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04 Nov 2007, 4:32 am

Sandbox wrote:

hmm I was never good at physics in HS for some reason but good at math

what about economics?

I'm majoring in Economics.

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07 Nov 2007, 11:15 am

Political science/ Law

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07 Nov 2007, 3:41 pm

Maths? Engineering? Information technology? Or any sort of natural science?

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08 Nov 2007, 8:36 pm

I'm majoring in geology.

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08 Nov 2007, 9:06 pm

I tend to smile every time I look at the dual computer science majors "Threads" at Georgia Tech. I hope to get in, but it will take (a lot!) more to fit in (eg survive). I do believe in the wreckage known as social skills. I even put an idea for a pet project on my app "Talk with Einstein". Though I definitely must consider shelving my pet projects until the moment is right, until the weird makes sense.

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12 Nov 2007, 9:21 am

I'm majoring in Social Science for Education.

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12 Nov 2007, 10:37 am

Psychology
also, there is a major at a couple colleges called "Autism Studies" or "Education of the Autistic"

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12 Nov 2007, 4:00 pm

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Psychology
also, there is a major at a couple colleges called "Autism Studies" or "Education of the Autistic"

Really?

Those do sound interesting.

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13 Nov 2007, 3:10 am

My major is English/Creative Writing.

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14 Nov 2007, 12:04 am

Computer Science, naturally! What else is there? The rest are for children!

Just kidding!! !! ! :lol:

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I'm really just kidding, I didn't mean tocome of that pompous!!

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14 Nov 2007, 12:40 am

im doing neuroscience ^_^

get to study autism all day lol

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14 Nov 2007, 12:55 am

Sedaka wrote:

im doing neuroscience ^_^

get to study autism all day lol

Sweet, ironic and way cool.

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16 Nov 2007, 7:53 pm

MysteryFan3 wrote:

Sedaka wrote:

im doing neuroscience ^_^

get to study autism all day lol

Sweet, ironic and way cool.

yeah... it's kind of awkward though... explaining why you chose to switch from marine biology to neuroscience lol

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19 Nov 2007, 9:07 am

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MY SON NATURALLY WANTED TO GO IN TO ENGINEERING, HE IS AT AN ENGINEERING COLLEGE HERE IN MO. HE JSUT STARTED THIS FALL, SEEMS TO BE DOING PRETTY WELL, HE IS ALSO ADD, SO ORGANIZATION IS DIFFICULT, SO IM TRYING TO HEKP HIM, BUT HE HAS ALWAYS LIKED SCHOOL, THE SOCIALIZATION IS THE HARD PART FOR HIM

ANGELMOM, after seeing your capitalized post and your capitalized username, I think that I should inform you that modern personal computers can generate lowercase characters. :wink:

Assuming you have a modern personal computer, simply depress the "caps lock" key on your keyboard and then you will be able to use the "shift" key to generate capitalized letters whenever it is necessary. (It is not necessary most of the time.) Also, note the availability of punctuation keys on your keyboard. Since you are obviously not using all of the punctuation keys, I am assuming that for some reason these keys are missing or damaged on your keyboard.

sorry to say but also people with low vision tend to use caps lock key so they can see the letters better (also dyslexics) my dad does same thing typing in caps only

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27 Nov 2007, 10:13 pm

Personally, capitalized letters are harder for me to read than lowercase ones.

I'm decent at math and am a physical chemistry major. So, basically, I'm a chemistry major and take the physical chemistry classes and then a few upper division physics classes.

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30 Nov 2007, 8:48 pm

Look out for accounting, it involves a lot more social interaction than you would think. Employers want you to get involved in honors societies and clubs, and business courses in general often involved a lot of working as a team, doing presentations, etc. As an aspie it's hard for me sometimes, but I'm capable of faking it long enough to survive. I did have a really hard time when it came to interviews--only one of the firms I spoke with ended up calling me back for a second interview [they eventually hired me], and I think a lot of the rejection was due to my aspieness [also probably my age--I'm in my mid-30s]

I know I'm going to have an uphill battle in the workplace, but hopefully things will be too busy for me to have too many problems. I also plan to really learn everything I can about what I do so that my knowledge can counteract my aspieness.

As one of my professors has said, "If you're going into accounting because you want to just work in a room without dealing with other people, you're going into the wrong field."

One area that seems to be a little more aspie friendly is actuarial science--really specialized, complicated math that accountants and other financial types don't want to be bothered with.

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