Just curious.....(poll)

[seeker007nmss]

With threads about education, I was wondering how much ledgies had?

[DavidMn]

I went to Community college for a year and a half, but unfortunate;y I didnt graduate.

[gldstwmn]

College, didn't graduate.

[jannieC]

Everyone pretty much knows this, but I just graduated in 2004 (at the ripe age of 36) with my BS in Psychology and start grad school this August for my masters in Clinical Social Work.

[irishgrl]

Bachelor's in Political Science with a Paralegal Certificate and some law school.(until my daughter had a breakdown)

I was on track for my Master's but the class schedule didnt fit with my son's visitation schedule

[seeker007nmss]

Graduate degree with multiple undergrad degrees. (okay book nerd here) :D
None of which lead to high paying jobs ....:thumbsup:

[paleshadow]

BA English. I'm about to go back for a BS in Technology Management.

[DavidMn]

I thought I was kind of a loser with the lack of edcuation that I had until I saw all these people with big time degrees getting laid off. I remember one time eating at this resturant and our server had a MBA. no work though. Felt bad for the guy.

[seeker007nmss]

I thought I was kind of a loser with the lack of edcuation that I had until I saw all these people with big time degrees getting laid off. I remember one time eating at this resturant and our server had a MBA. no work though. Felt bad for the guy.


Of the 8 people who I stayed in contact with from Grad school, I am the only one with an MBA that didn't get laid off. And I don't use the degree in my job.

[DavidMn]

Of the 8 people who I stayed in contact with from Grad school, I am the only one with an MBA that didn't get laid off. And I don't use the degree in my job.Exactly. I think if you let thoughts of money consume you, youre going to end up very unfullfilled.

[seeker007nmss]

Exactly. I think if you let thoughts of money consume you, youre going to end up very unfullfilled.

I am now just taking now what I want for the fun of it. (less pressure)

MBA Marketing
BA Mass Communication
BA Graphic Design
BFA - Working on right now

Minors:
Art
Computer Science
Archeology
Mathematics
Theatre

Once you whack out one degree, the prereqs' transfer to the others, so takes less time. Want to finish degree in some of the minors at some point.

[skcin]

I have an A.A.S. and a B.S. in nursing.

Oh, and I'm a certified CPR instructor for the AHA. :thumbsup:

[ontheEdgeof17]

BS in Nursing with a minor in Health Care Administration.


Masters soon....

[DavidMn]

BS in Nursing with a minor in Health Care Administration.


Masters soon....I am very impressed with the education you've gotten in such a short time. Youre no dummy either in picking the health care field to work in. Good jub security.:nod:

[seeker007nmss]

Everyone pretty much knows this, but I just graduated in 2004 (at the ripe age of 36) with my BS in Psychology and start grad school this August for my masters in Clinical Social Work.

I bet you used us Ledgies for a few Psych papers! :D :laugh:

[DavidMn]

I bet you used us Ledgies for a few Psych papers! :D :laugh:Oh the papers that could be written on that subject.:laugh:

[seeker007nmss]

I am very impressed with the education you've gotten in such a short time. Youre no dummy either in picking the health care field to work in. Good jub security.:nod:

Shortage of health care folks. You will do very well. :nod:

[seeker007nmss]

Oh the papers that could be written on that subject.:laugh:


Volumes and Volumes. And a few Doctoral Disertations Too!

[Brwn_eyes0511]

some college..

i get bored easily.. especially when i still have no clue what i want to do.. and when my mind was simply on drinking the hours away at the time when i first went away to a 4 year college..

oops.

[DrummerDeanna]

I have my BA in Journalism. I will go back to graduate school, I just don't know where or for what at this point. But once I hit the five year experience mark in my field I will be eligible for some amazing fellowships!

Also one day I plan to invent something that will magically erase all of Mariah Carey's catolgue from the planet. There will be no recollection that she ever existed and it will win me the Nobel Prize.

[David]

With threads about education, I was wondering how much ledgies had?
I have no education, but I have a chunk of schooling, up through college & post-grad. What a nightmare, is all I can say. :shocked: :eek:

[cliffdweller]

Master's degree in Germanic languages and literature.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Master's degree in Germanic languages and literature.


Guten Tag :)

[amber]

I have soooo much college, and so few degrees (none).:laugh:
I'll have my Paralegal AA December 2006, though.

[cliffdweller]

Guten Tag :)

:laugh: Danke schön!

