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bruf 10.10.13	Best four years of my life
GnFnRs87 10.10.13	I feel it's gonna be the best years of my life too and I've been here for 3 weeks. Where did you study ?
bruf 10.10.13	The University of Derby, by far the most prestigious university in Derby. Looking into MA in the near future. Yourself?
Satellite 10.10.13	post-college life is infinitely better unless u suck
bruf 10.10.13	The post- involves mornings and shit
GnFnRs87 10.10.13	Manchester, not exactly that prestigious but I like the city and the course ..... Getting ridiculously drunk and enjoying any study, about all I could ask for really
Ecksavie 10.10.13	lol undergrad
SrightryEpic 10.10.13	What am I doing wrong.
Ecksavie 10.10.13	Probably picked the wrong subject. I bet these dudes are doing business or some other easy as shit subject whilst you're likely getting shafted by English literature.
SrightryEpic 10.10.13	shafted by physics*
klap 10.10.13	Satellite is so full of shit it's not even funny
Relinquished 10.10.13	physics was hella easy
Ecksavie 10.10.13	lol physics, you daft cunt
bruf 10.10.13	English Lit for me - was a breeze, apart from the dissertation. Manchester is a sweet place, the uni is pretty solid from what I hear.
Ecksavie 10.10.13	Shit, you enjoyed uni whilst doing English lit? Machine, bro. Dissertations are the worst, yup.
Satellite 10.10.13	"Satellite is so full of shit it's not even funny" huh?
Voivod 10.10.13	@ GnFnRs87 Get laid, deliver your homework on time, seek out any exchange student program, and you will have a blast at the university.
bruf 10.10.13	Some moments involving poststructuralism made me weep somewhat, but only inside so it doesn't count
Ecksavie 10.10.13	@Bruf: I totally feel you, anything with the "post" prefix is a piece of shit. Currently still writing the thesis for my MSc in Sociology/Politics at the University of Edinburgh, which means my life is one long existential crisis.
Ecksavie 10.10.13	I'd also like to add "don't go to grad school" to Voivod's excellent advice.
climactic 10.10.13	im not having a good time
klap 10.10.13	"post-college life is infinitely better unless u suck" i mean this comment is so abhorrent that i feel you must be full of shit
RogueNine 10.10.13	Physics is still the worst.
Satellite 10.10.13	so your life is worse now? (i'm assuming you're a college grad)
GnFnRs87 10.10.13	I'm actually doing English and History combined honours, and I really am enjoying it so far .... Then again I haven't actually done a ton of work yet so maybe that'll change ..... Voivod, that is a great plan
klap 10.10.13	yeah, in law school. college most fun 4 years of my life so far
Satellite 10.10.13	you're still a college student, man.
klap 10.10.13	def not the same experience
Satellite 10.10.13	oh certainly not. the "post-college life" i was referring to involves having a career and shit, though. the main thing i remember about college (not that it was more than a couple yrs ago) is being fucking broke constantly. hungry, too. i enjoy having enough money to buy weed AND pay rent without having to work some shit job in my free time. i also hated everything about going to class. all of the rad shit that made college fun is still ongoing for me. that's what i meant.
klap 10.10.13	i think it depends on your college experience then. i have a career too (i only go to school two days/week and am almost done), but college was a lot more free
LambsBread 10.10.13	college is fun.
Ecksavie 10.10.13	@GnFnRs87: First year is a dole, enjoy it while it lasts.
SmersH 10.10.13	...was a complete waste of time.
Chortles 10.10.13	college is bomb agreed, can't believe i'm almost halfway done
anarchistfish 10.11.13	yah it's pretty great so far wondering whether I should've done something like psychology or philosophy instead though
Devolve 10.11.13	I know nobody at my university besides a kid who went to high school with me. I've been told you get the real, actually fun experience if you live on campus...
evilford 10.11.13	College rules agreed
apert 10.11.13	Uni is awesome, but I get like 30 contact hours a week which sucks
mindleviticus 10.11.13	I'm having a great time but I'm broke and have a lot of hw
guitarded_chuck 10.11.13	university was awesome and yeah prob the best years of my life although the post years are way more chill money + free time
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	"yah it's pretty great so far wondering whether I should've done something like psychology or philosophy instead though" HA, well then I'm your man if you have any questions. I did psych at Bath (best course in the country at the time - I think Cambridge do straight psych now though) but found it boring, dropped out at the end of year 1 and am now elbow deep in philosophy at Bristol. Fire away if you want.
anarchistfish 10.11.13	dude you go to bristol? first year?
