Who's 21 or over? Who has a degree?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I only ask, because there seems to be a LOT of 16/17 year olds here, and I want to seperate the kids from the adults.



No offense to the teenagers, but from my own personal experience, there's a difference between your age and being 21 or older (usually). Who here is aged? I'm personally 22.



Also, who has a degree and in what? I'm almost done with my college. I'll be getting a B.S. in Broadcasting and Film in May.
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  • Reply 1 of 80
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    I am over 35 and under 40



    I have three degrees BA, MA, and MFA.





    but I am an emotional teenager



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  • Reply 2 of 80
    See the offical list <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=000018"; target="_blank">here</a> (I'll be 18 next month, not like you care)



    [quote]No offense to the teenagers, but from my own personal experience, there's a difference between your age and being 21 or older (usually). Who here is aged? I'm personally 22.<hr></blockquote>

    Well its really not good to generalize. I for one enjoy such things as classical music, I enjoy talking with people about current events and politics, and have held a good job for over three years. By contrast, last weekend I was riding the subway home from boston and there were four guys in their 20's drunk as hell, yelling and kicking each other in the crotch. I agree there is a big difference.



    [ 02-10-2002: Message edited by: Dogcow ]</p>
  • Reply 3 of 80
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by CosmoNut:

    <strong>I only ask, because there seems to be a LOT of 16/17 year olds here, and I want to seperate the kids from the adults.



    No offense to the teenagers, but from my own personal experience, there's a difference between your age and being 21 or older (usually). Who here is aged? I'm personally 22.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    could have fooled me
  • Reply 4 of 80
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    I'm 20 in a month.
  • Reply 5 of 80
    ...no comment.



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 6 of 80
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

    <strong>





    could have fooled me </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Case and point. Thanks applenut. I can always count on you for a blatant example of immaturity.



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  • Reply 7 of 80
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    As stated in the official list of AI member age i am 35.



    Don't worry i wont boring you with my list of degree (or equivalent : 14 years of study since the age of eighteen is very long ...)
  • Reply 8 of 80
    31



    BS in Physics. PhD in medical physics.
  • Reply 9 of 80
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.:

    <strong>31



    BS in Physics. PhD in medical physics.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    can someone explain me please the signification of your degrees ?

    PhD does it means doctor in physics ?

    what are BA, MA, and MFA (M for Master ?, A for architecture ?)
  • Reply 10 of 80
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    Degree lingo:



    B- Bachelor's

    M- Master's

    Ph. D - Philosophical Doctor

    DMA - Doctor of Musical Arts

    MD - Medical Doctor



    A - Arts

    FA - Fine Arts

    S - Science



    BA - Business Administration

    E- Education

    EE - Electrical Engineering



    Hence (examples):



    BSE - Bachelor's of Science in Education

    BSEE - Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering

    BFA - Bachelor's of Fine Arts

    BSBA - Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration

    MA - Master's of Arts

    MBA - Master's of Business Administration



    And the list goes on longer, but those are the basics.



    [ 02-10-2002: Message edited by: CosmoNut ]</p>
  • Reply 11 of 80
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    MFA is a Master of Fine Arts. M.Arch. is a master of Architecture degree.



    I'm 26 with a B.Arch. (Bachelor of Architecture) as my undergrad degree. I've not been in grad school, though my 186 credits should have bought me one! :eek:
  • Reply 12 of 80
    What are the degrees at French universities?



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  • Reply 13 of 80
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    Thanks all of you for your answers.
  • Reply 14 of 80
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    I'm 28, have Bachelor's and Master's degrees, and a Ph.D, and yet I'm still utterly capable of being an immature, annoying idiot who makes pointless posts and snickers at innuendo.



    [Sheesh. I sound almost proud of that fact. This place is a bad influence.]



    [ 02-10-2002: Message edited by: Belle ]</p>
  • Reply 15 of 80
    Associates Degree



    About two years of classes at a college.





    BS is a Bachelors of Science

    BA is a Bachelors of Arts



    These are 4 year college degrees. Some schools only give out BAs. So you may end up with BA in physics or chemistry but there is no difference in the end. Some are five year programs like a B of Architecture.



    MA/MS is a Masters of Arts/Science.



    It's a (about) two year degree after the BA/BS. Most often you do not do a dissertation for the Masters but many place require some type of paper.





    Ph.D. Doctorate of Philosophy (in a given subject).



