What's your Alma mater (or current). Was (is) it a good experience?

[DasHHKBProM]

I'll start, I'm a uw Husky, hence the classified search to obtain dat deep purple clack 
I've obtained a great network of friends and an enjoyable, fulfilling life experience at this school.

[HoffmanMyster]

Graduated from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

I enjoyed it.  My experience would be drastically different depending on the major I chose, so it seems unfair to say whether I liked it or not, but I did enjoy it.  Nice city, nice campus.  And a highly-ranked program for my field, so I'm glad I went there (learned a lot).

Also, can we give full school names?  I had to google UW Husky and would prefer to not have to do that for all of the responses. 

[esoomenona]

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[byker]

Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Good school, although it is the hardest marking school in Canada! 

[hwood34]

Graduated from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

I enjoyed it.  My experience would be drastically different depending on the major I chose, so it seems unfair to say whether I liked it or not, but I did enjoy it.  Nice city, nice campus.  And a highly-ranked program for my field, so I'm glad I went there (learned a lot).

Also, can we give full school names?  I had to google UW Husky and would prefer to not have to do that for all of the responses. 

Thinking about going there, good to know you liked it

[HoffmanMyster]

Graduated from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

I enjoyed it.  My experience would be drastically different depending on the major I chose, so it seems unfair to say whether I liked it or not, but I did enjoy it.  Nice city, nice campus.  And a highly-ranked program for my field, so I'm glad I went there (learned a lot).

Also, can we give full school names?  I had to google UW Husky and would prefer to not have to do that for all of the responses. 

Thinking about going there, good to know you liked it

Ooh, really?  What are you thinking about studying?  (or if you don't know, what draws you to the UofM?)

[hwood34]

Graduated from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

I enjoyed it.  My experience would be drastically different depending on the major I chose, so it seems unfair to say whether I liked it or not, but I did enjoy it.  Nice city, nice campus.  And a highly-ranked program for my field, so I'm glad I went there (learned a lot).

Also, can we give full school names?  I had to google UW Husky and would prefer to not have to do that for all of the responses. 

Thinking about going there, good to know you liked it

Ooh, really?  What are you thinking about studying?  (or if you don't know, what draws you to the UofM?)

management information systems (not to derail the thread)

[Xowie]

I went to Ohio St for undergrad and currently at University of Michigan for grad school. I have really enjoyed both schools.

[DasHHKBProM]

Graduated from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

I enjoyed it.  My experience would be drastically different depending on the major I chose, so it seems unfair to say whether I liked it or not, but I did enjoy it.  Nice city, nice campus.  And a highly-ranked program for my field, so I'm glad I went there (learned a lot).

Also, can we give full school names?  I had to google UW Husky and would prefer to not have to do that for all of the responses. 

*University of Washington, Seattle
I figured the latter ncaa associated name would have had higher recognition. 

[Flyersfan1]

I go to Temple University in Philadelphia, I'm a pre health student. I like it there very much, it's in a pretty crappy section of the city, but for a large public university, it's awesome!

[hwood34]

I guess I might at well contribute something then, my dad went to hopkins, then northwestern for law school

[HoffmanMyster]

Graduated from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

I enjoyed it.  My experience would be drastically different depending on the major I chose, so it seems unfair to say whether I liked it or not, but I did enjoy it.  Nice city, nice campus.  And a highly-ranked program for my field, so I'm glad I went there (learned a lot).

Also, can we give full school names?  I had to google UW Husky and would prefer to not have to do that for all of the responses. 

*University of Washington, Seattle
I figured the latter ncaa associated name would have had higher recognition. 

I'm sure it does, for people who care at all about that.    NCAA never did much for me (other than get me a gift card for a bracket freshman year ) ).

[fohat.digs]

The Georgia Institute of Technology (aka "Georgia Tech")

B.S. I.D. Class of 1976

Great experience overall, a spot of bother relative to grades at the beginning and near the end, "if only I knew then what I know now" etc etc.

[tp4tissue]

Went to community college of NJ.. basically everyone in NJ who isn't going to ivy league goes to this college.

lots of brown people and sifo people..

the white people here are ok..

given that it's a big school 60k,  you get the diversity...


I honestly wouldn't even recommend college these days..  Just download pirated books, learn day trading, take some free matlab courses, do your own  thing.. you can't possibly do worse than the average trader $40k year..

and if your family was going to pay your tuition anyway, essentially, there's ur seed  money..


So.. basically.. yea.. had a good time..  did I learn anything.. well.. you know.. not really..

[graefeln]

Currently attending Lakeland College (Wisconsin). It's not bad, but I do most of my classes online.
I have work and kids, so being able to take classes online or make it to campus works well for me.

[intelli78]

George Washington University in DC. It was a good experience but I learned infinitely more in the first couple years of work, after college.

[HoffmanMyster]

Currently attending Lakeland College (Wisconsin). It's not bad, but I do most of my classes online.
I have work and kids, so being able to take classes online or make it to campus works well for me.

