Just got into College!!

Keep it clean but fun.
Post Reply
User avatar
vitinho444
Posts: 2819
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:54 pm

Just got into College!!

Post by vitinho444 »

In post-work time

Yeah i got in, I'm a freshman now in Informatics Engineer.
My average is very low (110 of 200) and i got into those schedules that are for working people. 18-22:30pm... Pretty rough for a 17 year old i think, but its my dream, i hope i can learn new cool stuff and get to know more about this beautiful world.

I'm afraid my time will drop to 0 or even below 0, and i wont enjoy GTA V :(

I'm still waiting for the freshman hunt, i hope it will be fun, but there's always those jackasses..

Just felt like sharing with you guys, and i hope i can contribute more with knowledge for this community.
My Company Website: http://www.oryzhon.com

Skype: vpegas1234
User avatar
Xaos
Posts: 940
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:01 am

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by Xaos »

Awesome man ! Congrats ! How does the university system work in Portugal?
User avatar
hallsofvallhalla
Site Admin
Posts: 12026
Joined: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:29 pm

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by hallsofvallhalla »

Congrats!
User avatar
Jackolantern
Posts: 10891
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by Jackolantern »

Congratulations! :)
The indelible lord of tl;dr
User avatar
vitinho444
Posts: 2819
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:54 pm

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by vitinho444 »

Xaos wrote:Awesome man ! Congrats ! How does the university system work in Portugal?
Thank you.
Well, it's a 3 year course for a graduation. Then i can get my Master (i think you guys call it like that, between graduation and phD) for more 2 years.
I'm taking night class since my average is low, but in a year i can re-apply for the day class with good grades (i need to own programming for god sake..)
Not sure what to talk about more, do you have any particular question :D ?

It's really a nice ambient, lots of people talking about parties already.. im not much of a party guy though.. so i just wanna get my "paper" so companies trust my skills more easily.
hallsofvallhalla wrote:Congrats!
Thank you :)
Jackolantern wrote:Congratulations! :)
Thank you :)
My Company Website: http://www.oryzhon.com

Skype: vpegas1234
User avatar
Xaos
Posts: 940
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:01 am

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by Xaos »

vitinho444 wrote:
Xaos wrote:Awesome man ! Congrats ! How does the university system work in Portugal?
Thank you.
Well, it's a 3 year course for a graduation. Then i can get my Master (i think you guys call it like that, between graduation and phD) for more 2 years.
I'm taking night class since my average is low, but in a year i can re-apply for the day class with good grades (i need to own programming for god sake..)
Not sure what to talk about more, do you have any particular question :D ?

It's really a nice ambient, lots of people talking about parties already.. im not much of a party guy though.. so i just wanna get my "paper" so companies trust my skills more easily.
hallsofvallhalla wrote:Congrats!
Thank you :)
Jackolantern wrote:Congratulations! :)
Thank you :)
Nope, I get it from there. So since your high school average wasn't that high, you're going to night school, so when you get your college average and it's high you go to the day school, which I presume is better?
User avatar
vitinho444
Posts: 2819
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:54 pm

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by vitinho444 »

It's not that it's better.. He's just day course, but it's exactly the same :)
But i'm not yet that "grown up" to attend to night class you know... and it's harder for me to get used to new life style.

Once im inside college, highschool average is not worth ****, so i can do what i like and get results :)
My Company Website: http://www.oryzhon.com

Skype: vpegas1234
User avatar
Xaos
Posts: 940
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:01 am

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by Xaos »

vitinho444 wrote:It's not that it's better.. He's just day course, but it's exactly the same :)
But i'm not yet that "grown up" to attend to night class you know... and it's harder for me to get used to new life style.

Once im inside college, highschool average is not worth ****, so i can do what i like and get results :)

Oh okay, gotcha. And very true about the high school thing, haha. Can't wait til I go to college.
User avatar
Jackolantern
Posts: 10891
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by Jackolantern »

vitinho444 wrote:Once im inside college, highschool average is not worth ****, so i can do what i like and get results :)
Yep, that is pretty much true. I dropped out of high school in my freshman year, had terrible grades, etc. Then fast forward a decade and I go to college and have a 3.9 GPA after 3 years of classes :cool:
The indelible lord of tl;dr
User avatar
Hamilton
Posts: 114
Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:11 am

Re: Just got into College!!

Post by Hamilton »

Congratz

Also with the Masters, when you get to that stage; don't stop to take a break. Well, may be up to 3 months, but no longer. From past experience, once you take a break, it is hard to get back into it. And in my opinion, a Graduate degree is much easier than an Undergraduate. As you said, it is just 2 years and you know what to expect and by then know what you want to study in.

I had planned to get a PhD, but I took a break ... and well, 9 years later haven't gotten back to it. Because of too many reasons or excuses...
Sign off,
Hamilton
Post Reply

Return to “Off-Topic”