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Of course ! When you aren't in the middle of getting it on with an "escort" you have to feel superior to everyone else. l mean really, what else is there in life ?

marcus says

you have to feel superior to everyone else. l mean really, what else is there in life ?

Yes, authentic, not disingenuous, snobbery is the way.

Rin says

Basically, as an independently wealthy guy, here's my resume ...

Experience:

Principal Investigator, Rin Institute

Account Executive, XYZ Capital Group

IT consultant (a number of companies)

Education:

Masters of Science, Nuclear Engineering, RPI (picked an engineering school not too far away)

Masters of Law, Univ of London

Medical Doctor, Mayo Clinic

Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering, (my old school)

We are only interested in your prostitutes.
These 2 hot ho's banged 355,000 men. WOW. How many have you banged Rin?

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/14/amsterdam-prostitute-twins-retire-at-70-after-50-years-and-355000-men-3542030/

For me, seeing ho's is like going out rock climbing.

Strategist says

We are only interested in your prostitutes.

These 2 hot ho's banged 355,000 men. WOW. How many have you banged Rin?

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/14/amsterdam-prostitute-twins-retire-at-70-after-50-years-and-355000-men-3542030/

They had to hammer out he hardened jizz with chisels every couple of months.

Rin says

For me, seeing ho's is like going out rock climbing.

You did not show up at the Eaton Center. I had to bang both the twins.

Strategist says

Rin says

For me, seeing ho's is like going out rock climbing.

You did not show up at the Eaton Center. I had to bang both the twins.

Sounds like you'd finally discovered Now magazine ...

http://toronto.nowtoronto.com/adult/

Rin says

Strategist says

Rin says

For me, seeing ho's is like going out rock climbing.

You did not show up at the Eaton Center. I had to bang both the twins.

Sounds like you'd finally discovered Now magazine ...

http://toronto.nowtoronto.com/adult/

I just asked a couple of real hot chicks if they knew Rin? The moment I mentioned your name, they knew exactly what I wanted. They even gave me a 20% discount even though I did not have a coupon.
Thanks Rin.

If you only believe your smarter get a PhD in Philosophy. Then you can argue with other snobs.

If you really ARE smatter get a masters in Chemical Engineering (or Nuclear, as you mention) and also tack on a P.E. license.

It's all window dressing unless you intend to use it.

EastCoastBubbleBoy says

If you only believe your smarter get a PhD in Philosophy. Then you can argue with other snobs.

In general, most PhD programs are a total and complete waste of time. The snob appeal of a PhD has gone with the wind (or the dogs). The fact that a person spends an inordinate amount of time, focusing on one subspecialty, just to get to submit a proposal for a dissertation for let's say ~8 years, is the time it takes for an LLM (1.5-2 years), MS in nuclear engineering (2 years), and an MD (4 years). That latter person, assuming that he already has the money, is a Renaissance man, because he doesn't need to brown nose to finish his studies on one subject matter. Instead, he studies what he wants.

Strategist says

We are only interested in your prostitutes.

These 2 hot ho's banged 355,000 men. WOW. How many have you banged Rin?

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/14/amsterdam-prostitute-twins-retire-at-70-after-50-years-and-355000-men-3542030/

They really have a look of contentment on their faces

What is better the online high school diploma or the GED....It seems like the former would take slightly longer but could theoretically be finished in about 2 years. To that end, how feasible would it be to pursue a bachelors while in high school?

MMR says

What is better the online high school diploma or the GED....It seems like the former would take slightly longer but could theoretically be finished in about 2 years. To that end, how feasible would it be to pursue a bachelors while in high school?

The online HS is more for things like applying for an international work visa, as the rest of the world doesn't understand our GED system.

And thus, get a GED at 9th grade, and start the college (community college/local state) uni part-time, but then later, get that HS diploma part-time, if you're interested in applying for a work permit in Europe or Asia. At that point in time, the HS thing is mostly useless for a majority of American credentials.

And don't follow Bob's advice and CLEP out of the premed requisites, as that would force one to take the higher level science classes, just to form a GPA of biology, math, physics, and chemistry. Use the CLEP to get out of useless stuff like US and world history or English literature.

MMR says

They really have a look of contentment on their faces

If you had 355,000 orgasms, so would you. I have a long way to go....excuse me while I get busy.

Well.. I'm not impressed.
Once again people here & on other sites expose their ego & don't have a clue about anyone,as in IQ or financial situation, they may respond to.
Maybe they are only making futile attempts at beginners trolling.

The rest of the internet knows that if one is on Patnet,they must need psychiatric help.

