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Well this isn't a letter...
What is this, a book?
Leave it to a STEM school.
Contains a PDF acceptance letter and a webpage with the full acceptance packet, important dates, housing information, all that stuff. Also, it's a 4 gig drive, most of which is empty space. So bonus.
CubansandwichX
Dude im going there!!! Cant wait to see who you are this semester haha
Morataya
Congrats on getting accepted OP, that campus is gorgeous and the labs are fantastic. You're definitely going to enjoy it.
heatherkb85
My husband and I drive past this on the way south to North Port. We call it the lobster vagina. But congrats!
Cameronkip
I just got accepted into UCR and got a scarf with my acceptance packet.
GeorgeTheBoy
Is this a school that doesn't know how to finish a sentence? You're the next?
Rosiebsrq
Woah, what a coincidence, I happen to be in my last year at SPHS, nice seeing a fellow Polytechnician.
marsgoose
$2 dead dinosaur usb in a dead tree box protected by dead dinsaur foam.
HomelessToddler
Oh, Florida. Carry on.
MLUdrea
I'd rather have my Brown acceptance letter that I crumpled up with disgust when I realized I hadn't received and scholarships/assistance.
JBum
"You're the Next" and then it looks like a picture of a UFO. Nice of them to give you advanced notice to get your affairs in order
ShortGiant
SmokingPineapple
This is going to be a thing.... "Neat"
INeedAnUserNameButNoneIsFree
4GB?! What is this? 2004?
axiomatik
Got my first USB drive in 2004 from a Samsung recruitment event on my campus, 128MB. Worth about $70 retail at the time.
SomeoneNotFromTheNSA
As nice as the gesture is, I wouldn't trust a flash drive anyone sent me, because, y'know, there could be anything on there.
arbogast
(2/2) Now if the PDF is the trojan (or is as well), or you're stupid enough to run an executable from it, or macros...God help you.
SomeoneNotFromTheNSA
Yes, even if it's an accredited university.
ladybird2223
Funny story. It's actually not accredited yet.
arbogast
Burner box that isn't connected to the internet. Basic laptops are super cheap, and bootable ISO should take care of any autorun nasties.1/2
Itspronouncedjif
Only 4 gigs?
AshaClam17
What does "You're the next." even mean???
Geo80
If they're going to send it in electronic format why not just use email?
StarrryNight
Need to justify his life long crippling debt somehow.
kidsencyclopedia
They're trying to be flashy to hide the fact that they are not accredited. (See what I did there)
DrRepost
lol a for profit university in tennessee sent me one like this. don't be impressed.
Warmblood
Guess where your tuition is going!
Ionlycommentonthings
yeah, instead of a tree that can regrow, lets mine the minerals ore and petroleum to create this thing. Then wrap it in a dead tree anyway
VodkaReindeer
Trees use minerals to grow.
krauraurgg
Very little in comparison. Trees are mostly bound water and air.
toounoriginaltothinkofacleverusername
And carbon. Lots of carbon.
krauraurgg
Well, the carbon is from carbon dioxide. I consider that part of the air.
toounoriginaltothinkofacleverusername
What about the cellulose and lignin?
xerox13ster
4gb sticks are the new super cheap. I bought a 8gb stainless steel drive for less than $5. When I saw the price, I was all WHAT the WHAT?
belongsinamuseum
"You're the next" really should be "You're the first." I'm fairly sure Florida Poly is so new that they haven't graduated a class yet.
halfalime
the carbon cost of that packaging would be much much higher than a "dead tree letter"
crocos
Not to mention the materials it's made from.
