I got in to Business School.

[Kid Presentable]

I know I'm a prick, but I got into business school.

I'm very happy, I'm 24 and have no future. This is the beginning of a new chapter. Some direction, finally.

I was offered a place in their preliminary cycle, ie, before they begin offering places, if that makes any sense.

Perhaps I won't be such a miserable fucker on the boards, although if I insult you, it's because I like you. ;)

Anybody else here who's old and making a big deal out of achievements that high-schoolers take for granted?

[Lindsey_1535]

HO RAAAAA!!! Congrats ma man! (y)

[Documad]

That's terrific! Do you get admitted to the school and then later select a focus?

I went to school with older students and they kicked ass because (1) they wanted it more and (2) they had some real world reference. It can be difficult getting into the swing of studying again after a break, but once you get through that, you're golden. Good luck!!!

I'm always learning things that other people who went to good schools learned when they were teenagers. :o But I keep plugging along. :)

[SobaViolence]

I'm a prick

you're perfect for business school.

[Kid Presentable]

That's terrific! Do you get admitted to the school and then later select a focus?


Thanks D. I'm accepted for a Bachelor of Commerce, my focus remains to be seen. I'm thinking Sales and Marketing/Management. I'm in an informally managerial role now, so that seems like an option, but Marketing will get me a company car someday.

The Kid sold out!!!

[Documad]

Not that you asked, but when did that ever stop me?

The only danger with being a slightly older student is that they sometimes don't take advantage of school-related programs like internships because they're already working or they have families and other commitments. It's important to focus on the classroom stuff, but it's a mistake to just do the classroom stuff in the long run. (I made this mistake myself in business school.) The school-related stuff that happens out of a classroom is more likely to help with future job seeking.

[Freebasser]

Well done.

[tracky]

I think you've sold out too, but that's ok, cause sometimes you just gotta

Just be sure that by taking this course you will actually be able to advance, and that it won't be wasted and you end up working pretty much the same job you were before / are now.

I know, I'm very negative.

[ToucanSpam]

Congrats Kid P, I'm sure you'll do great there.


By the way, which Constructicon is in your avatar?

[QueenAdrock]

Congrats! Which business school?

UMD's business school is freakin' insane. They've got recliners in the classrooms, plasma-screen TVs, hardwood floors and sprawling staircases, and tons of skylights and fabulous architecture.

Meanwhile, my history classrooms look like the 70's threw up all over them.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Congrats man (y)

[Kid Presentable]

Congrats Kid P, I'm sure you'll do great there.


By the way, which Constructicon is in your avatar?

Devastator.

[ToucanSpam]

Meanwhile, my history classrooms look like the 70's threw up all over them.

OMG

My history prof's offices are so awsome. They have shit from all over the world in them, it's crazy. One of them lived in a kibbitz (speellling) for a while, fucking wiggidy whack stuff, cluttered desks with papers, globes and woooooow I feel like I'm walking into a closet, but a closet with cool shit people forgot.

[ToucanSpam]

Devastator.
I KNEW IT


That's the muthafukka who is all of them combined :cool:

[QueenAdrock]

I don't think I've ever seen a university with a spectacular history department. It goes unnoticed as a major most places.

Our big majors here that get the most funding are business, engineering, and a close third is theater (Jim Henson made that popular, he created the major of "puppeteering" at U of Maryland).

[ToucanSpam]

I don't think I've ever seen a university with a spectacular history department. It goes unnoticed as a major most places.

That applies to here as well.

I want a modern Russia history course dammit. :mad:

[Kid Presentable]

Not that you asked, but when did that ever stop me?

The only danger with being a slightly older student is that they sometimes don't take advantage of school-related programs like internships because they're already working or they have families and other commitments. It's important to focus on the classroom stuff, but it's a mistake to just do the classroom stuff in the long run. (I made this mistake myself in business school.) The school-related stuff that happens out of a classroom is more likely to help with future job seeking.

I hear ya.

Congrats! Which business school?

It's a Uni called Curtin. Seems nice. Big deal is made about its busniness school, and they seemed most appealing to me.

Bearing in mind my first foray into tertiary education lasted six weeks, I just never withdrew so I could collect the student allowance and not have to work. "I'm a student" was a better pick up line than "I'm unemployed" back in 2000.

[hitmonlee]

i did business at ecu

i lasted bout 6 months

business stats killed me, accounting put me in my grave.

congrats and good luck :)

[mc_bunsey]

Nice one!

[scotty]

Well done! Being a mature ager is sweet, because you get respect. The lecturers actually listen to what you got to say. Most kids straight out of school don't know nothin about nothin.

I'm also one of the many who've at least started a business course. I got a Bachelor of Business in marketing and management. I hated it mostly, but I was to stoned and drunk to notice most of the time. In the end I was using my electives to do subjects from the fine arts school and humanities. I don't know how I got away with it because I never fully completed the streams and was still able to graduate.

[Kid Presentable]

Well done! Being a mature ager is sweet, because you get respect. The lecturers actually listen to what you got to say. Most kids straight out of school don't know nothin about nothin.

I'm also one of the many who've at least started a business course. I got a Bachelor of Business in marketing and management. I hated it mostly, but I was to stoned and drunk to notice most of the time. In the end I was using my electives to do subjects from the fine arts school and humanities. I don't know how I got away with it because I never fully completed the streams and was still able to graduate.