Hey, you're like an hour from me!  That's cool.    You should PM me if you want to meetup sometime.   

[graefeln]

Currently attending Lakeland College (Wisconsin). It's not bad, but I do most of my classes online.
I have work and kids, so being able to take classes online or make it to campus works well for me.

Hey, you're like an hour from me!  That's cool.    You should PM me if you want to meetup sometime.   

I realized that when you had the meetup a couple weeks back. I was thinking about trying to attend, but my kids and wife were sick when I noticed the thread and it wouldn't have been good timing. I figure if you have another though, I will try to make it.
I also have an interview in Appleton next week, so if I get that job, I would definitely be out your way more often.

[HoffmanMyster]

Currently attending Lakeland College (Wisconsin). It's not bad, but I do most of my classes online.
I have work and kids, so being able to take classes online or make it to campus works well for me.

Hey, you're like an hour from me!  That's cool.    You should PM me if you want to meetup sometime.   

I realized that when you had the meetup a couple weeks back. I was thinking about trying to attend, but my kids and wife were sick when I noticed the thread and it wouldn't have been good timing. I figure if you have another though, I will try to make it.
I also have an interview in Appleton next week, so if I get that job, I would definitely be out your way more often.

Hey, we don't need an official meetup to hang out.    I'm always down to drive an hour to see people.      Just let me know.

Should probably take this to PM though to keep this thread somewhat on topic. 

[user 18]

I'm at University of Guelph, Canada. I absolutely love it, and wouldn't change a thing.

[tp4tissue]

Currently attending Lakeland College (Wisconsin). It's not bad, but I do most of my classes online.
I have work and kids, so being able to take classes online or make it to campus works well for me.

Hey, you're like an hour from me!  That's cool.    You should PM me if you want to meetup sometime.   

I realized that when you had the meetup a couple weeks back. I was thinking about trying to attend, but my kids and wife were sick when I noticed the thread and it wouldn't have been good timing. I figure if you have another though, I will try to make it.
I also have an interview in Appleton next week, so if I get that job, I would definitely be out your way more often.

Hey, we don't need an official meetup to hang out.    I'm always down to drive an hour to see people.      Just let me know.

Should probably take this to PM though to keep this thread somewhat on topic. 

i've always found this.. disconcerting...  what is hoff doing to ya'll

[VesperSAINT]

University of Florida in the small city of Gainesville. GO GATORS! Kind of says it all )

[Lastpilot]

University of Florida in the small city of Gainesville. GO GATORS! Kind of says it all )

GO NOLES. Florida State University.

[HoffmanMyster]

i've always found this.. disconcerting...  what is hoff doing to ya'll

What is disconcerting?

[VesperSAINT]

University of Florida in the small city of Gainesville. GO GATORS! Kind of says it all )

GO NOLES. Florida State University.

You dirty @$$ seminole... Hope you enjoyed Florida Female College AKA Florida State College for Women.

[engicoder]

RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), class of 92. It was a good experience other than the 5 to 1, male to female ratio.

[CPTBadAss]

RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), class of 92. It was a good experience other than the 5 to 1, male to female ratio.

Seriously?? Good for you man. I wanted to go to RPI real bad. The school is 15 minutes away from my hometown. I couldn't get in though .

[nubbinator]

Baylor University for undergrad.

University of Washington, Seattle for grad school.

I only own Baylor gear.  I think that should tell you how I felt about the school.  I did get some good friends out of the program, but I hated UW.

[Joey Quinn]

Currently going to Michigan Technological University for mechanical engineering. So far I haven't learned much but I'm a freshman so...

[swill]

McGill University in Montreal.  Technically a good school, but I found that they taught me 10 year old technology and being out of the workforce for 4-5 years actually put me behind.  I am not sure I would go to university if I did it again, but that is just me.  I was a successful consultant at 16...

[engicoder]

RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), class of 92. It was a good experience other than the 5 to 1, male to female ratio.

Seriously?? Good for you man. I wanted to go to RPI real bad. The school is 15 minutes away from my hometown. I couldn't get in though .

What's your home town?

[CPTBadAss]

Seriously?? Good for you man. I wanted to go to RPI real bad. The school is 15 minutes away from my hometown. I couldn't get in though .

What's your home town?

Colonie NY. Suburb of Albany.

[noisyturtle]

DigiPen Institute Of Technology. Yes it was a great experience.

RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), class of 92. It was a good experience other than the 5 to 1, male to female ratio.

My dad went to RPI 

[CPTBadAss]

I guess I should also say that I went to the Rochester Institute of Technology. I worked my ass off and got into the field I wanted to right out of college so I guess it worked out. I enjoyed my time there overall.

[byker]

The only one I know was swill's Canadian school. 

[swill]

The only one I know was swill's Canadian school. 

Haha, which is precisely why I went there.  It is a pretty well recognized school and being a Canadian citizen it was a lot cheaper than going to any of the US schools (I am also a US citizen). 

[jacobolus]

I guess I should also say that I went to the Rochester Institute of Technology. I worked my ass off and got into the field I wanted to right out of college so I guess it worked out. I enjoyed my time there overall.

