let's all rant about studying

I know what you mean I was the same kind of student. I now have a great job and quality of life, but I can't deny it also has to do with a bit of luck, being at the right moment in the right place, that helped me to not lose time on my way.

Because of me getting B's or C's instead of A's simply basically out of laziness closed some doors to the best engineering schools in France that select their students from their record. I finally was accepted in mine through an exam and went to it because there was no other reasonable option. It turned out to be great, but it could have been hell just as well.

All I'm saying is be aware that you're lucky and don't push your luck too far.


Ponrauil

So what are you doing? Engineering, I guees, but what kind?

Nope thats not hard to understand I was simply talking about me and my current situation.

I think there are very few people who really do push themselves 100% constantly through uni.

to be honest one of my mates who was the smartest guy in our year at school did and it got to the point where we were all seriously worried about him cause everytime we seen him he was getting thinner, paler and losing hair.

I'd much rather enjoy uni and keep a head of gorgeous ginger hair for B's instead of living like a recluse and putting myself in an early grave for the sake of A's. My sisters pretty much the same. i'm always getting moaned at for always being out and never studyign whereas she gets moaned at for always studyign and never going out.

Uni's as much about learning the ways of the world as it is about educating yourself IMO

plus as i said, I've got my plan and it doesn't need me to be an incredibly outstandign student though I do plan to up my game in rd year so i do wind up on A's. Tht's how most people go about it here anyways.

I'm a mechanical engineer. I work in a consulting-engineering company that works a lot, but not only, with petro-chemical companies. Basically we do their engineering for the building of new units or the revamp of existing ones.
We cover all the necessary fields (process, mechanical, civil&structure, electrical and instrumentation, etc...).

Ponrauil

I've seen some of these as well. They have a serious problem. Something is going wrong when you're burning yourself out. Either the year's agenda is too thick or you're not working efficiently enough, or both. And even if you make it through you'll probably be disgusted for life before even starting to work.

You need a well balanced "trinity" made of effort-result-quality of life.

Ponrauil

I'm starting studying again next week. Part time this time though. I'm doing a Microsoft Certified Professional course in Windows 2003 Server if that means anything to anyone. It should help me get pay rises in my job once I'm certified. It's gonna be hard though, with work aswell!

3 exams down...2 to go, sadly they're on Quantum Mechanics and Stellar Structure!

Oh well 4pm on Friday theyll all be over...

2 out of 3 done this morning.

Not as easy as last weeks but I've still passed with flying colours.

Tomorrows is a completely different matter altogether. Scottish history 1469-1603. the hardest part is remembering who's who, what they did, when where and how they did it and what effect this had on the era.

note how I'm wasting time on here again instead of sticking my heads int he books :-S

...........ditto lol