[SuzeQuze]

I have soooo much college, and so few degrees (none).:laugh:
I'll have my Paralegal AA December 2006, though.

That rocks!!! And it'll be here before you know it.

I have a bachelors in psychology. Yes, its true that those of us who go into psych are nuts. :p I don't use my degree formally although it didn't hurt to learn all that stuff about human behavior and such.

Oh yeah, Maria if you want to do well on papers make them longer than the minimum requirement. Mine always wound up about 20 pages which is kind of insane but they were all As. Of course they were also mostly all-nighters which I do NOT recommend.

I once lost a paper on my computer that I'd worked on all night. That sucked. But the professor gave me an incomplete and I submitted the paper the following semester, that was cool of him.

[JazmenFlowers]

Master's degree in Germanic languages and literature.
I can still count in German and I know birthday is geburtstag. that's bout all I remember.

I have a BA in English, minor in Spanish; some grad experience in English and I am a "grandfather'd" paralegal.

[JazmenFlowers]

some college..

i get bored easily.. especially when i still have no clue what i want to do.. and when my mind was simply on drinking the hours away at the time when i first went away to a 4 year college..

oops.
I thought you were going to be a paralegal or an attorney? weren't you supposed to intern/clerk for someone?

[cliffdweller]

I have a BA in English, minor in Spanish; some grad experience in English and I am a "grandfather'd" paralegal.


I thought you were going to say, "and I'm a grandfather!" and i was going to have to do a big :eek: :shocked:

:laugh:

[JazmenFlowers]

I thought you were going to say, "and I'm a grandfather!" and i was going to have to do a big :eek: :shocked:

:laugh:
YOU?! hell...I'd **** a gold brick.:cool:

[madformac]

Yes, its true that those of us who go into psych are nuts. :p I don't use my degree formally although it didn't hurt to learn all that stuff about human behavior and such.


I have a qualification in Psychology but never went any futher with it.. It was all too heavy duty for me to be bothered with for a career.. Some of it comes back in my mind now and again and it helps to understand some human behaviour :D But as I've learned very recently not all of it!

I have a Bsc...

No, I'm not a Bachelor of Science but I do have a Bronze Swimming Certificate! :laugh: :wavey:

[elie]

Master's degree in Germanic languages and literature.

That's so what I 've always wanted to do!!!:xoxo:

Anyway, I studied law and later I got a Master's degree in International Law

[cliffdweller]

That's so what I 've always wanted to do!!!:xoxo:

Anyway, I studied law and later I got a Master's degree in International Law


Then I'm sure you make more than I do, well done! :laugh: Ah well, at least I followed my heart's desire :rolleyes: :angel:

[seeker007nmss]

Master's degree in Germanic languages and literature.

Mein Deutsch is nicht so Gut. Ich spreche auf ein kinder.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Since I am 16 I chose some high school....lol

[cliffdweller]

Mein Deutsch is nicht so Gut. Ich spreche auf ein kinder.


Ich verstehe nicht :sorry:
:laugh: :laugh:

Just kidding! I give you an A for effort :thumbsup:

[golden braid]

I have a BS in Animal Science and Management. :)

[Sahara]

I did my Junior Cert[ificate] last year and I'm doing my Leaving Cert in two years' time [ie. graduate high school].

After that I want to study Psychology. I don't know what area I want to go into but I hope there are decent jobs.... :( It's so hard to decide, you know?

[jannieC]

I bet you used us Ledgies for a few Psych papers! :D :laugh:
Thank GOD I wasn't aware of The Ledge back then or I never would have gotten anything done! :laugh:


After that I want to study Psychology. I don't know what area I want to go into but I hope there are decent jobs.... :( It's so hard to decide, you know?
Be prepared to go to graduate school if you want to work in the field of Psychology. There is literally nothing in the field of Psychology that you can do with a BS.

[markolas]

A year and a half of community college, and a year of graphic design school. The latter left me completely devoid of any artistic desires. I would love to paint/draw again, but it's not something I'll ever pursue as a career.

[sara1998]

Oh yeah, Maria if you want to do well on papers make them longer than the minimum requirement. Mine always wound up about 20 pages which is kind of insane but they were all As. Of course they were also mostly all-nighters which I do NOT recommend.
Thanks. There will be no all-nighters if I have anything to do with it. :laugh: I always wanted to be a Psychologist, but I was not interested in going to college when I graduated HS, and I was not pushed by my folks to do it. Since I work for a pharmaceutical company, I plan on getting an associates in biotechnology. That would qualify me as a lab tech. Which, if your good at what you do in my company, the only way to go is up. I would really like to get my bachelors in chemistry. Then I would be a chemist there. Then I would get the big bucks...... :nod:

[Brwn_eyes0511]

I thought you were going to be a paralegal or an attorney? weren't you supposed to intern/clerk for someone?

yea.. i kinda got bored with that too..