ToastyMozart
Probably could have just sent an email (and maybe a postcard saying to check said email)
Idonthavealottosay
That's too boring
Avawava
The school I go to did nothing. You went and checked your application and at the top it said "ACCEPTED: YES"
Cheomesh
10/10, would forget I'm in school.
kubi
However the flash drive is reusable and can save paper in the future too. Plus have you seen paper copies of registrar's guides?
halfalime
flash drives are quickly becoming obsolete too with cloud storage. That's true about the registrar's guides though, they should be digitized
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halfalime
Online storage would still probably have a smaller footprint that a cheap flash drive
halfalime
also because the infrastructure is already all in place, saving a few PDFs on the cloud will take up next to no space
azureharri
Almost worth the crippling debt. Woop!
killswitch247
'look at all the cool things we can do with your money!'
SmokesQuantity
For the thousandth time, it's "woot". Look it up anywhere...urbandictionary, for example.
azureharri
Dude. That's an original exclamation of my own design. I'm pretty proud.
SmokesQuantity
Number of additional fucks given = Zero
azureharri
Number of characters written = 33. Fucks given >0. Humour appreciation = nonexistent. Stop being a grump. ;)
SmokesQuantity
That's the beauty of internet sites like this: You be whatever you are, I will be whatever I am.
TransistorRadio
Probably has a virus on it that will open a back door so the school can access your computer. I hate using flash drives from unknown sources
GhostLlama
In those cases I load a live linux cd and check what's inside, I also do that when I connect mine to other PCs
RogueArt
They're not accredited so I wouldn't trust them even with the information.
ToastyMozart
Open in a VM, print relevant documents, format drive.
VodkaReindeer
That wouldn't stop anything.
twitfgfor
It is really sketchy that they didn't provide a printout or any indication of the contents.
TheAtomicNord
Are you all really so paranoid that a school in nowhere Florida is going to install government back doors? Y'all need to go outside.
benifeddy
Perhaps not a government back door but tons of schools install back doors-type things that without you can't use their internet.
TransistorRadio
I worked for a government agency, and we were not allowed to put flash drives on any networked computer because they had too many problems
CantRap
YOU'RE THE NEXT.
SkeletonHitler
But what if not next?
AnUnknownErrorOccurred
It annoys the hell out of me, and I'm not even an English major.
JustADudeFromLA
Definitely NOT a language arts school...
FappleBobbing
CONGLATURATION
Hucklepuck
I don't even understand what they're trying to say... Someone fill me in plx
hogjockey
...CONTESTANT UP ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!!
TeeDub121
"YOU'RE THE NEXT THING. YOU KNOW, THE THING."
OnTheLamb
Florida Polytechnic is made of people!!!
liquinas
Wylf
They probably thought that "You're next." was slightly too threatening :P
masterbelch
WeShallDoubleOurEfforts
http://imgur.com/qFqpZRk
Bullrug
Spear! Spear! Spear!
Baltharus
NEXT YOU'RE THE
WeShallDoubleOurEfforts
MAN NOW DOG
FlamingRutabaga
NEXT THE YOU'RE
pineapplearchitect
DONT NEXT. DEAD INSIDE.
BeardRadio
Welcome to you're doom.
wheezemachine43
Wise fwom your gwave!
DenholmReynholm
Welcome to you're "Doom!"
inthrees
did you really say 'dead tree letter' while ignoring all that packaging?
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
hey, to be fair, the guy's excited about going to a non-accredited """"university""""
doublekross
Florida Polytech is brand new, just opened. No one can get accredited that fast, but it's a public school not a for-profit "university".
Luminousfox
Thought it read "you're next" then i was scared for OPs safety
MagicalMorpheme
Me too!!
kcaco
Didn't realize it did not til I read your comment
Notmyprotein
I wouldn't be, that movie was terrible..
IgnorantFly
What is stem achool?
SkeletonHitler
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education
jebert
Isn't science technology engineering math basically most universities?
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
no. universities are typically broad institutions with colleges of liberal & fine arts, science & technology, education, health, etc.
DunkeyonMaster
a new school that will later on shape into any kind of school needed
OptimusOld
They smoke lots of weed I imagine.
FunCinnabun
Some of us.
ianpaschal
A school that scientists can use to grow into any other type of school.
