Archelirion
08.14.14 | Me too man! Going to Portsmouth to study Maths and Statistics! Congratulations :) I immediately celebrated with some Meshuggah ;) |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | P.S. Pleb, we're going for a drink when I get to Liverpool sometime ;) |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Aaron: Good lad! Congrats, Meshuggah gives the grooves. |
SourAK
08.14.14 | posi vibes~ |
ScuroFantasma
08.14.14 | Congrats man, what's 1 like? |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Scuro: Incredible J-Rock. Ranging from Jazzy tunes, trance/eletronica, soft delicate ballads and very well done, catchy Rock songs. Large empasis on vocals and piano throughout, a 5 for me. |
Mort.
08.14.14 | yay man nice one
my college internet aint working so im gonna have to walk in now to find out what i got :/ |
tommygun
08.14.14 | congrats pal enjoy it
props for continuum too, one of the hardest 5s that ever 5d |
Rowan5215
08.14.14 | Congratulations dude if you see pleb tell him sylosis rules |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Mortimus: I didn't use the internet, found out when I got at the school. Good luck, hope you get what you need :] |
InfamousGrouse
08.14.14 | appropriate username for a maths student |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @tommygun: It rules, don't know what to rate it though yet.
@Rowan: I will xD. Tbh it'll probably just be us drinking and talking about Opeth. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Infamous: One reason why I decided on the name actually. |
EvoHavok
08.14.14 | Congratulations! Knew you would make it ;)
1 is a jam. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | All 3 are jams :D |
BigPleb
08.14.14 | CALCY AND PLEB HITTING THE TOWN!!!!
Congrats man, get bladdered tonight and enjoy it :] |
Keyblade
08.14.14 | Congrats Calc bro |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | Thanks Plug bros :D |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | Congrats bro, can't really go wrong with STEM fields in terms of job future. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | Thanks, true that. |
oresttt
08.14.14 | good job buddy |
Wafflez
08.14.14 | Congratulations? What grades did you get? |
treeqt.
08.14.14 | congratulations to the beginning of the end of your life |
DanielNightLewis
08.14.14 | Where are you going to study? |
Tunaboy45
08.14.14 | Congratulations my friend! |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | Thanks everyone :D
@Wafflez: A in Maths, B in Physics and B in History :D.
@Daniel: Liverpool University |
danielito19
08.14.14 | congratulations son, good luck with future schooling! |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | Thanks daniel. |
Gyromania
08.14.14 | congrats bro, i'm taking on some math myself atm (not at an actual school, just for fun) |
emester
08.14.14 | Congrats!!! |
StallionMang
08.14.14 | Congrats man that's awesome, best of luck to you in uni! |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | Thanks lads, I needed this. |
Gyromania
08.14.14 | HAVE FUN CALCULATING INFINITY har har |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | So witty ;) |
beefshoes
08.14.14 | I just finished reading an article about how the number of people taking Maths and Philosophy A-Levels/Uni Majors has surpassed English for the first time in decades. Very cool. Good luck man. I'm from the US, but I am doing the same pathway. It's tough as fuck, but it's also extremely fun. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @beef: I can imagine, it'll be soild but I've always enjoyed it. Thanks, I'll need it. |
Gyromania
08.14.14 | calculus is currently kicking my ass a little |
Xar
08.14.14 | Cool beans. :]
I'm only at a community college myself. |
ConorIsNotHere
08.14.14 | Well done man! :D |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | Are tuition fees in GB as bad as they're in the U.S.? I mean, given that it's pretty much the same basic system. |
OmairSh
08.14.14 | Good God I keep getting reminded of the average age on this site |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | "I just finished reading an article about how the number of people taking Maths and Philosophy A-Levels/Uni Majors has surpassed English for the first time in decades"
english > philosophy
"Are tuition fees in GB as bad as they're in the U.S.? I mean, given that it's pretty much the same basic system."
no but they're still much worse than elsewhere in europe. £9k a year |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Conor: Thanks :D
@itchy: I remember, good thing I joined :]
@Woifhorde: £9000 ($15000) a year for tuition fees, around £15000 ($25000) a year with everything together. So ya, fees in the UK are beyond horrific. |
TenSecondsToThink
08.14.14 | Nice, I have spent the last year inside my room doing absolutely nothing and I'm starting in October too. Sometimes life is great in Germany |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | Yikes, does not sound like fun. How do you finance it if your parents aren't offspring of some kind of aristocrat?
"english > philosophy"
Both tend to attract pretentious people and aren't easily applied in the job world. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | "Yikes, does not sound like fun. How do you finance it if your parents aren't offspring of some kind of aristocrat?"
You're telling me, my parent's heart sank when they saw the fees. |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | "Both tend to attract pretentious people and aren't easily applied in the job world."
lol true
philosophy students are worse in my experience tho, and english was probably the most useful A level I did |
Gyromania
08.14.14 | agreed with wolfhorde. i've known a lot of pretentious as fuck english students, but more of them have been philosophy majors.
both degrees are pointless. can't justify dropping thousands upon thousands of dollars on an education i can get on the internet |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | I don't even know what the hell an "A level" is.
