Just got accepted to DeVry University

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: acadia11
You are a 40 year old man working at Mc Donald's. Don't bother with this whole Devry thing, slit your wrist now and save us all the heartache of having to worrying about you
getting out on the streets at night. Better do it quick before you reproduce, if you haven't done so already, if you have we'll certainly all turn a deaf ear if you and your progeny
decide to take a rafting trip down the coloroda river without life vest of course. So long as you promise to bring along that bowing knife to do the deed, you can wear one (your choice), but the kids are on their own. If they make it out alive, well, then I'll say they are fit to join masses unlike their father, the uh ... rapid mobile cuisine technician.

Ban! :thumbsdown:

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
EyeMWing, we're waiting?

I don't feel that you deserve a response to your idiotic statement/question.

Where the fvck else is an 18 year old high school student supposed to live? Can't move out of range of his high school because that'd be entirely too much work to transfer over all the paperwork at that late a stage, the only housing available in that area is going for $700k (brand new mansions).

Please, grow up. You strike me as the kind of person that has no business living away from his parents. Immature, nothing to do but attempt to belittle others from the safety of an online forum with a bajillion members. I've seen you make a constructive post maybe 10 times over the time I've been here. Then again, that is infinitely more than some people, but still, you hardly have room to talk. In other words, you act like a teenager.

Then don't talk sh!t about things you have no fvcking clue about. It's cute that you belittle others in this thread for making something of their lives while you sit in the comfort of a house that you don't pay for, eat food you don't purchase, and get insurance taken care of by your family. Once you 'grow up' like you said I should do (which is a fvcking knee-slapper, thanks), you'll realize the real world is a bitch. Do you know anything about this member's social/economic status? Is it fair to tear down his ambitions because it makes you feel better? I go after people on this forum who I feel need to set outside of their own element and look at things from a different prespective. You are a perfect example. I could go on and on about my own personal life and talk about things that you would sh!t yourself if you had to go through, but I don't feel the need to justify my existance to such a waste of life like yourself. Who the fvck are you to tell people that kind of sh!t when you're 18 years old. You don't even know what the real world is.

I wish this would fit in my sig. Well said.

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: acadia11
You are a 40 year old man working at Mc Donald's. Don't bother with this whole Devry thing, slit your wrist now and save us all the heartache of having to worrying about you
getting out on the streets at night. Better do it quick before you reproduce, if you haven't done so already, if you have we'll certainly all turn a deaf ear if you and your progeny
decide to take a rafting trip down the coloroda river without life vest of course. So long as you promise to bring along that bowing knife to do the deed, you can wear one (your choice), but the kids are on their own. If they make it out alive, well, then I'll say they are fit to join masses unlike their father, the uh ... rapid mobile cuisine technician.

Reading comprehension must be your one of your stronger skills

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP

Originally posted by: acadia11
You are a 40 year old man working at Mc Donald's. Don't bother with this whole Devry thing, slit your wrist now and save us all the heartache of having to worrying about you
getting out on the streets at night. Better do it quick before you reproduce, if you haven't done so already, if you have we'll certainly all turn a deaf ear if you and your progeny
decide to take a rafting trip down the coloroda river without life vest of course. So long as you promise to bring along that bowing knife to do the deed, you can wear one (your choice), but the kids are on their own. If they make it out alive, well, then I'll say they are fit to join masses unlike their father, the uh ... rapid mobile cuisine technician.

Reading comprehension must be your one of your stronger skills

lol I wish this would fit in my sig

 

[acadia11]

You are just mad you couldn't get into Devry.

 

[acadia11]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP

Originally posted by: acadia11
You are a 40 year old man working at Mc Donald's. Don't bother with this whole Devry thing, slit your wrist now and save us all the heartache of having to worrying about you
getting out on the streets at night. Better do it quick before you reproduce, if you haven't done so already, if you have we'll certainly all turn a deaf ear if you and your progeny
decide to take a rafting trip down the coloroda river without life vest of course. So long as you promise to bring along that bowing knife to do the deed, you can wear one (your choice), but the kids are on their own. If they make it out alive, well, then I'll say they are fit to join masses unlike their father, the uh ... rapid mobile cuisine technician.

Reading comprehension must be your one of your stronger skills

You're just mad you couldn't get into Devry.

 

[acadia11]

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!

Don't worry we don't believe you either.

 

[CChaos]

I have a BA in English and I learned programming going to night school at Chubb. I'm a programmer now at the biggest financial services company on the planet and I make double what I made after four years and many promotions at my last job. I did well enough at Chubb that they pretty much hired me as a consultant so they could pimp me out intent-to-hire. My co-workers backgrounds are as varied as recruited straight out of St. John's to a high-school dropout who's been with the company 20+ years. Frankly, I don't know what most of thier credentials are, but most of them probably don't know mine. I can do my job, and that, my friends, is all they care about. Now don't get me wrong, I'd probably be better off if I came out of college with a Computer Science degree 8 years ago, but I didn't and I'm still doing fine.

