Final Year Project Report/Dissertation

Anyone else here in their final year? Got their project report or dissertation in soon? My report is in on Wednesday and I've been writing it up over the last few days. I'm ridiculously bored and trying not to procrastinate but I keep finding myself on here instead of doing my stupid report.

I think it might have been a little different if I actually enjoyed my project, but it was a load of wank. I achieved nothing except for some pretty graphs and a vague solution to some trivial problem that people could solve anyway.

Anyone else feel like their years at university were wasted (except for the days where you spent all day drinking/sleeping/eating/doing drugs)?

I'm in first year at the minute and feel it's a bit of a waste as there's hardly anything I learned on top of what I already knew.

University is a waste of time in terms of what you actually learn. But keep your eyes on the prize..
That little bit of paper you get at the end can be the difference between caning lines of coke of midget's heads or serving cups of coke to lines of teens in Maccas.

Wise words as always, wise words indeed.

i'm about to finish a diploma in architecture. i am sick to the back teeth with it. having trouble with motivation and starting to shit myself :s

University is a waste of time in terms of what you actually learn. But keep your eyes on the prize..
That little bit of paper you get at the end can be the difference between caning lines of coke of midget's heads or serving cups of coke to lines of teens in Maccas.

See you say that, but I turned down a job at the beginning of September that paid better than I could possibly hope from a graduate job, with the thinking that finishing my degree would be the better path to take. Now I'm a mere 1-2 months away from finishing and despite countless applications, I'm still going to be jobless when I graduate with little to no hope of finding a decent job any time soon.

The job I turned down would have been mine for a good few years and I would have had decent managerial experience. Everybody I discussed this with said I was an idiot for considering the job instead of continuing my degree but now I'm not so sure.

I definitely wouldn't have had to do this fucking project...

I am in my final year of a photography degree, realising that the degree itself means nothing when taken as a reflection of your photographic skills. For example here are some quotes from people in the third year of a photography degree:

"how do I put my Nikon D200 (that mummy and daddy got me) into manual focus?"

" I decided not to shoot film because the shots were coming out all blurry"

"I shot this project in black and white on a camera phone to give it a Film Noir look"

"I wish I had got a canon it would take better pictures"

I can go on and on, and these people are coming out with better marks than me because they can write about there work in a more theoretical way (oh and they use film which the uni loves and I cant use in the situations I shoot most of my stuff in).

bring on that piece of paper so I can say fuck u to all the outdated failed photographers who call themselves lecturers.

The job I turned down would have been mine for a good few years and I would have had decent managerial experience. Everybody I discussed this with said I was an idiot for considering the job instead of continuing my degree but now I'm not so sure.

They will be out of business within 6 months. Stick with the degree.

I am in my final year of a photography degree, realising that the degree itself means nothing when taken as a reflection of your photographic skills. For example here are some quotes from people in the third year of a photography degree:

"how do I put my Nikon D200 (that mummy and daddy got me) into manual focus?"

" I decided not to shoot film because the shots were coming out all blurry"

"I shot this project in black and white on a camera phone to give it a Film Noir look"

"I wish I had got a canon it would take better pictures"

I can go on and on, and these people are coming out with better marks than me because they can write about there work in a more theoretical way (oh and they use film which the uni loves and I cant use in the situations I shoot most of my stuff in).

bring on that piece of paper so I can say fuck u to all the outdated failed photographers who call themselves lecturers.

WAC

"I wish I had got a canon it would take better pictures"

is my favourite.

They will be out of business within 6 months. Stick with the degree.

You say that, but I'd disagree. I don't want to say what the job was because everyone will think I am a cunt.

I'd rather be studying now than looking for a job.. Another year to go for me though

"I shot this project in black and white on a camera phone to give it a Film Noir look"

Please kill this person, and then tell the authorities that I did it.

University so far has put me into debts of more than €20,000, made me really ill from being overly stressed out on a bunch of times and pretty much only taught me that a lot more people than I think are really fucking thick, what a snakebite is and that having no money sucks balls.

This bit of paper had better be worth it, but more and more I get the horrible feeling that it just won't be...

That said, screw having a job. I just want to live in a hut and eat berries like in Age of Empires.

