I'm Starting School Tomorrow

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For my Master of Science....

I'm kinda nervous. Anyone done online schoolin' before?

[Particle Man]

No. But good luck. :D

[Switch]

No. But good luck. :D

Thanks man.

[tallywacker]

Makes hard classes harder and easy classes easier. But really comes down to the individual professors course layout.

[Smittie61984]

I started an online Abnormal Psych class a couple of weeks ago but quit it because I couldn't stand it. Not that it was hard but I felt it was more time consuming than actually going to class. They wanted me to write in a blog, do write in assignments, write on a discussion board, online quizzes, online tests, and interact with other fucks on an online forum. Which I found pretty fucking difficult thanks to TWFix. I kept wanting to say "fuck you, your kid is a god damn dumbass and because your kid doesn't do what highly educated doctors of psych say a kid does, doesn't mean you proved these people wrong. Go fuck yourself you out of work housewife bitch". Fuck You Trip!

I thought it was going to be me reading my book, doing quizzes to see if I knew my work, and then doing a couple in school tests so they know I wasn't bullshitting. I'm an individual learner, not a group dick sucking discussion learner.

Luckily it has nothing to do with my major other than being a nice buffer for PA school. I took it because I was starting a new job and didn't know my schedule yet.

[101lifts2]

I started an on line Abnormal Psych class a couple of weeks ago but quit it because I couldn't stand it. Not that it was hard but I felt it was more time consuming than actually going to class. They wanted me to write in a blog, do write in assignments, write on a discussion board, on line quizzes, on line tests, and interact with other fucks on an on line forum. Which I found pretty fucking difficult thanks to TWFix. I kept wanting to say "fuck you, your kid is a god damn dumbass and because your kid doesn't do what highly educated doctors of psych say a kid does, doesn't mean you proved these people wrong. Go fuck yourself you out of work housewife bitch". Fuck You Trip!....

:lol: dude you crack me up.

What Master are you going for Bonesaw? MBA?

I've had a few on line college classes, but it really depends on the school/teacher, but mine were Engineering. Some of the classes are taped, then you view them on the net and email the instructor questions OR they can be live via a web cam. Depends on the time the class is..taped during the day and replayed for the night classes. I had my onlines at night. The tests were usually at the school itself or you email it to the instructor. True on line shit is emailed of course. Note..this is usually much HARDER because you get open book and open INTERNET. lol

The other way is what Smittie said, with people all circle jerking around, in some chat room. I've never had this, but I've heard it pretty much sucks because there is little structure to who says what.

Make sure that the on line school you are doing is ACCREDITED. Many on line are not.

Good luck.

[Porkchop]

Yes.

Gotta be disciplined. You have to be able to force your nose in the book. Sometimes it really sucks, but it gives you the freedom to do homework whenever you want because mostly everything is due sunday nights at midnight. Quizes and tests are almost always multiple choice and timed. Like smittie said lots of discussion boards. Easy to medium classes can be cake, and require almost no time. Like he said, hard classes you just want to shoot yourself becuase you have no reinforcement other than the book you are staring blankly at. DONT take math or science classes online.

Will these be standard quarter, standard semester, or accelerated classes?

[tallywacker]

Yes.

Gotta be disciplined. You have to be able to force your nose in the book. Sometimes it really sucks, but it gives you the freedom to do homework whenever you want because mostly everything is due sunday nights at midnight. Quizes and tests are almost always multiple choice and timed. Like smittie said lots of discussion boards. Easy to medium classes can be cake, and require almost no time. Like he said, hard classes you just want to shoot yourself becuase you have no reinforcement other than the book you are staring blankly at. DONT take math or science classes online.

Will these be standard quarter, standard semester, or accelerated classes?

Exactly, math and science online are suicide unless you can read your math book and take it all in and understand it.

[dReWpY]

M. S. Don't matter unless you have a thesis

[LeeNetworX]

For my Master of Science....

I'm kinda nervous. Anyone done online schoolin' before?

Yes. Math classes are a fucking PITA, as we had to use Word to show all work. Formatting and inputing all of those symbols and functions and whatnot is a pain in the cock. I spent 4x as much time putting all of the shit into a Word document as I did originally solving the problems.

I asked my professors if I could just write all of the work on paper and scan it into a PDF and was told "No" each and every time.

Good luck.

[Switch]

M. S. Don't matter unless you have a thesis

Oh I got me a thesis, don't worry bout that.

100 page. Should be fun.

[CrazyKell]

Masters of Science in what?

Online courses from a "real" university or are we talking University of Phoenix here?

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Masters of Science in what?

Online courses from a "real" university or are we talking University of Phoenix here?

Information Systems w/ concentration in Enterprise Resource Management

We are talking Strayer here.

[CrazyKell]

Good luck in your studies.

[dReWpY]

yikes, have fun, i thought you might of been talking about a ****ology degree for some reason

[101lifts2]

yikes, have fun, i thought you might of been talking about a ****ology degree for some reason

Now what could ****ology be? :lol

[dReWpY]

toxicology, biology, chemistryology .... wait a second..

[Switch]

toxicology, biology, chemistryology .... wait a second..

You dummy, that would just be *ology.

[snobuny]

Online if done correctly by an accredited university is not so bad...if you have the disipline to complete your own work on time. Education is never a bad investment unless its an artsy degree.

I love online classes....I can sit in my kitchen, in my undies unless there is a video link and my life does not have to stop for education.

I have attended class in New Orleans, Northern Ontario, Gatlinburg, Miami, Las Vegas, Jackson Hole, etc. you get the picture, internet access means I can attend class, anytime, anywhere.

Some of the classes are better than others, if your instructor is engaged with the students and really uses the class effectivly its great. When they suck....they just suck!

Just started my Doctorate and my first online class blows! Not only does the instructor not really know what she is doing, I hate theory which makes it twice as bad. Then you get assigned a group of douches that don't want to work and you end up doing everything or blowing your GPA. At least I don't have to drive an hour and sit in a classroom for 4 hours, I can ignore her in the comfort of my own home.

But I know its not for everyone, just try it and see if you like it....if not you can always switch to traditional.

[ontwo]

Good luck dude. I'm not disciplined enough to do any further schooling.