EE Chats January 2012

2012-01-10 19:21:26

#2376

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5951|Toronto

Poseidon wrote:
A college is specifically for one sect of education. Like a college of engineering, a college of public affairs, etc. A university is a collection of schools and far larger. Not at all the same thing.

Up here a college is like a technical institute with real world applicability as its foremost driving principal. The universities are your standard academic institution (unless you go to a shit school where they only teach undergrads)

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2012-01-10 19:21:53

#2377

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5994

Poseidon wrote:
A college is specifically for one sect of education. Like a college of engineering, a college of public affairs, etc. A university is a collection of schools and far larger. Not at all the same thing.

In the narrow academic sense of the word, yes you are correct. In the larger more socially recognized lexicon people use college and university interchangeably. I would wager that college is used more often than university when people are talking about universities anyway.

2012-01-10 19:23:29

#2378

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6946|Long Island, New York

Pochsy wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
A college is specifically for one sect of education. Like a college of engineering, a college of public affairs, etc. A university is a collection of schools and far larger. Not at all the same thing.
Up here a college is like a technical institute with real world applicability as its foremost driving principal. The universities are your standard academic institution (unless you go to a shit school where they only teach undergrads)

Bit different here. Like I said, I belong to the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs up at my school... but my actual school is the University at Albany. People just say "I'm going to college" as an expression like they would call a group of people "guys" even if there's females. Same concept. But they are not at all the same thing. There is a "Harvard College", but it's located within "Harvard University".

2012-01-10 19:24:36

#2379

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6946|Long Island, New York

Macbeth wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
A college is specifically for one sect of education. Like a college of engineering, a college of public affairs, etc. A university is a collection of schools and far larger. Not at all the same thing.
In the narrow academic sense of the word, yes you are correct. In the larger more socially recognized lexicon people use college and university interchangeably. I would wager that college is used more often than university when people are talking about universities anyway.

Well you did say they were synonymous, indicating that they were both essentially the same word for the same definition, of which they're not. Yes, I'm being meticulous.

2012-01-10 19:25:05

#2380

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,991|7040|949

It's interchangeable. Most universities have 'schools' as in the 'Cockrell School of Engineering' or 'Kennedy School of Government'.

2012-01-10 19:26:01

#2381

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5951|Toronto

Poseidon wrote:
Pochsy wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
A college is specifically for one sect of education. Like a college of engineering, a college of public affairs, etc. A university is a collection of schools and far larger. Not at all the same thing.
Up here a college is like a technical institute with real world applicability as its foremost driving principal. The universities are your standard academic institution (unless you go to a shit school where they only teach undergrads)
Bit different here. Like I said, I belong to the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs up at my school... but my actual school is the University at Albany. People just say "I'm going to college" as an expression like they would call a group of people "guys" even if there's females. Same concept. But they are not at all the same thing. There is a "Harvard College", but it's located within "Harvard University".

My university is also has 7 constituent colleges, but nobody every says they're from "college". I attend University College, and only ever tell people who are within the school and would know what the hell I mean.

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2012-01-10 19:27:05

#2382

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6720

I really should have taken this

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2012-01-10 19:29:27

#2383

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5951|Toronto

bugz wrote:
I really should have taken this

Sucks that you get absolutely no choice in courses. I guess some people like knowing what's to come.

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2012-01-10 19:30:31

#2384

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6720

I guess one benefit if I took it now is my diploma counts toward a year's worth of credits.

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2012-01-10 19:32:10

#2385

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5951|Toronto

bugz wrote:
I guess one benefit if I took it now is my diploma counts toward a year's worth of credits.

My cousin did the same thing with accounting at the University of Windsor. I would do it; a degree is a must for the most part.

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2012-01-10 19:33:20

#2386

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6720

Better yet, I'll get a job and see if they will pay for it

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2012-01-10 19:35:37

#2387

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5951|Toronto

bugz wrote:
Better yet, I'll get a job and see if they will pay for it

Only problem with that is they usually demand you sign a contract stating that you will remain with the company for 2-4 years after the completion of your degree. If you leave you are forced to pay back a large percentage of the cost yourself.

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2012-01-10 19:41:23

#2388

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6720

I'll see how the next 6 months or so pan out. If I can't find a decent job by mid-summer, I'll definitely consider the degree.

It's nice being done college and not having any debt...the thought of a loan for a Uni program kinda scares me

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2012-01-10 19:43:17

#2389

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6946|Long Island, New York

All this talk of school reminds me that even with a year done, I still won't graduate until Spring of 2015.

2012-01-10 19:52:27

#2390

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6110|College Park, MD

god I can't wait for fucking winter break to be over! i'm so damn bored! thankfully I've got this date on thursday and my roommate is throwing a party on friday.

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2012-01-10 19:53:39

#2391

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5951|Toronto

I will also experience the joy of a debt-free twenties after graduation thanks to a cushy summer municipal government job.

And Poseidon, those years will go by very quickly. Don't be in a rush to give up a near no-responsibility life!

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2012-01-10 19:57:41

#2392

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,746|7145|Cinncinatti

hurri why do you have so much time off

2012-01-10 20:08:39

#2393

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6110|College Park, MD

no fuckin' idea rick, i know quite a few state schools have these really long breaks. some folks do winter semester but i really didn't wanna do that, especially since there weren't many classes relevant to my major.

2012-01-10 20:17:39

#2394

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5994

RU starts back up on the 17th. Next year it starts off on the 22nd. We do have winter sessions too.

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2012-01-10 20:18:52

#2395

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,746|7145|Cinncinatti

we dont. dont know any place nearby that does

2012-01-10 20:24:38

#2396

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6110|College Park, MD

well that tends to happen in oGAYo

2012-01-10 20:25:58

#2397

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,746|7145|Cinncinatti

at least im not in cleveland or....kentucky

2012-01-10 20:29:37

#2398

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6110|College Park, MD

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2012-01-10 20:32:19

#2399

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,746|7145|Cinncinatti

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2012-01-10 20:37:57

#2400

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5766|London, England

Poseidon wrote:
A college is specifically for one sect of education. Like a college of engineering, a college of public affairs, etc. A university is a collection of schools and far larger. Not at all the same thing.

Within a university system, yeah. A standalone college doesn't offer masters/doctorates.

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