Hi I am just finishing a block release degree in biomedical science, being block release it was spread over 5 years BUT I am getting all my fees paid for AND a wage and travel and accomodation when at uni! thanks NHS! Not really guaranteed the job I will have trained to do but am entitled to the same job I was doing nefore- Lab rat. Just handed in my 5000 word project regarding coagulation, a poster and defence to go then 4 exams in may/june- much better than working though!

You say that, but I'd disagree. I don't want to say what the job was because everyone will think I am a cunt.

You just wait and see sonny jim, you just wait and see...

Stop scaring me Hippy, will I ever get a job or are all companies set to be out of business in the near future?

I am in my final year of a photography degree, realising that the degree itself means nothing when taken as a reflection of your photographic skills. For example here are some quotes from people in the third year of a photography degree:

"how do I put my Nikon D200 (that mummy and daddy got me) into manual focus?"

" I decided not to shoot film because the shots were coming out all blurry"

"I shot this project in black and white on a camera phone to give it a Film Noir look"

"I wish I had got a canon it would take better pictures"

I can go on and on, and these people are coming out with better marks than me because they can write about there work in a more theoretical way (oh and they use film which the uni loves and I cant use in the situations I shoot most of my stuff in).

bring on that piece of paper so I can say fuck u to all the outdated failed photographers who call themselves lecturers.

Wow, that's ridiculous some of those comments, I don't know whether to laugh or cry! I'm on a Motorsport Engineering course and we were doing an engine rebuild and one of the guys didn't want to do it, want to know his reason? He didn't want to get his hands dirty! Honestly, wtf?

4th and final year of Biochem here.
Just handed in a dissertation, starting my 'Extended' essay- 3,000 words- hard for me, a piece of piss for most.
and then revision! and a presentation of my data from my lab project.
I've given up all hope and care over it, just enjoying the last 10 weeks with friends.
then it all starts again- Medical school (fingers crossed).

I'm so bored and fed up I can't quite believe it!

Hahaha "didn't want to get his hands dirty" That is fucking gold!

hippy's rules for a successful life.
Don't panic. Just remember:
There will always be a dumber people out there.
There will always be people who put in less effort than you.
There will always be people who are more worried than you.
Party like you mean it. :)

Hahaha "didn't want to get his hands dirty" That is fucking gold!

hippy's rules for a successful life.
Don't panic. Just remember:
There will always be a dumber people out there.
There will always be people who put in less effort than you.
There will always be people who are more worried than you.
Party like you mean it. :)

+1 and i'll add one of my own:

Don't worry, things will take care of themselves and everything will be fine in the end, and if not, well it just wasn't meant to be.

Party like you mean it. :)

I got that one sorted, so no worries there.

4th and final year of Biochem here.
Just handed in a dissertation, starting my 'Extended' essay- 3,000 words- hard for me, a piece of piss for most.
and then revision! and a presentation of my data from my lab project.
I've given up all hope and care over it, just enjoying the last 10 weeks with friends.
then it all starts again- Medical school (fingers crossed).

I'm so bored and fed up I can't quite believe it!

Where are you applying for Med school Henry?

I'm giving some four year post-grad courses very serious consideration myself

not post grad- fuck that, my grades aren't good enough.

In england- Imperial, King's, Bristol, and undecided (still have a little while)
In Dublin- Trinity, Royal College and University
(and maybe- in Beirut- AUH/ AUB)

Where are you applying for Med school Henry?

I'm giving some four year post-grad courses very serious consideration myself

4 more years at uni? I think I'd rather stab myself in the eye.

Wow, that's ridiculous some of those comments, I don't know whether to laugh or cry! I'm on a Motorsport Engineering course and we were doing an engine rebuild and one of the guys didn't want to do it, want to know his reason? He didn't want to get his hands dirty! Honestly, wtf?

He sounds excellent. No doubt he refused on ethical grounds as a disassembled engine is better than an assembled engine. 'Getting his hands dirty' was of course meant metaphorically. He refused to participate in an act of environmental vandalism, participating in which not only actually, but metaphorically, got everybody's hands dirty, except his. What a hero.

Plus, no-one told him that the course was to do with engines or cars before he started it, did they? ;)