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Title: College...
Post by: cas on March 19, 2009, 10:52:40 AM
I assume most of you went to KSU for college. But let's just say that if you would have gone someplace else where would you have gone??
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Post by: cireksu on March 19, 2009, 10:55:17 AM
Harvard probably.
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Post by: steve dave on March 19, 2009, 11:59:50 AM
Texas or CU
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Post by: cireksu on March 19, 2009, 12:07:41 PM
arizona state seriously, I was going to establish residence living with family friends and go there.  chickened out though.
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Post by: sys on March 19, 2009, 12:08:50 PM
I assume most of you went to KSU for college. But let's just say that if you would have gone someplace else where would you have gone??

can you get scholarships?  just a handful of schools that you could argue are worth the additional cost over an in state public.
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Post by: waks on March 19, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
Columbia, NYU, Arizona, Oregon, Wisconsin, or some SEC school.
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Post by: ew2x4 on March 19, 2009, 12:30:12 PM
Wash-U in St. Louis, Syracuse, Cincinnati, and maaaaaybe Rice.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 19, 2009, 01:40:49 PM
I assume most of you went to KSU for college. But let's just say that if you would have gone someplace else where would you have gone??

can you get scholarships?  just a handful of schools that you could argue are worth the additional cost over an in state public.

Yeah. Scott County gives out a ton of ships.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: michigancat on March 19, 2009, 01:49:51 PM
Duke (elite, sister school, etc.)
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Post by: sys on March 19, 2009, 02:08:25 PM
Yeah. Scott County gives out a ton of ships.

weird.  didn't know counties give out 'ships.

if your grades/scores are good enough and the money is available, go to an ivy, or one of the faux ivy schools (but a real faux ivy, not just some tard school that represents itself as almost ivy).  seriously, it will make a huge difference in your life.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: hemmy on March 19, 2009, 02:11:28 PM
Somewhere my dad could still afford to pay 100% of my tuition
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Pete on March 19, 2009, 02:26:20 PM
Duke (elite, sister school, etc.)

QFT.

Though the best advice is go to school where you want to live.  Employers typically recruit near by schools.  Unless you want to major in engineering, pre-med, accounting or some other hard science, choose a school near where you want to live some day.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: KSt8er on March 19, 2009, 02:29:30 PM
Oregon, Oregon State. 
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 19, 2009, 02:45:09 PM
I mean I've basically decided that I'm going to go to KSU, but am just looking around about where else to go. I really think Arizona or Arizona State would be pretty nice. 
Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 19, 2009, 03:18:03 PM
texas tech
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Post by: chum1 on March 19, 2009, 03:27:06 PM
Just about anywhere else.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 19, 2009, 03:43:53 PM
texas tech

About the last place I would go.
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Post by: steve dave on March 19, 2009, 03:46:40 PM
texas tech

seriously?
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Post by: steve dave on March 19, 2009, 03:47:36 PM
I mean, just for the EMAWing KSU is the place to be.  Plus, if you are kinda smart you will be a big fish in a little pond
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Post by: jthutch on March 19, 2009, 04:00:55 PM
Hutchinson Community College  :frown:
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Post by: kst8cat on March 19, 2009, 04:05:44 PM
You need to look for very favorable girl/guy ratios.  I believe Emporia State is pretty good.
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Post by: catdude33 on March 19, 2009, 04:22:39 PM
Maybe Oxford.
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Post by: Pett on March 19, 2009, 04:30:36 PM
Wichita State. :-X

Thank god for the University that is known as "Kansas State."
Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 19, 2009, 05:04:44 PM
texas tech

seriously?

y not? your "texas/cu" response was brutally predictable. gtfo.

tech = nice campus, big city, good athletics, international airport, large foreign population, what else could you want?
Title: Re: College...
Post by: yoga-lika_abana on March 19, 2009, 05:12:48 PM
texas tech

seriously?

y not? your "texas/cu" response was brutally predictable. gtfo.

tech = nice campus, big city, good athletics, international airport, large foreign population, what else could you want?
way to dusty and there is less to do down there than in 'tan.
for me it would be pepperdine, ucla, u of san diego, ASU, oregon, idaho state, washington or maybe vanderbilt. :dunno:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 19, 2009, 05:14:13 PM
arizona state is garbage. crammed campus.

washington would be amazing. i would be "going home" so to speak.