Luck!

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!

Don't worry we don't believe you either.

Don't worry, you won't be here long.

 

[acadia11]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!

Don't worry we don't believe you either.

Don't worry, you won't be here long.

Are you threatening me!!! Moderator get this man, before, the criminal in him comes out.

I got one question though, "Do you need to get patted on the back everytime you make that golden crispy fry just right"

 

[Kanalua]

got a letter saying I got into Joh MArshall School of Law...I feel like I'm really becoming a part of this thread

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!

Don't worry we don't believe you either.

Don't worry, you won't be here long.

Are you threatening me!!! Moderator get this man, before, the criminal in him comes out.

I got one question though, "Do you need to get patted on the back everytime you make that golden crispy fry just right"

First of all, who were you before you were banned? Second of all, I am not a 40 year old man at McDonalds, I was using it as an example...

Bill

 

[Gibson486]

wow, this thread should have died long ago. And that person who said that all technololgical engineers at Intel have a MS or higer is smoking crack. The industry is beginning to catch on that people are getting their masters to just get them (Jusat liek peopel were getting their Bachelors just to get them). Places like Intel don't hand out jobs to people by school name or school credentials. Sure, a Masters at MIT sounds nice, but they give you this test that only the people who actually know their stuff will pass. Northeastern does coop with Intel and the tests they give to the interns are dumbed down, but are amazingly hard.

<---bitter reject of Intel

 

[SP33Demon]

Good luck, hope you interview well too.

 

[acadia11]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!

Don't worry we don't believe you either.

Don't worry, you won't be here long.

Are you threatening me!!! Moderator get this man, before, the criminal in him comes out.

I got one question though, "Do you need to get patted on the back everytime you make that golden crispy fry just right"

First of all, who were you before you were banned? Second of all, I am not a 40 year old man at McDonalds, I was using it as an example...

Bill

I wasn't working at Md D's that's for sure! You fry peddling pusher.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!

Don't worry we don't believe you either.

Don't worry, you won't be here long.

Are you threatening me!!! Moderator get this man, before, the criminal in him comes out.

I got one question though, "Do you need to get patted on the back everytime you make that golden crispy fry just right"

First of all, who were you before you were banned? Second of all, I am not a 40 year old man at McDonalds, I was using it as an example...

Bill

I wasn't working at Md D's that's for sure! You fry peddling pusher.

Ok, now you're just getting silly

 

[acadia11]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: acadia11

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!

Don't worry we don't believe you either.

Don't worry, you won't be here long.

Are you threatening me!!! Moderator get this man, before, the criminal in him comes out.

I got one question though, "Do you need to get patted on the back everytime you make that golden crispy fry just right"

First of all, who were you before you were banned? Second of all, I am not a 40 year old man at McDonalds, I was using it as an example...

Bill

I wasn't working at Md D's that's for sure! You fry peddling pusher.

Ok, now you're just getting silly

Glad someone finally caught on!!!

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: JuicyLucy
Hahaha don't bother putting it on your resume because once a manager sees "DeVry University" it will go straight in the trash.

Proof? Maybe we should go ask Lockheed Martin or maybe a manager at Intel :roll:

Memo: Lockheed Martin offered me a job as a HS student. I politely declined the offer, but can supposedly just call this guy up at any time and jump on it. I just happened to be talking to one of their HR guys, who was doing some kind of PR thing at school and things came up. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work there.

depends on what you're doing for lockheed.
btw congrats....from what I've heard though about tech schools is that they go more into the practical sides of things but not so much into the theory... my brother was telling me something about that

 

[vtqanh]

This thread is getting huge. I thought we got over this already

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: OrByte
ehh dont worry about these guys trying to bring you down man.

congrats and good luck!

Yeah, congrats.

I get crap about going to Community College. Don't let them get to you. Anyone who is trying to improve his life is ok in my book. Here, you have a beer on me.

:beer:

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
wow, this thread should have died long ago. And that person who said that all technololgical engineers at Intel have a MS or higer is smoking crack. The industry is beginning to catch on that people are getting their masters to just get them (Jusat liek peopel were getting their Bachelors just to get them). Places like Intel don't hand out jobs to people by school name or school credentials. Sure, a Masters at MIT sounds nice, but they give you this test that only the people who actually know their stuff will pass. Northeastern does coop with Intel and the tests they give to the interns are dumbed down, but are amazingly hard.

<---bitter reject of Intel

I believe he was referring to technologists, in which case he is right. Technologists play a very significant role in the analysis of future technology and definition of product roadmaps. It's a position that usually requires a very strong understanding of theory behind complex technology and you won't find many with lesser degrees than a Master's at well-known technology companies. I am an engineer at a company in the industry and the technologists here mostly have PhDs with the few exceptions having at least a Master's.

That said, I don't entirely agree with that all of that poster's premise and would advise other alternatives than Devry with similar entrance requirements.

