Have you attended college?

[ringmastery]

If so, where? Did you enjoy your experience?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. nyu

yes

[Cuban_Liberal]

2. Yes.

Several places, although my baccalaureate degree is from Wabash College (IN). Yes, I enjoyed the experience.:)

[yardwork]

3. I did, and I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

I wished later that I had taken off a few years to work and grow up a little more.

[camero]

4. No

Sometimes I wish I had and other times I'm glad I didn't.

Had a scholarship too. Doh.

[Insider]

5. pitt, morgan state, upper iowa, webster

LOL i'm hard-headed. enjoyed most of it. classrooms are fun places for my personality type.

[Wapsie B]

44. Cool.

I grew up near Upper Iowa's main campus.
As for me: BA, Western Illinois University
Go Leathernecks!

[Insider]

46. pete the peacock

actually i did my time at the fort riley, kansas campus with the army. finished my undergrad with UIU.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. I'm currently in college...

And did I enjoy it? Sorta.
Duckie

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. Love your sig line pic!

:P

[YellowRubberDuckie]

51. Thanks Sweetie...

I just wish I could have a cat. This is the only way I will ever be able to have one. Damn me for falling in love with someone who's a allergic.
Duckie

[Droopy]

8. I'm currently attending Wright State University

I'm 31 and I am returning to finish up my degree that I started when I was younger. There's a lot of pressure involved, especially if you want to get good grades, but I wouldn't trade it for what I was doing six months ago, which was driving trucks. I guess you could say I'm enjoying it.

[MASSAFRA]

9. Yes

Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1976-79 BA Criminology and Sociology
University of Pittsburgh 1982-1983
Allegheny County Community College 1982-1983
Westmoreland County Community College 1998-2000

Being a full time student away from how was the best.

[terrya]

10. No. I'm too old to go to college now.

I'm 47. I thought I was too stupid for college.

And at this age, I'd look like an idiot if I tried.

Plus, I can't afford it. I'm drowning in debt right now.

Yippee. My life.

Terry

[camero]

11. I thought the same thing

My friends were trying to convince me different. Not everybody was meant for college. Too old now also.

[Droopy]

17. You wouldn't look like an idiot

I've met people who are older than you that are attending my college. I'm 31 and I'm finishing up my undergraduate degree. A lot of people go to college later in life. Some for career change, others just to enrich their lives.

[1monster]

22. Try a Community College. There are lots of older students in CCs...

In the class I took two summers ago, there were two students not long out of high school, two in their mid to late twenties, and the rest were closer to fifty than 30...

It was a great class!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

30. I teach plenty of older students.

It's amazing how they flourish. I love them and am very patient with them. They get lots of attention from me (especially computer classes). I understand how they feel.
Don't ever be afraid to better yourself or learn something that interests you.

[Snow]

12. Ya know, undergrad school, I was just there -

really pretty much lost, didn't study much, didn't enjoy it that much to tell the truth. graduated, etc, then at age 30 entered grad school, spent 8 years there - it was a blast! Stimulating, fascinating stuff, great learning environment, life-long friends. And I knew what I wanted to do - could be that made a difference. Also, undergrad was in Indianapolis, grad was in Seattle - that definitely made a difference.

[SiobhanClancy]

13. Tulane...

enjoyed it very much:)

[sir_captain]

14. Yes and yes

I got my bachelor's degree in history from Harvard University in 2002 and am currently applying to medical school. And yes, I basically had a terrific time.

[Ladyhawk]

15. Yes I went to college. Did I enjoy it? Yes and no.

Yes: I learned quite a lot and I very much enjoy learning. I am a thirsty sponge when it comes to certain types of information. I'm especially interested in the biological and wildlife sciences; writing; art; and music. I also use too many semi-colons. And too many hyphens. And too many sentence fragments. (Nod to earlier thread.)

No: As a result of my learning, I lost my fundamentalist Christian world view and all of my "lifelong friends." I'm still reeling at the betrayal. I'm still trying to find an anchor in the chaos of reality.

[furrylitldevil]

16. I'm currently in college

for the 3rd time. The first two felt more forced upon me, so I didn't enjoy them very much, but now since it's on my own terms, I've getting a lot more out of the experience.

[tishaLA]

18. I have attended for so long I forget what the world is like

Undergrad: Penn
Masters: A school I will not name because I hated it so much
Ph.D.: UCLA (well, I don't have the degree yet, but you get the pic)

[furrylitldevil]

19. G'damn

that's a lot of schoolin'

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

23. One of these days we'll have to break bread

I like people that are so educated they intimidate me :D

[Snow]

28. Hmmmm. You didn't look intimidated last time I saw you.

the margaritas, maybe? Or I'm too kindly-looking to intimidate?

[AlCzervik]

20. yup

Northeastern class of 90, i enjoyed the beer.

[1monster]

21. Flagler College

and two summers ago St. Johns River Community College for a post graduate course.

Yes, I enjoyed it, but had a hard time working full time and going to classes full time, so I didn't enjoy it as much as I could have nor did I take full advantage of the opportunity.

I thoroughly enjoyed my course at SJRCC and am looking forward to taking other courses, both pre and post graduate, there.

I know that I took my grades more seriously at SJRCC than I did nearly 30 years ago at Flagler. And I got soo much out of the course.