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	and not to offend anyone, but if someone gives me at least a little reason to begin a rant against psychology I'm going to take it.
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	i do man yeah -this is going to get weird isn't it?
anarchistfish 10.11.13	probably what hall are you in? my flatmate's first year philosophy too
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	Goldney, you? Might have met your flatmate - been pretty sociable so far. Up for putting a name+description here?
anarchistfish 10.11.13	I'm in UH. thena mimmack?
slagun 10.11.13	yeah uni is good, anybody else studying in london?
anarchistfish 10.11.13	nah fuck that, I'm from london but didn't apply to any of the unis there
Buzzkillr 10.11.13	>liberal arts if you aren't doing STEM, good luck using your degree to land a decent job
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	Ah that's cool - all the people I've met from UH seem decent. It's just a shame you guys are in the middle of nowhere. Can't say I've met her - would probably remember a name like that. What are you studying btw?
anarchistfish 10.11.13	stoke bishop's fun, and UH has a great vibe. a lot of people concentrated here, but yeah, we're a bit of the way as a community which is a pain. I have to take the bus like 4 times a day. I'm doing geography with study abroad. Actually I have a lecture in 40 minutes so I should probably sort my shit out soon cos I wanna get some chocolate buttons from sainsbury's first and then I have to find the chemistry lecture hall cos none of our lectures are actually in the geography building all the philosophy students I've met so far are total hipsters, lol
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	"if you aren't doing STEM, good luck using your degree to land a decent job" Well unless your criteria for a decent job is being a doctor or engineer, this isn't true at all. The vast majority of "decent" jobs just require a 2:1 in a decent degree from a decent uni.
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	Well with Bristol + philosophy it was bound to happen, really. It's always funny when we have a lecture (which we do have, occasionally) in the engineering block and it couldn't be more obvious we don't really belong there. Fair enough, hit me up on facebook sometime and we'll meet up.
guitarded_chuck 10.11.13	"Well unless your criteria for a decent job is being a doctor or engineer, this isn't true at all. The vast majority of "decent" jobs just require a 2:1 in a decent degree from a decent uni." yes a degree takes you out of the bottom of the barrel and separates you somewhat but unfortunately a liberal arts degree is just going to put you in a massive pile with everyone else just sayin it's true, real world shi
apert 10.11.13	Yeah Slagun I'm at Imperial, where are you studying?
StrangerofSorts 10.11.13	"yes a degree takes you out of the bottom of the barrel and separates you somewhat but unfortunately a liberal arts degree is just going to put you in a massive pile with everyone else just sayin it's true, real world shi" dunno lad, my experience of friends in the job market suggests the kind of degree you do (as long as it's a "proper" one) is pretty negligible in a lot of cases. Besides, there's a heap more you can do on top of a degree which matters more - work experience etc.
slagun 10.11.13	@apert im at UCL man, which year are you in?
anarchistfish 10.11.13	the type of degree you do isn't very important unless you wanna become a doctor or an engineer or something
anarchistfish 10.11.13	"Fair enough, hit me up on facebook sometime and we'll meet up." lol ok but I got a new account for university and then barely touched it
Buzzkillr 10.11.13	"the type of degree you do isn't very important unless you wanna become a doctor or an engineer or something" which are pretty much the only jobs in demand right now that pay well
anarchistfish 10.11.13	okay
Drummerboy123 10.11.13	"yes a degree takes you out of the bottom of the barrel and separates you somewhat but unfortunately a liberal arts degree is just going to put you in a massive pile with everyone else" And this is when you undertake a masters degree in a more specialized area of your chosen field.
apert 10.11.13	2nd year doing medicine, what about you
Buzzkillr 10.11.13	'okay' nah man we'll see where you're at in a few years
anarchistfish 10.11.13	probably doing alright for myself
guitarded_chuck 10.11.13	"And this is when you undertake a masters degree in a more specialized area of your chosen field." more time and money, but sure if you have plenty of that to spare
guitarded_chuck 10.11.13	"dunno lad, my experience of friends in the job market suggests the kind of degree you do (as long as it's a "proper" one) is pretty negligible in a lot of cases. Besides, there's a heap more you can do on top of a degree which matters more - work experience etc. " the former is p much not true, and yes experience matters, but it has to be relevant experience, of which is hard to get in the first place without applicable education