Journal #7949

Posted 11 years ago2012-08-26 11:11:23 UTC
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
So, where is everyone going this September?
Anyone going off to Uni's or new schools/colleges? In which case, what are you guys going to be studying?
I'm going to Uni this September to study Games Design, it's basically a 3 year course on level design.
Kinda interests me to find out what everyone else is going to be doing.

24 Comments

Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 11:19:55 UTC Comment #55379
I would be going to uni, except I didn't get my applications in and I need another course credit for the programs I'm looking at.
So I'm going back to my high school for a semester to pick that up as well as a couple of extra classes that interest me.

What worries me is that, since the province is getting rid of the ability for students to go back after grade 12, other, younger, students won't get the same opportunity. Which is stupid, because I literally NEED this credit, and I'm sure others will be in the same boat down the line.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 12:09:51 UTC Comment #55376
For me it starts in October. I quit the idea of going to Automatics&Computers and instead I'm going to Electronic Engineering and Telecomunications.
Should be fun.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 12:20:23 UTC Comment #55358
Going for Electronic Engineering at the University of Hartford. Connecticut, USA.

I work full time so i can only take 2 classes a semester. But my current classes are Differential Equations and Advanced Technical Writing.
I got a 4.0 last semester, and my overall GPA is a 3.64 so I'm Hoping those classes don't kill me because I'd REALLY like to graduate with honors - Makes getting into NASA a wee bit easier.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 12:31:43 UTC Comment #55377
4.0 out of 5 right?
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 12:40:07 UTC Comment #55360
4 is a perfect GPA in Tet's region, if I recall.

As for my September...I live on the other side of the world where school starts in February, however I'm already well out of school so I'll just be working, as usual :P
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 14:33:25 UTC Comment #55359
4.0/4.0

Penguinboy is correct
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 14:40:17 UTC Comment #55378
Well that's a weird notation. Congrats, wise sir.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 15:45:02 UTC Comment #55372
Many sirs going to Uni I see, and other good sirs already working. Good on you good sirs, good on you!
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-26 22:01:35 UTC Comment #55368
I got 6.5/7 in my first semester of uni.

I'm studing Multimedia Design at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia campus. I'm hoping the courses will start to get a bit more practical soon. The theory of design is dumb. Basically "think about what you're making before you make it" repeated a billion times in different words each time, as though it's not obvious.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-27 01:59:48 UTC Comment #55356
Still freelancing. Making a decent amount of money, but I really want stable hours. Shoots from 6am to 8pm are fairly common and it's killing me.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-27 05:40:08 UTC Comment #55361
I went to UQ as well Scotch :)
I'm working just across the river in South Bank.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-27 09:23:46 UTC Comment #55364
Two months of unemployment and counting. Trying to polish on my graphic- and coding skills. The faculty of humanities didn't really pay off :P
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-27 09:48:05 UTC Comment #55369
What'd you study, Pengy?
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-27 09:51:17 UTC Comment #55362
I did a BSc, Computer Science major.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-27 12:09:06 UTC Comment #55373
@Scotch: maybe it will get you to think about what you're making before you make it :D

I see a lot of people doing more hardware related courses, I'm going to do a BSc too Penguinboy.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-28 00:40:06 UTC Comment #55365
everyone doing in september?
some of us live in the Southern Hemisphere dont forget :P
im still in the middle of my study while trying to get my web design port folio ready for the end of the year....
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-28 10:28:30 UTC Comment #55374
Oh? I didn't know, I was under the impression that school years start during September everywhere! :D
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-28 20:58:21 UTC Comment #55370
Ours start, appropriately so, near the start of the year.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-28 21:11:12 UTC Comment #55367
I'll be right here where I am, working in the family business by day and by night-

Videogames, TWHL, piano, beer, baby birdies.

Not necessarily in that order.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-29 01:33:58 UTC Comment #55366
yeah it makes sense to start a new school year at the START of the year! i never understood why you northern hemisphere people start school in the middle of the year. thats crazy man.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-29 02:05:29 UTC Comment #55363
It's to do with seasons. Summer is school holiday time no matter where you are in the world, I guess.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-29 05:35:41 UTC Comment #55375
Lol, because school ends when Summer begins, and it begins again when Summer is over.
Unless you go to school in England, where school ends half way through Summer.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-29 09:22:37 UTC Comment #55357
Essentially what this means is that Australia should just man up and admit that their winter is actually summer - sort this whole seasons business out.
Commented 11 years ago2012-08-29 20:56:51 UTC Comment #55371
Cold in Summer and hot in Winter?... Yeah, I think I could pull that off.

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