Academia
They FINALFUCKINGLY got the new course list for Fall up. I need to make an advising appointment like...today, and get my ass registered for classes. I really actually want to TALK to my adviser this semester too, about the whole continuing my education bit. See if there's anything else I need to know.
(For reference: I'm taking Operating Systems cause I have to, Inter. Japanese I cause I need to do something relaxing, Electronics(A Physics class), Graphics I or Compiler Theory(another reason I need to talk to my adviser), probably Professional Ethics, and a couple of one-unit courses having to do with being a senior for Honors and CompSci both.)
I'm super psyched that this particular Physics class is being offered. It'll actually get me hands-on experience with HOW A FUCKING COMPUTER WORKS. I get to play with flip-flops! *squee* I'm retardedly excited to take this class, actually. If they offer Microprocessor Electronics NEXT semester, I can get a minor in Microelectronics, which sounds sexy...or, if they don't, take any random 4 unit upper division course in physics and have a physics minor to my name as well. <3<3 I'm hopeful, and excited, because, don't tell anyone, but I love Physics. It's challenging, and it's essentially math with a mother fucking purpose, which is the glory of all glories of this world.
I also found out that yeah, no. I can't get my GREs discounted. So I have to save up $130.00 to take a bloody test. *grumbles* The interesting thing is that there's no minimum score required to get into the CS MS program at Sac...and I don't have to take the subject test either. Just the general exam.
Part of me wants to court a few other schools as well. Maybe really apply to Stanford.
I don't want to make the same...not mistake...but arbitrary decision as I did with my undergraduate work. "Cheap and close to boyfriend" doesn't really sound like an entirely justifiable reason to choose a school anymore. It worked out well the first time, mind you. I love Stanislaus and all that it has given me, and I don't for a second regret it. (Besides, without going to Stan-state, I probably wouldn't have met Punchabuddy, as bizarre as THAT one it.) But I wonder if I shouldn't put out a few more applications. Which means saving up even more money. *sigh* Student loans until the day I die, ftl. But still. The concept appeals to me. Stanford? I could work anywhere after that. Sacramento? Well, if I got a job, I'd be done with my loans in a few short years rather than in a couple of decades, that's for sure.
I think I just convinced myself to apply at Stanford. Shit. Need to see if they require subject test. I could always do my MS at Sac and pursue a Doctorate at Stanford later. *clearly losing her mind* ...also, what IS it with me and 'S' schools? WTF.
Swing Club shirts? Nearly finished. HOT.
I have a test today in discrete and I haven't thought about it at all. However, there are no definitions, which is where I generally make silly mistakes because I forget to study the definitions, and thus, it's all mathematical induction proofs, and I'm pretty comfortable with those after doing a billion of them.
I bought a new sketchbook. I want to do at least a sketch a day, and I can't see anything in the way of that now. My need to art is so much higher now.
I really want one of the black-page sketchbooks though. They were more expensive than I was willing to drop on a small sketchbook, so I just got a regular 8x10 white page one, but I stared at it for a while anyway. I love drawing on black. It forces you to use your "mistakes" because typically, you won't be able to erase as well, especially cause I tend to use colored pencils for working on black. So...maybe next time I'll splurge a little and get one with black pages.
(For reference: I'm taking Operating Systems cause I have to, Inter. Japanese I cause I need to do something relaxing, Electronics(A Physics class), Graphics I or Compiler Theory(another reason I need to talk to my adviser), probably Professional Ethics, and a couple of one-unit courses having to do with being a senior for Honors and CompSci both.)
I'm super psyched that this particular Physics class is being offered. It'll actually get me hands-on experience with HOW A FUCKING COMPUTER WORKS. I get to play with flip-flops! *squee* I'm retardedly excited to take this class, actually. If they offer Microprocessor Electronics NEXT semester, I can get a minor in Microelectronics, which sounds sexy...or, if they don't, take any random 4 unit upper division course in physics and have a physics minor to my name as well. <3<3 I'm hopeful, and excited, because, don't tell anyone, but I love Physics. It's challenging, and it's essentially math with a mother fucking purpose, which is the glory of all glories of this world.
I also found out that yeah, no. I can't get my GREs discounted. So I have to save up $130.00 to take a bloody test. *grumbles* The interesting thing is that there's no minimum score required to get into the CS MS program at Sac...and I don't have to take the subject test either. Just the general exam.
Part of me wants to court a few other schools as well. Maybe really apply to Stanford.
I don't want to make the same...not mistake...but arbitrary decision as I did with my undergraduate work. "Cheap and close to boyfriend" doesn't really sound like an entirely justifiable reason to choose a school anymore. It worked out well the first time, mind you. I love Stanislaus and all that it has given me, and I don't for a second regret it. (Besides, without going to Stan-state, I probably wouldn't have met Punchabuddy, as bizarre as THAT one it.) But I wonder if I shouldn't put out a few more applications. Which means saving up even more money. *sigh* Student loans until the day I die, ftl. But still. The concept appeals to me. Stanford? I could work anywhere after that. Sacramento? Well, if I got a job, I'd be done with my loans in a few short years rather than in a couple of decades, that's for sure.
I think I just convinced myself to apply at Stanford. Shit. Need to see if they require subject test. I could always do my MS at Sac and pursue a Doctorate at Stanford later. *clearly losing her mind* ...also, what IS it with me and 'S' schools? WTF.
Swing Club shirts? Nearly finished. HOT.
I have a test today in discrete and I haven't thought about it at all. However, there are no definitions, which is where I generally make silly mistakes because I forget to study the definitions, and thus, it's all mathematical induction proofs, and I'm pretty comfortable with those after doing a billion of them.
I bought a new sketchbook. I want to do at least a sketch a day, and I can't see anything in the way of that now. My need to art is so much higher now.
I really want one of the black-page sketchbooks though. They were more expensive than I was willing to drop on a small sketchbook, so I just got a regular 8x10 white page one, but I stared at it for a while anyway. I love drawing on black. It forces you to use your "mistakes" because typically, you won't be able to erase as well, especially cause I tend to use colored pencils for working on black. So...maybe next time I'll splurge a little and get one with black pages.