So... College?

[rt052192]

Northeastern University for civil engineering. One step closer to becoming a learned engineer!

 

[Mr. Purple]

Beginning the new college semester, I was curious if the Escapist goes to college? where do you go? What do you study? what year are you? what do you do in your spare time?

I go to West Virginia University, i am studying Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, i am a Junior. Last night me and my roomate went to a Hookah bar and blew smoke bubbles.

<color=purple> I also live in West Virginia. I started college today. And I had a couple friends tell me that they went to a hookah bar last night. Cuuuurious.
I am actually going to West Liberty University. Majoring in Computer Information Systems, but this is my freshman year and I'm not yet taking anything related to my major. Just taking care of requirements and whatnot.

 

[Insignia19]

Going into my 2nd year of Media Arts at Sheridan College. Gonna be busy as hell making shitty student films!!!!

 

[staika]

I go to a small local college in Erie, PA by the name of Mercyhurst. I just transferred to the main campus after a stint in a smaller college so I'm a sophmore but I have four more years to go before I graduate. I am also taking a degree in Intelligence.

 

[Ghost_308]

Go to a Community College/Tech school getting my basics out while learning 3d animation/game design plan to next year or the next(Depends on how long the 3d program will take) going to SWOSU for a bachelor degree in English. (Plan to try to be a writer for games though that will be a long shot.)

Spend most of my free time working on my game though it will probably be impossible for me to finish, as I know very little about scripting and all the other little things but don't know if you don't try.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I attend the University of Texas and study Computer Science. I'm a senior.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Well I live in the UK where the education system is a little different but I gather that a "college" is the equivalent of a university in the UK. And yes, I do go to a university. More specifically, I study BSc Computer Science at Royal Holloway University of London and am starting my second of three years next month. I wonder if there are any other Escapists going there too.

Thoughts on your course? Would you recommend it? Oh and friends GF is going to Royal Holloway - you start in a couple of weeks, right?

Hey, I knew there'd be someone! I really enjoyed my course for the first year. I feel that I learned a lot over a range of useful areas - I even got to do a unit on computer games. I chose RH because it's known for good research quality in the subject (among other things) and they didn't let me down. Not that I have any other courses to compare it to but I'm at least satisfied anyway. You could certainly do a lot worse.

 

[thefrizzlefry]

Going to Northwestern next year. I'm pretty much a shoo-in. I have good grades and I'm a legacy. My grandfather was the head of the Finance department and is a fellow there, and it's my father's alma mater. So, yeah.
Go Wildcats.

 

[mussics]

Let's get educational in this bi*ch.
So , im going year 11 this autumn , so ill have to pick my choices . what's better , college or 6th form? What are the disadvantages and disadvantages of each?
~Nyan

 

[keideki]

I'm going to Arizona State University right now, studying Anthropology.

 

[I Have No Idea]

Hopefully the Art Institute or SCAD. I want to major in game design. The academic credentials are a big plus, but mostly I just want to learn more about the industry and how game design works.

 

[Jjtricky]

Well I live in the UK where the education system is a little different but I gather that a "college" is the equivalent of a university in the UK. And yes, I do go to a university. More specifically, I study BSc Computer Science at Royal Holloway University of London and am starting my second of three years next month. I wonder if there are any other Escapists going there too.

Thoughts on your course? Would you recommend it? Oh and friends GF is going to Royal Holloway - you start in a couple of weeks, right?

Hey, I knew there'd be someone! I really enjoyed my course for the first year. I feel that I learned a lot over a range of useful areas - I even got to do a unit on computer games. I chose RH because it's known for good research quality in the subject (among other things) and they didn't let me down. Not that I have any other courses to compare it to but I'm at least satisfied anyway. You could certainly do a lot worse.

I'm in the middle of writing my Personal Statement for a CS course - anything they really liked about yours?

Also, how much Maths is involved in the regular course?

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Thoughts on your course? Would you recommend it? Oh and friends GF is going to Royal Holloway - you start in a couple of weeks, right?

Hey, I knew there'd be someone! I really enjoyed my course for the first year. I feel that I learned a lot over a range of useful areas - I even got to do a unit on computer games. I chose RH because it's known for good research quality in the subject (among other things) and they didn't let me down. Not that I have any other courses to compare it to but I'm at least satisfied anyway. You could certainly do a lot worse.

I'm in the middle of writing my Personal Statement for a CS course - anything they really liked about yours?

Also, how much Maths is involved in the regular course?

It's hard to say exactly what counts as "maths" but I'd say roughly 25% of the course is maths focused. I mean, anything involving computers is more or less based on some kind of maths... so, yeah.

I can't really say what they liked about my personal statement - I never got any feedback on it and I was just happy that they accepted me ("lol"). I pretty much just wrote about what I did, both academically and not-so-academically. I included that I play a lot of video games and mentioned a few basic programs I'd written. I never did DofE or anything so don't worry too much about that stuff. All I can really say is that you should definitely get someone to read through your personal statement - I gave mine to one of my teachers and he REALLY helped me improve it, particularly since he had experience with other students' applications.