Quote
vanderbilt


wtf???  :curse:
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Post by: yoga-lika_abana on March 19, 2009, 05:15:16 PM



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vanderbilt


wtf???  :curse:
nice campus :-[
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 19, 2009, 05:22:19 PM
I took a quiz on facebook and it said Seattle is the ideal city for me. Maybe U-Dub. Good at basketball, love the football coach, perfect climate. Pro sports.

Maybe we have something here. . .
Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 19, 2009, 05:23:13 PM
perfect climate.

um, no. it sucks.
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Post by: ksuno1stunner on March 19, 2009, 05:24:50 PM
who cares where.  find a place where u will enjoy the most.
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Post by: steve dave on March 19, 2009, 05:27:57 PM
nice campus, big city, good athletics, international airport, large foreign population, what else could you want?

....and their athletics being "good" depends on your definition I guess :dunno:  Apologies if parody post.

EDIT:  Also, mrs. dave just told me the foreign population one isn't true...so I'm starting to think parody.  apologies.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: pwrcat1 on March 19, 2009, 05:36:02 PM
Florida State.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 19, 2009, 05:41:20 PM
perfect climate.

um, no. it sucks.

My kind of weather. Smart people up there, good coffee. Lot to like.
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Post by: phicat1448 on March 19, 2009, 06:05:57 PM
nice campus, big city, good athletics, international airport, large foreign population, what else could you want?

....and their athletics being "good" depends on your definition I guess :dunno:  Apologies if parody post.

EDIT:  Also, mrs. dave just told me the foreign population one isn't true...so I'm starting to think parody.  apologies.

don't forget mexicans are considered foreign
Title: Re: College...
Post by: MOKSUAZ on March 19, 2009, 06:14:59 PM
stanford, arizona state, michigan, unlv (just for the vegas factor), oregon, or syracuse
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Post by: jthutch on March 19, 2009, 06:36:45 PM
I took a quiz on facebook and it said Seattle is the ideal city for me. Maybe U-Dub. Good at basketball, love the football coach, perfect climate. Pro sports.

Maybe we have something here. . .

Only if you want to kill your self very depressing city, from what I have heard.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: MOKSUAZ on March 19, 2009, 07:08:02 PM
I took a quiz on facebook and it said Seattle is the ideal city for me. Maybe U-Dub. Good at basketball, love the football coach, perfect climate. Pro sports.

Maybe we have something here. . .

Only if you want to kill your self very depressing city, from what I have heard.

seattle's a pretty cool place.  plus you're close to Vancouver, kickass golf courses, fresh seafood  :lick:, mount rainer, etc...
Title: Re: College...
Post by: steve dave on March 19, 2009, 07:18:19 PM
nice campus, big city, good athletics, international airport, large foreign population, what else could you want?

....and their athletics being "good" depends on your definition I guess :dunno:  Apologies if parody post.

EDIT:  Also, mrs. dave just told me the foreign population one isn't true...so I'm starting to think parody.  apologies.

don't forget mexicans are considered foreign

 :flush:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 19, 2009, 07:33:07 PM
gotcha sd!

 :poke:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: steve dave on March 19, 2009, 07:41:18 PM
gotcha sd!

 :poke:

 :redface:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Bookcat on March 19, 2009, 08:00:01 PM
Had the Iowa State papers in front of me.


Just couldn't turn down Kstate.


I had  :kstatriot: before it was cool.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: TAFNA Dude on March 19, 2009, 08:52:40 PM
Free school is the best school.  So if that means going the juco route, that's cool.  (Just make sure you're out on your own..nobody likes living with Mom and Dad while going to school.)

After that, cheap school is the best school.  Pick a major, find out which in state school has the best program for that major, and go there.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Skydog on March 20, 2009, 02:59:57 AM
ASU
Title: Re: College...
Post by: hemmy on March 20, 2009, 06:29:30 PM
texas tech

seriously?

y not? your "texas/cu" response was brutally predictable. gtfo.

tech = nice campus, big city, good athletics, international airport, large foreign population, what else could you want?
way to dusty and there is less to do down there than in 'tan.
for me it would be pepperdine, ucla, u of san diego, ASU, oregon, idaho state, washington or maybe vanderbilt. :dunno:

I have 2 cousins who go to school at Pepperdine (brother and sister).  Place is absurdly nice when they showed me around, and one of them is living with this really rich kid who owns an Aston Martin, has a maid, a gardener, and lives right next to the beach.