I think perhaps we start college to early. We need to be out in the real world for a few years in order to appreciate the great learning opportunity college really is. It would be nice if the way we attend college could be restructured so that it was the norm to spread college out over more than four years to fit into our need to balance making a living and raising a family. (Maybe day and evening child care facilities on campus? :) )

edit for grammatical clarity

[GOPisEvil]

24. I r a tecksus aggy

Er, Texas A&M University, class of 1990. BS, Political Science.

[flamingyouth]

25. University of Washington!

And I did enjoy it very much. :-)

[RebelOne]

26. No, I attended the School of Hard Knocks

I was married at 16 and never finished high school. I had 2 children by the time I was 23, and was divorced by the time I was 25. But I am now in a position which requires a college degree, so I guess the School of Hard Knocks pays off, plus I didn't have to pay any college tuition.

[youngred]

27. Currently attending The George Washington University

in Washington DC

[Gopens]

29. Texas A&M, Class of 88

Journalism major, and I loved every minute of it.

High school, on the other hand, I couldn't get out of fast enough.

[kitkatrose]

35. Heh, whoever said that HS is the best time of your life,

li~ed so bad, it's not funny. I currently attend Howard University in DC, and I'm so enjoying college right now.

[GOPisEvil]

52. Another Aggie! Cool!

A&M Class of '90, Political Science.

[strategery blunder]

31. I'm a student at Truman State University

in Kirksville, MO.

However, the place swarms with freepers. Unfortunately, this limits my enjoyment of college a little bit (but not THAT much).

[jobycom]

32. UTexas,Utexas at Dallas, Mississippi State, and Miss Gulf Coast JC

Loved it, all of them.

I worked through all of it, and was married for my last two schools(the UT schools). Never lived the "college life--" never had that type of material comfort. I never really thought that those who did live that life got much out of college, either, but hey, maybe I just never liked drinking much.

The learning part was all I wanted.

[PartyPooper]

33. Yes. I went to college in Florida and graduated in 1972.

Yes. I enjoyed the experience. I was a full-time student with a full-time job. So, it was VERY interesting, to say the least.

:dunce:

(my favourite emoticon, by the way!)

[LSdemocrat]

34. Yes, Washington University in St. Louis

I thoroughly enjoyed college. I'm going back to Wash U for law school.

[Beaker]

36. yes...a few places-

michigan state, illinois state, university of illinois(champaign-urbana and chicago circle), Northern Illinois University, Northwestern, Northeastern illinois university, Elgin Community college, Harper college, and Lake County community college.

you'd think i'd have a degree by now...

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. Yes

GMI and University of Wisconsin

Also grad school

[holeinboatoutatsea]

38. three bachelor's degrees

and damn if I'm not still one of the toiling, struggling ones.

I'll be danged.

[patriotvoice]

39. MIT

http://web.mit.edu/

[SarahB]

40. perpetually

[Piltdown13]

41. Been attending a lot longer than I thought...

B.A./B.S. Boston University 1997
M.A. Indiana University 2001 (took my quals at the end of 2001, but the bureaucracy sat on the forms long enough that the official date on the diploma is 2002)

Now at the dissertation stage of my Ph.D.

[TXlib]

42. Yes.

Cornell University, undergrad.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, grad.

Yes, I enjoyed it.

[U2Fanatic]

43. Yes

I go to the University of California Riverside. I'm a third year Sociology major. I have a love/hate relationship with school.

[Katha]

45. Student at Sonoma State University

and I love it here. We had a rally today -- Books, Not Bombs -- it's a totally liberal-loving school.

[Lindsey]

48. I graduated with my B.A. from California State University

when I was 41 years old. I'm now 46. It was, without question, the most life enriching experience I've ever had. Having gone back as an adult, I was enthralled with almost all of my classes, had great professors, and was so turned on by what I was learning. I had an appreciation that I don't think I would have had if I had gone right out of high school. I worked full-time, took a full load every semester (except one) and completed my A.A. and B.A. in five years. It's the proudest accomplishment of my life. Oh yea, I was in a program designed for full-time working adults so I was with people my age and older. One of the ladies got her degree at 62! 47 is not too old if you have the passion.

[mvd]

47. Yes

I graduated from Ursinus College with a degree in economics. Ursinus was difficult for a commuter student, but my GPA ended up ok. It was hard to get into the social scene as a commuter student, and there's a phony closeness to the place. Like an advanced high school. Got lots of Cs from professors like O'Neill. But I think of it like the degree is what counts.

[mvd]

54. BTW, if you want to check up how your professors are seen..

here's a good link:

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1394

[Zorra]

49. Yes, but I can't remember where.

I guess I must have liked it.

[REP]

50. UM

Enjoy it? Not really - I carried 20-24 hours and worked (put myself on short-term loans), plus I had imagined a different experience (more debate, less guessing what the prof wanted).

[kmla]

53. Yep. Purdue University.

Class of '85.

Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

But I'm not an 'enginerd'. (No offense to engineers. They are a different species than 'enginerds'.)

Spent most of my career in architecture and interior design, though. Not as lucrative, but more creative and more fun, IMHO.

Did I enjoy my experience. Yeah, I guess. But if I had the chance to do it all over again, I would have chosen a different school, more than likely...