He isn't going to some crap school no one has ever heard of or respected like you.
He isn't going to some crap school no one has ever heard of or respected like you.
Dude, I don't know anyone that actually pays full tuition. Most schools have a financial assistance to something like 90-95% of the students (unless it's a public school, where tuition will be dirt cheap anyway). And you got scholarships on top of that. And Masters, with a good job, most employers will at least help with paying for that. It really depends on what you want to do, but going to school is most definitly not over rated. Plus a 19 year old can get $30k a year without too many problemsfor a student loan, but what bank is going to give you $160k all at once to start your own business in this day and age?
And for those who think that the 8-5 sucks compared to school, are obviously not engineering students. I'd love to only work on school stuff between 8am -5pm weekdays. Wednesday night I spent 12 straight hours on a Java project. Real world going to be more work? I doubt it.
thx for the answer
now let's say I have like 10 different classes in my first college years and I fail for 2 can you go to the next year???? Can you enroll in your 2nd year and just retake the courses of the 1st year
Maybe this is a dumb question but where I live, you have to pass all your courses (you must have 50%) from a certain year before you can go to the next year. When you don't have 50%, no 2nd year.
Originally posted by: freegeeks
maybe this is a thread hijack but can someone explain a bit how the US college system works??
I read about GPA and other stuff and I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about
like the dude who started this thread is saying that his grades are not very good but he's starting his second year. How can you start the next year when your grades suck??
and wtf 40k a year?????? :Q
you all must have uberrich parents, higher education seems to be uberexpensive in the US or am I dead wrong??
are you guys all in debt when you finish college????
thx
Most college students will graduate with debt. Hopefully I won't with my co-op's. How much is college elsewhere?
I hear you. I had the same time through college, although my problem was I just partied too much and blew off classes. My grades sucked, but I barely scraped by with minimal grades to pass.
Let me tell you though, college is not even the tip of the iceberg when compared to real life. After getting a job, the weirdest thing was I kept thinking in the back of my mind that I need to just through until summer, then all this will change because I was conditioned that way from being in school for so long.
Day in, day out, go to work, come back home, go to sleep, get back up, ad infinitum. The boss rarely changes, many co workers are a$$sholes. You'll be wishing for college in 5 years, trust me.
Let me tell you though, college is not even the tip of the iceberg when compared to real life. After getting a job, the weirdest thing was I kept thinking in the back of my mind that I need to just through until summer, then all this will change because I was conditioned that way from being in school for so long.
Day in, day out, go to work, come back home, go to sleep, get back up, ad infinitum. The boss rarely changes, many co workers are a$$sholes. You'll be wishing for college in 5 years, trust me.
you can't just get a big ass loan. when you start a firm, thats different because you are expected to earn profit and pay back the loan. if i get a college loan, it's different because i would have to have a good job after graduation to pay back the loan. if i take out about 20k a year for the next 3 years. that will be 60k. with 5% interest and that figure is on the low end. well, you do the math. thats a lot of money i have to pay back, little by little for the rest of my life.
My point was/is, that it is easier for an 18 year old to get a 20-30k college loan than it is for an 18 year old to get a 160k business loan.
At my school, you have to pass at least 3 classes out of 4 (70% is passing), and maintain an 80% or better average. If that is not met, you are put on probation. 2 straight terms of probation and all scholarships are gone. 3 terms and you can't come back until you go to a different school and get (I think) a 3.0 there or better. If you come back and screw up a 4th time, you're done.
i cant afford to screw up next year. i have a 2.93 right now. is it possible to get that to a 3.4 in one year?
Originally posted by: jaydee
Originally posted by: freegeeks
maybe this is a thread hijack but can someone explain a bit how the US college system works??
I read about GPA and other stuff and I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about
like the dude who started this thread is saying that his grades are not very good but he's starting his second year. How can you start the next year when your grades suck??
and wtf 40k a year?????? :Q
you all must have uberrich parents, higher education seems to be uberexpensive in the US or am I dead wrong??
are you guys all in debt when you finish college????
thx
Most college students will graduate with debt. Hopefully I won't with my co-op's. How much is college elsewhere?
you won't believe it but where I live it's 500-700 euro for a year of college. That's without housing and your textbooks.
+housing is 120 euro to 300 euro a month
+textbooks (depends on what you do in college) - 500-600 euro ??
do the counting and you will see that at most the total cost for a year at a university is around 6000-8000 euro (classes + housing + textbooks).
a lot of students also qualify for financial support from the govt. (ecg I received 3000 euro a year).
I hope you guys make a lot of money when you graduate.
Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: jaydee
Originally posted by: freegeeks
maybe this is a thread hijack but can someone explain a bit how the US college system works??
I read about GPA and other stuff and I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about
like the dude who started this thread is saying that his grades are not very good but he's starting his second year. How can you start the next year when your grades suck??
and wtf 40k a year?????? :Q
you all must have uberrich parents, higher education seems to be uberexpensive in the US or am I dead wrong??
are you guys all in debt when you finish college????
thx
Most college students will graduate with debt. Hopefully I won't with my co-op's. How much is college elsewhere?
you won't believe it but where I live it's 500-700 euro for a year of college. That's without housing and your textbooks.
