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Title: Just pushed the big, scary, red button.
Post by: Buckethead on August 30, 2010, 12:46:06 AM
The one marked "Submit Application" on the CU Boulder web page. Should hear a yea or nay some time in December.

Fingers crossed for Fall 2011.
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Post by: ducpainter on August 30, 2010, 01:12:32 AM
Good luck James.
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Post by: stopintime on August 30, 2010, 01:16:29 AM
That will turn out in your favor. I'm sure!

[popcorn]
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Post by: Buckethead on August 30, 2010, 02:49:46 AM
Thanks, guys.

Hopefully my SECOND attempt at to become an enginerd will work out better than the first one.

Should be fun being a college freshman again. At 30.
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Post by: Slide Panda on August 30, 2010, 04:13:28 AM
Oh boy! Exciting... I want to go back to school, but with a mortgage I'm too much of a chicken to do it. Good for you for taking just a big leap.

Which flavor of nerd are you trying to get a degree in?
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Post by: Stella on August 30, 2010, 04:24:27 AM
Woot!!!  (Said with a bit of envy as I would LOVE to get my masters.)   

Let us know when you head this way and if you need a place to stay if/when you come out to look at places to live!

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Post by: Fresh Pants on August 30, 2010, 04:30:30 AM
Quote from: Obsessed on August 30, 2010, 12:46:06 AM
The one marked "Submit Application" on the CU Boulder web page. Should hear a yea or nay some time in December.

Fingers crossed for Fall 2011.

[thumbsup]

I went there once.
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Post by: cyrus buelton on August 30, 2010, 04:35:12 AM
Quote from: Obsessed on August 30, 2010, 02:49:46 AM
Should be fun being a college freshman again. At 30.

[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

reminds me of the movie Old School


Good Luck on the application.

I am starting my MBA in about 2wks.

I am a college freshman again too, just a bit different this go around.



Congrats  [thumbsup]
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Post by: Buckethead on August 30, 2010, 05:32:30 AM
Quote from: yuu on August 30, 2010, 04:13:28 AM
Which flavor of nerd are you trying to get a degree in?

Mechanical. They've got a biomedical emphasis that looks interesting. But let's be honest: I just want to design blingy go-fast bits for my bike.

Quote from: Stella on August 30, 2010, 04:24:27 AM
Woot!!!  (Said with a bit of envy as I would LOVE to get my masters.)   

Let us know when you head this way and if you need a place to stay if/when you come out to look at places to live!

Will do!  [beer] 

Quote from: Wedding Pants on August 30, 2010, 04:30:30 AM
[thumbsup]

I went there once.

Watch for a PM.

Quote from: cyrus buelton on August 30, 2010, 04:35:12 AM
reminds me of the movie Old School

"Once it hits your lips... it's sooo good!

Congrats  [thumbsup]

Thanks!  [beer]
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Post by: badgalbetty on August 30, 2010, 07:20:13 PM
I went back to school in 2004 I was 41. Scored 98%. Yes it was tough but  I did it. You can too. You will do awesome!! [thumbsup]
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Post by: Popeye the Sailor on August 30, 2010, 07:47:57 PM
Quote from: Obsessed on August 30, 2010, 05:32:30 AM
Mechanical. They've got a biomedical emphasis that looks interesting. But let's be honest: I just want to design blingy go-fast bits for my bike.


Let me know if I can help-my senior project involved designing and building a medical device.

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Post by: somegirl on August 30, 2010, 08:19:32 PM
Good luck, I'm sure you'll do great. [thumbsup]
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Post by: DoubleEagle on August 30, 2010, 08:35:51 PM
Good luck James.

Hope all goes good for you.

Dolph     :)
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Post by: herm on August 31, 2010, 03:10:12 PM
good luck dude.

and you would like Ft. Collins better than Boulder. i suppose you could commute...
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Post by: JBubble on August 31, 2010, 03:16:03 PM
Good luck James!
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Post by: Buckethead on April 14, 2011, 02:08:16 PM
Quote from: herm on August 31, 2010, 03:10:12 PM
good luck dude.

and you would like Ft. Collins better than Boulder. i suppose you could commute...

The zombie thread rises...