:o

[ryan8472]

Some high school/high school grad.

I just said the grad part because I know I'm going to graduate.

[Brad]

I went ahead and chose "Doctoral" though that won't be completely true until June 3 when I officially get my MD. Tomorrow is my VERY LAST DAY of medical school EVER!:blob1:

Ah, then a 2 month break and the dreaded residency (anesthesiology) begins...4 more years. I swear I don't think this is ever going to end, but I keep trying to think about the future. What BLOWS MY MIND, is that I've been out of high school for 8 years now...I still look (and oftentimes act) like I'm 18! I'm getting more and more nervous by the day but also equally excited. We'll see...

Brad

[estranged4life]

High School grad 1988
Tech/College grad 1989 & 1991 (1989 Associates in Applied Science in Drafting/1991 Associates in Applied Science in Quality Control & Non-Destructive Testing)

Could/should go back to school, But I become bored very easily nowadays...So for now I will pass until I can stay more focused (Though if I do get the urge to hit the books again, It will be after the legal issues with my Mother's death are settled.)

[sara1998]

I went ahead and chose "Doctoral" though that won't be completely true until June 3 when I officially get my MD. Tomorrow is my VERY LAST DAY of medical school EVER!:blob1:

Ah, then a 2 month break and the dreaded residency (anesthesiology) begins...4 more years. I swear I don't think this is ever going to end, but I keep trying to think about the future. What BLOWS MY MIND, is that I've been out of high school for 8 years now...I still look (and oftentimes act) like I'm 18! I'm getting more and more nervous by the day but also equally excited. We'll see...

Brad
How you doin'..... :laugh:


Congrats, Dr. Brad. That's wonderful.

[Stephanie]

I have a doctor of optometry degree. My job is very fun, to me anyway. Or maybe I am just an eye geek :lol:

[amber]

I have a doctor of optometry degree. My job is very fun, to me anyway. Or maybe I am just an eye geek :lol:

Actually, I just went to the eye doctor for the first time and it was fun. My doctor was all happy and funny and helpful.
So maybe being an eye doctor really is fun. I would go back.

[Miss Vicky]

I'm a high school grad and have taken a handful of community college courses. It's been a year now since I've taken anything and I really need to get back on the horse, so to speak, but my work schedule makes it tough.

[HomerMcvie]

BA in Psychology. It maaks fur sum nice wallpapir.
All I ever wanted to do was music. I was making a decent living doing so, but felt VERY guilty being a professional partier, sleeping til 3PM, so I went back and finished my degree.
Then resumed my previous lifestyle!:o :blob2: :blob1: :blob2: :wavey:

[tuigirl]

Diploma in Horticulture for me from an agricultural university in NZ. Used to work in that field (haha) but not anymore.

[Red]

BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts), majoring in Visual Communications. Managed to lend itself quite well to my current career as a fine jewellery designer.

[jannieC]

I went ahead and chose "Doctoral" though that won't be completely true until June 3 when I officially get my MD. Tomorrow is my VERY LAST DAY of medical school EVER!:blob1:

Ah, then a 2 month break and the dreaded residency (anesthesiology) begins...4 more years. I swear I don't think this is ever going to end, but I keep trying to think about the future. What BLOWS MY MIND, is that I've been out of high school for 8 years now...I still look (and oftentimes act) like I'm 18! I'm getting more and more nervous by the day but also equally excited. We'll see...

Brad
Congratulations Brad- really! What an accomplishment.

Oh, and by the way, it *was* my gall bladder- I have stones and all that.

BA in Psychology. It maaks fur sum nice wallpapir.
All I ever wanted to do was music. I was making a decent living doing so, but felt VERY guilty being a professional partier, sleeping til 3PM, so I went back and finished my degree.
Then resumed my previous lifestyle!:o :blob2: :blob1: :blob2: :wavey:
I thought with Psych you could only get a BS? How does that work? I've heard of a BA in Psych before, I jjust never knew how it worked.

Diploma in Horticulture for me from an agricultural university in NZ. Used to work in that field (haha) but not anymore.

Ha! Good one!