Just amazing, v. jealous.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Pike on March 21, 2009, 01:37:58 AM
Pitt State  :flush:

....until I visited 'ttan and was completely convinced to come here

Just go to KAZZOU. Close to home and I'm having a blast here
Title: Re: College...
Post by: waks on March 21, 2009, 02:49:08 AM
perfect climate.

um, no. it sucks.

My kind of weather. Smart people up there, good coffee. Lot to like.
Starbucks doesn't equal good coffee. If you're going to go a city full of smug people might as well make it a real city like New York or Chicago. You might get away with Portland but then you're just being a hipster.
I took a quiz on facebook and it said Seattle is the ideal city for me. Maybe U-Dub. Good at basketball, love the football coach, perfect climate. Pro sports.

Maybe we have something here. . .

Only if you want to kill your self very depressing city, from what I have heard.
True. Highest suicide rate of any city in the nation I believe. The weather seriously messes people up. Nobody wants to live where it rains all the time.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Ghost of Stan Parrish on March 21, 2009, 11:57:16 AM
Some very good advice on this thread.

For me, it came down to UW in my final two, but that was partly because I had some loose family connections to Seattle.  I actually accepted a place there, but then backed out because I decided I wanted to stay closer to home.  I think it is a great school in a really great city, though.  Ultimately, how far you want to get from home is another consideration you must also make. 

One other big question is whether you want a big public university (which it sounds like) or a smaller liberal arts school (Grinnell, Oberlin), which haven't been mentioned much in this thread.  Early on, my dad was really pimping Rice to me, which gives a really great education for a relatively low tuition (or used to).  But I didn't want to live in Houston (or anywhere in Texas).  By the way, if you go Ivy, the quality of life at Harvard really, really, really sucks.  Yale isn't that much better.  You will have a much better college experience at Brown or Dartmouth or Princeton, IMO.

Ultimately, my choice came down in part to wanting to be close, but not TOO close, to home.  And money.  And my choice of major.  Good luck.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: WillieWannabe on March 21, 2009, 12:04:43 PM
Manhattan Area Technical College  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Thin Blue Line on March 21, 2009, 12:33:56 PM
 :thumbsup:     Manhattan Christian College    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Prince McJunkins on March 21, 2009, 01:24:15 PM
Wichita State. :-X

Thank god for the University that is known as "Kansas State."

+1 Also considered ku.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 21, 2009, 01:44:56 PM
perfect climate.

um, no. it sucks.

My kind of weather. Smart people up there, good coffee. Lot to like.
Starbucks doesn't equal good coffee. If you're going to go a city full of smug people might as well make it a real city like New York or Chicago. You might get away with Portland but then you're just being a hipster.
I took a quiz on facebook and it said Seattle is the ideal city for me. Maybe U-Dub. Good at basketball, love the football coach, perfect climate. Pro sports.

Maybe we have something here. . .

Only if you want to kill your self very depressing city, from what I have heard.
True. Highest suicide rate of any city in the nation I believe. The weather seriously messes people up. Nobody wants to live where it rains all the time.

People in NYC &@#%ing hate Starbucks. They love their Dunkin'.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Stupid Fitz on March 22, 2009, 05:46:13 PM
Wichita State. :-X

Thank god for the University that is known as "Kansas State."

+1 Also considered ku.

GTFOOMF  :mad:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Winters on March 22, 2009, 07:38:24 PM
Florida State.
Not a bad campus there.  :popcorn:
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Post by: ksuwildcats80591 on March 22, 2009, 07:44:51 PM
In the same position you're in cas. 99% sure i wanna go to K-State, but if i had to pick another school it would be Colorado State. Perfect climate, close to skiing, and Ft. Collins is the #1 place to live in the US according to some magazine. also, has alot of the same majors KSU has.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 22, 2009, 07:47:56 PM
Purdue seems nice.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Winters on March 22, 2009, 07:48:05 PM
Glad I got a couple years to really look at schools.  :users:
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Post by: Winters on March 22, 2009, 07:49:20 PM
Purdue seems nice.
UConn is nice.
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Post by: Thin Blue Line on March 22, 2009, 09:38:18 PM
Purdue seems nice.
UConn is nice.