    The PhD indicates a level of masters in a particular subject. Could take 4-(some never finish) after the BA/BS, take off two or three for the MA/MS. The most important part of which is the dissertation. The dissertation is supposed to be an original contribution to the field of study. In many program is comes after the MA?MS. But many people "going for" the PhD just skip the masters. Some get it along the way. My program offers a master but does seek students looking to get a masters. So we just skip the process, would slow us down in the end.



    MBA is some kind of hazing ritual.
  • Reply 16 of 80
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.:

    <strong>Associates Degree



    About two years of classes at a college.





    BS is a Bachelors of Science

    BA is a Bachelors of Arts



    These are 4 year college degrees. Some schools only give out BAs. So you may end up with BA in physics or chemistry but there is no difference in the end. Some are five year programs like a B of Architecture.



    MA/MS is a Masters of Arts/Science.



    It's a (about) two year degree after the BA/BS. Most often you do not do a dissertation for the Masters but many place require some type of paper.





    Ph.D. Doctorate of Philosophy (in a given subject).



    The PhD indicates a level of masters in a particular subject. Could take 4-(some never finish) after the BA/BS, take off two or three for the MA/MS. The most important part of which is the dissertation. The dissertation is supposed to be an original contribution to the field of study. In many program is comes after the MA?MS. But many people "going for" the PhD just skip the masters. Some get it along the way. My program offers a master but does seek students looking to get a masters. So we just skip the process, would slow us down in the end.



    MBA is some kind of hazing ritual.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Thanks for your explanations, it appears that the term doctor of philosophy (in different subjects) have a different signification than In France. In France doctor in phylosophy means that you have study phylosophy like Platon.

    the equivalence of doctor of phylosophy is doctor es (sciences or litterature or medecine)

    In order to be a doctor you have also to make also a dissertation who is also supposed to be an original contribution to sciences.
  • Reply 17 of 80
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    PowerDoc: you're what we in the 'States call a "professional student."
  • Reply 18 of 80
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    31 and another PhD here. And it looks to me like there's an inverse relation between education level and board maturity.
  • Reply 19 of 80
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mac The Fork:

    <strong>What are the degrees at French universities?



    [ 02-10-2002: Message edited by: Mac The Fork ]</strong><hr></blockquote>

    first in France the words College and Bacalaureat (bachelor) have a very different signification :

    - bacalaureat (we said simply the bac) is the final exam that you normally pass at the age of 18 in orde to have the right to enter in university

    - college is the school where you go from the age of 12 to 15 (4 years) than you enters in the lycee for 3 years with the bac for final exam. If you succeed the bacalaureat you have the title of Bachelier (no one use this title)



    After there is different systems (quite hard for me also)

    they are what we call the great schools (les grandes ecoles) : our best engineers come from this great schools (polytechnique, centrale, arts et metiers) or our best commercials (HEC : hautes etudes de commerce) and our best (for study only ...) fonctionnary come from ENA (like our president and prime minister)

    In order to go in a high school , you must be in a "Classe préparatoire" for one or 2 years;



    There is also universities :

    deug : 2 years of study in a non specific aera

    BTS : brevet technicien superieur : 2 years also but in a specialized matter : can find a specialised job with that diploma : example BTS of electronic

    DUT , diplome universitaire technique : same thing than BTS but at a higher level (the best element of DUT have the right to go to un high school of engineer (but not the better ones)

    license : 3 years of study (no expertise at all : just general knowledge in physics , or litterature for example)

    maitrise (master) 4 years of study : like the license but one year more (you have to get the license first)

    DEA : 6 years like the maitrise

    DESS : same thing but in a more specialized aera wich suit better the world of enterprise

    Doctorat : after a DEA or DESS : 2 to 4or more years of study dedicated in writhing a thesis (a n supposed original contribution to sciences or litterature )



    Sorry but the system is very hard to understand even for me, because there is too different system, a normal one and an elitist one. We have also an ultra elitist system, it's normal sup, which is supposed to have the cream of the cream (only a few people 10 to 20 for all the France in different matter, math, sciences ...)

    I expect that i do not annoy you with a so much complicated system.



    If you want i will said to you how does it work for medical study (different also)
  • Reply 20 of 80
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by BuonRotto:

    <strong>PowerDoc: you're what we in the 'States call a "professional student." </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Don't ask me to do it again
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