[SuzeQuze]

...
I thought with Psych you could only get a BS? How does that work? I've heard of a BA in Psych before, I jjust never knew how it worked.

...

I also have a BA in Psych. At my school they literally had 2 checkboxes for Psych, Do you want a BA or a BS? Please check one. :lol: I just thought a BS in Psych lent itself to ridicule. Plus I fancy myself more artsy than sciency, although I love science, so I picked the BA.

I was originally a biology major but I found I really hated lab with a passion. That didn't seem to be the right path. That formaldehyde smell, ugh, I hated walking into that building altogether. I figured that meant I shouldn't go into the field. :laugh: Plus I loved my psych class. I went with my passion.

However, Janet is right, you need an advanced degree to use psych which I didn't get. After doing an internship at a rehab I found I just didn't have the ego strength and maturity to do clinical work, it would take too much out of me. I did work with mentally retarded adults for a year and I loved it. But I made 17k a year and when I got my raise it was $2.50 a week. Hard to believe but true! That was an insult and a slap in the face.

Sometimes I think about going back to psych now that I am more mature and can handle it. As soon as I get my debt down a bit I will go back to school for something.

[skcin]

^ So true about Psych. You MUST get a Masters to really make any money or do anything as far as therapy & treatments go. When I worked with the mentally ill teens, the direct care staff (ie - the ones who got the crap kicked out of them daily, the ones with most stress, the ones carrying out the programs set by the therapists) were only making about $9 an hour.

Almost all of them were going back for their MS or PhD. :nod:

[HomerMcvie]

I also have a BA in Psych. At my school they literally had 2 checkboxes for Psych, Do you want a BA or a BS? Please check one. :lol:
Well, the difference for me was taking a couple of extra math classes! THAT was the difference in BA and BS. I didn't have the easiest time with stats, so I thought, "do the BA, and f*ck this math sh*t!".:lol: :lol: :lol:

I tried to talk myself into going back for my Master's for a couple of years, but I was just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired of school.........

[SuzeQuze]

Well, the difference for me was taking a couple of extra math classes! THAT was the difference in BA and BS. I didn't have the easiest time with stats, so I thought, "do the BA, and f*ck this math sh*t!".:lol: :lol: :lol:

I tried to talk myself into going back for my Master's for a couple of years, but I was just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired of school.........

I hear that Homes. I got the books for the GRE and all that. I just couldn't do it to myself, the stress of undergrad was over and I was so relieved. I just wasn't ready. I would love to do it now, first I need to find a husband. :lol: Actually I think I'd get a degree in hi tech at this point having been in the industry for 10+ years. Maybe geared toward educational software or something like that. Not sure, I also thought of getting a techie MBA or a masters in tech writing. We'll see.

[HomerMcvie]

I just couldn't do it to myself, the stress of undergrad was over and I was so relieved. I just wasn't ready.
This COMPLETELY describes my situation.:nod: I TRIED to talk myself into it, and I just couldn't do it. I always worked one or two jobs while in school, and I was just completely exhausted at that point.

I then started making really good money doing sound, and here I still am....

[jannieC]

Well, the difference for me was taking a couple of extra math classes! THAT was the difference in BA and BS. I didn't have the easiest time with stats, so I thought, "do the BA, and f*ck this math sh*t!".:lol: :lol: :lol:

I tried to talk myself into going back for my Master's for a couple of years, but I was just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired of school.........
So you didn't have to take Statistics? What about Research Methods? I'm asking because those classes were SO hard for me. And if I didn't have to take them in order to have a degree, I will kill someone.

As far as the GRE goes, I took it right before I graduated, and I didn't study. It showed, because I scored a 330 in math! I scored a 724 in Verbal (which is good, but still...), and I don't remember how I did in writing. But anyway, the GRE is just one little piece of what you need to get into graduate school. If you're stroong everywhere else, don't worry about it. My point is, don't let the GRE stand in your way of thinking about grad school.

All that being said, if you're making good money and happy where you are, screw it!

[Sahara]

Do any of ye Psychology folks have any advice for me?

I know the system in Ireland is probably different to where you guys are, but virtually everyone I've spoken to here has tried to put me off. Really getting me down... :(

[SuzeQuze]

Do any of ye Psychology folks have any advice for me?

I know the system in Ireland is probably different to where you guys are, but virtually everyone I've spoken to here has tried to put me off. Really getting me down... :(

They did that to me too. Just tell them you're going to psychoanalyze them when you get your degree if they don't shut up! :lol:

If it's what you love then do it. If it's something you're passionate about then don't listen to anyone except your own heart and gut. Just having the degree helps with any career you choose.