Good business school, according to the commercial. 
Title: Re: College...
Post by: waks on March 22, 2009, 10:46:14 PM
Any true EMAWer will go to KSU without even looking at other schools. Kind of embarrassed to see what some of you have posted.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: schreds21 on March 22, 2009, 10:49:01 PM
texas tech

seriously?

y not? your "texas/cu" response was brutally predictable. gtfo.

tech = nice campus, big city, good athletics, international airport, large foreign population, what else could you want?

Spent 4 months on a project in Lubbock.  It's in the middle of a flat, dusty desert.  People were pretty nice though.  We stayed in a gated apartment complex that was pretty kick ass, 2 pools, fitness center, pool table in room w/big screen TV and pretty good stereo.  Great place to hang out and drink beer.  Complex was about 90% college kids.  Must say one thing about Lubbock/TT.  There are a TON of hot chicks there.  We worked our asses off down there but had a pretty good time too.  On a side note, we stood the flag poles at the project the day before the Big XII championship game.  Had my powercat flag flying loud and proud that Monday after we bitchslapped OU.   :kstatriot:  The locals were all kind of  :nono: but after I pointed out we had beaten the Sooners they were more  :blindfold:
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Post by: hemmy on March 22, 2009, 11:11:59 PM
Wish I would have went to school in California, Malibu is a great city.

Would have had to get a loan though, vs paid for tuition @ ksu
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Post by: Kat Kid on March 22, 2009, 11:34:41 PM
ut is fantastic but waaaaaay intimidating.  get a fashion consultant before heading down.
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Post by: pwrcat1 on March 22, 2009, 11:40:32 PM
Florida State.
Not a bad campus there.  :popcorn:

Love it. 
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cas on March 23, 2009, 08:40:30 AM
get a fashion consultant before heading down.

It is kinda distrubing how well dressed I am.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: kougar24 on March 23, 2009, 10:12:16 AM
if your grades/scores are good enough and the money is available, go to an ivy, or one of the faux ivy schools (but a real faux ivy, not just some tard school that represents itself as almost ivy).  seriously, it will make a huge difference in your life.

"I went to a lil' place called Cornell. Ever heard of it?"


(http://tvdagboken.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/andy-bernard.jpg)
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Skycat on March 23, 2009, 11:04:51 AM
Almost went to Carnegie Mellon.  But decided that I didn't want to go to college in Pittsburgh.
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Post by: Rick Daris on March 23, 2009, 11:23:53 AM
I used to really like illinois for some reason. think it had to do w/ their bball team of gill, bardo, anderson, etc. but going out of state was never an option though (too expensive). i did go to cloud county for one glorious year.  :woot:
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Post by: WillieWannabe on March 23, 2009, 11:27:38 AM
I used to really like illinois for some reason. think it had to do w/ their bball team of gill, bardo, anderson, etc. but going out of state was never an option though (too expensive). i did go to cloud county for one glorious year.  :woot:

Hang out at "The Rock" a lot?
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Rick Daris on March 23, 2009, 11:42:32 AM
I used to really like illinois for some reason. think it had to do w/ their bball team of gill, bardo, anderson, etc. but going out of state was never an option though (too expensive). i did go to cloud county for one glorious year.  :woot:

Hang out at "The Rock" a lot?

you better believe it!!!  :jammin:
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Post by: LimestoneOutcropping on March 23, 2009, 01:05:36 PM
I used to really like illinois for some reason. think it had to do w/ their bball team of gill, bardo, anderson, etc. but going out of state was never an option though (too expensive). i did go to cloud county for one glorious year.  :woot:

Hang out at "The Rock" a lot?

That's a pretty stupid question.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: AzCat on March 23, 2009, 02:40:17 PM
Rational advice found in this thread:

Free school is the best school.  So if that means going the juco route, that's cool.  (Just make sure you're out on your own..nobody likes living with Mom and Dad while going to school.)
After that, cheap school is the best school.

QFT, particularly in that an undergraduate degree these days is moderately less impressive than a high school diploma was a few decades ago.  Thus if you plan to stop with an undergrad degree incur as little debt as possible while realizing that your degree is going to be next to worthless or recognize that:

just a handful of schools that you could argue are worth the additional cost over an in state public.

Specifically:

if your grades/scores are good enough and the money is available, go to an ivy, or one of the faux ivy schools (but a real faux ivy, not just some tard school that represents itself as almost ivy).  seriously, it will make a huge difference in your life.

