After telling someone the degree you study, what is their response?

I study electrical and electronic engineering. I get "why are you going to uni to be an electrician?", or "why don't you just do an apprenticeship then?". Idiots.

Reply 1581

Sir Master of Bate

6

PPE (OU degree)

"oh so you wanna be a politician/banker"

or

"why would you want to do that ****?!"

Reply 1582

Surge1991

2

Original post by aspirinpharmacist

*High five*

Whereabouts are you studying/going to study? :smile:

I think a lot of people ask because there are quite a few medicine applicants who put pharmacy as a back-up, or their interests change, like yours did. :smile:

But it just annoys me when people assume I must have failed at medicine and that I'm somehow inferior. Be quiet, fools. :rolleyes:

Thanks.

You too.

*High five* (right back at you xD)

I am going to start studying pharmacy this year at the UCL School of Pharmacy and Im pretty excited about that :smile:

In my opinion, both pharmacy and medicine are quite challenging courses.

Anyway what about you? Where are you going to study? :smile:

Reply 1583

t0ffee

8

Are you going to be a Lawyer (and I don't even study law lol) is the only interesting one.

Most people don't really say anything as I couldn't really do a more middle class and uninteresting to other people degree.

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Reply 1584

Skip_Snip

3

Original post by tommydeaks

or "why don't you just do an apprenticeship then?". Idiots.

Well ... why don't you?

Reply 1585

P1234R

Studying Land Use and Environmental Management

"What's that?"
"What sort of job can you get with that?"
"Woah... say that again. That's gone right over my head."
"So many words."
And my personal favorite... "Is that a real course? Does this university do that?"

Reply 1586

James2108

"Physics? Why?! It's boring!" -.-

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Reply 1587

lilGem

20

My Grandparent's asked what I'd be applying for, I told them biology/ biological sciences

Their response: "You can do a degree in that?" :lolwut:

Reply 1588

Teatania

7

Original post by P1234R

Studying Land Use and Environmental Management

"What's that?"
"What sort of job can you get with that?"
"Woah... say that again. That's gone right over my head."
"So many words."
And my personal favorite... "Is that a real course? Does this university do that?"

A friend of mine does that course. After saying what he studied I once witnessed someone ask him: 'Does that make you head bin-man?' :facepalm:

Reply 1589

Pandabär

11

This happened a few days ago, which I wasn't entirely expecting.

Woman: 'What degree are you applying for?'
Me: 'Medicine.'
Woman: 'Good girl!'

Reply 1590

LSD

17

"Really? you must be clever"
"Wow that's a lot harder than what I'm doing"
"So what exactly do you learn about"
"What kind of job are you going to get with that after uni?"

Kind of non-amusing usual ones. Genetics isn't really the kind of course people can make a pun with I don't think. Though I'd like it if someone tried.

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Reply 1591

Teatania

7

Original post by LSD

"Really? you must be clever"
"Wow that's a lot harder than what I'm doing"
"So what exactly do you learn about"
"What kind of job are you going to get with that after uni?"

Kind of non-amusing usual ones. Genetics isn't really the kind of course people can make a pun with I don't think. Though I'd like it if someone tried.

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

My sciency friends get all the good responses. Like,

"Could I have a regular kid with my cousin? I don't think we're blood related."

I think people at my uni are just plain weird though.

Reply 1592

Sun!

14

-What do you study?
-History
-Oh, so you want to be a teacher. :angry:

I graduated this year and after saying I studied history she actually said to me when was I starting my teaching course. FML!

Though tbf, I would actually quite like to become a teacher :colondollar:

Reply 1593

Skip_Snip

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Original post by Pandabär

This happened a few days ago, which I wasn't entirely expecting.

Woman: 'What degree are you applying for?'
Me: 'Medicine.'
Woman: 'Good girl!'

Maybe she was addressing your sigpic :P

Reply 1594

Skip_Snip

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Original post by LSD

Genetics isn't really the kind of course people can make a pun with I don't think. Though I'd like it if someone tried.

If I make one, will you let me in your genes :wink:

Reply 1595

DonJuan

7

*Shifts uncomfortably*

'Oh, right, that sounds... uh.... interesting.'

*Awkward silence*

I do Events Management as Southampton Solent.

Reply 1596

aspirinpharmacist

20

Original post by Surge1991

*High five* (right back at you xD)

I am going to start studying pharmacy this year at the UCL School of Pharmacy and Im pretty excited about that :smile:

In my opinion, both pharmacy and medicine are quite challenging courses.

Anyway what about you? Where are you going to study? :smile:

Off to London, nice one. :biggrin:

I'm not a big city girl so none of the London uni's really appealed to me just because of location, but you'll have to let me know what the course is like there and we can compare. :lol:

Yeah, I'd say they are. Although medicine's a longer course, who knows if it's necessarily harder? I know some people take pharmacy then do graduate entry medicine, I'm going to find someone and ask them...

I'm off to UEA. :smile:

Reply 1597

Surge1991

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Original post by aspirinpharmacist

Off to London, nice one. :biggrin:

I'm not a big city girl so none of the London uni's really appealed to me just because of location, but you'll have to let me know what the course is like there and we can compare. :lol:

Yeah, I'd say they are. Although medicine's a longer course, who knows if it's necessarily harder? I know some people take pharmacy then do graduate entry medicine, I'm going to find someone and ask them...

I'm off to UEA. :smile:

Have fun at UEA :smile:

Yea certainly, later on I'll tell you about how the course at UCL is like and we can compare and see.