So what do/did you study in college? Did you bother with college?

[Samnell]

Associate in Arts in History, years ago. Since then I've tried to leave the town I hate more than anything on earth twice and failed both times. I tried to do a branch program to become a certified high school history teacher, and almost made it. All the classes are in this awful town. Got straight As with a single exception. Virtually every teacher I came into contact with tried to talk me into grad school for an MA at the very least and probably a PhD in History.

I got into my student teaching. That's where I found out that this life as a sort of down-to-earth intellectual that I imagined teaching would be was, well, not. My cooperating teacher was asking me two weeks in why I wanted to be teaching high school if I hated it so much. I told her that I adored high school, especially the last two years when the dropouts had left and I was in one advanced class after another. She thought loving high school had basically nothing to do with academics and everything to do with various passtimes that strike me now as they did then as ranging from trivial and distracting to vapid and beneath contempt. Nice of someone to tell me that the average demographic high school teachers emerged from was more student council and football team than gets-As-without-even-trying. She bounced me out, which was probably the right choice. It wasn't the job I thought it was. I got criticized every time I wanted to go into depth on something.

So now I'm left with what could be six credits short of a BA in History, and basically no way to finish it.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

With a little help from my parents and a lot of loans (parents made too much for me to get aid), I made it through in 5 1/2 years.

I started as a Chemistry Major/Classics Minor at a trimester school and my first year and a half reflect this. Then I switched to a semester school and changed to a double major. Got my BA in Mathematics and Greek & Roman Civilizations (Language and Culture concentration).

I need to get off my butt and get myself into grad school. Need to work on getting my Masters in Education.

 

[der_kluge]

I went to a small school in my hometown (Arkansas Tech University), and lived at home while I went, which saved me lots. I ended up getting a 1/2 music scholarship my freshman and sophomore years, and a 3/4 scholarship my junior and senior years. So, I graduated not owing a dime.

 

[Dimwhit]

English Major (mainly Lit, with some tech editing). Got an AA degree in French along the way.

Paid my own way, but I lived at home for my first two years. San Jose State wasn't very expensive when I went, so the last two years weren't too big a deal money-wise.

 

[Bryan898]

Started in Computer Science, found that I really can't stand typing code on a computer all day. So I quit for a bit, worked in a veneer/ lumber mill and loved it, nothing like playing with dump trucks, fork lifts, and chain saws. Now I'm going to college for a Business Management degree, and thinking about picking up something for construction at the local two year. Aspiring to manage some sort of work where I get to work with my hands, I love backbreaking labor.

 

[tarchon]

Aspiring to manage some sort of work where I get to work with my hands, I love backbreaking labor.

Chiropractics?

 

[BlackSilver]

Just curious- how were you all able to go to college? Did your parents foot the bill, or did you, or was it through loans and such (financal aid).

Paid for it myself. Financial aid wanted to know to much information that I was not able to give them. Have not tried in a few years to get assistance, maybe I should try again.

I find it very interesting the amount of people that are gamers that have degrees.

 

[Farganger]

I had a long, fun run at higher education:

AB, Anthropology (UC Berkeley)
MPhil, Cuneiform Studies (Oxford)
JD at Yale

Fortunately, through scholarships and government aid (VEAP), the only loan I acquired was at law school, and it's paid off now.

My wife's doing an MFA at USC right now - School of Cinema-Television - and it does make me a bit nostalgic for those happy, golden bygone days as a student.

 

[Doc_Klueless]

I got my Bachelor Degree of Science in Nursing, which is a fancy way of saying that I'm a Registered Nurse!

I paid for college by serving in the US Army for 11 years. When I got out, the State of Texas paid for just about everything.

Went to college right out high school because my parents made me. I promptly failed out, got kicked out of the house and joined the Army to feed myself and have a place to stay. Heck, they even threw in some nifty duds.

Went back to college because I wanted more out of life than sleeping in sand and being told where to live, where to work, and how long to work. Beside, RNs get paid good money. Not big money, but good money.

In the next couple of years, I'll be going back to college to get my Masters in Science as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.

 

[eris404]

I started another related thread: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=130779 about being done with school, and it got me wondering, "What do/did my fellow EN Worlders study?" I'm curious to see what D&Der's did with their brains when they weren't D&Ding.

My first degree is in Film. I am in a masters program for information systems, though I'm really tempted to change to digital cinema.