Also if you're one of the very very rare college bound kids who knows exactly what they want to do and will never consider changing your major it might be worthwhile to consider prominent programs at non-prominent institutions.  But since most people change their majors a few times it can be dicey to choose a poor institution based on a good department that's probably not where you'll be by the time you graduate anyway.

Also very rational but not a primary concern:

Though the best advice is go to school where you want to live.  Employers typically recruit near by schools.  Unless you want to major in engineering, pre-med, accounting or some other hard science, choose a school near where you want to live some day.

That matters for the first job, maybe the second (depending on the tenure of the first) but after that either you'll: have accumulated decent track record, have washed out of your profession, or you'll be doing your own thing.  It's absolutely true that it'll be easier to find your first gig close to your college but it's far from impossible to do it far away, it just takes a bit more effort. 
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Panjandrum on March 23, 2009, 05:23:07 PM
Virginia, Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, or UC-San Diego.

I love Charlottesville, the Triange, and San Diego.  UCLA is an absolutely mesmerizingly beautiful campus, so I'd love to spend four years there.

Ultimately, had I not met my wife, I'd be living in one of those three areas.

I was going to apply to Duke in high school, but my Dad said, "If you go in-state, we'll pay your tuition because we have savings bonds set aside for your education."  I said, "Sold."
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Leyton on March 24, 2009, 01:42:00 AM
Coming out of HS, almost went to Illinois but was not big on ridic. tuition or incredibly annoying people from Chicago suburbs who would have surrounded me there (one dude used the term "clusterfrack" to describe roughly 80 different things during my visit) on the boring campus in the small town surrounded by corn fields.  Was bitterly disappointed to find that the drug of choice was alcohol - very weak and unadventurous form of youthful rebellion.  Felt like I was in the middle of an exceptionally bad Roseanne episode.

Almost transferred to UT after my freshman year at KSU.  :peek:

Grad school - went to UW (first winter in Seattle had me in a physiological well - it's called S.A.D.S.). UW campus is an architectural travesty (undergraduate library = UGLY) redeemed only slightly by the gorgeous cherry trees on the N side of campus.  Amazing foresight building a massive plaza in the middle of campus using the slickest bricks known to man given that it rains nearly every day during the fall/winter/spring.  I didn't enjoy Seattle much.  It's good that Seattle has successful industries.  It's bad (for Seattle) that 1/3 of Seattle's creative class has migrated to Portland because they couldn't outbid Microsoft employees and people in the biomedical field for housing.  Seattle has amazing water recreation options, though, and stunning views of the Cascades/Olympics (not just Mt. Rainier) on the rare clear days.

I should have gone to Michigan or UCSB ( :love:) for grad school.  Still don't know why I didn't go to UCSB.  Campus is a weird mixture of trailers/modular buildings (not joking), stunning classical architecture - not the best, but hey...it's on the fracking Pacific Ocean and right next to a nice little airport.  Santa Barbara is expensive but soooooo beautiful and...sunny.  People live the good life at UCSB, man.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: hemmy on March 24, 2009, 08:58:29 AM
Undergrad degrees are not worthless, just don't do a retarded major
Title: Re: College...
Post by: ArchE_Cat on March 24, 2009, 10:32:20 AM
Undergrad degrees are not worthless, just don't do a retarded major

exactly
Title: Re: College...
Post by: kougar24 on March 24, 2009, 11:01:22 AM
an undergraduate degree these days is moderately less impressive than a high school diploma was a few decades ago.

Love ya Az, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's ridiculous in the vast majority of cases.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: AzCat on March 24, 2009, 06:06:31 PM
an undergraduate degree these days is moderately less impressive than a high school diploma was a few decades ago.

Love ya Az, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's ridiculous in the vast majority of cases.

Actually koug I think it's more the rule than the exception.  Most majors are worthless or almost worthless and even in the solid ones (e.g., engineering & the hard sciences) there are so many folks running around with graduate degrees that the traditional undergrad degree has been somewhat devalued. 
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Catmatt on March 24, 2009, 06:18:15 PM
Dude, I have a Master's Degree and am not using it, but the biggest things I got from college were learning to discipline myself, stay focused on a job, and work with others.  Unless you know exactly what you want to do, go to college for the experience of being in college.

My story ... When I was an undergrad at Emporia State, the girl-to-guy was calculated at 2.2:1.  Back in those days, SINGLE was an acronym for Stay Intoxicated Nightly Get Laid Everyday. 

