Ironworks Forum Class of 2004

[Lord]

Well, I graduated from High School last year . Plus I had my last day of classes as a freshman in college this year, woooooooh!

[True_Moose]

In Calgary, college tends to be more vocational skills, less towards academia. There are a bunch of them here, but only one university. I don't think there are a lot of people who take graduate degrees at them. Also, their entry requirements aren't as stringent, so many people will take a year and then transfer.

[Lord of Alcohol]

Graduating to Life 401 , still sucks have a nice day [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Barry the Sprout]

Like Vask I finish my degree in a few weeks. My finals start on Monday... [img]graemlins/awcrap.gif[/img]

And then I'm going to another university to continue for another year! I'm a real glutton for punishment. But at least it keeps me out of work...

[The Hierophant]

My university studies will conclude on October the 18th! [img]smile.gif[/img] I'm not ready to be a grown-up!!

Congrats to everyone graduating this year!

[ 05-22-2004, 09:45 AM: Message edited by: The Hierophant ]

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by The Hierophant: My university studies will conclude on October the 18th! [img]smile.gif[/img] I'm not ready to be a grown-up!! Congrats to everyone graduating this year!

This is exactly why I'm doing a PhD! Who wants to work already?? But I gotta get a 1st first It all depends on the next few weeks...

[Aelia Jusa]

Originally posted by Vaskez: This is exactly why I'm doing a PhD! Who wants to work already?? But I gotta get a 1st first It all depends on the next few weeks...

Exactly! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Nothing like knowing you can hold off real adulthood for another 4.5 years . Good luck getting your 1st, Vask! I went through that all last year so I know it's a pretty stressful time. Doesn't help either when people are now like 'oh you're so lucky you have a scholarship' - it's not luck, I worked really hard to get that 1st!

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: Exactly! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Nothing like knowing you can hold off real adulthood for another 4.5 years . Good luck getting your 1st, Vask! I went through that all last year so I know it's a pretty stressful time. Doesn't help either when people are now like 'oh you're so lucky you have a scholarship' - it's not luck, I worked really hard to get that 1st!

*cough* yeah I've worked hard, well especially in the last week before each exam Thanks for your well-wishes, much-appreciated [img]smile.gif[/img] I've calculated that I need at least a 67% average this semester (I need 70% course average to get a 1st) so I have a relatively good chance...
What's your thesis title?
I assume your getting scholarship is similar to me getting funding from the research council? Well anyway, they say I'll get it if I get a 1st...

[Aelia Jusa]

It's an Australian Postgraduate Award - basically a living allowance for 3 years. It's cool too, doing a courseword PhD means I don't have to pay for my courses whereas if I'd done a masters I'd have to be paying upfront or taking a student loan to pay for the courses

Wow 70%!! I wouldn't like to make a comparison because I don't know the system or standards of your uni but we needed 85% for a 1st [img]graemlins/awcrap.gif[/img]

Well I don't really have a title at the moment, I suppose I could make something up lol, but basically my research is looking at how skilled readers form new representations of words in memory, with a view to developing strategies to improve the orthographic processing abilities of early high school students.

[Vaskez]

Well let's just say the average grade in any subject is typically 60% so it doesn't seem like you need to get that much higher to get a 1st. However, as you probably know it's a lot harder to gain a few extra percent nearer the top of the scale. Can't really compare, as you say, but typically, only around 5-7 people out of a class of 30 get a 1st. No one ever gets averages higher than the low 80's - and that's very rare, maybe 1 or 2 people a year in a class of 70, so basically, no one would get a 1st if 85% was required and no students would come to the uni It's a careful balance between attracting students by letting them think they have a chance of getting a 1st, and keeping the standards high so that degrees from your uni are actually worth something.

Anyway, here we get a research grant of a set sum, say £10,000 a year (tax free). Then you pay your tuition fees and living expenses from that and keep whatever's left over. Not too bad really [img]smile.gif[/img]

My research is potentially gonna be on Quality of service routing for mobile ad-hoc networks.

[ 05-22-2004, 06:51 PM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]