 

[Ackbar]

Originally posted by: tm37

Originally posted by: alent1234

Originally posted by: Ackbar
I'm in a graduate field with lots of Asian international students, I have to say that few of them impress me. In Physics, if you go to any graduate department in any of the "great" schools and you see who is "making it", it'll probably be the domestic students.

I have spoken with several international students about this, in other countries they emphasize being able to do specific problems. For scientific fields, this skill is eventually useless since your life's work will never be just an old problem out of a book spun a different way. Most international students will admit that they do better in their coursework but lack the innovation in their research. So while they get A's in their classes they may just do average in the most important part of their graduate work, research. If you look at all the great physicists and all the faculty physicists at good schools you'll notice most are schooled in high school/undergrad from a western country. There's a good reason for this... in America, we teach innovation and not characteristic problem solving as other countries emphasize. In the end, no one cares if you can solve a hard problem everyone else has done, that's useless.

I don't want to get into a long argument about this... but trust me, Asian students often do well in coursework then flake out in research. And to those that think I have bias in my argument, let me say that I'm an Asian domestic graduate student so I have nothing against Asian methods of learning... it's just not the optimal one for higher learning, it's fine for high school and even college where all you do is problems out of a book (hence why you see that American schools always losing in standardized tests).

If anyone wants to argue with me about this, PM me since I'm not going to follow this thread.

I have heard this before. Asian students are great at sucking up info from books and regurgitating it for tests. But try to make them do something new and unique and the westerners outshine them.

Great Job generalizing, Reggie White

I, myself, am an Asian-American student in Physics so I can say these types of things from a first person perspective. Obviously everything that I say is going to have an opinion bias in it. But I have spoken with several international students in the past that have expressed this regret for not having the type of innovation that they see that's characteristic of some domestic students. Conversely, many domestic students wish they could compete better with the coursework that seems to be easier for some international students.

Obviously, there are no hard and fast rules. I personally believe that anyone can do well at both being creative and doing well at bookwork. I don't see that those things must be mutually exclusive. But my original point (to the person which I quoted in my first post) was that you can not say that the American education is a joke to international students (we all know how accurate 60 minutes can be sometimes :roll: ). Quite the contrary in fact.

That is all, you may resume your previous programming.

 

[FlyLice]

Unless you go to Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Stanford, MIT, (other Ivy leagues pricks go to less fake Ivys i.e. Cornell, Columbia, etc) it really doesn't matter what college you go to. 30 years from now you'd be in the same place.

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: FlyLice
Unless you go to Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Stanford, MIT, (other Ivy leagues pricks go to less fake Ivys i.e. Cornell, Columbia, etc) it really doesn't matter what college you go to. 30 years from now you'd be in the same place.

I'd have to disagree with that, ofcourse i agree going to devry is a good opportunity for the OP, but you cant be serious if you think going to any top 50/100 school has no advantage at all. Going to a good school has a lot of advantages , besides getting top class education the Alumni connections can be helpful when looking for a job.

I am not putting down the OP for wanting to g ito Devry, but going to a top 50/100 school does have it advantages (ofcourse not as much as going to a IVY)

 

[HAgEEmAH]

Let's do some math here.

Take the amount it will cost to attend 4 years of Devry ($80,000? not sure. don't flame me.)

Also, consider during those 4 years you could have been working full time . Say you only made $10/hour which is approximately $20k/year. Meaning during those 4 years you could've made $80k.

So going to Devry and not going but working full time at $10/hour is a difference of approximately $160k. a lot of money you say? Well, if you think your Devry education will outweigh the $160k, than it's worth it. Think about that point.

Another case in point. Everyone's situation is highly unique. AT members who say they have close to no education/degree and making $100k, sure that's great. Same thing happens on the flip side. You also have to consider the times we live in now and the job market has evolved so much. I have worked for a manager who was from Devry. HOWEVER, he has been there for a while. The job market has changed a lot. When you graduate from Devry, you have to keep in mind you're competing against a feirce competitive class of highly educated students from all the IVY leagues, UCs(if you live in cali), private schools, 4 year public schools, etc. etc. You also have to consider protecting yourself from getting your job outsourced to India where they get paid $4k/year upwards of $20k/year if you have 10-15 years experience and are upper management. A lot(25%) of helpdesk/IT support/remote desktop support/telemarketings jobs will be outsourced in the next 2 years. THe next big country to take our jobs will be China.

If I were you in your shoes, I would not go to Devry. As most people will tell you it is work experience that will get you into a better career. I would in this order, go to a jc, transfer to a 4 year public university. During this time, be agressive in finding a job/internship/co-op/something . Joining ROTC is always an option since they will cover vast majority of your school bills. Joining Air Force ROTC will grant you a starting pay job in the los angeles region at approximately 42k give or take 3k. Look into other options. I agree that Devry is in the business of education. They need people to enroll to pay their teachers , administrators, etc. It's all a big business and I hope you understand that. Universities are also a business, but they will most of the time not compromise on grades or selling students to come. You need to talk to recent(after 2001) Devry grads and see where they are in life. That's my $.22 .

Best of luck.