ESU did not prepare me for grad school at KSU, where the girl-to-guy ratio was reversed at 1:2.  I did not develop the proper skills for getting laid during the babe scarcity of KSU after having spent 4 years in a babe abundance at ESU. 

So there's that to think about.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: ArchE_Cat on March 24, 2009, 06:28:32 PM
an undergraduate degree these days is moderately less impressive than a high school diploma was a few decades ago.

Love ya Az, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's ridiculous in the vast majority of cases.

Actually koug I think it's more the rule than the exception.  Most majors are worthless or almost worthless and even in the solid ones (e.g., engineering & the hard sciences) there are so many folks running around with graduate degrees that the traditional undergrad degree has been somewhat devalued. 

Still depends on the engineering degree (which discipline and area emphasis) and what school it came from. I would agree w/ you that many 4-year engineering degrees have become devalued, but not all. It also depends on what you want to do with that degree.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: waks on March 25, 2009, 05:41:14 AM
Dude, I have a Master's Degree and am not using it, but the biggest things I got from college were learning to discipline myself, stay focused on a job, and work with others.  Unless you know exactly what you want to do, go to college for the experience of being in college.

My story ... When I was an undergrad at Emporia State, the girl-to-guy was calculated at 2.2:1.  Back in those days, SINGLE was an acronym for Stay Intoxicated Nightly Get Laid Everyday. 

ESU did not prepare me for grad school at KSU, where the girl-to-guy ratio was reversed at 1:2.  I did not develop the proper skills for getting laid during the babe scarcity of KSU after having spent 4 years in a babe abundance at ESU. 

So there's that to think about.
I can only imagine what the babes at Emporia State are like.  :rolleyes: :flush:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Catmatt on March 25, 2009, 06:35:50 AM
Dude, I have a Master's Degree and am not using it, but the biggest things I got from college were learning to discipline myself, stay focused on a job, and work with others.  Unless you know exactly what you want to do, go to college for the experience of being in college.

My story ... When I was an undergrad at Emporia State, the girl-to-guy was calculated at 2.2:1.  Back in those days, SINGLE was an acronym for Stay Intoxicated Nightly Get Laid Everyday. 

ESU did not prepare me for grad school at KSU, where the girl-to-guy ratio was reversed at 1:2.  I did not develop the proper skills for getting laid during the babe scarcity of KSU after having spent 4 years in a babe abundance at ESU. 

So there's that to think about.
I can only imagine what the babes at Emporia State are like.  :rolleyes: :flush:

I'll scan some pictures from my yearbook to show you, amigo.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: waks on March 25, 2009, 06:49:28 AM
I'll believe it if it's true. I'm just skeptical because it's not like K-State is bursting with babes. It would seem to be even less likely that Emporia State was.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: kougar24 on March 25, 2009, 11:33:35 AM
I'll believe it if it's true. I'm just skeptical because it's not like K-State is bursting with babes. It would seem to be even less likely that Emporia State was.

Weren't they a prominent education college back then? That would help explain the female abundance.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: cireksu on March 25, 2009, 05:50:22 PM
Dude, I have a Master's Degree and am not using it, but the biggest things I got from college were learning to discipline myself, stay focused on a job, and work with others.  Unless you know exactly what you want to do, go to college for the experience of being in college.

My story ... When I was an undergrad at Emporia State, the girl-to-guy was calculated at 2.2:1.  Back in those days, SINGLE was an acronym for Stay Intoxicated Nightly Get Laid Everyday. 

ESU did not prepare me for grad school at KSU, where the girl-to-guy ratio was reversed at 1:2.  I did not develop the proper skills for getting laid during the babe scarcity of KSU after having spent 4 years in a babe abundance at ESU. 

So there's that to think about.
I can only imagine what the babes at Emporia State are like.  :rolleyes: :flush:

I'll scan some pictures from my yearbook to show you, amigo.

will the cow shlt smell come through with the scan?
Title: Re: College...
Post by: hemmy on March 25, 2009, 07:59:55 PM
an undergraduate degree these days is moderately less impressive than a high school diploma was a few decades ago.

Love ya Az, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's ridiculous in the vast majority of cases.

Actually koug I think it's more the rule than the exception.  Most majors are worthless or almost worthless and even in the solid ones (e.g., engineering & the hard sciences) there are so many folks running around with graduate degrees that the traditional undergrad degree has been somewhat devalued. 