Konoton
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics I think.
karlita316
Science, technology, engineering, math
myusualusernamewastaken
Gesundheit
BlueBomber05
skool 4 nerds
SirNigelThornberry
Science, technology, engineering and maths
Deevyl
bless you.
burnsidef250
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
ClassicFumiko
Boy if you still done now by this many comments of what it is. Wait I might be confused on what it is too......
kungfuman
STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. Basically a school that focuses on those fields.
Cheomesh
The useful fields!
Sasarious
Pissoff with the stem circlejerk,
krauraurgg
There are plenty of other useful fields. Things like law and economics are necessary for a society to function on a larger scale.
pentameter
Plot twist: infects your computer with a virus, your first assignment is to fix it.
howToLoseTheGame
Boot up lilo and format the stick
FlipSiding
Best answer. The only answer.
KetchupAndLiquor
This happened to us at ECU when I was first starting there back in 2013. Actually, they used the same exact kind of flash drives.
IndigoWendigo
Since they're giving you an USB memory, text-ebooks would have been nice too...
auddan
It's how I like it
DoctorWatchamacallit
I'm a STEM student and I have no idea how to do that. probably cause i'm in physics....
OtakutiePie
Trial by firewall.
JesusWalrus
The virus is Windows 8
fe1od1or
Don't scare us like that!
BasicBee
I like how no one else even knows about BAD USB
IndigoWendigo
Since they're giving you an USB memory, text-ebooks would have been nice too...
TrooooooojanMaaaan
Data corrupts
VulpesAurum
Absolute data corrupts absolutely.
VDomini
One of my roommates found a USB on the street, and took it and put it in his computer. It opened up a browser to some commercial page.
VDomini
It was really spooky but not malicious. Though I'd imagine it well could be. The more you know.
fe1od1or
It's not too hard to make a file that opens a webpage.
SkeletonHitler
The virus is a 8 bit stripper
IndigoWendigo
I already have strippers on my PC, not a problem in years.
hogjockey
*throws bits at the stripper*
NoYolo4Jesus
Boom. Crypto locker, have to pay all tuition up front to access your files again.
xerox13ster
Teslacrypt. Cryptolocker is reversible if you can find where the key was put on the PC. Teslacrypt keeps the decryption key on a remote 1/2
FinishingYourSentences
Island in an undisclosed location. It's in heavily guarded, hidden within a secrete underground bunker. 2/2
xerox13ster
I almost got aggravated that you necro'd my comment with some ridiculous drivel. Then I saw your username. Good on ya!
xerox13ster
I almost got aggravated that you necro'd my comment with some ridiculous drivel. Then I saw your username. Good on ya!
xerox13ster
Server as well as uses an encryption method that no one has managed to crack. You can decrypt Cryptolocker but not Teslacrypt 2/2
Tsumino79
has anyone tried a bruteforce hack or does it destroy everything after a few attempts?
xerox13ster
I don't think anyone has had time to try. IIRC it only gives you 24-48hours (or less) to pay up before the key on their servers gets wiped.
hipu
Both of them did AES encryption, and stored the key on a remote server. Cryptolocker's dev is just an idiot; e.g., v3.0 was cracked by KSN.
MatureNavajoBitches
This. Thank you for knowing more than the average user..
0ByteMe1
Have you ever unlocked a cryptolocker? Tips? Tutorial?
Mirawatts
STEM does not imply skill with computers. My ME roommate manages to blue screen Windows 7 two or three times a month.
ian9outof10
Try running Windows 10, that motherfucker bluescreens on me at least once a day at the moment
Idonthavealottosay
You mean the blue screen of death?