If other ppl are retards,being smarter isn't saying much.

Rin says

I believe that I'm smarter than other ppl

That's 95% of it right there. The rest is only formalities.

Rin says

I believe that I'm smarter than other ppl. Should I get an MS in nuclear eng?

No. The future is in solar energy.
I think you are more qualified to write the next Kamasutra.

"ppl"?

that's pretty fucking dumb.

the most important goal in life is to be admired by other people.

Rin says

And thus, get a GED at 9th grade

How does one do that? All states require you to be at least 16 with many restrictions and documentation requirements to take a GED. Many states it's 18 to take the GED no matter what. Feel free to look at the actual rules by state as provided by the ged testing service. http://www.gedtestingservice.com/testers/2014policypageshttp://www.gedtestingservice.com/testers/2014policypages

Why would anyone do that even if they could? You don't need a GED or HS diploma to take college courses. If you bag out of HS you have to pay up front for tuition. If you take college courses in high school they are free at most community colleges and apply to both high school and college.

What 9th grader can pass a GED anyway? More RIN bloviating.

bob2356 says

How does one do that? All states require you to be at least 16 with many restrictions and documentation requirements to take a GED. Many states it's 18 to take the GED no matter what. Feel free to look at the actual rules by state as provided by the ged testing service. http://www.gedtestingservice.com/testers/2014policypageshttp://www.gedtestingservice.com/testers/2014policypages

Why would anyone do that even if they could? You don't need a GED or HS diploma to take college courses. If you bag out of HS you have to pay up front for tuition. If you take college courses in high school they are free at most community colleges and apply to both high school and college.

What 9th grader can pass a GED anyway? More RIN bloviating.

Bob, please go away.

For MMR and others, taking the GED early means prepping for it. And yes, 9th grade is age 14 and thus, it's a good time to start the review. Plus, GED is needed when one starts interning, so when one's ready for work, a GED and associates degree are both conferred.

Rin says

getting an MD

Don't do it - getting MD - Muscular Dystrophy is not any fun. It's especially bad now that Jerry Lewis isn't doing the telethon anymore.

Rin says

And yes, 9th grade is age 14 and thus, it's a good time to start the review

Which would make sense. FWIW, nearly everyone in my extended family who grew up around big cities in 2 professional households, started taking the SAT in 7th grade, could probably knock out the GED by 9th grade. Even if they could, they probably wouldn't want to, because of the social aspects of school and the responsibility of having to provide for supervision for their kids and their extracurricular activities. While some have live-in maids, the problem would be that lot of their "well meaning friends" in their fairly large social circles would be clucking about it, which would probably be too much for them to tolerate. Lastly, even 10-20 years ago when most of my cousins were in high school, these opportunities simply didn't exist/barely existed.

Other online high schools such as Stanford require higher end tests to qualify, such as ACT, SAT, PSAT, ISEE, SSAT

https://ohs.stanford.edu/admissions/standardized_tests.html

Many of the online high school diplomas are affiliated with universities; I found this online 2 days back

http://www.thebestschools.org/rankings/best-online-high-school-diploma-programs/

Given the availability of these online schools, which would be the better choice between the online degree vs GED?

Rin says

Bob, please go away.

Stop posting nonsense then. You said get a GED at 9th grad, not start prepping for it.

MMR says

Given the availability of these online schools, which would be the better choice between the online degree vs GED?

Here's the thing ... HS does not matter. No matter what, putting Stuyvesant HS on one's resume makes that person look like a doofus. The average white collar worker, has his work experience and 1st college degree on the resume, not HS.

But on the flip side, if one applies for a work visa to another country, one's HS adds points to the application, whereas a GED doesn't make sense to the visa folks.

On the flip side, when transferring between colleges, the college GPA matters more than HS. There were Boston Latin grads (local magnet school), with average HS GPAs, who'd gotten dean's list at the various UMass campuses, to gain transfer admissions to places like Michigan or Cornell, whereas from HS, their GPA was considered low by HS standards.

Rin says

Here's the thing ... HS does not matter. No matter what, putting Stuyvesant HS on one's resume makes that person look like a doofus

I agree with that part regarding putting HS on your CV; I wonder what kind of advice people are getting to think that that's a good idea, but then again I went to a high school where more than 16 people got pregnant and 40% dropped out....most people I know went to schools where they had double digit National Merit Scholars.......It does show that a person is smart, but also a beneficiary of opportunity that rural people like myself never had...