"philosophy students are worse in my experience tho"
True, but that's probably just the nature of the thing. Especially when no one pays attention to (historical or personal)
"You're telling me, my parent's heart sank when they saw the fees."
Understandably. We fortuntutely don't have tuition fees anymore, only administrative fees that are relatively low and our version of "student loans" are capped at 10k or ~20% max of what you have to pay back.
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Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | *attention to context |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | it's p annoying cos it only came in 3 or so years ago, just in time for us
should probably charge my parents for it cos they voted for the government that implemented it lolol that's never gonna happen |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | wait what only came in 3 years ago? tuiton fees or A-levels? |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | no tuition fees existed but before 2012 it was only £3k a year
a levels been around a while |
menawati
08.14.14 | grats on getting the place, proper degree too not one of those mediabullshitstudies type things that thick people do |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | thick people [2] |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | are they some kind of test or something? or is that more like a "preparation" period in secondary education/after high school?
yikes, how'd that happen? |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @mena: Thanks man, there's been an arguement in the school between a Maths and a World Development student actually on the topic of 'proper' subjects. Rather amusing. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Wolf: High School in the UK is 11-16 years old education where you do GCSE's, 16-18 years old education is done in Six Form/College where you do A-Levels. Then it's degree level. |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | "are they some kind of test or something? or is that more like a "preparation" period in secondary education/after high school?"
yeah so you do A levels in 2 years between school and uni and the results generally dictate your uni place
"yikes, how'd that happen?"
conservatives man. cutting the deficit and all that
plus this country has a tendency to ignore the opinions of the youth. |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | anyone going bristol hmu so i can get you addicted to shit |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | So it's basically like our MSS/Oberstufe except that we're generally done when you people are done with high school. Curious.
Oh right, I forgot GB's economy was kinda in the shitter and the whole recent trend of conservatism/nationalist populism
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apert
08.14.14 | Congrats on the place, i remember the feels from a couple of years ago. Liverpool is Russel group and Maths is good degree so well done |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @apert: Thank you :] |
GuanoBumbershoot
08.14.14 | "HAVE FUN CALCULATING INFINITY har har"
god damn you dude, THAT WAS MINE!!!!! |
ChoccyPhilly
08.14.14 | CONGRATS BRO. Day was bittersweet but I've got a year to fix it. Have fun in pleb land |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | Pfft.. he just needs the limes/a function. Who cares about being 100% exact when you can just approximate ALL THE THINGS. (I feel so much better now after suppressing making a stupid reference like this) |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Choocy: Thanks man. If it makes you feel any better, I did horrific in year 12. If you did bad then you can definately fix it, change and strengthen your work ethic. It'll be a hard year, but you'll do great in the end and it will all be worth it. I wish you the best for next year :] |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | Wow...a feature :o
Also thanks again everyone, this means a ton for me. Joining Sput was really a great decision, music wise and meeting some sound people. |
Tunaboy45
08.14.14 | *insert rubbish mathcore pun*
Anyway, congratulations! |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Tuna: Thanks, also good luck for your GCSE results (which I have full confidence you'll do fine in). A-Level is where it starts getting serious. |
ChoccyPhilly
08.14.14 | Yeah, he's right. GCSEs purely exist to get you into college/sixth form or apprenticeships. Once you're in, they're pretty much irrelevant. Good luck anyway. |
SeaAnemone
08.14.14 | why is this featured lol? |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | "Once we're in, WE'RE IN. Not unlike vampires." @Sea: because the standards on sputnik are horribly low, duh. |
MeatSalad
08.14.14 | Grats maaang |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Sea: No idea but I ain't complaining
@Meat: Thank you Meat. |
adr
08.14.14 | congratulations dude, good luck with your future studying and don't forget to have some fun, student life can be cool! :D
also
if you see pleb tell him sylosis rules [2] hard |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @adr: If I learn to stop being antisocial then I will, also I'm temped to upload a video on YT with me then Pleb saying that xD. |
Tunaboy45
08.14.14 | Thanks a lot calc! |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | No problem. |
adr
08.14.14 | sputnik need to see that video def |
AliW1993
08.14.14 | Congratulations. My experience at Uni was almost exclusively negative. I felt completely fleeced by the whole thing - and I was lucky enough to be arrive in the final year before fees trebled. The whole higher education system is a mess, but good luck regardless. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | @Ail: Thanks, I've been told before it's a mess but I've just got to deal with it really. I worked for this so I might as well make the best of it. |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | does your first year count towards your degree
cos if it doesn't, don't work yourself /too/ hard |
Snake.
08.14.14 | (m/)ath |
AliW1993
08.14.14 | I don't get worked up about results like most other people, but I felt a much greater sense of achievement from may A-Levels than I did from my 2:1 degree. |
CalculatingInfinity
08.14.14 | It doesn't fish I believe, but just for my own stupid mindset I'll try as hard in the first year then any of the other years. Most of it will be just getting used to Uni rather then working your arse off really compared the other years probably. |
AliW1993
08.14.14 | First years don't count. In most cases second years don't count either. I probably wouldn't have
passed if my dismal second year grades had counted for anything. |
beefshoes
08.14.14 | I am a philosophy/math major damn it.