 

[brodie21]

Beginning the new college semester, I was curious if the Escapist goes to college? where do you go? What do you study? what year are you? what do you do in your spare time?

I go to West Virginia University, i am studying Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, i am a Junior. Last night me and my roomate went to a Hookah bar and blew smoke bubbles.

<color=purple> I also live in West Virginia. I started college today. And I had a couple friends tell me that they went to a hookah bar last night. Cuuuurious.
I am actually going to West Liberty University. Majoring in Computer Information Systems, but this is my freshman year and I'm not yet taking anything related to my major. Just taking care of requirements and whatnot.

<color=red>well if they went<color=green> to x-hale thats where i was, <color=blue>definitely recommend it

<color=white>did you know that if you put white as the color you cant see it?

 

[Weaver]

I did computer science at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.

Nothing like 5 years of constant 90-110 hour work weeks.

 

[Mister Eff]

I go to Farnborough college of technology and i'm doing a three year course on computer science with either gaming, networking or some other shit i can't be arsed to remember because i'm either going gaming or networking at the end of my first year.

I live right near there! Loads of my friends used to go there. Bizarre.

OT: I go to a film university in London. It's awesome.

 

[Mister Eff]

I go to Farnborough college of technology and i'm doing a three year course on computer science with either gaming, networking or some other shit i can't be arsed to remember because i'm either going gaming or networking at the end of my first year.

I live right near there! Loads of my friends used to go there. Bizarre.

OT: I go to a film university in London. It's awesome.

EDIT: Crap, double post. Stupid captcha nonsense.

 

[Mister Eff]

I go to Farnborough college of technology and i'm doing a three year course on computer science with either gaming, networking or some other shit i can't be arsed to remember because i'm either going gaming or networking at the end of my first year.

I live right near there! Loads of my friends used to go there. Bizarre.

OT: I go to a film university in London. It's awesome.

TRIPLE POST?!

 

[Jjtricky]

Thoughts on your course? Would you recommend it? Oh and friends GF is going to Royal Holloway - you start in a couple of weeks, right?

Hey, I knew there'd be someone! I really enjoyed my course for the first year. I feel that I learned a lot over a range of useful areas - I even got to do a unit on computer games. I chose RH because it's known for good research quality in the subject (among other things) and they didn't let me down. Not that I have any other courses to compare it to but I'm at least satisfied anyway. You could certainly do a lot worse.

I'm in the middle of writing my Personal Statement for a CS course - anything they really liked about yours?

Also, how much Maths is involved in the regular course?

It's hard to say exactly what counts as "maths" but I'd say roughly 25% of the course is maths focused. I mean, anything involving computers is more or less based on some kind of maths... so, yeah.

I can't really say what they liked about my personal statement - I never got any feedback on it and I was just happy that they accepted me ("lol"). I pretty much just wrote about what I did, both academically and not-so-academically. I included that I play a lot of video games and mentioned a few basic programs I'd written. I never did DofE or anything so don't worry too much about that stuff. All I can really say is that you should definitely get someone to read through your personal statement - I gave mine to one of my teachers and he REALLY helped me improve it, particularly since he had experience with other students' applications.

Did other people have as much experiance as you in programming, e.g. were there people that knew a language inside out before the course?

Because I know a bit of C++ and am wondering if I am competing with others that also have this experiance.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

I'm in the middle of writing my Personal Statement for a CS course - anything they really liked about yours?

Also, how much Maths is involved in the regular course?

It's hard to say exactly what counts as "maths" but I'd say roughly 25% of the course is maths focused. I mean, anything involving computers is more or less based on some kind of maths... so, yeah.

I can't really say what they liked about my personal statement - I never got any feedback on it and I was just happy that they accepted me ("lol"). I pretty much just wrote about what I did, both academically and not-so-academically. I included that I play a lot of video games and mentioned a few basic programs I'd written. I never did DofE or anything so don't worry too much about that stuff. All I can really say is that you should definitely get someone to read through your personal statement - I gave mine to one of my teachers and he REALLY helped me improve it, particularly since he had experience with other students' applications.

Did other people have as much experiance as you in programming, e.g. were there people that knew a language inside out before the course?

Because I know a bit of C++ and am wondering if I am competing with others that also have this experiance.

If you have any experience then it will count in your favour. There were a good few people on my course who had more experience than me but there were also plenty of people with very little experience. People also have experience in different things so it's not a direct competition. Obviously you are going to be competing with all the other candidates but you don't need to know everything before you start the course, that would defeat the point of it. I think the main thing is to show that you have a keen interest in the course - that's mostly what they're looking for so they know you'll work hard and make the university look good.