/sci/ - Science & Math

I went to Cambridge Stanford Harvard Oxford and many other prestigious colleges.
I wrote 70 books and am in line for a nobel prize right as we speak. I will likely get moved to the front though because I am special.

>>6160129
Penn State University Park majoring in physics and minoring in Spanish.

>>6160129
University of Texas-Austin. majoring in Geology while getting a Business Foundations Certificate.

>>6160129

MA Mathematics at York University (Toronto).

>>6160129
Electrical Engineering at Louisiana State University

Don't want to see the university, but I'm majoring in Electrical Engineering. I'm still not sure what the difference between Electrical and Computer Engineering is. For my university, they have the same curriculum for the first 4 semesters. If I have an electrical engineering degree instead of a computer one, will I still be able to a computer-hardware related job?

applied science

UK college

>>6160189
Yeah, the main difference between the two is that computer engineers have to take more computer science courses and do high level programming. Comp eng is basically what happens when you take EE and smash it together with Comp Sci

>>6160183

Did my undergrad in Physics at the University of Western Ontario btw.

bs EE & computer engineering, with minor in physics, university at buffalo

>>6160192
So, do you think I am giving myself more opportunities by going with Electrical instead of Computer? I started learning how to program the summer of 2013, and have written some little games/scripts, but I feel like it would look better to say Electrical + I know how to program on a resume.

Also am currently planning to take a Biology minor, the school as this program with "bioelectrical" aspects.

Just realized there's already a thread about this...

>>6160210
E E has tons of job opportunities, I wouldn't sweat it.

>>6160206
How many more courses do you have to take that don't overlap with each other for EE & computer?

>>6160212
Yeah, and I have another year and a half to really decide, so thanks.

I have a friend in EE who dropped out of computer engineering and said it was more or less the same, just slightly easier.

I remember by first year of Electrical engineering I wanted to drop out how difficult it was. University of Waterloo

>>6160234

I went to Waterloo for a bit...hated it there. The city sucks to live in.

>>6160234

> First year engineering
> Hard

You couldn't into babby calculus?

>>6160129
>Just want to get a general census here on /sci/
Bad idea. Only people who are attending "good" schools will post, giving the false image the we all attend top 10 unis. Most of us, including me, are probably going to middle-of-the-road schools. We also probably have quite a few high-schoolers who will just name the school they want to attend.

>>6160129
Mathematical Physics - University of Waterloo

>>6160252

I posted that I'm at York University, which is a fairly average school.

>>6160258

Chris?

>>6160261
Naw, sorry

>>6160266

Don't lie Chris!!!

>>6160258
Chris, its me Dave, remember from physics. you let me copy your quarks properties answers that on day!

>>6160258

Hi Chris!

Stony Brook, Chem & Math

>>6160129

>university of toronto
>asian confirmed

Physics & Math, University of Toronto
lots of U of T kids here

>>6160366

lol

>>6160366
Eastern European actually

>>6160379

Close enough. Most of Russia is in Asia.

>>6160382

Wrong pic lol

>>6160180

>majoring in spanish

mfw I majored in spanish by simply being born and not having to go to a university

as for physics, I''m an engineering major so I'll practically have that by only taking a couple extra classes if i wanted to.

>>6160344

transferring there next semester homie. Math as well

Purdue nuclear engineering

Automation engiqueering in <undisclosed shithole>.

CC fag right now, but after next semester I'll transfer to NJIT as a civil engineering major. I want to get a masters in transportation engineering.

Molecular Genetics at University of Toronto. Seems to be a lot of us here.

Applied maths at Ryerson University

>>6160252
You're right, but I don't think that those of us who grew into our academics later in life shouldn't participate just out of embarrassment.

>>6161573

How do you like Ryerson? I'm currently at York. My advisor is awesome but there's a serious lack of higher-level math courses. Everything is financial math here...

Mechanical Engineering at this dump.

Bachelor of science physics major at the Australian national university.
It's always nice to be the only Australian here.

>>6161599

Do you ride a kangaroo to school?

>>6161606
I ride your mother to school

>tfw I'm always late
She is inefficient.

B.E. in Electrical Eng at Stevens Institute of Tech.

>>6161611

lol I ain't even mad.

Only economics and management at Oxford University. Not like it's a big deal or anything, though. ;)

>>6161621

You're really lucky to be there.

I would love to do my PhD in math at Oxford. But I heard they don't guarantee a stipend, and it's hard to get funding as a non-European resident.

>>6161626

Also I love watching the EPL and I would kill to see a live match.