I see why so many people rip on the former (because many of the stereotypes definitely apply to
some), but saying it's unpractical in the private sector is horseshit. One of the most important
things that you'll learn in a reputable business program is that you can make anything marketable,
it just takes critical thinking and a willingness to experiment and not being terrified of failure.
Philosophy isn't really metaphysics anymore (in my program at least). It revolves around seeing and
understanding why and how cultures go about doing the things that they do whether it be through
ethics, religion, politics, or jurisprudence; that and learning how to think critically and
logically. Plus, there are a massive number of CEOs in the
private sector that were philosophy BAs or MAs. I just get sick of seeing "philosophy is a useless
major" because it's just not true. It depends on the person and the choices that they make. If a
physics or a business major is lazy and takes the easy way out of everything, their chances of
success won't be that great in comparison to someone who makes an honest effort by working their ass
off and making valuable contacts. |
Wolfhorde
08.14.14 | ^ No fucking shit, Sherlock. Every degree is valuable if you're ridiculously good at what you do, generally have a good skill set/education and can market yourself. (particularly when you're willing to relocate for your job)
That's not the point. And generalizing what you specifically do in philosophy seems a bit far fetched considering the vast differences between educational institutions - not to mention educational institutions of different nations. What is being referred to is simply that it's way easier to practically apply other degrees (or should I say skills).
Oh yeah, and just because someone studies something doesn't mean they actually have a comprehensive understanding of it. Degrees, formal education and titles ultimately don't matter if the skills, understanding or knowledge to back it up are lacking. |
anarchistfish
08.14.14 | every philosophy student i know is addicted to ketamine |
beefshoes
08.14.14 | Wolfhorde, you essentially just reiterated what I said; hence the "(in my program at least)".
Yeah, if you study at an institution that focuses on nothing but existential and critical twaddle that
only a small collection of academics and their followers give two shits about, then yeah, it's not
going to be very practical in the private sector. Most programs in the United States, Canada, and the
rest of the English speaking diaspora do not however with some small exceptions like the New School in
NYC. I'm not claiming to be expert either (I'm a sophomore), but a decent amount of research at the
least. |
DrMaximus
08.14.14 | Gratz on the feature, dude |
menawati
08.14.14 | "First years don't count."
Depends on the university, I'm pretty sure all the University of London ones do course unit system where 1st and 2nd year count a bit (like 10% and 20% towards final degree class). Might be worth checking at University of Scousers how they do it . |
OmairSh
08.14.14 | Why the hell is this featured? |
sputnik1
08.15.14 | Best of luck |
zakalwe
08.15.14 | Word of advice as you embark on the knowledgeable quest of Mathematics......Don't drive, with it being Liverpool you'll have your car nicked in 5mins. |
scottpilgrim10
08.15.14 | Congratulations!!! |
PappyMason
08.15.14 | Congrats dude. Enjoy it. |
Ending
08.15.14 | Supercell is awesome and congratulations. |
PetMyDragon
08.15.14 | lol mathematics
what are you going to become? mathematician? |
RadicalEd
08.15.14 | lol petmydragon. You're retarded.
btw. gratz. |
Archelirion
08.15.14 | Supercell's actually pretty nice to listen to. I was half expecting/wanting to find it annoying, but I couldn't - which is probably a good thing, really. Thanks for bringing it to my attention :) |
CalculatingInfinity
08.15.14 | Thanks everyone who says congrats while I was out/asleep :]
@Aaron: No problem, why did you expect it to be annoying? |
Archelirion
08.15.14 | Japanese pop, particularly when sung by females, tends to annoy me. This was good though, I think because they stayed away from the 'hyperactive-kid-on-LSD' side of things :) |
CalculatingInfinity
08.15.14 | @Aaron: Fair enough. Nagi really is the star of the show, such a wonderful voice and the songwriting just makes her soar even more. |
Archelirion
08.15.14 | That she is, her voice is beautiful. Reminds me a little bit of Maaya Sakamoto. |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.15.14 | Congratulations dude, only just saw this! Am also off to uni next year, am so glad the wait for results is over |
CalculatingInfinity
08.15.14 | Sweet man, what are you studyong? |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.15.14 | German and Italian, at Cambridge :) |
CalculatingInfinity
08.15.14 | 0.0
You're deinfately smarter then me then, good luck :] |
anarchistfish
08.15.14 | working to become a ski instructor? |
anarchistfish
08.15.14 | that sounded funnier in my head |
Adabelle
08.15.14 | Wait wtf my world cup list got featured?!
Also Ctr+F Leeds - disappointed |
Liiiam
08.15.14 | Congrats man, I do engineering at Liverpool, best part of first year is the first time you go to the Raz :) |
CalculatingInfinity
08.15.14 | Sweet, I'll see you there :D. |
SrightryEpic
08.15.14 | congrats dude, i'm going into the last year of my physics masters in september/october
time flies |
Spec
08.16.14 | I hate John Mayer but congrats man !! |
UnderTheNorthernScar
08.16.14 | Congrats man!
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