05-21-2004, 09:49 PM | #11 |
Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice
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Well, I graduated from High School last year . Plus I had my last day of classes as a freshman in college this year, woooooooh!
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05-21-2004, 10:22 PM | #12 |
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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.
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05-22-2004, 02:10 AM | #13 |
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Graduating to Life 401 , still sucks have a nice day [img]smile.gif[/img]
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05-22-2004, 09:32 AM | #14 |
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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...
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05-22-2004, 09:44 AM | #15 |
Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom
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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 ]
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05-22-2004, 01:42 PM | #16 | |
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05-22-2004, 04:38 PM | #17 | |
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05-22-2004, 05:19 PM | #18 | |
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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...
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05-22-2004, 05:51 PM | #19 |
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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.
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05-22-2004, 06:49 PM | #20 |
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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 Ł10,000 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 ]
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