Switzerland here, currently going to the same school Albert Einstein was going to :D. After that i'm going to the ETH in Zurich and study nuclear physics, then i'm heading off to the CERN ;D

>>6161608
Ranked 3rd in country for mid-career salary, and 9th for ROI

http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2014/full-list-of-schools

http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value-2013

>>6161590
It's the same here, the selection of upper-level maths courses is horrendously limited. I'm going to have to take some courses at either York or U of T next year for the grad programs I'm thinking about. Our economics and financial side is pretty solid, though, and I personally don't have to deal with the work-study-life balance problems that hit other students so hard.

All in all, it's fine. At the very least, I'm happy that there had been some real qt3.14s even in my program until the end of second year, and a good number of them in chem/bio for later years, on top of the endless supply of them in arts majors.

You doing maths at York?

>>6161752

Yep MA in Math at York. I'm thinking about going back to Western for my PhD. I miss living in London.

>>6161752

Yeah I'm a grad student in math. I hate finance/economics so maybe I'll try to take some courses at U of T.

>>6160180
I go to penn state UP as well but majoring in math, what year are you?

Econ/Math at UC Santa Barbara

can i into /sci/?

>>6161776
>can i into /sci/?
Are you an asshole? If you answered yes, you'll fit right in.

>>6160183
Why would you go to York for your masters? WHY?

>>6161782

My supervisor is awesome, and a real expert in his field.

>>6161621
It isn't.

>>6161621
How is it there? Are there an overload of niggers there?

>>6161786
Fine, I guess, but I thought it would be better to pick a more prestigious and credible uni for grad school, since York isn't particularly the cream of the crop.

>>6161793
What would you pick?

>>6161793

Yeah I'm not planning to stay for my PhD. Not because of prestige, but because there's a serious lack of math courses that aren't finance-related.

>>6161795
If were speaking strictly Canadian schools, McGill or UofT. If internationally, any top schools in the US.

>>6161811

Also Cambridge and Oxford. Cambridge is often ranked as the top math institution in the world.

>>6161816
>>6161816
Yeah, I forgot those two as well.

I am majoring in "Mathematical Engineering" from Universidad EAFIT. Not enough high-level math courses though and a lot of programming.

>>6161848
what's mathematical engineering? is that signal processing?

I dropped out of high school.

>>6160399
>so I'll practically have that by only taking a couple extra classes
Every physics class you take as an engineer at penn state is just what's required to ENTER the physics major. Apparently "a few classes" to you is 10 courses, mostly 400-level physics.

>>6161774
Sophomore

B.Sc in Theoretical physics from Lund university.

>>6161874

> Dem hot Swedish girls.

>>6161896
>>6161874

Please tell me there's hot Swedish chicks in physics/math...I want to believe.

I personally didn't go to college, I'm working as an apprentice electrician as of now.

Done a BSc in electrical engineering, now doing my math MSc.

>>6161915

Control theory?

physics major at Caltech

electrical engineering at georgia tech

>>6161776

What year? I have two roommates doing financial math/actuarial science.

I'm doing physics here. It's bretty cool.

>>6161921
No. Just math, i don't really know what exact topic i want to research, i have interest in many things.

Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa.

I'm in second year, and I'm set to take my first co-op term this summer. I have a pretty good chance of landing a nice job since my program is small, co-op participation is low (compared to places like Waterloo), and my grades are high. I don't have the same selection of companies to intern for as a student living in Kitchener or Toronto would, though.

If OP's interested, here's a breakdown of engineering enrollment in Canada which I thought was pretty neat: http://www.engineerscanada.ca/files/w_report_enrolment_eng.pdf (a few years old).

Physics in University of Valencia/"Universidad de Valencia".

Here in Spain the University you pick to take the Bachelor degree doesn't matter at all, they're pretty standarized, but it actually has some prestige in some PhD fields due to being one of the best in Spain regarding research & development (and we also have a professor that is pretty recognized in his field).

It's also not that hard to enter (you only need grades around 7/8 out of 10), mainly because in the past years the number of Physics students in Spain have been reduced by 50%.

>>6161387
why would you go to NJIT instead of Rutgers

cs at stony brook

>>6160129
>Going to college/university
Enjoy your debt your for the stupid piece of paper, you can learn as much as anyone there by just reading for yourself.

Majoring in physiology at the university of minnesota twin cities. I'd like to do extensive research on muscles, but I've always loved math and would like to do something with that. I was actually considering biomechanics since that seems like a blend of the two.

