ed
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There is more to university than a degree.
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ed
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Originally posted by Richard Lee
uni life is fucking ace 
uni work sucks donkey ass through a straw though 
I enjoy doing my uni work, well most of it 
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vibrio
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Originally posted by ed
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Originally posted by Richard Lee
uni life is fucking ace
uni work sucks donkey ass through a straw though
I enjoy doing my uni work, well most of it
I really should start my literature review only 30 pages lol
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stuartmitchell
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no dont do it, university is shite and the prick students will get on your nerves 
Oil's where the moneys at 
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ed
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Oil isn't going to be where the money is for much longer. There won't be any left in a while, and we shouldn't be burning fossil fuels anymore or we'll all die.
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stuartmitchell
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Originally posted by ed
Oil isn't going to be where the money is for much longer. There won't be any left in a while, and we shouldn't be burning fossil fuels anymore or we'll all die.
Theres enough to sustain my working life, thats all I care about I like burning fossil fuels and lots of it
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Originally posted by kz
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Originally posted by corsa808
i think not. dont get me wrong, but its good for some people and not others.
i didnt go to uni and i make £60k+ a year.
why do you drive a corsa 
its my 'fun' car. 1.6 16v on throttle bodies, mostly used for track days.
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andy hirst
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If the degree or course is needed to get the job then yes do it, but dont piss about, get your head down and get the work done or you will regret it.
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Mertin
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imo waste of time
i know a few people who have been without a job for over a year after leaving uni
also f**k having all that debt, and another 4 years of studying and being skint
iv got an interview today for the merchant navy
go out and get a modern apprenticeship if your going for a trade, its the way forward
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Mad Moe
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I done my degree as a day release from work. Fair enough it took me longer but I now have a degree plus experiance. Most people I know who went to Uni are really struggling to find decent jobs, apart from the ones who studied Law and Medicine.
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PaulW
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Originally posted by drax
The course im looking at, and the only one im interested in is
BA Hons, Computer and Video Games. I have the prequisite to get onto this course due to what im studying at the moment, and visited the uni today..
I just dont know if its really worthwhile when I could be earning £20k a year from a full time :/
I'm doing BSc Computer Games Technology at John Moores... not a bad course! tis mainly development & coding of the games, design, hardware specifications, etc.... 4 year course though as its a sandwich course with a year out in industry & only 5 companies out of near a hundred who take people for the year are in the uk! rest are america, etc...
I left college in 1999, and to be honest, i was getting no-where job wise, jus dead end shit & so i decided purely to go uni to better myself & get into something I really enjoy!
But I warn you... they throw you in the deep end on my course, if your shit at programming, or never done anything like that before, dont bother! were already doing pretty mad C++ as it is and i only started in september... coursework 2 for my course (due to be given out in a few weeks) from what all the 2nd year students say, is design, code and test a complete 2d platform game...
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GazBevan
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Originally posted by corsa808
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Originally posted by kz
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Originally posted by corsa808
i think not. dont get me wrong, but its good for some people and not others.
i didnt go to uni and i make £60k+ a year.
why do you drive a corsa
its my 'fun' car. 1.6 16v on throttle bodies, mostly used for track days.
what do you do as a career if you dont mind me asking matey? and how did you get there? cheers 
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Davidp18
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mate do ur course at ucca(KIAD)only down the rd and they do the course u want,course fee's are only just over a grand a yr cos there a university college will cost u feck all compared to goin 2 a fully blown uni
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loo_goblin
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i am just having a fucking ace time, just sumthing in my eyes u have to experience
its a fucking bitch that the tution fees r goin up, as i prob wouldnt of cum to uni this year.
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Butler
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Originally posted by Davidp18
mate do ur course at ucca(KIAD)only down the rd and they do the course u want,course fee's are only just over a grand a yr cos there a university college will cost u feck all compared to goin 2 a fully blown uni
Im at kiad, dont think we do video games ba hons
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loo_goblin
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Originally posted by stuartmitchell
no dont do it, university is shite and the prick students will get on your nerves
Oil's where the moneys at
thats y i am at uni to either go into oil or volcanology
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bradfincham
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i should finish with about 6-8k debt from my uni loan,
With my job aim - team principal for a race team it would take about 30 years to work to that position.
I can finish uni and going in as a number 2 mechanic, engineer of some description and earn 20k to start,
I enjoy my degree, the social side, when i speak to mates back home who work full time doing the same job its quite hard as the level of conversation is quite different.
I have learnt hell of a lot in just 18 months and im off on placement in july 2006. which i need as majority of companies ask for 3 year exp in that field or degree and a placement year!
ALL DEPENDS WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO! 
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bradfincham
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i have a mate who is 21 now, he did a nvq in bricklaying.
He now has 4 people working for him, and builds houses, he build his folks an ace house that he uses as a showroom place and his name has grown from strength to strength, he earns about 35k a year after tax which is pretty goo as has to pay 4 wages from that too!
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quote:
Originally posted by GazBevan
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Originally posted by corsa808
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Originally posted by kz
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Originally posted by corsa808
i think not. dont get me wrong, but its good for some people and not others.
i didnt go to uni and i make £60k+ a year.
why do you drive a corsa
its my 'fun' car. 1.6 16v on throttle bodies, mostly used for track days.
what do you do as a career if you dont mind me asking matey? and how did you get there? cheers
Was thinking exactly the same thing, if you don't mind telling us? And what is your normal daily driver, if the Corsa is for track days?
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vibrio
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Originally posted by Mertin
imo waste of time
i know a few people who have been without a job for over a year after leaving uni
also f**k having all that debt, and another 4 years of studying and being skint
iv got an interview today for the merchant navy
go out and get a modern apprenticeship if your going for a trade, its the way forward
just as well your opinion is worthless
apparently yo never read the comments before. if you require a degree to do the job (e.g mine scientist) then you have to go to uni. if you can afford to go then its a good thing to do but doing a degree without knowning what you want out of it at the end is a bit silly these days.
out of interest what do your friends have degree's in
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M2RTY
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Originally posted by ed
There is more to university than a degree.
social skills, managing time, independance, confidence, managing money etc
[Edited on 29-11-2005 by M2RTY]
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ChazSXi
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im just ending my first semester of my llb commercial law degree and loving the course and the whole uni experience! i dont care about debt as once ur earning it will go very very quickly!!
i have to do a degree to become a solicitor and i should hopefully be earning a nice tidy packet so for me its 100% worth it!
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Butler
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if you get in so much debt, how come you have so much money to throw at a car? is it much debt from fees or just because you decided to take out a fat loan and spend it on goodies?
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Gav S
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Might aswell add to this, I started my Transport + Product design course this september, It's a 4 year course with a placement in the third year.
Out of the mates i grew up with, i'm the only one thats gone to uni because they all believe that it's a waste of money 
While i was at college i worked at Currys part time selling the same stuff everyday, it killed me doing a job that i had no interest in whatsoever and there are people that have worked there for 20 odd years.
So i made the choice to just go for it, i'm still young, got no responsibilities* and I want to drive to work with a smile on my face later on!
I'll come out of uni with 15k of debt yeah, but there are people who spend more than that modifying there cars and get nothing back at the end! At least i'll have had the experience, and met a lot of new friends from allover the world! And get an inch closer to my dream job
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