Where did u go to college?

Krauter · 04-03-11, 12:14 AM

Concordia University for me at the moment.

Major in History (Hoping to finish with a Specialization in Eastern European history, aka Soviet Union and its actions in WW2 and Cold War and the implications this has had on Europe post CW).

Oh and a minor in applied human sciences.

Cheers!

Hottentot · 04-03-11, 12:51 AM

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Major in History (Hoping to finish with a Specialization in Eastern European history, aka Soviet Union and its actions in WW2 and Cold War and the implications this has had on Europe post CW).

Colleague! Well, except that I'm in different university (duh) and my timeframe ends pretty much where your begins. Could be interesting to do some comparison, though.

Krauter · 04-03-11, 01:06 AM

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Colleague! Well, except that I'm in different university (duh) and my timeframe ends pretty much where your begins. Could be interesting to do some comparison, though.

Very true

Will have to try and keep in touch!

Whereabouts are you studying?

CCIP · 04-03-11, 01:38 AM

In Canada, prestige of schools is really pretty relative, and oftentimes it matters more what department, rather than what university, you actually went to. This is a bit contrary to the US' formal prestige of schools as such.

I started off at Brock University - nice school, my best memories are actually of hanging out in the library building perched atop the Niagara Escarpment, from which you could see for dozens and dozens of miles across Lake Ontario on a good day. I started off in Linguistics, but really picked up a whole range of subjects in my two years there - including programming, geography, and a number of history courses.

I then moved to Ottawa due to family circumstances, and transferred to Carleton University. Much the same - nice school, good circumstances to study. I had to commute from far away so my social life was slow and in fact it wasn't until I was about to move away from town that I discovered that I really liked life in Ottawa.

I graduated with a major in Linguistics and minor in History, and continued on to a Masters in Applied Language Studies. Outstanding program - very small, like a well-kept secret, there is just an amazing bunch of faculty working in that department. It was a very different experience from my undergrad studies, where I really learned to think with a practical mindset - not just what I could learn from something in theory, but how I could apply it to real data and real people-to-people communication problems. That still informs my thinking to today.

I graduated and got into the PhD program at the Department of English here at University of Waterloo, a big school further south in Ontario that is famous for its Engineering and Computer Science departments, but not so much english. So far, my experience here so far has been... well, disappointing, really. I won't go into too much detail, but although I found some fantastic people to work with in the university, it's been an uphill battle. I've become very disillusioned with the education system here, and Waterloo as such - despite its massive student population and apparent concentration of wealth and brains in town - is, well, boring. There's really not much to do in town. Fortunately, it's a good environment to work in, and by far the safest and quietest place I've lived or am likely to ever live in. But that's about all I can say for it - and in the last year or so, I've turned to saving as much as I can and traveling out of here regularly to hang out with friends elsewhere. I can work here, yes, but staying here really sucks the life out of me in the long run.

I still like what I do though. Both teaching and working in research fields like medical communication is, in the end, extremely rewarding.

Krauter · 04-03-11, 01:43 AM

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Why not check out McGill? Great university and city

Edit: Brock University eh? You wouldn't happen to know a particular coach there with the last name of Calder would you? That was one of my initial choices for a university but.. differences in how I want to get my education and pursue my sport made me end up here.

Betonov · 04-03-11, 04:46 AM

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In Canada, prestige of schools is really pretty relative, and oftentimes it matters more what department, rather than what university, you actually went to.

Same here

University of Ljubljana, faculty for maritime and transport sciences, nautical department

Jimbuna · 04-03-11, 06:26 AM

Westoe Secondary Modern

mookiemookie · 04-03-11, 06:59 AM

Hottentot · 04-03-11, 02:18 AM

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Very true

Will have to try and keep in touch!

We'd go far too offtopic if we started comparing our sources, methods and such in this thread, but a PM might work.

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Whereabouts are you studying?

Here. The funny thing is that because of history we are occasionally referred to as "the red university" by the people who don't like us. The common idea is that we are all leftists who just steal money from the tax payers for useless research. I don't know about that, but I guess I'm not helping the situation by researching the Soviet Union

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ajrimmer42 · 04-03-11, 02:32 AM

Currently at Sheffield Hallam University in my first year studying Aerospace Technology

In fact I actually only have 2 weeks of my first year left before summer break, we finish proper early for some reason

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