I honestly am not sure I like the smell of certain flowers I like the smell of hamburgers being cooked on a grill with some Grille Masters Seasoning on them I think my favorite smell changes over time though. I'm assuming you've just had this open but haven't looked at it for a while.  I will probably do the same once you finally start responding I really don't want to spam your chat at all, but at the same time want to rack up my word count. I need to come up with a topic for a literature review for one of my classes.  Any ideas?  I'm currently thinking of writing about ... ... the longterm effect on lifestyle that opioid abuse brings Still unsure though I believe we should try to make it within our field of study which for me is Computer Science, but Its not required
Sorry I did not respond quicker. The computer did not give me a notification someone had messaged me. (I hadn't gotten a message for a while) What does the literature review assignment entitle? Just so I get a better idea of what the prompt is? I do like your idea of opioid abuse because I have a personal connection to that; not necessarily the abuse, but my mother needs opioid due to her severe back issues ...
We just have to find 10 scholarly analytical articles on a given subject and write our own literature review on that given topic Basically we are analyzing a bunch of secondary sources to eventually contribute our own secondary source to a topic
and I see how the abuse of others negatively affect her need for those medicines. Not necessarily that you are talking about that, but I think its a good topic
yeah, the only issue is since it is in the medical field of study all the articles I find are so confusing and they use so many big words that are impossible to understand ahh haha
Wow, that sounds interesting.  Yeah that makes a lot of sense, especially because you're a computer science major!
yeah, I just was hoping to avoid a CS topic because I've already written several articles on Autonomous Vehicles, AI, Smart Systems, etc Just gets kind of old after a while ahha
Sounds like you know your stuff! Must not be a freshman.
Yeah I'm a Junior right now Are you a freshman?
Yep, first semester too! So, I haven't done my fair share of essays yet.
cool!  Do you know what major you want to do yet? Or still trying to figure that out
Right now I'm in Pre-Business, going to try and get into the Accounting program and get my masters here as well. Luckily I was able to get it figured out a year ago with taking economics classes. I hate not knowing the future - freaks me out a bit
yeah, I ended up changing my major about 1 1/2 - 2 years in sucks when you're unsure about things
Definitely, hopefully its a good change for you! What was your major before you switched?
I was pre-business aiming for doing the IS program, but changed just before applying Does the accounting school offer an accelerated track for masters degrees? Like do they combine your senior year of undergrad with your first year of masters so you can graduate in just 1 year after undergrad instead of 2
Yeah! So after my junior core (year) in the accounting program, I can apply for the masters program. My senior year turns into getting my undergrad and I start with the ... ... masters degree path for that year plus another. So in 5 years I get a undergraduate and masters in accounting. Hopefully that made sense!
sweet!  yeah my brother did that with his masters I just wasn't sure if the accounting program offered that too It's awesome because it drops the cost of your masters degree by like $11 k
Yeah saving money is always a plus haha Are you planning on getting a masters too, not necessarily through BYU of course?
Most likely not.  My wife is actually going to start PA school very soon and that's going to add anywhere from 80-120 k of student debt on  us haha.  So I'm probably just  ... .. ... going to start working full time once I graduate to help minimize how much of loans we need to take out If we play it right we should be able to only need to take out about 40 k in loans which should be a breeze to pay off once she's done
That's awesome. Very cool you both got that planned out.
Yup!  Fun stuff Just kind of a bummer because it sets back any plans for buying a home by like 2-3 years But, totally worth it down the road
Yeah that makes sense, but with you and your wife bringing in the big bucks you'll definitely get a nice house
yeah hahah that's the plan have you met any nice guys so far at BYU?
Um... not really. I'm more on the introverted and shy side, so I go to activities, but more-so talk with my friends. Everyone is really nice, but no lasting impressions sadly.
Yeah, I always got the impression from my wards freshmen/sophomore year that the guys tend to scare the girls more so than impressing them hahaha
That's funny, and probably a little true haha
I was talking with some guy the other night who is also a freshman and he was just freaking out about going on a date with this one person it was really funny Just overthinking everything and being really weird about it all
Right, my roommate did the same thing! I think everyone thinks one date equals marriage, but it's just meeting new people and seeing how it goes