Figures. AFROTC. Diplomat was in the Air(un)force. I'll take my Marine Corps training and GI Bill paid for education, knowing I can kick some wimpy AFROTC arse any day of the week.

MARINE CORPS!
Shock troops, devil dogs, blood-sucking war machines!
We are lean! We are mean. We're the seniors fighting machine!
We are rough. We are tough. Break you bones and bite the dust ARRUGH!


Whatever. In the end, we're all on the same side.

Go somewhere with a good basketball program and get student tickets every year:)

Go Illini!

Like sports matter. Imagine how much smarter our college kids would be without sports to distract them from their schoolwork.

*braces for barrage of insults*

Pro sports are okay, because they're getting paid to do sports and they don't have anything more important on their plate.

Yeah I already know some French from 6 years of public schooling in it... I've been thinking of another language but you're right I guess I can work that out later.

I guess I don't know what life sciences are... like biology?



And no.. I really do want to work in Africa... there's just something about it I can't explain.

I only like amateur sports. And no, I don't count big-name college sports as amateur; it's all about the money, and it would be more honest to pay the players in cash rather than scholarships.

I'll second Toby on that.

Toby and diplomat - I agree with you both on this (and seemingly not many other things =P) college sports should be limited to amateur or intramural affairs and NOT corporatized... College should be for academics... period. too bad I dont run the world- meh!

Thuc - French is great - je parle en peux aussi, mais apres le lycee je ne plus pas continues. sigh. you should keep it up if you like it - and become proficient... in fact, travel to west Africa for a study-abroad program - you could even call up the schools you're interested in to find out about what programs they sponsor etc.

if you want to be diplomat, French is a phenomenal language to know actually - both for bilateral relations (there are dozens of francaphone countries) and for multi-national organizations since it is one of the most important languages to know in the world.

i think its great that you know what you want and sticking to it is positive... but do keep an open mind, because the others are right... the average college students changes majors 2.8 times (or some-such number) during their college careers.

let us know where you get it and good luck man!!

My two cents:

Background: I have a BA in History, and an MBA.

Why do I have a BA in History? Because when I transferred from the JC, that is what I had the most units in

Why do I have an MBA? Because once I got my BA, I realized that it was pretty much worthless in the job market. Fortunately, I only needed a Bachelor's Degree to get into the MBA program, not one with a business concentration.

As other people have said, your college goals should depend on your end goal. My brother is a game programmer, and fairly highly compensated, but his career has pretty much plateued, both because he doesn't have the skills to get *out* of the code monkey arena - and because he doesn't have the desire to be a suit.

IMO, if you're looking for any kind of 'standard' degree, you're wasting money going to a big name campus for the first two years. Trig is Trig no matter where you learn it, and as long as the credits transfer, getting them at a smaller campus is just the same as a biggun. I grant you the difference in instructors, but *my* favorite instructors - meaning the ones I felt I learned the most from - were at my JC.

I plan on becomoing an English teacher. I took a year off from schooling after I graduated from H.S., does anyone have advice?

Go to the most expensive college possible, get into $200,000 of debt, but get a great degree. Then, declare bankruptcy, and walk away with your degree in your pocket.

Babak, what you meant to say in french is not right it is: Je parle un peu aussi

Study Spanish. It's really good language to learn because all of South America speaks that or Portugese, which isn't that different from Spanish. And it is a Romance language, so it wouldn't be hard to learn Portugese, Italian, or French after learning Spanish.

Also, Babak, "je ne plus pas continues" should be more like "je n'ai plus continué."

Thuc, if you had asked earlier I would have suggested McGill University! Especially since you speak French! But I suppose that's a little farther than you're willing to go for undergrad?

It's interesting to see what sorts of people play Diplomacy. It strikes me that most players here are well educated or likely will be. I definitely think the average IQ on phpDip is well above 100.

@ Suleiman II

Personal bankruptcy in the USA has a special exception for student loan debt. It will not go away.

thx col and chris for the French corrections - I had NO doubt i was wrong on so much of that... my English spelling leaves much to be desired - never mind my French :-P

but I can do Farsi really well if that counts for anything hehehe

Me encanta estudiar Espanol.

Yeah the french.. it was understandable at least, which is about all I can say for my own French.

Thanks for the advice I really do appreciate it. And no, Chris... McGill isn't too far for me, it's too far for my parents. Lol.

@ Babak:

I understood your French, and I don't know French either! <g>

So I've been doing more college work........

I'm narrowing things down. We'll see what happens and I'll let you guys know in a few weeks.