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Level of education

What's your level of education?

  • Some high school

    Votes: 3 5.9%
  • High school graduate (or GED)

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • Some college

    Votes: 6 11.8%
  • College or trade school diploma

    Votes: 10 19.6%
  • Some university

    Votes: 4 7.8%
  • University degree

    Votes: 22 43.1%
  • Other

    Votes: 5 9.8%

  • Total voters
    51

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What's your level of education?

Just curious to see the demographic around here.
 
I selected Univ. Degree. Almost picked Other. Have a BS and a Masters.
 
Oh, I think there's a difference in the language. In the U.S. you call post-secondary "college". In Canada, "college" refers to schools with diploma programs, and "university" refers to schools with degree programs.

For the purposes of this poll, "college" =/= "university"
 
I posted "Other" because most of the useful stuff I've learned in my life I've done so either through self-teaching, experience, or outside the classroom.
 
Still in high school, so I technically don't have a high school education, or a GED, but I hope to go for a MBA when the time comes.
 
Oh, I think there's a difference in the language. In the U.S. you call post-secondary "college". In Canada, "college" refers to schools with diploma programs, and "university" refers to schools with degree programs.

For the purposes of this poll, "college" =/= "university"
The colloquialisms are pretty interesting between the U.S. and Canada. Universities/colleges are indeed one in the same.....but not at the same time. For instance, I actually went to a particular University college, that is....my major was the particular curriculum within the college that was part of the entire University system. However we also have standalone colleges as well.

Now that I think of it we really do make things too complicated over here sometimes.:doh
 
MA degree, Chico State College (now CSU Chico) 1973.

Holy crap, I'm getting old!
 
Still in high school, so I technically don't have a high school education, or a GED, but I hope to go for a MBA when the time comes.
I'll offer you a piece of friendly advice, treat the MBA degree as a good foundation, but don't forget that the real world and the MBA theoretical aren't always compatible, I have seen way too many M.B.A.'s fail in the real world because they came out thinking they knew everything and couldn't get it in their heads that an employee under you who's been there longer might have perspective that that degree could never provide you with. Good luck though man! Hope the best for you.
 
I'll offer you a piece of friendly advice, treat the MBA degree as a good foundation, but don't forget that the real world and the MBA theoretical aren't always compatible, I have seen way too many M.B.A.'s fail in the real world because they came out thinking they knew everything and couldn't get it in their heads that an employee under you who's been there longer might have perspective that that degree could never provide you with. Good luck though man! Hope the best for you.

Thanks. I've heard from everyone I've talked to that its best to at least work as an intern before going after an MBA, simply because of the work experience of how to apply the theories learned in the class room, so I'll try to avoid being a mainstream MBA.
 
Thanks. I've heard from everyone I've talked to that its best to at least work as an intern before going after an MBA, simply because of the work experience of how to apply the theories learned in the class room, so I'll try to avoid being a mainstream MBA.
You're welcome. Those people are correct, there is no replacement for real world experience.
 
The colloquialisms are pretty interesting between the U.S. and Canada. Universities/colleges are indeed one in the same.....but not at the same time. For instance, I actually went to a particular University college, that is....my major was the particular curriculum within the college that was part of the entire University system. However we also have standalone colleges as well.

Now that I think of it we really do make things too complicated over here sometimes.:doh

There are university-colleges in Canada too. In the lower mainland of BC they were recently all declared universities, so their accreditation status was upgraded automatically by the government. I think it was to absolve the confusion you were talking about.
 
Some college, some university.

I don't know what I want to do and at the same time, I want to do everything.

What I did was look at my innate skills and interest at their most basic. For example, I enjoy building things, solving problems, troubleshooting, and being creative. Then I found a profession that utilized those skills.
 
There are university-colleges in Canada too. In the lower mainland of BC they were recently all declared universities, so their accreditation status was upgraded automatically by the government. I think it was to absolve the confusion you were talking about.

Most universities in the states have multiple colleges within them. For example when I was going to college the first time, I attended the College of Education which was a part of Georgia Southern University. When I went to college the second time, I graduated from the Business College at another university. However in terms of accreditation colleges and universities are pretty much the same.
 
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What I did was look at my innate skills and interest at their most basic. For example, I enjoy building things, solving problems, troubleshooting, and being creative. Then I found a profession that utilized those skills.

I've tried that but I like just about everything.
Engineering, chemistry, finance, economics, and on and on.

I've never had a white collar job, so I'm not sure what I would enjoy the most.

I want to weld/repair automated equipment and do business/personal finance.
I find everything that's geeky fun.
 
I've tried that but I like just about everything.
Engineering, chemistry, finance, economics, and on and on.

I've never had a white collar job, so I'm not sure what I would enjoy the most.

I want to weld/repair automated equipment and do business/personal finance.
I find everything that's geeky fun.

If it were me, I would go with engineering or finance. Then I could make enough money to have some hobbies.
 
There are university-colleges in Canada too. In the lower mainland of BC they were recently all declared universities, so their accreditation status was upgraded automatically by the government. I think it was to absolve the confusion you were talking about.
Maybe so. I deal with a company out of Canada and was warned that when something is being entered into the calculator it actually means computer here, so the above makes sense to me.
 
I'm doing pre-engineering right now but thinking of switching to finance/economics.

Numbers and making stuff is fun.

Have you considered a minor? One of the things that tends to hold engineers back later in their careers is that tend to focus exclusively on the technology they are working with and not enough on the business as a whole. Having a finance minor could give you an edge and possibly more money later on. Plus it would be fun :)

I ended up getting a business degree because the college I went to was 6 minutes from my house and their evening program was either business or nursing (it is a small private college). But now that I know what I know, I realize how valuable it is. Strangely though, learning how businesses operate made me more liberal when it has the opposite effect on most people.
 
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Have you considered a minor? One of the things that tends to hold engineers back later in their careers is that tend to focus exclusively on the technology they are working with and not enough on the business as a whole. Having a finance minor could give you an edge and possibly more money later on. Plus it would be fun :)

Right now the school I'm going to(actually it's on hold for now) is only a two year transfer school.
Technically I'm a chem major but it has all the same/similar classes as Southern Poly Tech engineering program.

I do finance as a hobby but am deeply interested in science because it's fun.
At a crossroads, so I'm not entirely sure.
 
Right now I am in a university, so I picked "some university." I'll graduate in 2 years and then go on to medical/grad school. As of now I am working towards a BS/BA in molecular biology :)
 
I have one more semester to complete for my nursing degree, but I haven't decided when I'm going back.
 
I dropped out after 8th grade, and got a GED.
I hold a CPR certification and a couple of accreditations related to my work.
I consider myself self-educated.
 
Currently attending one of the finer schools in Boston. After that Law School or maybe Masters before Law School.
 
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