I graduated college....Thank you SDMB for entertaining and informing me along the way

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I graduated this past weekend with a BS in materials science and engineering. Most of those who major in MSE here at UK do not complete the degree but I made it. This final semester was exceptionally rough given I had to write a 50 page report for my capstone design project in addition taking courses in ceramic engineering, metals processing, and quantum physics: 14 tough credit hours to say the least. Whew…I think the sigh of relief nearly knocked the wind out of me.

Most of you likely do not recognize my username; I only respond to about one out of every 150 threads I read, but I have thoroughly enjoyed lurking and reading the SDMB during breaks from studying. I read four of Cecil’s books in middle school and high school during some of my free time, so I suppose it’s appropriate that I spent so many hours in college reading a message board affiliated with Cecil’s books and columns.

There are too many you to thank, really. Scylla, Qadgop, Sampiro, Shagnasty, Eve, Stranger On A Train, Shodan, Master Wang-Ka (wherever he may be these days), and engineer_comp_geek are a few I can name among many others.

I also feel compelled to thank jjimm for the following post, which made me laugh the most in recent memory:

from this thread

…and I loved the responses I got from this thread about college professors.

I do not plan to leave SDMB anytime soon, and I hope to have more time to post this summer. This is a time of transition in my life; I felt as if it was a good time to send out a general “thanks” to the board as a whole. :slight_smile:

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Congratulations, UK grad! :slight_smile: May you forever be showered with happieness and success and … whatever else engineers like. :wink:

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Many congratulations!

Good luck.

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Congrats, fellow grad. Now we’ve gotta find a way to support all these damned old people.

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I like cold beer and hot women :smiley: …such tastes are not limited to engineers, of course.

Thank you, Bosda. Luck as always helps.

Least Original User Name Ever: So true. Our generation will not likely see many pensions as did that of our parents. We should supplement ourselves with roth IRAs and mutual funds to compensate.

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My username has become somewhat outdated since I have not worked for the architect these past couple summers, but I may let the name hang around anyway.

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Congrats!

twicks, who, meditating on the fact that she graduated from college 30 years ago :eek: just wants to say – your life is so totally not going to turn out the way you expect it to. But it’ll be fun anyway.

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Congratulations!

(And thanks for the namecheck, though I think Spatial Rift 47’s retort in that thread was funnier than my original comment.)