But other than tennis, what if the kid also wanted to participate in sports (like an NCAA revenue producing team sport) ....tennis and other individual sports/pursuits lend themselves well to a GED/early graduation model. But getting a GED might make it impossible to play sports. Some high schools offer their curriculum online and students can essentially finish HS in 2 years and could get an associates degree with the remaining time(winter, spring and summer semesters). One I found was in Orange County and offers both AP and a STEM track. What are the benefits of Studying STEM subjects, notwithstanding the mediocre job prospects?

http://www.lhsoc.org/olo

Although I agree that going through the college admissions process the way stuy students and students at other schools go through admissions, I do think that learning to excel on standardized tests starting with SSAT/ISEE, SAT, along with AP exams is an important experience, especially for those who aspire to study medicine, as basic sciences and 3rd year clinicals USMLEs are non-stop intense test preparation. Even residency is step 3 in first year, the in-service exams and board certification at the end of residency.

In high school pursuing an associates degree, I recall you mentioned the Economics/Finance/Mathematics track. What other tracks, if any would make sense for someone who pursued an associates degree in high school? If someone weren't going to the LSE and opted to transfer to a 4 year school in the US, they would still probably have to provide scores for the SAT, PSAT, AP scores, is that correct?

Other than sports, anyone who is on a preprofessional track (esp Medicine) is much better off learning independently of the classroom environment and scheduling their own extracurriculars/community service etc. After all, teaching oneself is what one would do as an undergrad and in med school itself.

Rin says

Boston Latin grads (local magnet school)

One of the 6 public schools with the strongest track record for Harvard admission. 100 schools (94 private and 6 public) or 0.3 % of all high schools make up 22% of Harvard's student body..but then again as a New Englander in the know, you probably knew that

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118747/ivy-league-schools-are-overrated-send-your-kids-elsewhere

MMR says

I agree with that part regarding putting HS on your CV; I wonder what kind of advice people are getting to think that that's a good idea

Two kinds, stupid HS teachers with a 'college instructor' complex and two, students who're duped into believing that the world is at *awe* with the Bronx Science/Stuyvesant tales, as if the entire world grew up in the NYC magnet HS system, when it clearly didn't.

MMR says

, what if the kid also wanted to participate in sports (like an NCAA revenue producing team sport) ....tennis and other individual sports/pursuits

If a person is NCAA bound, then he needs a traditional HS with a sports programs. Chances are, that person will know at a very early age, that he's the next Kobe Bryant. And in that situation, the thought of making the Olympics or some professional NBA squad, is a far greater priority than getting accepted into some AMA medical school or Univ of London, pre-finance/economics distance program.

MMR says

they would still probably have to provide scores for the SAT, PSAT, AP scores, is that correct?

Only the SATs, the others are not that important for transfer admissions to a regular US college, from another college.

MMR says

anyone who is on a preprofessional track (esp Medicine) is much better off learning independently of the classroom environment and scheduling their own extracurriculars/community service etc. After all, teaching oneself is what one would do as an undergrad and in med school itself.

Spot on!

MMR says

One of the 6 public schools with the strongest track record for Harvard admission. 100 schools (94 private and 6 public) or 0.3 % of all high schools make up 22% of Harvard's student body..but then again as a New Englander in the know, you probably knew that

In all honesty ... if one's a smart Bostonian, meaning having grown up within commuting distance of the city, one can get a degree out of Harvard's continuing ed, extension program. If one's a great student, one can take additional classes during the day, as a special student, and get recommendation letters from full time "day hours" Harvard faculty. In the end, that person, now being a true self-starter, has just as good of a chance of getting into a Harvard graduate program, as the ass kissers who'd played the game, just to gain admissions to the daytime Harvard College program.

Remember, Al Gore isn't interested in getting a Masters or PhD in applied math or history at Harvard. As a lazy *Fortunate Son* shithead, his only job is to get a college degree so that he can *name drop* at the parties, which his father hosts for other politicians.

MMR says

What are the benefits of Studying STEM subjects, notwithstanding the mediocre job prospects?

One is allowed to take the Patent Agent exam. For the most part, that's the best aspect of being a STEM grad.

Rin says

Bronx Science/Stuyvesant tales, as if the entire world grew up in the NYC magnet HS system

Concerning Bronx Science ...

http://nymag.com/news/features/bronx-high-school-of-science-2011-12/

Article says

Founded in 1938, Bronx Science counts E. L. Doctorow and Stokely Carmichael among its alumni, as well as seven Nobel laureates and six Pulitzer Prize winners. It has spawned 135 Intel science-competition finalists—more than any other high school in America.

