Which is harder, College or work??

bdonegan · 01-12-2004 05:34PM

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Thats the thing, in entry level jobs this will happen. But the longer you go on the more likely it is that this wont happen.

true, true. the further you want to go, the harder you need to work. now i'm away to the gym and then the RDS for ice skating!!!

Sarky · 01-12-2004 07:26PM

If you don't find college hard, you're not working hard enough.

OfflerCrocGod · 01-12-2004 08:18PM

College.....it's total hell because it never stops being part of your life; there is no such thing as "Clocking Out". I want time on my own :mad:

jonny68 · 01-12-2004 09:04PM

College was a doddle compared to work..your bird is mad man....... :rolleyes:

jesus_thats_gre · 02-12-2004 02:28AM

Sarky wrote:

If you don't find college hard, you're not working hard enough.

interesting..... graduated with a 61.5% average and still had a relatively easy time of it.

Sarky · 02-12-2004 02:35PM

61.5% average isn't exactly mind-blowing.

fintan · 02-12-2004 02:39PM

Sarky wrote:

61.5% average isn't exactly mind-blowing.

Its a 2.1 degree, as long as you can show you did other things in college (part-time job, clubs & socs etc) majority of employers will be happy with it.

Sleepy · 02-12-2004 03:34PM

fintan wrote:

Its a 2.1 degree, as long as you can show you did other things in college (part-time job, clubs & socs etc) majority of employers will be happy with it.

Depends on your course, 61.5 would have gotten me a 2:1 in my degree (in fact I got an average of 63 to get my 2:1). In my post-grad (HDSA in NUIG) however, an average of 64.2 only entitled me to a 2:2.

ionapaul · 02-12-2004 04:26PM

If you did Arts like I did, you laugh at those claiming college is more difficult. All I remember is 16-hours lectures a week (attended maybe 5 hours of that) and a few essays each semester. Read the lecturer's notes and write it back to them in essays / exams - they love to read their own views again. Play cards in the UCG canteen or bar for 6 hours a day, Mon-Fri. Get an easy job working in the Omniplex. Smile at the engineers and computer science dudes working 40 hours a week.
My Masters was even more enjoyable, as I loved my subject and enjoyed reading and making notes - at no stage was I worried about writing. Got a scholarship to the States for the second year of my MA and had the best year of my life by a long way. Still came out the other side with two 2.1 degrees and no problem finding good jobs.
Would go back in a second if I could - college is wonderful...if you are doing Arts! And yet I have only worked for IT companies since graduating

Hydroquinone · 02-12-2004 04:40PM

Work is far, far harder than college, I reckon.

I've got a PhD in chemistry; so I've been an undergrad, a post grad now I'm a worker and I know that when I was a student; especially when I was a post-grad I had this arsey notion that post-graduate students worked harder than anyone else on the planet.

Now I know better.

dangerman · 02-12-2004 05:02PM

haha, of course college is easier. just like ionapaul, we'd sit playing cards between every lecture. start a new game of poker just 10 minutes before a class? Oh damn can't go to class.

the main point i think is that in college you can choose to work really hard/not at all and in many cases 'get away with it' but in work, well, its a day in day out slog.

jesus_thats_gre · 03-12-2004 02:54AM

Sarky wrote:

61.5% average isn't exactly mind-blowing.

Mind-blowing? No, but imagine if I actually applied myself and didn't work 16/17 hours a week while doing it (even during my exams) and basically study the night and morning before the exam

Also got 75% in my dissertation which was the second highest in the year. It's not a coincidence that I actually put some effort into that either!!

I don't mean to sound arrogant by what I said, just don't agree with:

If you don't find college hard, you're not working hard enough.

jesus_thats_gre · 03-12-2004 02:57AM

I actually remember 1 lecturer telling that if I actually put some material from his notes into my exam answers I would easily get over 70%..

stoopidkid · 03-12-2004 03:26PM

Having worked last year as a receptionist in a pretty busy office, i can say without any doubt that work is easier than college.. I worked 8.30-5.30 mon-fri, having every evening to relax plus the whole weekend to watch tv n stuff (plus money to spend!).. In oct i started in Trinity (Science) it's been mental ever since, i cannot switch off.. my course has really long hours.. 9-6 mon, 9-6 tues (with only an hours break all day) 9-3 on weds 10-3 thurs and 10-1 on fridays.. plus an hour and a half of chemistry grinds.. plus study plus commuting= one very tired stressed out girl! gimme work any day!

Which is harder, College or work??

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