End of the semester is here! Where are you going to college?

Pure It · 05-12-2009, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan in PA

At Penn State LV for chemical engineering, and hoping to transfer to Lehigh U. in 2010.

Nice to see another chemE here.

just4kickz · 05-13-2009, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan in PA

Meh. I want to stay close to home. I like the campus, they have a good engineering program and it is close to home. I am not going to live there and I don't party.

well its definitely a nice area from what i remember, except for the whole school on a hill thing. i remember sweating my ass off walking up that hill to help my sister move in.

Sam12345 · 05-13-2009, 02:27 AM

4 weeks to go, going to Santa Monica College next year for a year, then transffering to hopefully USC

DougLikesBMW · 05-13-2009, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by synclastica_86

This post dredged up my memory of graduating high school. A lot of my fds had plans... big plans... majoring in this minoring in that... law school in harvard... med school in johns hopkins. But most of them revolve around a single goal: getting rich. Is that really that important? Is that the sole purpose of college? If getting rich is all they want, why waste the 4 yrs in college? A lot of successful people didn't get to where they are through college. Wouldn't them be better off gaining real world experience instead?

Don't get me wrong... I love college. But I don't choose to go to a college that can make me rich. I picked mine for historical reasons. Because a particular experiment is performed there (Michelson Morley at Case western reserve university... physics majors should know). I just love what I learn... my purpose there is simply to understand how our universe work (and the parties of course). Am I stupid for thinking this way? Am I just not mature enough?

Well my goal is to be successful. I want to run my own business, and yes a benefit of my end goal (being successful) is also being wealthy. I'd like to be able to buy that Ferrari F430 instead of just drooling on my keyboard when I look at it on the internet. I'd like to be able to go to an exotic place in the world rather than just dream about it when I see pictures.

Understanding how our universe works must be freakin interesting as hell, I know it intrigues me. However, I don't understand why you are asking if you're stupid for thinking "this way".

Dan in PA · 05-13-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by just4kickz

well its definitely a nice area from what i remember, except for the whole school on a hill thing. i remember sweating my ass off walking up that hill to help my sister move in.

Yeah, the hill does tire you out after a while. The campus looks great when the landscaping starts to grow...

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Originally Posted by Pure It

Nice to see another chemE here.

Likewise!

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