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Oh, and summer has the Circuit Theory, the sophomore EE centerpieces, but summer does not offer Electronics, the junior EE centerpieces. So I can't use next summer for anything.
 
So this summer will end with having wasted a lot of hours for nothing, my income down to about 40% of its usual level, and gained nothing for course credit. And out to SIX FUCKING YEARS. AND 82000 DOLLARS.

82 grand should mean, oh, I went to UMass Amherst, itself a second-rate school, but better than this third-rate shithole, got to live on or around campus, which is itself much more enjoyable than living at fucking home, and got a better goddamned education in the process.
 
Even that "boot camp" idea isn't going to work, that's during the mornings of second session, when I'm scheduled to be AT WORK.

Because all of these ignorant fucks think school can be a full time job, and totally ignore that school costs ELEVEN THOUSAND A YEAR. A third-rate half-assed worthless goddamned state school.
 
Well, with the way these hours are so fucked up, I can take a full Calculus II course, where I can obtain an actual grade (although UML probably won't transfer it over), for free, during first session. In parallel to Calculus III.
 
MotF Bane said:
So this summer will end with having wasted a lot of hours for nothing, my income down to about 40% of its usual level, and gained nothing for course credit. And out to SIX FUCKING YEARS. AND 82000 DOLLARS.

82 grand should mean, oh, I went to UMass Amherst, itself a second-rate school, but better than this third-rate shithole, got to live on or around campus, which is itself much more enjoyable than living at fucking home, and got a better goddamned education in the process.
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At the end of the day, where you live during school or even where you went (to some extent, UoP excluded) doesn't matter as long as it is ABET accredited. You can learn just about anything anywhere if you want to learn it.
 
Unfortunately, despite the gaping holes in my schedule, this workplace school only allows me to take two courses over the entire summer for free, after that, it's $2000/each.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
At the end of the day, where you live during school or even where you went (to some extent, UoP excluded) doesn't matter as long as it is ABET accredited. You can learn just about anything anywhere if you want to learn it.
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UML has been chanting that load of bullshit at everyone, second only to the waving of statistics about how good engineering income starting salaries are. I think it's a USNews report that lists off the differences in salary between various schools for various majors, and the difference is massive. Amherst beats out Lowell by something like $8000. WPI is higher than that. MIT is unsurprisingly the king.

If nothing else, the name gets you in the door. Or a bigger alumni network with better connections help, and Lowell is a fairly small school where most of its graduates don't go anywhere except within the nearest fifty miles.
 
MotF Bane said:
UML has been chanting that load of bullshit at everyone, second only to the waving of statistics about how good engineering income starting salaries are. I think it's a USNews report that lists off the differences in salary between various schools for various majors, and the difference is massive. Amherst beats out Lowell by something like $8000. WPI is higher than that. MIT is unsurprisingly the king.

If nothing else, the name gets you in the door. Or a bigger alumni network with better connections help, and Lowell is a fairly small school where most of its graduates don't go anywhere except within the nearest fifty miles.
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I understand all of this, but the fact of the matter is that once you've had your first job, no one will give a crap about your GPA or where you graduated from. Seriously, at my last place of work, they even paid for degrees from UoP. :|
 
And where you live during school just controls whether you had fun during it or not. And living at home is a recipe for no fucking fun at all. Living on or near campus for a major party school with the population of a medium sized town = win. Living at home driving to a 50% commuter school in Shitsville, USA = fail.

And no, it's not just about the drunken parties.
 
MotF Bane said:
And where you live during school just controls whether you had fun during it or not. And living at home is a recipe for no fucking fun at all. Living on or near campus for a major party school with the population of a medium sized town = win. Living at home driving to a 50% commuter school in Shitsville, USA = fail.
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You're there for an education, first and foremost.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
I understand all of this, but the fact of the matter is that once you've had your first job, no one will give a crap about your GPA or where you graduated from.
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Sorry, just a little raged out.

At a certain high-level university, at least one member of the faculty has admitted that he will not even consider applicants who graduated from a state school. I do not recall if this was related to graduate school admissions or faculty search.
 
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I also know from seeing my basic engineering course that in terms of real ability, in terms of seeing the problem, understanding the problem, and solving the problem, I was roughly tied for best in the class. The only competitor was a 45 year old ex-Air Force enlisted male.

My grades have never really reflected my abilities, and no grade can ever display that sort of aptitude.

Not just that I'm pissed about it, but hell, I don't want the rest of those idiots building bridges to have to drive on tomorrow. I wouldn't trust them to build a freaking park bench.
 
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