How smart are you(r papers)?

[Magus Coeruleus]

Ph.D. in Cognitive Science

 

[talinthas]

just graduated with a BA in english.

 

[tarchon]

For those wondering, P.E. stands for either Professional or Practising Engineer. Only a small percentage of people who work as Engineers earn a P.E., as it's rather difficult and (usually) not required. It used to be required for being an Engineer (like passing the bar exam is usually what makes someone a lawyer), but my understanding is that the requirement was waived during WWII due to a shortage of Engineers, and never brought back. So now, anyone working as an Engineer, and anyone with an Engineering degree, is an Engineer. So being a P.E. isn't nearly as impressive or meaningful as it must have once been.

It's particularly difficult to get in some areas too, simply because you have to work with other PEs to get it, and since hardly anybody bothers to get it... Civil is about the only area where it's common, and in government jobs. The one and only EE I've ever met that had it told me the exams were kind of a joke though.

 

[Ferret]

I'm in year 11 at secondary school, I don't know the grade, but the rough equivilent is the last compulsary year at high school.

 

[AFGNCAAP]

M.A. in English. That makes me certified to serve coffee at a coffee shop.

Seriously, though, I was an editor for little over a year (though I grew to dislike the job immensely), & I should be starting as a substitute teacher for a local school district here in a couple of days. I'm considering going back & getting my teaching certification (required here in Texas) & be a teacher. May see about shooting for a Ph.D. after that (if I like the idea of being a teacher at all).

 

[jerichothebard]

You should probably add "J.D." (like me) and "M.D." They don't precisely map to the other degrees. Some people, for instance, would place J.D. with Ph.D. Me, I think it's closer to an M.A.
Jeff

Exactly - and an M.F.A. (Master's of Fine Arts, which is what mine is), being a "terminal" degree, doesn't exactly map to your standard Master's degree, which is often a stepping stone to a PhD. MFA students are in the applied (read, actually creative) arts, and there are virtually no PhD programs for applied arts.

Most PhD programs are academic or theoretical in nature - studying about art rather than producing art.


That being said, I chose "masters". Hope I don't sound too snobby. (probably too late. *sigh*:\)
jtb

 

[K.E.T.]

My first EN post....yeah!

I got a BA in Business Economics and I speak: Dutch, English, German.

 

[Ibram]

I'm in my senior year at college going for a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science.

 

[Angcuru]

Tomorrow I start my sophomore year in college, working progressively towards a Ph.D in psychology. By May of Next year, I'll have my Associates in Psychology, at age 19. Not bad, I think.

 

[SteelDraco]

I'm on my last semester of a Bachelor in Creative Writing, with a minor in Computer Science. Whee.