5th semester Physics in Bielefeld, Germany
Only paying ~€230 per semester because fuck US educational system

>>6162028
>projecting
Some of us have scholarships and don't pay anything for our education

>>6162028
Enjoy being an armchair philosopher.

>>6160252
Hell, why not though. 27 yrs old, Devry online: Associate in computer science

Environmental Science at Queen's University

then

Environmental Technology at Fleming College

>>6162028

Implying I can become as good as a pro soccer player by training on my own and not playing for a good club.

Physics Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

>>6162004
They don't have engineering at Rutgers Newark. I can't afford to stay at/near the New Brunswick campus.

CS at MIT.

>>6160184
University of Houston-Petroleum Engineering
Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UT-Tyler.

Lots of spics and niggers here, are you guys infested too?

Physics and math at UNSW australia

>>6162202

In engineering?

MS at Mizzou for Atmospheric Science

CS
Ohio State

>>6161929

Dunno yet.

Going to Missouri State Uni for pre-eng. Depending on if I like it I'll go to Missouri Institute of Sci and Tech.

People I know were flipping shit when I just went to the local Uni because they've been saying I should be going to an Ivy League school, but I don't know why, I'm not that smart.

But they also say I'm too humble, too, so I guess my opinion doesn't really have much weight.

Can't help but feel sorry for any poor fuck who is spending 4 years on a STEM degree these days, you will never get a job, have fun doing unpaid research for 10 years and living with your parents. I'm sure everyone will talk shit about Devry and feel special with their IQ tests but end of the day I will be making $60k/year the day after I walk out the door, while you are 300k in debt making $5.50/hr + tips at a coffee shop.

University: Princeton
Degree: Shit tier BA

Don't be me, /sci/.

>>6162478
Also,

tfw arguably best university in thread
tfw definitely worst degree in thread

>>6162040
have fun with your sharia law goals 2015

EE at Boston university

>>6160129
Women studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Could you guys explain me how does the mayor thing work? And what's the difference between college and a university in America?
Were I live there are just universities and you study and get trained for a specific job you want.

University of Miami
BS in Biology and Applied Physics

i hate this school so much

>>6160129
Math and Physics at Harvey Mudd, specialized in mathematical and theoretical. Not the best school, but certainly good.
Now am third year grad student in MIT EECS MS/PhD program (was too scared to do theoretical physics - regretting that though. Engineering aint quite as fun).

>>6162539
Hey, thinking about applying to the grad school at the consortium. What's the opinion on it?

>>6162535
At a College you can get a Bachelor's Degree after studying there for four years. A Bachelor's Degree is generally not for a very specific field, although it can be depending on where you go to school. At a University you can get a Master's Degree, then a PhD. A Master's/PhD generally requires that you do research in addition to just taking classes, and are taken much more seriously in the work world than a Bachelor's. Most Universities also have a Bachelor's program to go with their graduate programs.

You might hear the words College and University used interchangeably, but I'm pretty sure that the official definition is that a College only gives undergraduate degrees (Bachelor's) and a University gives graduate degrees (Master's/PhD/MD/other specific stuff)

CC transfer to Temple. I did 4 years in the military so I wanted to ride with training wheels for a bit. Bad fucking choice. Philosophy major.

>>6160129
mit, course 8

CS major at UC San DIego.

Electrical Engineering at Columbus State.
Community College.

>>6160180
PSU EE, what year are you?

>>6162589
Sophomore

>>6162589
>>6161869
PSU EE, i'm a sophomore too....always think its weird when i see other penn state people on 4chan

>>6162591
I had to glance across the room to make sure you aren't my roommate, he's also a sophomore EE, but he's playing League at the moment

>>6162591
Also, although I'm a physics major now, I'm currently in EE 210 if you're in that

>>6162593
..where do you live? and how about that kid who fell from the balcony...i knew i was right to always be afraid of them while drunk lol

>>6162597
No i'm not, in fact i havent taken any EE courses yet :\ (other than first year seminar)

>>6162599
West halls, by the way

>>6162603
Get ready for pics of my dick.

>>6162621
k

Molecular Biology at UCSD.

The girls here are actually not bad.

>>6162449
Make sure to find a female companion at MSU. Rolla has no girls.

St. John's University
CS

Literally the worst. I'd rather go to ITT Tech or DeVry.

>>6160129
UW Madison, math major.

civil/structural in san francisco

CNSE
nanoscale science, minors in math and some foreign language if i can fit it in my agenda

>only 30 girls in entire school
>only hot one is probably a lesbian

>>6162652

St. John's University in Minnesota?