+housing is 120 euro to 300 euro a month
+textbooks (depends on what you do in college) - 500-600 euro ??
do the counting and you will see that at most the total cost for a year at a university is around 6000-8000 euro (classes + housing + textbooks).
a lot of students also qualify for financial support from the govt. (ecg I received 3000 euro a year).
I hope you guys make a lot of money when you graduate.
yeah, i hope i do too. my problem now is that i dont want my parents to find about about my real gpa, which is 2.93. and they are very intent on doing it. what should i do?
Originally posted by: Reon
Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: jaydee
Originally posted by: freegeeks
maybe this is a thread hijack but can someone explain a bit how the US college system works??
I read about GPA and other stuff and I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about
like the dude who started this thread is saying that his grades are not very good but he's starting his second year. How can you start the next year when your grades suck??
and wtf 40k a year?????? :Q
you all must have uberrich parents, higher education seems to be uberexpensive in the US or am I dead wrong??
are you guys all in debt when you finish college????
thx
Most college students will graduate with debt. Hopefully I won't with my co-op's. How much is college elsewhere?
you won't believe it but where I live it's 500-700 euro for a year of college. That's without housing and your textbooks.
+housing is 120 euro to 300 euro a month
+textbooks (depends on what you do in college) - 500-600 euro ??
do the counting and you will see that at most the total cost for a year at a university is around 6000-8000 euro (classes + housing + textbooks).
a lot of students also qualify for financial support from the govt. (ecg I received 3000 euro a year).
I hope you guys make a lot of money when you graduate.
yeah, i hope i do too. my problem now is that i dont want my parents to find about about my real gpa, which is 2.93. and they are very intent on doing it. what should i do?
what are the consequenses with a GPA of 2,93??
I guess the best is just to tell them the truth and work harder next year
At least at my school, you can just tell the school not to send your parents your grades (same "league" as your school). However, if you're parents stop getting your grades, they might also stop writing checks... so pick your poison.
After your second year everything will become much easier. All your general elective classes should be taken care of and you'll have to focus in your major.
Cornell is out in the middle of nowhere. You should have went to NYU if you wanted a good time and stay in NY.
you can still transfer. I don't believe that NYU's Stern accepts transfers anymore. But maybe you can work something out with them. If you want to go outside of NY there are a lot of good schools.
yeah, it is my fault to go to cornell. i don't know, i was gonna apply early decision to columbia. but my dad asked me to consider cornell, and the next thing i know, the application is already sent.
the end of the first semester i got A-, A-, B, and C-. C- is in physics. since the school doesnt send out grades for the fall semester, i told them i got a B- instead of C- in physics. and the spring semester, my grades are A-, B, B-, C, B. they do send out grades, but I got it first. So i ended up sending a fake one to my parents changing the C to a B-. and consequently increasing my gpa from 2.93 to 3.01xx. Now I think i am in deep sh!t because they are gonna go ask the bursar for my grades when I return to school. I am doomed
the end of the first semester i got A-, A-, B, and C-. C- is in physics. since the school doesnt send out grades for the fall semester, i told them i got a B- instead of C- in physics. and the spring semester, my grades are A-, B, B-, C, B. they do send out grades, but I got it first. So i ended up sending a fake one to my parents changing the C to a B-. and consequently increasing my gpa from 2.93 to 3.01xx. Now I think i am in deep sh!t because they are gonna go ask the bursar for my grades when I return to school. I am doomed
i can't transfer any where with grades like these. but i do want to go to stern for graduate school. which is why i need a good gpa.
2.94 is recoverable... you might be in deep sh!t now... but trust me... people have been in deeper sh!t... and they pulled it off. I'm in the middle of doing that right now. 
Originally posted by: boyRacer
2.94 is recoverable... you might be in deep sh!t now... but trust me... people have been in deeper sh!t... and they pulled it off. I'm in the middle of doing that right now.
really? wow, how are you doing. i sort of need my gpa to be 3.5+ by the time i graduate. and thanks for understanding.
I swear, jobs should pay college students more money. I work my ass off at school, then go to work at my job, and end up spending all my money on tuition/rent/the ripoff that is textbooks.
You'd think when I'm consistently pulling 10 hour days (school+work) I could afford to eat lunch at checkers.
You'd think when I'm consistently pulling 10 hour days (school+work) I could afford to eat lunch at checkers.
Originally posted by: Reon
Originally posted by: boyRacer
2.94 is recoverable... you might be in deep sh!t now... but trust me... people have been in deeper sh!t... and they pulled it off. I'm in the middle of doing that right now.
really? wow, how are you doing. i sort of need my gpa to be 3.5+ by the time i graduate. and thanks for understanding.
Hahaha you have no idea how bad my GPA was... so bad that it was better off to start with a clean slate again. I know it's gonna be crappy for you for awhile but just stick with it and you'll be done before you know it. I should be finished by now but i messed up too. It's just a minor setback for you... you might be a bit delayed if you really need a 3.5+ but i'm sure it can't be impossible.
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