Still depends on the engineering degree (which discipline and area emphasis) and what school it came from. I would agree w/ you that many 4-year engineering degrees have become devalued, but not all. It also depends on what you want to do with that degree.

In Computer Science (not your "typical" engineering degree) many companies (2) have told me they would rather have someone with their bachelor and let them work, then be without them for a couple years getting your Masters.

In CS tho, going to grad school is good for specializing in diff. areas of computing
Title: Re: College...
Post by: willie83 on March 26, 2009, 09:45:06 AM
Comp Sci very good bachelors degree. If you know linux (or freeBSD) and one of the derivatives of C++ (C#, java ) you will never be out of work for long. Masters is a bit of a waste of time, and especially money, when it comes to programming. I know a lot of very successful programmers that never went to college or have degrees unrelated to programming. :nerd:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: michigancat on March 26, 2009, 09:58:50 AM
Most K-Staters view college degrees as freaking vocational certificates.

There are a lot of majors that have a lot of value even if they don't lead to a lot of money.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: kougar24 on March 26, 2009, 12:22:40 PM
Comp Sci very good bachelors degree. If you know linux (or freeBSD) and one of the derivatives of C++ (C#, java ) you will never be out of work for long. Masters is a bit of a waste of time, and especially money, when it comes to programming. I know a lot of very successful programmers that never went to college or have degrees unrelated to programming. :nerd:

Java is separating itself from C++ rather quickly, at least from what I've seen in my limited time in the workforce.

Besides, the logic you learn in your CS curriculum is the key. Once you have that foundation, you can pick up any language fairly easily.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Brock Landers on March 26, 2009, 01:45:44 PM
In the same position you're in cas. 99% sure i wanna go to K-State, but if i had to pick another school it would be Colorado State. Perfect climate, close to skiing, and Ft. Collins is the #1 place to live in the US according to some magazine. also, has alot of the same majors KSU has.


QFT on Colorado State.  Back in high school Brock Landers and another buddy used one of our official college visits to check out Colorado State.  He already knew he was going there and I just wanted a day off from school, so we turned it into a sweet road trip.  Ft. Collins seemed like a really nice town but in the end there was no way to justify the out of state tuition.  I got a good laugh when we ended up pisspounding them in the Holiday Bowl.....although my friend never did pay me the case of Natty Lite we bet onthat game.    :chainsaw:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: hemmy on March 26, 2009, 08:44:11 PM
Comp Sci very good bachelors degree. If you know linux (or freeBSD) and one of the derivatives of C++ (C#, java ) you will never be out of work for long. Masters is a bit of a waste of time, and especially money, when it comes to programming. I know a lot of very successful programmers that never went to college or have degrees unrelated to programming. :nerd:

Java is separating itself from C++ rather quickly, at least from what I've seen in my limited time in the workforce.

Besides, the logic you learn in your CS curriculum is the key. Once you have that foundation, you can pick up any language fairly easily.

Ya, you could get just a straight programming job without a degree, but they money is mainly in architect, design, managers, etc.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: AzCat on March 27, 2009, 01:56:41 PM
There are a lot of majors that have a lot of value even if they don't lead to a lot of money.

Once upon a time that was true but now that most liberal arts cirricula are more focused on teaching students what to think rather than how to think it's certainly not true any longer, at least not in a general sense. 

Interesting aside on the concept of college as vocational education: the Harvard faculty initially vehemently opposed the teaching of law at Harvard as they believed it was merely a vocational pursuit and that the university's reputation would be damaged by its inclusion.  They were right of course, law school is merely vocational training, but one wonders if the present faculty would still identify it as such. 

Title: Re: College...
Post by: ksucrcoop on March 27, 2009, 02:26:33 PM
Knowing that I would go to grad school straight out of undergrad before I chose a school, the prestigiousness of my undergrad wouldn't really be an issue. It is name on your latest degree that usually matters most.  So obviously any reasonable sports fan who could go back in time and pick a school to attend, would choose the institution where their fanhood would grow largest.  Thus, I would choose the school that was most successful in sports over the time period I was in college...For me ('03-'07) I would've gone to Florida or USC for obvious reasons.

Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 27, 2009, 02:29:51 PM
i still think texas tech.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: kougar24 on March 27, 2009, 02:31:43 PM
Comp Sci very good bachelors degree. If you know linux (or freeBSD) and one of the derivatives of C++ (C#, java ) you will never be out of work for long. Masters is a bit of a waste of time, and especially money, when it comes to programming. I know a lot of very successful programmers that never went to college or have degrees unrelated to programming. :nerd:

Java is separating itself from C++ rather quickly, at least from what I've seen in my limited time in the workforce.

Besides, the logic you learn in your CS curriculum is the key. Once you have that foundation, you can pick up any language fairly easily.

Ya, you could get just a straight programming job without a degree, but they money is mainly in architect, design, managers, etc.

Consulting, bra, consulting.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Rick Daris on March 27, 2009, 02:43:36 PM
Knowing that I would go to grad school straight out of undergrad before I chose a school, the prestigiousness of my undergrad wouldn't really be an issue. It is name on your latest degree that usually matters most.  So obviously any reasonable sports fan who could go back in time and pick a school to attend, would choose the institution where their fanhood would grow largest.  Thus, I would choose the school that was most successful in sports over the time period I was in college...For me ('03-'07) I would've gone to Florida or USC for obvious reasons.



during the above mentioned time period usc won 1 national championship in fball. florida won 2 national champsionships in fball and 2 in basketball. heck, even lsu has won 2 national championships in fball recently. usc is a joke. you should apologize to florida gator fans and alumni everywhere w/ this nonsense.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 27, 2009, 02:45:32 PM
Knowing that I would go to grad school straight out of undergrad before I chose a school, the prestigiousness of my undergrad wouldn't really be an issue. It is name on your latest degree that usually matters most.  So obviously any reasonable sports fan who could go back in time and pick a school to attend, would choose the institution where their fanhood would grow largest.  Thus, I would choose the school that was most successful in sports over the time period I was in college...For me ('03-'07) I would've gone to Florida or USC for obvious reasons.



during the above mentioned time period usc won 1 national championship in fball. florida won 2 national champsionships in fball and 2 in basketball. heck, even lsu has won 2 national championships in fball recently. usc is a joke. you should apologize to florida gator fans and alumni everywhere w/ this nonsense.

seriously? do you honestly count 2006 and 2008 as national titles?

usc had an undisputed one in 2004. that >>>> florida's crap titles.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Rick Daris on March 27, 2009, 02:52:50 PM
Knowing that I would go to grad school straight out of undergrad before I chose a school, the prestigiousness of my undergrad wouldn't really be an issue. It is name on your latest degree that usually matters most.  So obviously any reasonable sports fan who could go back in time and pick a school to attend, would choose the institution where their fanhood would grow largest.  Thus, I would choose the school that was most successful in sports over the time period I was in college...For me ('03-'07) I would've gone to Florida or USC for obvious reasons.



during the above mentioned time period usc won 1 national championship in fball. florida won 2 national champsionships in fball and 2 in basketball. heck, even lsu has won 2 national championships in fball recently. usc is a joke. you should apologize to florida gator fans and alumni everywhere w/ this nonsense.

seriously? do you honestly count 2006 and 2008 as national titles?

usc had an undisputed one in 2004. that >>>> florida's crap titles.

which one of florida's four major sport national titles in the last four years do you not count?
Title: Re: College...
Post by: fatty fat fat on March 27, 2009, 02:53:52 PM
i don't really care for bball titles.

and your ftball titles were lame. each had a loss. each was mired in controversy.

thanks. american eagle in your face.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Rick Daris on March 27, 2009, 02:59:58 PM


and your ftball titles ...


 :jacko:
Title: Re: College...
Post by: YetAnotherCat on March 27, 2009, 03:20:30 PM
Almost went to tcu, and due to being a complete nerd in HS and an NMS, was getting info from schools all over. Divine intervention resulted in me going to KSU. :thumbsup:

I did consider Carnegie Mellon among other for grad school, but instead just hit the work force. While my biology and theatre degrees really didn't help much stand-alone, the combination resulted in an entry level job that has, with a significant amount of on the job training and work seminars, lead to a decent career so far.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: Kat Kid on March 27, 2009, 03:33:06 PM
Most K-Staters view college degrees as freaking vocational certificates.

There are a lot of majors that have a lot of value even if they don't lead to a lot of money.

K-State is a pretty cynical degree dude.  Embrace it.
Title: Re: College...
Post by: kstate16 on March 30, 2009, 07:31:21 PM
just stop thinking and go to state. its sweet.