Notice the issue above ... this high school, having an extrance exam between itself and the general public, believes that it's a university and two, believes that the world revolves around the kids living in the 5 boroughs of the city. In all honesty, the world laughs when it hears about a HS, bragging about its Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners. At least when Columbia University lists its Nobel/Pulitzer/Fields award winners, the world pays attention because one, it's a university, two, it's Ivy League, and finally, it's also in NYC but attracts an international crowd and one which has some *money* to boot, not just some poor to middle income kids with an exam score from the streets of the boroughs. Remember, for the Bronx, families with resources send their kids to Horace Mann or Riverdale for private HS.

And then, this article being about the principal of the school itself, her CV bio reads as follows ...

Article says

Reidy herself is a 33-year veteran of Bronx Science. She grew up in the borough, in Morris Park, and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the College of Mount St. Vincent, in Riverdale. After attending the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo on a research fellowship, she came back to the Bronx to get her master’s in biology at Fordham. She taught science at Junior High School 117 in the Bronx for four years, then started at Bronx Science as a biology teacher in 1978.

Hate to say it but her college/grad school profile reads... big fucking deal. In other words, she's probably got Bronx Science, all over her resume, to cover up the fact that her college doesn't read Columbia instead of Mt StVincent and for her graduate school ... Rockefeller Institute (or University) instead of Fordham.

Thus, she's hanging onto the alleged prestige of her HS, probably realizing that the big world of biopharma or academia wanted to see Columbia/Rockefeller (assuming that she wanted to be a New Yorker during school), instead of a bunch of no name places.

I mean if she were really that Bronx sanguine, even Albert Einstein Medical Center (also in Morris Park) would have given her some prestige and academic recognition outside of the Borough. Plus, doesn't Mt Sinai medical center in Manhattan have some graduate programs? It's right off the number 5 train, coming down from Morris Park. Seriously, if I were a recruiter and saw this person bragging about Bronx Science, but posting those useless post-graduate schools, the CV would go straight to the delete folder w/o some serious pubs to show for them..

Rin,

I'm afraid the lack any semblance of stable relationship is doing serious damage to your psyche. A mature man is supposed to be aware of his own worth, and not particularly obsessed with shallow accolades like approval from others or being in a clique. Those are supposed to be womanly obsessions.

Reality says

Rin,

I'm afraid the lack any semblance of stable relationship is doing serious damage to your psyche. A mature man is supposed to be aware of his own worth, and not particularly obsessed with shallow accolades like approval from others or being in a clique. Those are supposed to be womanly obsessions.

Actually, we all live in a shallow society. The fact that some guys, who're pussywhipped by their spouses, live in some glass house, pretending to be happy and content, doesn't change that fact. And yes, this is 80% of the population out there. When these men are taken to the cleaners, let's see how mature they really are.

The difference is that I call people out and say ... *Fuck You* in bold. And thus, when I seek the nuclear engineering option as a way of let's say, telling some cultural losers out there to go fuck themselves, I really mean it.

The statement goes ... I can do nuclear engineering, plus have money in the bank from prior hedge fund work. You, however, can't do that and are a fucking idiot. You see, I'm not lying when I make that statement.

Hey, Rin,

Let's not assume here. I'm not married. I wasn't trying to attack you, or even trying to criticize your choice of life-style. From what I see here, you used to be supremely confident and happy with your choice, but these latest posts of yours don't show the same confident Rin that we used to be familiar. Perhaps the hedge fund didn't do well in the past month and half?

Regardless what the reason is, do what makes you happy, not what is fashionable or chic or getting you approval from other shallow/empty people whose opinions of you shouldn't matter . . . because you know what, once you are in that clique, you will find another clique inside that clique requiring yet another set of "qualifications." You can't spend the rest of your life trying to fulfill the shit tests that other people throw at you. I thought the purpose of your going your own way (not pursuing women in any LTR or even intermediate relationship) was to avoid endless shit tests from shallow women.

Would you consider perhaps an intermediate solution? Finding someone easy to get along with for a while, perhaps a year or two, during which each can receive the other's approval by default, and call quits as soon as she "misbehaves."

Reality says

Regardless what the reason is, do what makes you happy, not what is fashionable or chic or getting you approval from other shallow/empty people whose opinions of you shouldn't matter . . . because you know what, once you are in that clique, you will find another clique inside that clique requiring yet another set of "qualifications." You can't spend the rest of your life trying to fulfill the shit tests that other people throw at you. I thought the purpose of your going your own way (not pursuing women in any LTR or even intermediate relationship) was to avoid endless shit tests from shallow women.

Here's the real scoop ... what I really want, is to be born into a certain amount of money. In other words, my parents/grandparents set me up with a trust fund, where I get paid an annual stipend for basically, doing nothing.