RIT’s color science people are among the best in the world. If the winters weren’t so brutal I would strongly consider trying to do a graduate degree at the MCSL.

I have a friend who is a music grad student in Rochester, and while he likes the program and his teachers, it’s pretty isolated, and the weather....

[radio_killah]

University of California at Davis. Aggie for life. Absolutely loved it there. The people and college town are very laid back.

[nubbinator]

University of California at Davis. Aggie for life. Absolutely loved it there. The people and college town are very laid back.

Well, it is stoner heaven, so it had better be chill.  As a Baylor grad, I'm predisposed to hating Aggies though.  Fortunately you're the good kind of Aggie.

[CPTBadAss]

If the winters weren’t so brutal...

You call them brutal, I call them normal.

[jacobolus]

If the winters weren’t so brutal...

You call them brutal, I call them normal.

I grew up in Southern California and now live in the warmest neighborhood of San Francisco. During 2 months of the year the low temperatures here sometimes get down to the mid-40s with highs around 60°. Brrrrr.

I lived in Boston for ~6 years, and that was more than bad enough. Upstate NY? Forget about it.

[Lu_e]

I'll start, I'm a uw Husky, hence the classified search to obtain dat deep purple clack 
I've obtained a great network of friends and an enjoyable, fulfilling life experience at this school.

So you're going to need a gold one too?

[nubbinator]

I'll start, I'm a uw Husky, hence the classified search to obtain dat deep purple clack 
I've obtained a great network of friends and an enjoyable, fulfilling life experience at this school.

So you're going to need a gold one too?

Dibs on gold.  Both my Alma maters (Baylor and UW) have gold in their colors.

[DasHHKBProM]

I'll start, I'm a uw Husky, hence the classified search to obtain dat deep purple clack 
I've obtained a great network of friends and an enjoyable, fulfilling life experience at this school.

So you're going to need a gold one too?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64405.msg1507267#msg1507267
i'll settle for yellow, but really wanted the gold one that was offered a month or so ago.

but ill trade my entire life savings for that deep purple one  ) nubbinator - I think a gold skull would look so much better than a purple here : P https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33155.msg1498426#msg1498426

[radio_killah]

University of California at Davis. Aggie for life. Absolutely loved it there. The people and college town are very laid back.

Well, it is stoner heaven, so it had better be chill.  As a Baylor grad, I'm predisposed to hating Aggies though.  Fortunately you're the good kind of Aggie.

People don't got much else to do out in the fields I guess haha. Had a lot of friends who smoked but never did myself. Great atmosphere at Davis though because of the college town community.

[engicoder]

Colonie NY. Suburb of Albany.

Ah, Colonie...I often drove Wolf Rd and went Colonie Center. while I was in school

I guess I should also say that I went to the Rochester Institute of Technology. I worked my ass off and got into the field I wanted to right out of college so I guess it worked out. I enjoyed my time there overall

I applied to RIT as well. Its a great school, plus you can got to Nicks for a garbage plate.

[eth0s]

I went to the University of Michigan twice.  First for a BA in Economics, then for a JD.  The undergrad program at Michigan was awesome.  I had a great time.  I had the best time of my life, probably.  But tbh, the law school was really not fun at all.  The professors were totally un-fun, the school itself is made of grey stone, and the other students were a bit weird.  I found some guys to hang out with during the 2d and 3d years, so it wasn't totally horrible, but it was not like undergrad.  Also, back then, they didn't teach you anything that you need to know to become a lawyer.  I have read that law schools have changed their curriculums, and that now they try to teach more practical skills to the students, but back when I went they didn't really teach you anything, mainly because the professors didn't know anything.  The most experienced "litigator" at the UM law school back then was Prof. Richard D. Friedman*, who had worked for two whole years at a Wall Street Corporate law firm, with 1,000 lawyers.  Which means that he didn't know a damned thing, except how to make coffee for the partners.  My first job after law school was in criminal defense (because it was the only job I could get), and in that first year, I basically knew nothing about lawyering, and I had to learn from the criminals that I was representing.  The criminals (or alleged criminals, I should say) knew the law, the system, the Courts and the Judges, basically everything you need to know be an effective lawyer, better than every prof. at UM Law School added together and x 100.  So anyway, at least I got to become an expert in criminal law, even though I don't do that type of work anymore.  But I could, if any of you guys ever gets arrested in NYC.  But don't do that, 'cuz it sucks, and you have to go to Riker's Island, at least for a night or two, until I can get you out on bail.  But worst of all, I would have to go to Riker's Island to see you, which I don't want to do, because there are some scary people in there.

*Prof. Friedman argued and lost UM's case before the US Supreme Court on affirmative action.  See, Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003).

[terrpn]

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

[DasHHKBProM]

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

I have a good friend who went there, Daytona?

[terrpn]

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

I have a good friend who went there, Daytona?

I went to a satellite campus at Andrews AFB..........

Couldn't pass a physical to get my pilots license