Thanks man. Do you think I'll see much benefit from getting a dgree at this stage in my life? If done correctly, surely I'd be better off than I am without one?

[Qdrop]

SELL OUT!!






nah, congrats.

[Kid Presentable]

SELL OUT!!






nah, congrats.

Word, bitch. Sell out like a motherfucker. :cool:

[Qdrop]

EAT THE POOR! SELL THIER BABIES!!

[voltanapricot]

Congratualtions Kid Pernestable!

[Loppfessor]

Way to go KP....

[g-mile7]

I know I'm a prick, but I got into business school.

I'm very happy, I'm 24 and have no future. This is the beginning of a new chapter. Some direction, finally.

I was offered a place in their preliminary cycle, ie, before they begin offering places, if that makes any sense.

Perhaps I won't be such a miserable fucker on the boards, although if I insult you, it's because I like you. ;)

Anybody else here who's old and making a big deal out of achievements that high-schoolers take for granted?



good for you

[marsdaddy]

Congrats. You have to learn the system to bring it down.

BTW, business is universal, so I have a feeling, no matter what you end up doing, the education will help.

[Kid Presentable]

Congrats. You have to learn the system to bring it down.



I hear what you're saying. For the longest time I thought I was above 'Playing the game', but now I realise I must. And it feels pretty decent.

[Tzar]

does this mean you ain't gonna be serving me up some snags in a piece of bread?! huh?! big time hot shot business boy.. got no time for barbies anymore huh?!

fucker... :(

[Kid Presentable]

does this mean you ain't gonna be serving me up some snags in a piece of bread?! huh?! big time hot shot business boy.. got no time for barbies anymore huh?!

fucker... :(

Yeah we should do that bbq sometime.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Thanks man. Do you think I'll see much benefit from getting a dgree at this stage in my life? If done correctly, surely I'd be better off than I am without one?
You're only 25 right? And the degree takes 3-4 years? You'll only be 28-9 when you get out. Its not like you'll be 45-50. I think you'll be heaps better off.

Theres students that are 60 years old + at melbourne uni, if its worth it for them than it sure as hell is worth it for you, career wise, and also it'll give you an opportunity to meet some cool people, learn some interesting stuff ;)

[Kid Presentable]

You're only 25 right? And the degree takes 3-4 years? You'll only be 28-9 when you get out. Its not like you'll be 45-50. I think you'll be heaps better off.

Theres students that are 60 years old + at melbourne uni, if its worth it for them than it sure as hell is worth it for you, career wise, and also it'll give you an opportunity to meet some cool people, learn some interesting stuff ;)

Yeah cool. How you been Rancid?

edit: and I hear what tracky says about making sure I actually gain something. I know a dude who got a BComm and wound up running a bottleshop. Surely he's just lazy? You've got to make things happen.

[Rancid_Beasties]

I went fishing last week (y) Free beer and pool because the pub owner is a family friend.

And yeah, I'm gonna be one of those people who dont use their degree, because theres no chance I'm gonna be a lawyer. Hopefully you find something that grabs your interest in your degree.

[hitmonlee]

my friend hired a guy the other day who was 33 and had just finished his uni degree

as long as you get it at some point - and can show that you weren't just watching passions for the years between 18-24 then i think employers in certain fields don't mind older graduates.

well i hope so

cos otherwise if i decide to go to uni im fucked.

[Kid Presentable]

my friend hired a guy the other day who was 33 and had just finished his uni degree

as long as you get it at some point - and can show that you weren't just watching passions for the years between 18-24 then i think employers in certain fields don't mind older graduates.

well i hope so

cos otherwise if i decide to go to uni im fucked.

You should decide to go to uni. It's the best.

[hitmonlee]

i always decide too late in the year to enrol :(
why must my epiphanies come at the wrong time.

[scotty]

Thanks man. Do you think I'll see much benefit from getting a dgree at this stage in my life? If done correctly, surely I'd be better off than I am without one?

Well you're only 25, so I'd go for the degree. I'm 31 and still have a few years left and I don't think I've left my run late at all.

You can get by without one, but you have to be a genius in the right place at the right time. My bro-in-law is a case in point. He was discovered in nearly exactly the same way as Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting - you know, he solved some diabolically hard mathematical equation while working as a cleaner at the uni. Dave was a cleaner working at a programming company where so guys were having mental attacks tring to perfect some bit of code that had been troubling them for yonks. He peered over their shoulders and asked if he cold have a go, sat down and solved their problem in about five minutes. Since then his info tech careers gone haywire.

So, unless you can pull off something like that, then unis you best bet. Plus, think of the hot chicks.

[Kid Presentable]

Well you're only 25, so I'd go for the degree. I'm 31 and still have a few years left and I don't think I've left my run late at all.

You can get by without one, but you have to be a genius in the right place at the right time. My bro-in-law is a case in point. He was discovered in nearly exactly the same way as Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting - you know, he solved some diabolically hard mathematical equation while working as a cleaner at the uni. Dave was a cleaner working at a programming company where so guys were having mental attacks tring to perfect some bit of code that had been troubling them for yonks. He peered over their shoulders and asked if he cold have a go, sat down and solved their problem in about five minutes. Since then his info tech careers gone haywire.

So, unless you can pull off something like that, then unis you best bet. Plus, think of the hot chicks.

Scotty, I've never told you how much of a renaissance man I consider you to be.