • I have a BS/BA degree

    Votes: 112 33.3%

  • I have a Master's Degree

    Votes: 33 9.8%

  • I have a Professional Doctorate (ie lawyer, physician, dentist)

    Votes: 11 3.3%

  • I have a PhD

    Votes: 18 5.4%

  • I have more than 1 advanced degree

    Votes: 17 5.1%
  • Total voters
    336
I graduated from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I earned a Bachelor's in Computer Science (BCSc).
 
I graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor's in Music Performance (flute). I got accepted for grad school at Northwestern, but like an idiot who thought he knew everything, I decided I'd had enough school and turned it down. I'll regret that for the rest of my days...

To all you monosyllabic Washingtonians: what the **** is a coug? Is it really that difficult to at one more syllable to the end of the word? I'll never understand...
 
CalBoy said:
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.
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Absolutely. I meant more that in the States it's usual to get a bachelor's degree and then apply for a PhD programme at a university that offers one. And people in a PhD programme in the US can pick up an MA on the way if they do the right bits and pieces, but they don't seem required to get the MA before they can be awarded the PhD. Universities that allow people to apply for a master's programme generally don't offer a PhD in that subject (ie you apply for the MA programme at that university because you can't apply for the PhD programme because there isn't one).

In New Zealand, the applications are entirely separate, a university that takes you on for an MA isn't offering you a place in its PhD programme, you have to apply for that once you have the MA. You don't generally get people in New Zealand who have a BA and a PhD but no master's degree--you do in the States.

The other major differences, I suppose, are that the standard undergraduate degree in New Zealand takes three years, not four, that the PhD here is by thesis only (no classes), that medicine is an undergraduate programme (two three-year degrees, one after the other), that in most classes the professor will not know your name and people will not ask questions, and that our lecture theatres all have proper fixed tables that aren't tiny little things attached to the arm of your chair. :)
 
I'm 7 weeks away from graduating from college with a B.S.....7 long, slow, painful, boring weeks until I'm done with school for good (or at least until I decide to get a masters). Ever since kindergarten, I dreamed of this day, and now it's a mere 7 weeks away. 7 weeks that will drag on like eternity and will never seem to arrive. 7 weeks until I can hop onto Interstate 44, raise the middle finger as I quickly accelerate down the on-ramp and give one final "**** you!!!" to the ********, back asswards town of Rolla, Missouri and never look back :D
 
think it's a good poll, but i would have added 'technical certifications' to the list. probably because i have some...

high school degree, middle age, and my billable rate is $285 per/hour. time and a half after 8 hours, and double that after 12 hours. makes getting motivated to go back and finish my undergrad degree a bit tough. my job is is fixing MRI/CT medical imaging equipment if it matters.

at some point i plan to go back and finish a computer science degree and move into freelance development for a lifestyle change.
 
yg17 said:
I'm 7 weeks away from graduating from college with a B.S.....7 long, slow, painful, boring weeks until I'm done with school for good (or at least until I decide to get a masters). Ever since kindergarten, I dreamed of this day, and now it's a mere 7 weeks away. 7 weeks that will drag on like eternity and will never seem to arrive. 7 weeks until I can hop onto Interstate 44, raise the middle finger as I quickly accelerate down the on-ramp and give one final "**** you!!!" to the ********, back asswards town of Rolla, Missouri and never look back :D
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oh man im in the same boat. the longest 7 weeks of my life....
 
I'd really like it if we didn't go into the "my school is better than yours" back and forth here. Thanks. :)
 
So we've got some interesting poll results so far, and more importantly, a large enough sample to work with for some basic info. :)

Out of the more than 150 respondents, nearly 20% (19.74%) are still in the K-12 (or similar for other nations) educational bracket.

When factoring age out of the equation, a little more than 68% of the poll respondents have at least a bachelor's degree, and of those, slightly more than 36% have at least one advanced degree.

The conclusion? MRers are a bunch of smart cookies! :)
 
I have a Bachelor's of Applied Science in Electronic Systems Engineering with a Minor in Computer Science.

I also have my Professional Engineer (P.Eng) designation, my Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, my IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification and my Cisco Certifed Network Analyst (CCNA) certification.
 
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