I've been a member of hatrack since January 2006, but never introduced myself formally--so this is it. My name is Andy. I got a BS in music from Radford University today. I play piano and I sing. Some of my other interests include dabbling in computer repair/maintenance. I'm an avid chessplayer. I love being outside and doing things outside (because I've spent so much of my time cooped up inside a practice room with nothing but a piano and fluorescent light). I love Orson Scott Card's writing and I love hanging out at this forum.
Everyone has been asking me what I plan on doing next, and I have no idea.
I also like making my posts short and sweet. So here's my hello thread--1 year late.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Cool. I graduated today as well. I got a BA in Historical Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas. So yes, I am officially a college graduate. Now if only someone would offer me a job...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Congratulations to both of you.
pfresh, what do you expect to do with Historical Studies?
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Teach high school history. I've been applying to school districts for the last few months. I'm doing an alternative teacher certification program this summer to get my full certification. If someone offers me a job, then I'm in. If not, then I student teach for a semester and I guess get a part time job for the other semester.
Posted by Amanecer (Member # 4068) on :
Congrats Launchy and Pfresh!
I graduated from UTD today as well. I got a BA in Historical Studies and a BS in Finance. I'm currently looking for a Financial Analyst position.
To all us grads: WOOT!!! Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Yeah, Amanecer beat me at college. Her name was in the program 5 times, while mine was only in it 3 times.
But congrats to all of us. We all rock. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Congrats to all the new grads.
Now get off my lawn, and get a job!
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Hatrack's your lawn? Man, what a nice piece of real estate. Well I'll leave before you start telling me about how things were in your day and all. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
In my day, I had a job secured before I graduated.
(I will freely admit this was luck and connections more than any effort on my part.)
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I knew that was coming. I just knew it. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It wasn't. Not until you gave me a cue I couldn't pass up. Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Congradulations!!!!
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: It wasn't. Not until you gave me a cue I couldn't pass up.
That's how I knew it was coming; I knew you wouldn't pass up that cue. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
<-- predictable
Alas!
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
Congrats!! That will be me in four years! or three, if I pass all my AP tests...
Although I will have a BS in Engineering and a BA in Military History, if I can wangle it.
I cant help laughing at thinking when I graduate, it will be with a piece of paper saying I have [a] BS.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
RunningBear, we tease my husband about that all the time (he's due to graduate in September) and also my almost-step-brother-in-law (who has a BS in chemistry. That one makes for some REALLY funny jokes. You see, what he does with his degree in chemistry is work at a place where they treat sewage.)
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
Congratulations to the graduates!
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Congrats! Another 3 and a half for me.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: <-- predictable
Alas!
Eh, anyone would have taken the bait. I know I would have. Posted by Nathan2006 (Member # 9387) on :
Neat!!! I'm in highschool, and I'm planning on going to college and double majoring in Music Performance - Piano, and English... I want to edit (Fiction, preferably) as my day job, because I don't the idea of playing chamber music for money (It's an ideal, leave it alone. LOL). I'm a soloist <Toss hair back and hold face in a dramatic profile of intense musicality and passion>
So... Now just to figure out how people get into editing, and how on earth I'm going to manage double majoring!
And to those with historical studies majors, congrats, my favorite singer/artist started out as a history teacher in Minnisota.
This doesn't apply to you at all, but I find it interesting.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I've got two weeks to go to graduation - that, and a final, senior thesis, and term paper! Yay to graduating (even though I've already signed myself up for at least 5 more years of work).
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I would be graduating in a month with my B.A.S. in Musicology and English lit, but I decided to add an emphasis in composition, (and a semester in England) so I'll be graduating a year from now with my useless triple major. Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Less than a week to my MA.
Congratulations to everyone who's already done!
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
quote:Originally posted by RunningBear:
I cant help laughing at thinking when I graduate, it will be with a piece of paper saying I have [a] BS.
Maybe that's why around here we call it a B.Sc.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
MS - More of the Same PhD - Piled Higher and Deeper
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
Ye gods does that seem true some days.
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
Well, I know I will have a pile in six years...
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
I'm half way there. Congrats to those who've graduated!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Got my hood today. It was hotter than Hades here, but at least the arena was air-conditioned.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Congrats, Carrie. Party time.
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
Congratulations!!!
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
Congrats grads.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Awesome, Carrie. Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:So... Now just to figure out how people get into editing, and how on earth I'm going to manage double majoring!
I'm a double major, it's no big deal. Just means you get to take less electives, that's all. And you might be in college a bit longer, I'm taking about 20 hours beyond what a single major would take. That's two semesters, more or less depending on how many hours you take in a semester. If you push yourself and have a couple of 18 hour semesters, then it's not bad at all.
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
Congratulations all.
I'm a year away from my degree, but sadly they only give BAs in my school, even when you major in Astrophysics.
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
The first guy to graduate from Weber State after it became a four year school got a BA in Autobody. I played for the graduation so I was there. He was Iranian and his name started with Ab that's why he was the first.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
I've never heard the word "Autobody" until today. My imagination has been running wild with what it means.
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
If you find a BA in Autobody to be "thought provoking", you might want to consider my undergraduate degree is a BM.
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