Who posts here ?

[pizzaguy]

I do this on all boards I hang out on, but haven't done so here. It's interesting to see what minds are attracted to a particular site.

I will make my vote public: I am currently finishing a two - year electronics degree and have plans to go on to DeVry in Engineering.

SEE POST 14 for explanation of rules and why this post is here!!!!!!!!! This post is not meant to offend or leave anyone 'out'!

[Fazor]

Two-year degree for now. Would love to come up with enough money to go back to school and study physics, but I haven't figured out how I could manage to start from scratch at this point (degree's in Law Enforcement, very little would transfer).

[pizzaguy]

(I'v gotta feeling this will be a very educated bunch!)

[weatherc]

I chose Master's, because I have the credit equivalent of an M.A. (I was once working my way toward an M.F.A., but have since stopped). Since my education has all been in Graphic Design, this level of education doesn't mean a whole lot on these boards, I'm afraid, and I can't help answer many questions here. However, I have always had an interest in science (particularly astronomy), and I do like to read a lot of the stuff that gets posted in these fora.

[Chuck]

I graduated from high school in the top 90% of my class.

After that, I spent June of 1973 at the Brunswick Service Training Center in Muskegon, Michigan learning to maintain and repair the automatic pinsetters that are used in bowling alleys. Does that count as an advanced degree?

[Celestial Mechanic]

I graduated from high school in the top 90% of my class. After that, I spent June of 1973 at the Brunswick Service Training Center in Muskegon, Michigan learning to maintain and repair the automatic pinsetters that are used in bowling alleys. Does that count as an advanced degree?

In Wisconsin it might!

[Mr. D]

I have just finished the first year of a physics degree. A little later than i ought to because i made a few bad choices after school. But i'm finally doing what i actually wanted to do, so it worked out ok!

Oh yea, it's a four year masters degree program. I'm considering going on to do a PHD, but not certain yet.

I'm not sure which option to check in the poll

[Gillianren]

I could have a Master's by now if I weren't bipolar--I so seldom have the concentration to do it and the money to pay for application fees at the same time.

[SeanF]

Who posts here?

I don't.

Okay, I was graduated from HS and went to college for two years but never got a college degree. Does that mean I would have to select "High school education or less"?

[Damien Evans]

I've just started uni, but down here most courses are three years, what should I choose?

ETA: chose four year, after my arts degree I'm most likely to get a dip-ed and teach high school history, so four years total

[Fazor]

2-year degree and 4-year degree don't necessarily corrolate with the number of years you're in the program. The poll should probably instead say, "B.A., B.S., Masters, Doctorate". To be fair, could also include certified programs that don't necessarily translate to a diploma (e.g., my brother was working towards certified electritian, but now he's a tile-setter. That's still education though there's no degree.

[pizzaguy]

2-year degree and 4-year degree don't necessarily corrolate with the number of years you're in the program. The poll should probably instead say, "B.A., B.S., Masters, Doctorate". To be fair, could also include certified programs that don't necessarily translate to a diploma (e.g., my brother was working towards certified electritian, but now he's a tile-setter. That's still education though there's no degree.

In general, I agree Fazor. I originally was asking for COMPLETED diplomas and degrees. LIke me, I am working on a ASEET, but have 26 years in electronics, my CETsr, and FCC License. My professor agrees that I have what amounts to an ASEET in experience, but even I clicked "High School Diploma" 'cause I am asking about what you have FINISHED.

I do not discount the validity of other life learning or experience, but to be fair to my poll (which appears here and on other boards) I want to stick to my rules!

So far, BAUT is ahead of the other two places I posted by poll - just as I expected. But this says nothing about the value of an individual, just how much formal education that the people who are attracted to a particular site have.

Thanks for the responses, and keep em coming!

[Swift]

PhD in Chemistry.
As I often say, that and $7 will get you a cup of coffee.

[Lianachan]

So far, BAUT is ahead of the other two places I posted by poll - just as I expected.

(emphasis mine)

So.... we're in some sort of competition?

[cjl]

High school only, but I am a student, so I'm planning on getting a college degree

Headed off to the University of Colorado (Boulder) for Aerospace Engineering this fall. I'll probably go for a double major in MechE as well

[Samantha Carter]

PhD in Chemistry.
As I often say, that and $7 will get you a cup of coffee.