Fuck bro I go there too.

University of Pennsylvania, first year Math major

>>6160129
Just finished undergrad at UC Berkeley
Currently doing PhD at Stanford in physics.

>>6162656
Wow. Same here. Good chance we've had classes together and possibly know each other.

>>6162633
Bioengineering at UCSD.

I don't think the girls are terrible either.

It sounds more like a joke we have since SDSU got voted college with the most beautiful people or something recently.

>>6162683
Hm, that's basically enough info to track down who you are... the physics department here is quite small, after all. There can't be more than 2-3 1st years from Berkeley :P

Do you work in the Varian building? My lab is in Spilker, although I'm technically in the EE department.

>>6160129
Kudos to you! UofT Eng Sci grad here.

>>6162028

> Debt

lol not everyone is American. Some people live in countries that don't fuck over their citizens with crippling debt.

Also, sounds like you're bitter because you flunked out of college.

>>6162709
This. I went to UofT in Canada for undergrad, and I paid for all of my tuition myself by working during the summer, with the exception of ~2k from my parents in first year. I graduated with ~5k in savings.

>>6162702
not in Varian
Yea you could probably figure out who I am but why would you

>>6162066

Pretty sure DeVry is a scam...

>>6162710

Yeah same. My parents payed for my first year, and then I payed the rest on my own by working during the summers. No debt and 17K savings now that I'm in grad school.

>>6162711
Lol, mostly just curious what sort of people browse /sci/... but I am clearly too lazy to actually bother doing it.

>>6162715

(Also Canadian)

>>6160129
Chemical engineering at Georgia Tech.

>>6162740
peach cobbler

>>6162028
This is what idiots actually believe. Btw, non-renowned colleges are cheap, at least where I'm at. ~225 dollars per semester for bachelors (actual price is three times that, but the the other 2/3 get taken up by the state). Assuming you're not a fuck up and can complete your education in the intended 4 years, it'll cost 1800 dollars in total. Textbooks are cheap too, so it'll probably be 2000 max. Granted the wages over here aren't exactly generous, but in 3+ years my family hasn't taken out a loan and I've paid a little over half of the money with stipends. My uni might not be ub3r 1337, but at least it doesn't rape me through the pockets and attending it has raised me from illiterate to semi-literate. Slowly, but surely, moving in the right direction.

Applied maths at RIT

>>6162713
>implying you won't stalk this poor guy and ambush him from the bushes when you get the chance

Physics major and math minor at California State University Northridge.

Maths at University of Queensland. just finished first year a few days ago, ready to get into some actual interesting shit soon.

>>6162398
good point. No, but in everything else. All my basics and elementary math and science were crawling with them.

>>6162472
jesus christ, no you are dead wrong, get the fuck out of that fake school while you can and get a real degree. I'm warning you, you are making the same mistake I made and it cost me dearly. Think about what you are doing.

MIT course 8

MIT course 18

MIT undeclared froshling

[multiple posters on one post]

EE
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

ChemE
Potchefstroom campus of NWU
South africa

graduated last year

University college cork, Ireland
Chemical science

aberdeen
engineering

>>6162939
>
Nice to see a fellow S.A eng here.

Physics and Nanotechnology at the Technical University of Denmark.
>The worlds best Nanotech programme, a class 10 cleanroom, an electron microscope worth more than 25 million €, and a photonics department the size of a small city.
>Feels good br000

>>6162768
Did you go to highschool on the gold coast by any chance? More specifically one of the more 'prestigious' private schools.

>>6162951
there seems to be a more on sci the last year or so, 4 years ago i never saw anyone from sa here.

>>6162040 tfw finding someone from your uni 1st semester physics here

>>6162968
It looks amazing. How much is it, per year? Are there scholarships and shit for international students? Also are there any programs in english?

University of Florida

[spoiler]History and Linguistics

I'm french. I'm attending a CPGE (see http://prepas.org/ups.php?article=1 or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPGE)) in hope to get into an ENS (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89coles_normales_sup%C3%A9rieures)) and study maths.

I should probably spend less time on 4chan, though

>>6162998
Danish education is free.
Even for international students.

Grad student in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech.

Fundamental Mathematics in Paris VI, Jussieu - Sorbonne University

>>6163158
want to study EE,how, where to apply

>tfw when no money

University of Bristol
Math&Physics

>>6161595
hogwarts?

>>6163378
Disclaimer, I'm not that anon, nor do I go there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Glasgow

Chemistry and molecular/cell biology at uconn

Chemistry - Université catholique de Louvain (belgium)