I kind of stress out easily so school was very rough on me. I literally couldn't take it anymore. But that doesn't mean you'll feel the same way. If you can, plan to go on to grad school. Good luck! :wavey:

[cliffdweller]

As far as the GRE goes, I took it right before I graduated, and I didn't study. It showed, because I scored a 330 in math! I scored a 724 in Verbal (which is good, but still...), and I don't remember how I did in writing. But anyway, the GRE is just one little piece of what you need to get into graduate school. If you're stroong everywhere else, don't worry about it. My point is, don't let the GRE stand in your way of thinking about grad school.

Yeah, and it really depends on the program you get into. My program was in foreign languages so the quantitative section of the GRE was basically moot to my area of study, and the verbal section wasn't really any kind of barometer either, even though I did MUCH better on that than quantitative. My advisor was like, "just take the GRE and don't worry about the score" :thumbsup: so that was cool, but some departments really put a lot of stock into GRE scores :shrug:.

But Jannie, 724 verbal is outstanding! Way to go!

[SmileAtU]

BS in Nursing. Eventually, I will go for a master's in Nurse Midwifery

[HomerMcvie]

So you didn't have to take Statistics? What about Research Methods?
Everyone had to take stats. If you went BA, the math stopped after stats.
I can't recall if research methods was a requirement or not.....I "think" it was...

[skcin]

BS in Nursing. Eventually, I will go for a master's in Nurse Midwifery


Nice. :nod: A coworker's wife is a nurse midwife & she loves it.

[Brad]

Congratulations Brad- really! What an accomplishment.

Oh, and by the way, it *was* my gall bladder- I have stones and all that.


Thank you! And I'm glad to hear you now KNOW the cause of your problems...now to decide what to do about them!

Brad

[amber]

Thank you! And I'm glad to hear you now KNOW the cause of your problems...now to decide what to do about them!

Brad

Hey Brad - if anyone here ever says "Brad blah blah blah etc." will you answer them and say "That's Dr. Brad to you!"
It would be so very amusing for me.
I can't wait till my bf gets her PhD, so I can say "Dr. Rain, blah blah blah etc!"

:laugh:

[jannieC]

Do any of ye Psychology folks have any advice for me?

I know the system in Ireland is probably different to where you guys are, but virtually everyone I've spoken to here has tried to put me off. Really getting me down... :(
Suze answered it well when she said if it's something you love, you need to go for it. The best advice *I* have is that you must go into it knowing you will have to have an advanced degree. I knew going in that I would at least have to have a masters, if not a PhD (which is what my professors were pushing me to go for). It's not as easy a degree as some would believe (see previous post on Statistics and Research Methods), but I loved every minute of it. The reason I am getting my masters in Social Work is because as a Clinical Social Worker I can do exactly what I want to do. I thought I HAD to be a psychologist in order to provide counseling, work with the mentally ill, etc., but I don't.

Good luck- I say, go for it!

[Brad]

Hey Brad - if anyone here ever says "Brad blah blah blah etc." will you answer them and say "That's Dr. Brad to you!"


Haha! Really, that's going to be such an adjustment actually hearing people refer to me as "doctor" and seeing it in writing. I feel like a kid playing dressup with my coat and instruments! And I have a friend who for the past year or so has refused to call me anything but "Dr. Bradley." I prefer to let everyone continue to refer to me as "jackass" as if nothing has changed!

Brad

[DavidMn]

Nice. :nod: A coworker's wife is a nurse midwife & she loves it.Is a midwife one that comes to your hame so you can have the baby there?

[SmileAtU]

Is a midwife one that comes to your hame so you can have the baby there?

Yes, sometimes they do but alot work in a hospital setting.
I would totally love to do that but I want hospital privileges somewhere also.

[SuzeQuze]

Haha! Really, that's going to be such an adjustment actually hearing people refer to me as "doctor" and seeing it in writing. I feel like a kid playing dressup with my coat and instruments! And I have a friend who for the past year or so has refused to call me anything but "Dr. Bradley." I prefer to let everyone continue to refer to me as "jackass" as if nothing has changed!

Brad

Ooh ooh! I'll play dressup with you, Doctor! ;) :lol:

[Serrart]

I'm not sure our systems use the same terms so I'll just translate how it's called here: a graduate degree in Humanistic Sciences with a specialization in Theatre and Cinema History section.

Romy