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Title: It's official......
Post by: iago on June 03, 2006, 11:55:07 pm
Two days ago, on June 1 (Thursday), I got my degree:

Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
Co-operative Option

Graduation was a long, LONG boring ceremony.  If I get any good pictures of it, I'll post them here. 
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Sidoh on June 04, 2006, 12:23:12 am
Congratulations!
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: wires on June 04, 2006, 12:34:51 am
Yay, get a job and send me some money. 8)
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Ergot on June 04, 2006, 02:30:11 am
I was expecting like...  "... I'm a female now"
But congrats on graduating :D
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: rabbit on June 04, 2006, 07:19:59 am
Good luck!  Now all that's left is 6 more years for a Masters and a Doctorate!
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Quik on June 04, 2006, 01:59:57 pm
You poor old bastard. :D
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Sidoh on June 04, 2006, 02:00:58 pm
Yay, get a job and send me some money. 8)

He has a job. :P
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: wires on June 05, 2006, 07:02:46 pm
Yay, get a job and send me some money. 8)

He has a job. :P
I know, I meant a better one. :P
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Sidoh on June 05, 2006, 07:18:39 pm
Why?  His job is an extremely awesome one, especially considering he landed it right out of college.
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: iago on June 05, 2006, 07:54:51 pm
Yeah, I'm quite happy with my job. 
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: BigAznDaddy on June 05, 2006, 09:16:31 pm
thats cool glad you graduated
i want to get a degree in criminal justice

btw where do you go to school?
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Quik on June 05, 2006, 09:20:08 pm
but it obviously doesn't make the amount of money that wires wants you to send to him. duh.
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: dark_drake on June 05, 2006, 11:02:44 pm
Congratulations!  Our little iago is finally all grown up.

On a side note, I just registered June 2 for my classes for my freshman year of college.
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Ergot on June 06, 2006, 12:57:06 am
Congratulations!  Our little iago is finally all grown up.

On a side note, I just registered June 2 for my classes for my freshman year of college.
Too bad he's been an adult for a while now :)
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Joe on June 06, 2006, 05:29:54 pm
UM Winnipeg. I'm considering studing there for a few years as well.
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: dark_drake on June 06, 2006, 07:26:28 pm
Congratulations!  Our little iago is finally all grown up.

On a side note, I just registered June 2 for my classes for my freshman year of college.
Too bad he's been an adult for a while now :)
He became a man yesterday when I said he had grown up; receiving my approval is the final trial to becoming a man.
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: iago on June 06, 2006, 08:41:31 pm
UM Winnipeg. I'm considering studing there for a few years as well.

There are two Universities here:

University of Manitoba (UofM)
University of Winnipeg (UofW)

I went to the UofW for first year, and UofM for the next 4 years. 
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: wires on June 06, 2006, 10:00:57 pm
but it obviously doesn't make the amount of money that wires wants you to send to him. duh.
Bingo.
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Nate on June 06, 2006, 10:44:51 pm
5 years...
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Joe on June 07, 2006, 12:52:04 am
In USA, the university names are abreviated as U, the first name of the state, and then the name of the city, such as:

UW Baraboo
UW Madison
UC LA
etc

and the long forms are University of, the state name, and the city name.

University of Wisconsin, Baraboo
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of California, Los Angeles
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: iago on June 07, 2006, 08:18:15 am
5 years...
Technically, I had 9 academic terms, which is only one term longer than the minimum.  That's because I didn't take a full course load, so I took one less than the max (5 courses/term) for 4 terms, which left me with 4 courses to complete in my last term. 

Besides the academics, I did 3 terms (12 months) of work experience with the Co-op program.  That's why I was there an extra year.  Because I fit 12 terms into 5 years, I actually did a more highly compressed degree than most (who do 2 terms/year).

In USA, the university names are abreviated as U, the first name of the state, and then the name of the city, such as:

UW Baraboo
UW Madison
UC LA
etc

and the long forms are University of, the state name, and the city name.

University of Wisconsin, Baraboo
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of California, Los Angeles
Not here.  The Universities are named whatever they happen to be named.  University of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, University of Waterloo, University of BC, etc.  I guess Canadians are better at geography :P.
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Post by: rabbit on June 07, 2006, 08:23:05 am
Joe, you forget places like UPenn and PennU, which are 2 different universities.
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Post by: Ergot on June 07, 2006, 10:01:48 am
AFAIK... in California there's Private, UC, and the CSU system. Private schools can have w/e name they want. Schools in the UC system (Unversity of California) are named UCXX like UCLA, UCSF, UCD.  The CSU (California State University) has a XXSU naming system like SJSU, SFSU.
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: d&q on June 07, 2006, 11:19:32 am
Joe, you forget places like UPenn and PennU, which are 2 different universities.

I've never heard of PennU. Are you sure you don't mean Penn State?
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: rabbit on June 07, 2006, 01:18:52 pm
University of Pennsylvania = UPenn
Pennsylvania State University = Penn(U)
Title: Re: It's official......
Post by: Chavo on June 07, 2006, 04:05:18 pm
Universities don't have to follow any set naming conventions, its completely up to them (even the public ones).  Examples in Kansas:
Kansas State University (KSU)
University of Kansas (KU) , no thats not a typo
Wichita State University (WSU), Wichita is the name of the City
Fort Hays State University (FHSU)
Emporia State University (ESU)

they generally follow the naming convention Joe posted when they are founded by the same group/individual or when start off as branches to another University.