<p>No lol, its like almost my 3rd year. I meant if i can finish both a B.A and a minor in two years once I transfer. After reading that thread where the ucs will kick you out after two years has got me thinking if I can do it in time, or not.</p>
<p>I’m most likely going for my BA in Economics at UCSB just because I felt like it was the most logical major for when I go after an MBA, hopefully I make it that far.</p>
<p>As for Jet, two PhD’s and a wife? You’re not even out of community college yet, take it one step at a time lol.</p>
<p>hey raacheeel, why the navy, if you don’t mind me asking?</p>
<p>navy because most of my family is navy!</p>
<p>Oh okay, thats admirable of you.</p>
<p>@raacheeel a while ago, I went through Navy, Army, Marine, and Airforce websites. I surprised that they have Officer jobs. Then the thought of me working there after I got my degree went through my mind. It sounds pretty good. Want to contribute to this country a little. But their salary is based on rank. lol</p>
<p>Maybe you could tell the recruiters to stop calling me D:
My hs school hosted an ASVAB testing day (which got me out of classes so I took it) and now I keep having officers call me about joining their nuclear program and they won’t stop calling -,-;</p>
<p>i’m majoring in geography. next best thing after art.<br>
i actually did pick it because it was the “next best thing.” </p>
<p>just pullin your leg, goingmeta. one of my close friends is on a bent of holding math/physics/philosophy as top disciplines (like that one xkcd strip) perhaps similar to you, but finally decided on double majoring in linguistics and physics. how’d you decide on comp sci?</p>
<p>@JetLogic i don’t agree with goingmeta’s hostility, but i do think that it does seem a bit ambitious to attempt 2 PHDs. I don’t know who you are, or what your capabilities are, but <em>if</em> you go to caltech, i would imagine you’re more than qualified to get 2 PHDs. If you do plan to go into academia, realize that it’s extremely competitive; and more often than not, it’s not about what you know, but rather what you publish.</p>
<p>While i can’t say that you won’t do what you intend on doing, i’ve found that in general people don’t stick to their plans. I want to go into academia for philosophy, yet who knows, 10 years down the line i may see myself practicing law.</p>
<p>“why, oh why, does it concern you so much that this person has ambitions which YOU find unachievable?”</p>
<p>I was providing him with a little dose of reality. I know, I’m the bad guy for doing that. And as you can tell, I left him alone. EVERYBODY CALM DOWN. INTERNET JERK IS BEING LESS JERK-LIKE AS OF NOW.</p>
<p>“how’d you decide on comp sci?”</p>
<p>It’s very practical and it helps develop your programming ability. Programming is a very fun thing to do. Also, there’s plenty of math in the major once you reach higher division/ graduate level coursework. So in this sense, you’re getting the best of both worlds. If I had the opportunity to major in math within a reasonable period of time, I would do that as well. I’m not going to dump some sort of overly ambitious academic-calendar-for-the-next-15-years on a message board though (TAKE A GUESS ABOUT WHO I’M REFERRING TO).</p>
<p>I didn’t pick physics because the education would be way too broad. It wouldn’t give me the ability to (independently) design and build something like the ability to program would.</p>
<p>I didn’t pick philosophy because of a similar reasoning. Also, it’s probably more important to pick something that can provide a job <em>first</em>. Only after you have money can you have the luxury of opting for a greater education.</p>
<p>“but i do think that it does seem a bit ambitious to attempt 2 PHDs.”</p>
<p>Pfff, get on par with my intellect, grunt. Did I mention that I’m a genius?</p>
<p>“i’ve found that in general people don’t stick to their plans.”</p>
<p>LOL REAL LIFE? **** THAT.</p>
<p>Nothing is certain, however, it’s important to have goals even if you know you might not reach them.
We’re not saying you don’t have a point meta, but it’s just how you’re going about telling it. If he wants to get two Phds, who are you to tell him he can’t do it?</p>
<p>goingmeta has a point. you guys all suck.</p>
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<p>That sounds asinine. Why not base goals on reality? Not saying that someone can’t achieve two doctorates, but having goals you know you can’t reach is foolish.</p>
<p>This thread is beyond entertaining.</p>
<p>I’ve wanted to get my doctorate since I was relatively young. I won science fairs in junior high, and fell in love with biology in 9th grade. I was already programming and building hardware at the time, but bioinformatics wasn’t really a field you could pursue in college up until, like, 2005. Thus, it wasn’t what I was aiming for. Of course, once I learned that it existed, I knew it was what I’d be doing for the rest of my life. I’m kind of a jack-of-all-trades, and a field that interfaces between biochem/genetics/programming is my dream. My ultimate impossible-to-achieve dream is (dun dun dun) to be an astronaut. An exobiologist of sorts. It’s completely trite, I know. Interestingly enough, one my cousins (who is also female and was a bio major) was just recruited by NASA a few years ago - so who knows? Might as well keep dreaming.</p>
<p>One advantage of my intended field is that there aren’t enough women in the hard sciences (particularly CS), and so people are always thrilled when a girl wants to pursue something along those lines. I think I’ve had it kind of easy with the opportunities and scholarships because of this.</p>
<p>@eyethink
It’s because of the people that inspire to reach beyond what they or other people think they can do, that the world is how it is today. </p>
<p>Innovation derives from inspiration.</p>
<p>Haha, goingmeta, you entertain me. Enjoy growing up anchored in reality. As Feynman would say, “Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which ‘are’ there.”
I see a future of possibilities, but you limit yourself preemptively. Sad to see</p>
<p>"Enjoy growing up anchored in reality. "</p>
<p>BURN</p>
<p>Not really sure what relevance that quote has in this context, but hey, I’ll let you off the hook before someone gets the bright idea to try and get me banned for ■■■■■■■■ or harassment or something.</p>
<p>goingmeta - thats what my dad always says too about first making money and then doing whatever makes you happy lawlerz. and i have to agree. also, are you indian by any chance…? that particular way of thinking is a very indian/asian notion ive noticed</p>
<p>@HeatherBecca,</p>
<p>Actually innovation is derived from necessity not inspiration. The inspiration bit sounds like pie in the sky thinking to me. </p>
<p>But that wasn’t my quibble with your original post. You said:</p>
<p>“it’s important to have goals even if you know you might not reach them.”</p>
<p>What you said is Einstein’s definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.</p>
<p>Of course this is all relative to the intellectual capability of the person and things “breaking their way.” That said, one should always have a realistic assessment of the academic challenges that lays before them. I think too many times people say they want to do something without actually having a plan or understanding what it is they want to do. I’m speaking from experience. </p>
<p>I don’t know JetLogic or goingmeta and I’m sure both of them are more than capable. I’m speaking about the people with notions of grandeur that don’t even have a modicum amount of knowledge as to how they want to accomplish their goals. </p>
<p>Even then, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face by reality.</p>
<p>@goingmeta ohgodpleasedon’tletthisthreadstop.</p>
<p>@redoplease Really? Really?</p>
<p>@goingmeta Wait, now I’m curious. We know that you linglongtingtong in the library, don’t lie.</p>
<p>I really don’t wanna do my lab homework, and I’ve already rewatched all of my favorite episodes of X-Files AND made a spreadsheet of time slots of bands I’m seeing at Coachella.</p>