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blaze15301

06-12-2010, 03:37 AM

hello everyone. i know this isn't the right place to be asking for help on colleges or anything , i should probably talk to a counselor or something. i have learned in my 18 years of living that unless someone has been down a similar path you are taking they cant help you or give advice. so im asking people to please share there stories of what college you went to and where at,and what you went for. i live in the united states,Pennsylvania,outside Pittsburgh, if anyone live around there and would like to ive me some advice id appreciate it. i just want to hear some things from people going to college or have already been and whats its like. i do mostly hardware not to good with software or anything im still learning. i can diagnose most problems. well any way im blabbing so thanks to everyone who says something .

and in case no one reads it

zephik
Good question! I'd like to know, too, actually. But I'd also like to add "what are some good college computer classes to take?" if that's alright with you. ^_^

Most classes seem to be rather specific, though, depending on what you like to do or what you want to do. Are there any classes that you should just take, or is it all too specific to say for sure?

Zephik

06-12-2010, 03:49 AM

Good question! I'd like to know, too, actually. But I'd also like to add "what are some good college computer classes to take?" if that's alright with you. ^_^

Most classes seem to be rather specific, though, depending on what you like to do or what you want to do. Are there any classes that you should just take, or is it all too specific to say for sure?

blaze15301

06-12-2010, 04:22 AM

well im not to sure and yes that is an excellent question i added to the post just in case no one sees it. well the choosing the degree and what classes to take is whats confusing me very much. im really glad im not the only one with this sort of thing lol

ownaginatious

06-12-2010, 04:44 AM

When you say computers, which facet do you mean? If you're into hardware design, computer or electrical engineering are probably good. If you want to get into software, computer science or software engineering are good (not sure if software engineering exists as a real designation in the US).

Or if you want something in between, software engineering and embedded systems :p That's what I'm studying.

dr.walrus

06-12-2010, 06:29 AM

i didn't know computers could go to college

Diamon

06-12-2010, 01:47 PM

From my point of view it doesn't look like there's a lot of jobs in computers. I chose which education I would like to have last year, Sweden's school system isn't the same but there's still choices in direction of the education etc. I thought about picking a computer education but decided against it and chose a specially developed technical/electrical/industrial school. And I couldn't be happier with it. This way I'm broadening my horizon a lot and learning a lot of different skills which is fun, varied and will make it easier for me to get a job in the future.

knowledgegranted

06-12-2010, 04:49 PM

There are some great Colleges here in the North East. A couple technology oriented colleges I can think of are : WPI, RIT, RPI, MIT, and the list goes on.

As far as computer courses, are you looking to get into software, or hardware?

diluzio91

06-12-2010, 05:18 PM

Lol... another thing to look into is do you want to program or impliment programs. CS or IS, from what ive been told at college they are very similar, though IS is less math heavy

blaze15301

06-12-2010, 10:15 PM

i can not do things like code or solder so i want to be more hardware and software based i guess. thank you for all the replys guys

x88x

06-12-2010, 10:53 PM

Do you know generally what you want to do? That'll help you narrow down a field, and then a university. If you don't know, don't feel bad..I still haven't figured it out yet either. :P

If you're looking for something close, Carnegie Mellon (http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml) in Pittsburg is very well known for their CS/engineering/related programs. You could try visiting there and see if you can meet with an adviser there. This may not be valid everywhere, but it has been my experience that high school advisers are pretty much useless.

blaze15301

06-13-2010, 02:04 AM

well i know i want to eventualy own my own computer shop. idk i think i want to manage networks just have like as much as i can under the belt for computer. i cant program and circutry is far to hard for me to comprehend.

x88x

06-13-2010, 02:52 AM

Well, I know a friend of mine majored in Network Administration (I think that was it). Also, if you want to own your own business, taking some business courses would be very helpful...give you some knowledge and experience for dealing with the crap that you inevitably will run into with starting/owning a small business. If you're planning on getting a college degree, I would recommend trying some stuff while you're there. You say you can't program or understand circuits. I'm not trying to be smart here, but have you ever tried? Maybe take some intro courses for stuff that you think might be interesting. IMO that's one of the most important things about college, figuring out what you actually want to do with your life. I don't want to discourage you from taking a route toward owning a computer shop if that's what you want to do, but there are a lot of possibilities out there, and I know if I had gone with what I thought I wanted to do when I was in high school I would be sorely disappointed.

Diamon

06-13-2010, 03:21 AM

i can not do things like code or solder so i want to be more hardware and software based i guess. thank you for all the replys guys

How to program:
1: Open Notepad
2: Type

echo "Hello World!"
pause

3: Save as Hello World!.bat
4: Open Hello World!.bat

There you go, you've now made a simple script. Programing major games and operating systems is of course a lot more complex but even those who made Windows 7 started at this level. My point being that you shouldn't say you can't do it. If you're interested you can always learn it.

dr.walrus

06-13-2010, 06:53 AM

i can not do things like code or solder so i want to be more hardware and software based i guess. thank you for all the replys guys

Well, you won't get far in any computing discipline at college if you aren't willing to code.

Scared? Don't be! Most of the people on my course had no previous experience and have really taken to it.

If you wanna do pure networks, find a degree course that'll let you do your CCNA alongside (mine does), you'll get an extra network qualification that'll count as much as your degree.

x88x

06-13-2010, 01:43 PM

If you wanna do pure networks, find a degree course that'll let you do your CCNA alongside (mine does), you'll get an extra network qualification that'll count as much as your degree.

Very true. Quite often, professional certifications like the CCNA are worth more than a degree, because they address a specific skill or knowledge set that they guarantee you have instead of the general field knowledge of a college degree.

blaze15301

06-13-2010, 03:46 PM

dr.walrus

06-14-2010, 07:26 AM

msmrx57

06-14-2010, 02:09 PM

wow guys!!!!! thanks everyone for all there answers. i have actually tried c+,C#,and java but its all very confusing. circuitry i have tired but it really is to complicated lol. i took a course last year on C+ i made the hello world app and all that stuff but after that things got a bit confusing. i have alot of time this summer so maybe ill dive back into it again.

Practice, practice practice. People who make things look easy have been doing it a long time = lots of practice. Just don't get discouraged and if you have problems ask questions. I'm no help with programming but there are people on here who are and they're very friendly and helpful. That's one of the reasons I love this site, ask a question and you get good answers with out being put down for not knowing.