And then afterwards, instead of being let's say a Paris Hilton type, I become a Navy Nuclear Engineer, so that I can pursue an area of excellence, where hard work and intelligence are a part of the credo, not being some corporate lackey a/o bullshit artist. And if I don't get my two(+) military promotions, failing to reach that 20 year retirement mark with full naval benefits, I still get to be a part of a fraternity of those, who'd used their brains to serve the armed forces and to some extent, advance the work of the nuclear sciences. So while I won't have a *great pension* in place, I'd still be teaching and coaching future nukes, while still doing research on cleaning up/recycling the rods and the field of the nuclear sciences in general.

Unfortunately, I'm not a part of such an organization and thus, I find myself despising those, who'd pursued corporate careers and the basic white collar type, in general, individuals who I believe are disingenuous persons.

Rin says

if one's a smart Bostonian, meaning having grown up within commuting distance of the city, one can get a degree out of Harvard's continuing ed, extension program. If one's a great student, one can take additional classes during the day, as a special student, and get recommendation letters from full time "day hours" Harvard faculty. In the end, that person, now being a true self-starter, has just as good of a chance of getting into a Harvard graduate program, as the ass kissers who'd played the game, just to gain admissions to the daytime Harvard College program.

With the extension school, unless one was headed to LSE, they would still have to get a decent SAT score correct? When you say 'great student'...does that mean in the extension program courses or with a high-level HS curriculum? If one was headed to study abroad, at say an LSE or INSEAD or some such school, outside of the undergrad transcripts what else might be needed?

MMR says

If one's a smart Bostonian, meaning having grown up within commuting distance of the city, one can get a degree out of Harvard's continuing ed, extension program. If one's a great student, one can take additional classes during the day, as a special student, and get recommendation letters from full time "day hours" Harvard faculty.In the end, that person, now being a true self-starter, has just as good of a chance of getting into a Harvard graduate program, as the ass kissers who'd played the game, just to gain admissions to the daytime Harvard College program.

With the extension school, unless one was headed to LSE, they would still have to get a decent SAT score correct? When you say 'great student'...does that mean in the extension program courses or with a high-level HS curriculum? If one was headed to study abroad, at say an LSE or INSEAD or some such school, outside of the undergrad transcripts what else might be needed?

If I recall, a Bostonian (meaning commuting distance... ala eastern MA), who's a full time student at the night time extension program, simply needs a B+ GPA, like 3.33+ in extension courses, to be able to take classes during the day, ala carte. Now granted, to win some scholarship money for that work, the GPA needs to be a bit higher. Now, if that person actually wanted to transfer into the daytime Harvard College (fully matriculated), then sure, everything is needed, grades, SATs I and IIs, extracurriculars, etc.

From what I'd gathered, the highly motivated extension students don't even bother with that crap. They simply take the GREs and apply for the graduate programs at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, etc. I mean if you can get into a masters (or doctoral) program, why bother with a bachelors? Being Al Gore's housemate, w/o the senatorial connections, doesn't mean much.

Ceffer says

They had to hammer out he hardened jizz with chisels every couple of months.

LMAO

Rin says

The difference is that I call people out and say ... *Fuck You* in bold.

My degree is in social work, so I can only say "fuck you" in lower-case italics. Followed by, "please," of course.

elliemae says

My degree is in social work, so I can only say "fuck you" in lower-case italics. Followed by, "please," of course.

Well, you do what you can with what you've got.

Rin says

From what I'd gathered, the highly motivated extension students don't even bother with that crap. They simply take the GREs and apply for the graduate programs at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, etc. I mean if you can get into a masters (or doctoral) program, why bother with a bachelors?

How many credits would a person need to achieve this? Put differently, is it possible to apply for graduate programs with less than a bachelor's degree?

MMR says

How many credits would a person need to achieve this? Put differently, is it possible to apply for graduate programs with less than a bachelor's degree?

I believe the Extension program doesn't check one's background prior to signing up for graduate credit. Of course, to be let's say fully matriculated into a latter on-campus graduate daytime only program, one needs to complete the bachelor's requirements. Thus, for let's say a smart kid, who doesn't want to waste time on the whole transfer process to the on-campus daytime Harvard College, Columbia College, or any other Al Gore nonsensical undergrad thing, he takes classes at the Extension school, basically builds his grad school profile and completes an official transfer once the basic bachelor's requirements are completed. And this bachelor's thing can be a mix of Harvard Extension, some State U thing (like Maryland/Penn State online), or the Univ of London distance program.