Agreed, though in my case it's a PhD in geology.

[Vermonter]

I'm in the last year of a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science - focusing on networking and programming.

[Delvo]

Something seems wrong here. It says I've already voted, but I have no memory of that, not even when looking right at the thing, which you'd think would remind me of it! So, although I know what the correct answer is, I suspect that's not the one that got in there with my name attached to it...

Anyway, my correct answer would be Bachelor's in Science. I'm currently working on my second, which will be an Associate's. You might wonder why I'd get the big one first and then get the little one, which seems backward, perhaps even impossible. The answer is that it's only backward if they're in the same subject, and mine aren't; I'm doing a career change from forestry (the first degree) to medical radiology/imaging (the second degree I don't have yet). So I might be the only person around here who's in school right now but whose answer won't change when (s)he's finished!

[Maksutov]

MechE for both degrees. Getting married eliminated any possibility of a Ph.D. campaign.

That was back in the days of slide rules, pencil and paper for calculations and drawings (Mars and vellum), and typewriters for theses, etc. There was a computer, but the school owned it.

[Graybeard6]

The choices don't fit every situation. I earned a BGS in two years at age 35 (1.5 part-time) but I had tested out on the first two years. I later got within two classes and a thesis of an MA in history, but I was unhappy with my University. They kept rejecting my thesis proposals because "that's not the kind of history we want to do." They wanted Southern US social history, I wanted to examine the history of technology in the southern US. Since I had been doing training films while in the army, and getting paid for doing so after I retired, I spent two years getting an associates degree in radio/TV. It was a great time; I had a part-time radio job, the VA paid expenses and then some and my wife had a great job. Right after graduation I was hired as creative director at a local TV station; then reality raised its ugly head. We had a child who wanted to go to college someday, local TV doesn't pay very much (I made more per hour at my part-time radio job), and my wife's industry went into a recession. I was then lucky enough to combine all my background into one and made a good living (and had a good life) developing video training programs.

[Occam]

I've seen others like this and they always leave out one option. I completed secondary school, then went on to complete trade and advanced trade certificates in telecommunications and associated subjects. They don't count as any kind of degree, though.

[damienpaul]

I've seen others like this and they always leave out one option. I completed secondary school, then went on to complete trade and advanced trade certificates in telecommunications and associated subjects. They don't count as any kind of degree, though.

they should though, or the equivalent.

[mike alexander]

Bachelor's and Master's in Chemistry, switched to Pharmacology for PhD.

That was all very long ago, though. But it was a more free-feeling time. Triple bonds hadn't been invented yet, so everything was a bit looser.

[pizzaguy]

I've seen others like this and they always leave out one option. I completed secondary school, then went on to complete trade and advanced trade certificates in telecommunications and associated subjects. They don't count as any kind of degree, though.

Yea, I know. But to be fair to my other forums, I had to make it this way.

I have my FCC License, CETsr, 26 years experience, etc. but I checked "High School" to be consistent. I am finishing my ASEET now and while I could have passed most all tests and "tested out" of over 80% of classes, to get HOPE to pay for it all I have to take every class and lab! As it turns out, I AM learning some stuff I just didn't know - this is turning into more fun than work!

[Swift]

Bachelor's and Master's in Chemistry, switched to Pharmacology for PhD.

That was all very long ago, though. But it was a more free-feeling time. Triple bonds hadn't been invented yet, so everything was a bit looser.

So MIke, you're a Pharmer?

If triple bonds take steroids do they become quadruple bonds?

[Larry Jacks]

** in Math, MA in Space Systems Management, MS in Software Engineering

and a partridge in a pear tree.

[mike alexander]

Swift: indeed they do! Via a hybrid spdfu orbital.

Actually, the barrybond is found extensively in steroids. Unless it's the other way around.

[Paracelsus]

Bachelor's and Master's in Chemistry, switched to Pharmacology for PhD.

That was all very long ago, though. But it was a more free-feeling time. Triple bonds hadn't been invented yet, so everything was a bit looser.

Hey, my PhD is in Toxicology, which is closely related to Pharmacology!

As for the rest, I have a B.S. and M.S. in physics.

[mike alexander]

Hence Paracelsius: The dose doth make the poison.

I asssume?

[Paracelsus]

Yep!

He's my hero, or one of them anyway.