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[color=Blue]Question 1: I decided to NOT attend college because... (Pick up to three.)[/blue] | 2 | 4.88% | |
I couldn't afford it. | 2 | 4.88% | |
I didn't really know enough about it as an option. | 2 | 4.88% | |
I had a good career/job opportunity that was immediate. | 1 | 2.44% | |
School is not a strength of mine. | 1 | 2.44% | |
I was tired of being in classrooms. | 1 | 2.44% | |
I didn't really know how to apply/get a major/etc. | 0 | 0% | |
No one in my family supported college as a choice. | 1 | 2.44% | |
I had no role models to guide me. | 1 | 2.44% | |
I wanted to earn money quickly. | 2 | 4.88% | |
I think college is a big scam. | 0 | 0% | |
I wanted to move against the herd of other people going to college. | 0 | 0% | |
I went straight to the NBA. | 0 | 0% | |
When your dad's a billionaire, you don't have to go to college. | 0 | 0% | |
Other (Please specify.) | 2 | 4.88% | |
[color=Blue]Question 2: I picked my college because... (Pick up to three.)[/blue] | 11 | 26.83% | |
Tuition was cheap (when combined with any loans). | 10 | 24.39% | |
I got good scholarships/grants to offset costs. | 10 | 24.39% | |
It was close to my/my parents' home. | 8 | 19.51% | |
It was comfortably distant from my/my parents' home. | 5 | 12.20% | |
I had a sibling/friend/other person who sold me on the school | 2 | 4.88% | |
It had a great academic reputation for my chosen degree. | 9 | 21.95% | |
Companies I wanted to work at do a lot of hiring from that school. | 3 | 7.32% | |
The school had a prestigious name/overall reputation. | 6 | 14.63% | |
It was the only school that accepted me. | 0 | 0% | |
The campus was really attractive/inviting. | 5 | 12.20% | |
It was in a town that I liked. | 4 | 9.76% | |
There were good housing options. | 1 | 2.44% | |
It seemed like there were friendly people there. | 0 | 0% | |
Their brochures/materials/web site gave me a good impression. | 0 | 0% | |
They had a sports team that I wanted to play on. | 1 | 2.44% | |
They had a sports team that I wanted to watch. | 3 | 7.32% | |
The social atmosphere was desirable (i.e., party school, non-party school). | 10 | 24.39% | |
The campus was about the right size (large, small, etc.) | 5 | 12.20% | |
The student/instructor ratio and other quality measures were good. | 5 | 12.20% | |
The school had professors who were prominent in their field. | 0 | 0% | |
I had friends who were going to go there. | 6 | 14.63% | |
Someone else made the decision for me (parent, counselor, etc.) | 4 | 9.76% | |
It was the only school I knew of with the particular degree/classes I wanted. | 1 | 2.44% | |
....Other Responses.... | 2 | 4.88% | |
I'm not old enough yet to make a college decision. | 1 | 2.44% | |
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05-03-2009, 02:44 PM | #2 |
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bifurcated as in two types of fur or the other bifurcated.
My cat ed is bifurcated. He is adaptable to most climates. no i did not attent college.
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05-03-2009, 02:49 PM | #3 |
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I went to MU as a Journalism major.
1. Top Journalism school 2. Big school (social aspect) 3. In-state so I could use my Bright Flight scholarship. |
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05-03-2009, 02:55 PM | #4 |
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I went to technical school for a year and a half, and what I went for has absolutely nothing to do with my occupation of almost 20 years, but hey, at least I know what a Faraday Cage is.
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05-03-2009, 03:05 PM | #5 |
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I graduated from Friends University. And yes, that IS the name of the school. In retrospect, it was awfully expensive and I'm not using my degree. Weeee!!!!!
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05-03-2009, 03:08 PM | #6 |
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05-03-2009, 03:42 PM | #7 |
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05-03-2009, 04:04 PM | #8 |
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To paraphrase Clemons: Reports of my edjamacation are widely exaggerated.
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05-03-2009, 04:09 PM | #9 |
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05-03-2009, 04:13 PM | #10 |
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You're on the wrong track.. They choose 'Friends University' over ' Quaker State'.
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05-03-2009, 04:13 PM | #11 |
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It was cheap, close to home, and had good housing options (I could live at home). I went to Missouri State back when it was SMSU. I did not graduate.
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05-03-2009, 04:26 PM | #12 |
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Chose a college but left because it wasn't for me. Eventually went to technical school for a more specialized training in what I had an interest in.
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05-03-2009, 04:39 PM | #13 |
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I went to UNI because my girlfriend went there, and nothing else was really attractive to me (except her, of course).
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05-03-2009, 04:40 PM | #14 |
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Three stints,
First time 'round, Truman State nee Northeast Missouri State; Hard Push on their standing, credentials Low tuition, coupled with my Bright Flight and their scholarship, which amounted to me paying not one red cent for my undergrad degree. Law School, Washington University. It was between WashU, Tulane and Michigan [got in those three, but not KU, go figure, maybe I 'phoned it in' on my KU app or something]. Chose WashU as it was close to my GF [well, technically she was still at Truman, but her parents lived in the 'burbs] and it wasn't light years away from the family. Going back to undergrad for a hard science degree [long story, always wanted to get into Patent Law, pops is a EE, I have a lot of practical experience in engineering and how things work, but no one advised me I needed an actual degree, so I started out at a decent firm that went to shit shortly thereafter, and the founding partner is presently incarcerated, which in turn flung me into the stultifying world of Worker's Comp for nearly a decade until I said 'eff it, I gotta do what I need to do to do what I want to do.' BTW - apologies RM, but I guess this'll have to suffice as a reply to your PM, which I forgot about until now. So I'm at UMSL, and the primary reason is they have a joint degree with WashU where I get instruction from and use of the facilities of WashU, at instate tuition rates.
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05-03-2009, 04:41 PM | #15 |
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I chose other.
I hate to admit I picked a college for the absolute dumbest reason. A girl. Yes, I was an idiot. |
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