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2008-10-22 12:00:37
Brasso
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RAIMIUS wrote:

If you want to try to convince them otherwise, there are several groups which would be very happy to discuss your parents' concerns.  That assumes you really want to pursue this.  I don't know how important it is to you.
Well, after thinking about it, I think it would be a little hypocritical of me to fight for a cause I don't believe in.  I was under the impression that I would be helping our country's citizens, like those glorious ads on TV play the NG out to be, saving hurricane victims and such.

God Save the Queen wrote:

Im talking about the stribng of deployments that will make getting a degree on time impossible
that's a good point; i'm not sure if it will be wise to serve at all anymore.

jord wrote:

How old are you? If my parents told me I couldn't join the military I'd give them a big fuck you, they should support my decision. Military life is hard enough with the support of family, never mind without it.

And if you're getting degrees in engineering you're not going to be on the front line getting shot at all the time like you parents might think.


Just some of the time...
16 - i guess it's different when your parents only have one child.  i'm always with my friends and such, never "spending time" with my parents, and i feel a bit guilty about it.  i don't want to disappoint them even more.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2008-10-22 12:35:52
VicktorVauhn
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FEOS wrote:

VicktorVauhn wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

FEOS, does ROTC pay for college?


I know the NG does, but thats if you want your 4 year degree to really be an 8 year degree.
He wants an engineering degree... It will be pretty close to that anyways

Mechanical ftw. Get to play with WAY more cool shit then others.
Meh. Five years instead of four...unless he wants to minor in professional studenting.
Are you an ME student?
2008-10-22 13:40:36
Ender2309
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i spent some time talking with an ROTC recruiter over the summer.

if you want to pursue graduate school, don't go ROTC, unless you're majoring in law or medicine. they let you do four years of college (and pay for ALL of it) and then you're theirs. you CAN go straight into the army corps of engineers, and being an alumnus from there is like wearing a big badge that says hire me.
2008-10-22 19:34:53
FEOS
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VicktorVauhn wrote:

FEOS wrote:

VicktorVauhn wrote:


He wants an engineering degree... It will be pretty close to that anyways

Mechanical ftw. Get to play with WAY more cool shit then others.
Meh. Five years instead of four...unless he wants to minor in professional studenting.
Are you an ME student?
No, my degree is in EE. My roommate's was in AE with a minor in ME and he graduated in five, just like me.

If it takes someone 8 years to earn their undergraduate degree--in ANY discipline--they are either not going full time or they are fucking off intensely...or both.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
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2008-10-22 20:04:31
icecold2510
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O shit, your an only child also?  I'm an only child and it's a hard decision. I want to do infantry.

Right now, I'm doing PT every Tuesday and Thursday with my Army recruiter (Future Soldier program) to get ready for basic.  I haven't signed yet since I'm still a junior. 
I took the practice ASVAB and scored a 71.  High enough to get airborne and Ranger school in my contract.

Sorry so off topic...
2008-10-22 21:11:24
VicktorVauhn
Member
+319|6843|Southern California

FEOS wrote:

VicktorVauhn wrote:

FEOS wrote:


Meh. Five years instead of four...unless he wants to minor in professional studenting.
Are you an ME student?
No, my degree is in EE. My roommate's was in AE with a minor in ME and he graduated in five, just like me.

If it takes someone 8 years to earn their undergraduate degree--in ANY discipline--they are either not going full time or they are fucking off intensely...or both.
I wasn't insisting that it was 8 years, that was a joke... but it is pretty much 5 MINIMUM, at least at my school. The advisors pretty much laugh at anyone thinking they will do it in 4, and 5 is if you plan it out perfectly, pass every class first time round, and get into every class you try for.
2008-10-23 05:08:53
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
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1) Mechanical - Its wide ranging, you can branch out into other areas later
2) Right choice, in hindsight should have gone more for heavy engineering than manufacturing but it was the correct decision at the time
3) Plenty of room to grow
4) Double the average wage, hoping to get to triple
5) Generally no, engineering works on graduate intake
Fuck Israel
2008-10-23 05:13:15
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,824|6557|eXtreme to the maX
If it takes someone 8 years to earn their undergraduate degree--in ANY discipline--they are either not going full time or they are fucking off intensely...or both.
A former friend of mine took 10 years to get a pass.
Now he runs an aged care home, and juggles in the street for extra cash.
Stay off the drugs.
Fuck Israel

 

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