So, how many of you are still undecided on a college major?

[Shinobi128]

Despite me, you, and Station being nice blokes, I wonder if Stone would hire us? We all went to CC to get out our basics, and do any of you plan on going to one of those wonder schools? Hell could station go with that BS on his record now?

OMG NO JOBS FOR US

Doubt it.

I guess we're screwed then.

[Regus]

I'm another community college kid. Thank god I wasted my time pursuing computer science at a cheap CC than at an expensive four year school. I flushed a year down the toilet programming, when that didn't work out I switched to graphic design, which has proven to be rather enjoyable. My only problem now is figuring out where I want to transfer to. I'm not worried about having a CC on my resume though, since in the art field its your portfolio thats important.

I worked as a graphic designer for about 4 year

Do you have any advice you'd like to share?

[Fe 26]

I'm another community college kid. Thank god I wasted my time pursuing computer science at a cheap CC than at an expensive four year school. I flushed a year down the toilet programming, when that didn't work out I switched to graphic design, which has proven to be rather enjoyable. My only problem now is figuring out where I want to transfer to.

Well make sure to check out the school you plan on going to first. And I mean, really check them out, go as far to ask students who are the good teachers, who are the bad teachers, what problems they have ect.

I didn't go that far myself and I'm paying for it. About 3000 bucks for two fucking classes. The rest I am failing or had to drop.

Please for the love of God, make sure the college you go to is competent in what you are going to take classes in.

On another note, does anyone know a web site that I can put in a State and it will give me all the colleges for that state?

I need to find a college that offers a 5 hour calc during the summer

[lithium]

Do you have any advice you'd like to share? (regarding graphic design)

You have to love it. Merely liking it doesn't cut it. Designers put in very long hours. Especially as deadlines approach, or attempting to win contracts. I worked at the Field Museum in Chicago designing exhibits. As opening day of an exhibit approached, my days would go from 8 up to about 14+ hours. Working weekends too. Unpaid. You can also get sent on press checks at say 3 in the morning (printing presses run 24/7, they're too expensive to lay dormant). And if something is wrong, be prepared to spend the wee hours of the morning fixing it. Lots of fun

And you have to be really good. A designer that can nail it (or come close) right off the bat is the one who will rise.

Oh, and have a thick skin. Chances are your boss will cut down crap designs without even batting an eye, there's just not enough time to pussy foot around. Clients can be even more brutal. If you love a design and know it's right, be prepared to fight for it if the client hates it. Speaking/people skills are quite helpful.

But basically just love it and you're fine. Graphic designers eat and breathe the stuff.

[Jetman]

http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

Try this one IronPlant.

I'm in the same boat as a lot of you other guys on trying to decide a major. Im interested in the Engineering field (mechanical/electrical) but by god I hate math, I mean really, Ive always hated math and am rethinking my major because of that alone - I've struggled up through Calculus I and am dreading Calc 2 and beyond. That and unlike a lot of you here Im not artistically inclined so drafting ( I know CAD is all that is used nowadays but still) just pisses me off.

Choices,choices,choices. Im in the military currently and am struggling with whether or not I should get out and pursue a degree like Ive wanted too , or just keep trudging along in the enlisted force - which is steady pay, long hours and constant possibility of deployment sucks, but as long as you dont due anything ridiculously stupid you dont have to worry about getting laid off or anything like that.

Have any of you guys considered going into the military with your degrees? With a bachelors you can get in as an Officer(regardless of major - Ive seen officers with degrees in French) and make some decent cash flow - and boss dudes like me around in the process.

[station82o]

Despite me, you, and Station being nice blokes, I wonder if Stone would hire us? We all went to CC to get out our basics, and do any of you plan on going to one of those wonder schools? Hell could station go with that BS on his record now?

OMG NO JOBS FOR US

Well the 'academic probation' crap I have will be over once I get my GPA at a 2.00 or above, which I'm like two classes of B's away from doing (though I tend to make A's these days... haven't failed a class since 2001 ) - and then I'll be clear and it won't really make much of a difference when I eventually earn my degree. It was a result of me being 18 and taking on too much too soon (new apartment, new car, new job, new school and new responsibilites all in one week!) and suffering for it - that was a miserable time but from 2002 and onwards everything's been much better.

As far as the community college thing, well, I'd hope that no one would care (actually I dont think you'd even have to put it on a resume, since your degree would be from University of yadaadayada), but if they do well fuck em. Stone's posts were interesting, and I already knew some of what he was talking about in the hiring process, and it may sound immature, but I think I already know thats not the kind of place I'd want to work anyway, and not the type of person I could mold myself into being. Station can't really see himself working in a corporate environment like that.

[Fe 26]

http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

Try this one IronPlant.

I'm in the same boat as a lot of you other guys on trying to decide a major. Im interested in the Engineering field (mechanical/electrical) but by god I hate math, I mean really, Ive always hated math and am rethinking my major because of that alone - I've struggled up through Calculus I and am dreading Calc 2 and beyond. That and unlike a lot of you here Im not artistically inclined so drafting ( I know CAD is all that is used nowadays but still) just pisses me off.

Well if you do consider going into Engineering, try your best to get good Calc teachers. I"ve said this before, and I'll say it again, look into that. Do not assume because it is a big 4 year school that thier math department is good, do not assume becuase their math department says their teachers are good that they are. Do not trust them, they lie, they want your money and your time.

Ask the students about who is good, and who isn't. Ask them why they feel that way. Ask them how they learn the best and how that relates to that teacher.

If you get a bad calc teacher you can't learn under ever second of your life will make you wish for death. You will dread the class and the work. You will eventually quit doing the work, give up and then fail. Which would waste a good bit of your time and money.

Hmm, you wouldn't have a site like that with community colleges now, would you?

[Brisco Bold]

WOO HOO! I think I got a job in Sudbury for the 4 months of the Summer animating for a Canadian cartoon called Chilly Beach!!! Now I have to live in Sudbury for 4 months.

Congrats. Pity about the Sudbury thing.

[Rocca]

I still havent decided on what to do, I have a couple ideas, but it's a less of a deal if I screw up then if any of you do.

[Lobo]

I'm doing the community college thing and then hopefully heading to the NC State School of Architectural Design. I want to get my masters, and then work for an established firm for a while. Then, hopefully after a while, I can start up my own operation.