Congrats to Jonas and his crystal ball.  [clap]

CU took until February to decide that they didn't want me. I took a (drunken) weekend to regroup and applied to CSU.

Got acceptance notification this afternoon. Fort Collins it is.

...one step closer to DITR.  [evil]

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Post by: JBubble on April 14, 2011, 02:39:38 PM
Congrats on CSU!!
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Post by: herm on April 14, 2011, 04:04:16 PM
CONGRADS James!

Fort fun is WAY cooler than hippie town. tuition should be a bit less to i believe

/insert lexus/toyota comparison here...

i might even still know some folks there (no promises) so if you need anything...
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Post by: herm on April 14, 2011, 04:05:27 PM
and actually, it's probably as step further away from DITR...relatively speaking
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Post by: Buckethead on April 14, 2011, 04:21:38 PM
Yeah, but it's a hell of a lot closer than South Carolina, where I am now.  ;)

Bout the only thing I can think of that I could really use at this point is some advice on neighborhoods. Any place(s) to stay away from at all costs? Any place to try for? I'm hoping for something residential and on a bus route, but that's about as far as I've gotten at this point.
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Post by: Monsterlover on April 14, 2011, 06:53:15 PM
Rock on dude!

Kick ass, take names

;D
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Post by: DoubleEagle on April 14, 2011, 10:02:06 PM

Run up to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park.

If you play Golf there's a decent Golf Course in Fort Collins.

If you're into Mountain climbing Long's Peak isn't very far away and can be summit it without too much trouble , it a 14 teen.

In Fort Collins you are right up against the foothills of the Rockies.

If you drive East about 45 minutes to Greeley you can see all the Peaks of the Rockies.

Dolph     :)
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Post by: Randimus Maximus on April 14, 2011, 10:06:57 PM
Congrats!

I think you'll like Ft. Fun!

There's a bunch to do in/around the area.

When are you headed out?

Fixed for you, DE:

Quote from: DoubleEagle on April 14, 2011, 10:02:06 PM

If you drive East about 45 minutes to Greeley you can see all the Peaks of the Rockies will wonder what the hell the smell is.

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Post by: r_ciao on April 15, 2011, 12:44:27 AM
rock on dude.

good for you and to others that do the same.

reminds me of a bumper sticker i saw long ago that read something like "the truly educated never stop learning."


Ciao!
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Post by: herm on April 15, 2011, 01:24:07 AM
Quote from: Buckethead on April 14, 2011, 04:21:38 PM
Yeah, but it's a hell of a lot closer than South Carolina, where I am now.  ;)

Bout the only thing I can think of that I could really use at this point is some advice on neighborhoods. Any place(s) to stay away from at all costs? Any place to try for? I'm hoping for something residential and on a bus route, but that's about as far as I've gotten at this point.

James, sent you a PM
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Post by: Duck-Stew on April 15, 2011, 03:38:23 AM
Phew!  I thought you meant the 'History-Eraser-Button'...

Congrats you college bound type guy!!  [thumbsup]
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Post by: IZ on April 16, 2011, 03:03:37 AM
congrats Head!
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Post by: Fresh Pants on April 16, 2011, 08:23:48 AM
Quote from: Buckethead on April 14, 2011, 02:08:16 PM
The zombie thread rises...

Congrats to Jonas and his crystal ball.  [clap]

CU took until February to decide that they didn't want me. I took a (drunken) weekend to regroup and applied to CSU.

Got acceptance notification this afternoon. Fort Collins it is.

...one step closer to DITR.  [evil]



Pre-welcome to our neck of the woods.
And  [beer] to CSU.
Title: Re: Just pushed the big, scary, red button.
Post by: Buckethead on April 16, 2011, 09:07:28 AM
Thanks everybody!

It feels nice to actually know what I'm going to be doing next year, rather than just "getting out of the Navy in June and then..."

Quote from: Duck-Stew on April 15, 2011, 03:38:23 AM
Phew!  I thought you meant the 'History-Eraser-Button'...

Still looking for that one.
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Post by: herm on April 16, 2011, 09:47:39 AM
Quote from: Buckethead on April 16, 2011, 09:07:28 AM

Still looking for that one.

i hear it comes in a gallon size bottle of (insert preference here). if you've never seen one before, i'm betting you will when you have your discharge party...