ZacMuerte
to be fair, I'm pretty damn good with computers are cause BSoD all the time. mostly when fucking with it. (pushing overclocks, or probing
ZacMuerte
system processes for information was a fun one. I would probe for what had hooks to what files, and since windows 8, it would rather BSoD)
Atalung
Im good with computers and mine BSODs up to twice a week, there's a bad driver but I'm too lazy to figure out which one and fix it
WhydoIstillhavetomakeausernamewhenIobviouslycantthinkofanything
Well, your roomate is a ME and everybody knows how Windows ME shits all over itself.
bghvgjdh
My Compsci roommate didn't know what torrenting was, and always uses sketchy streaming sites with no adblock to watch movies...
bimpnottin
I'm in bioscience engineering and I'm one of the few who knows how to write a working program.
hugglesthemerciless
HOW?! The only times i get bluescreen these days is hardware failure
kinglycitrus
He's probably got a faulty memory stick or a driver problem. Blue screens are usually not due to user error. -an IT guy
drake7707
Well unless they often start kicking their computer so hard the motherboard starts losing components.
d1d1t4t3hlulz0hl4wdy
Or being at the upper limit of an overclock and not having enough voltage.
bghvgjdh
So how do you fix the driver problem if it's with the device and not the computer? I've got a USB controller that's been bluescreening my /1
bghvgjdh
laptop, and I really don't want to buy a new one. I've tried reinstalling the drivers multiple times but the problem persists.
kinglycitrus
Did you grab the drivers from the manufacturer's website instead of just reinstalling from Windows Update?
Mirawatts
Which, come to think of it, is a bit of a computer skill on it's own.
lolzomg123
Or just a lack of updating Drivers for their hardware.
Shalalaladong
Or just faulty hardware
lolzomg123
Sometimes drivers can get the hardware to work right... And sometimes you have to send it back to replace/fix it.
Mirawatts
I don't think you know what you're talking about.
TheOnlySon
You just got SERVED
lolzomg123
Hardware has drivers. This lets it run. Sometimes it glitches, and can cause your computer to BSOD. It gets patched, and you update drivers.
yotsubasnake
I could BSOD WinXP all the time with some half-assed drivers for my sata ports. Start the computer and hope they load right, or BSOD+restart
incongruency
I'm sorry Reddit OP, speaking as a USF student Florida Poly used to be USF Lakeland, and they aren't accredited right now :(
chinablue
Yeah,they aren't a real school till they get a div 1 or 2 football team.
TheMageKing
Yeah, I was one of the USF Poly students at the time of the change. It's still a bullshit change that was unneeded.
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
also lol at that packing job. A+++ great school
leaches
Whoa, where did all these Lakelander Imgurites come from?
plusoneforyou
SJSU (california state university) gave me a thumb drive too with all the important info on it. didn't think it was that special?
thrawnma
I remember when they were building it, I've always wanted to go to school in something constructed out of whale ribs.
thrawnma
I remember when they were building it, I've always wanted to go to school in something constructed out of whale ribs.
incongruency
And on that note, to hell with JD Alexander. Jackass split a perfectly good campus off of USF for no good reason screwing people like you.
thejessisearing
Went up to tally with USF SG to lobby. Did good but it still happened :(
AntonioStark
Whoah what? I'm USF alum. When did this happen?? Go bulls!!
SexSponge
I like how you're all "Whoa, this is serious, please tell me more. GO LOCAL SPORTS TEAM"
AntonioStark
Haha. Well I meant Bulls as in USF. Our sports teams aren't particularly good.
thrawnma
I remember watching them build that thing. It looks like it was assembled out of whale ribs. Sucks to not be accredited thought
gyffindor
I'm glad someone confirmed this. I didn't want to sound like a dick, but that looked kind like a gimmick.
dogpowers
".org" ... ouch
JohnLemon
Its actually really great. USF gives us a lot of shit because we broke off, but we're only unaccredited because we're new.
incongruency
I can understand breaking off, the original plan was for Florida Poly to stay USF Lakeland until it was accredited and then split, though.
JohnLemon
Which makes sense in it's own right, but I doubt I would have gotten my inaugural scholarship were that the case. So I'm not complaining.
DoctorWatchamacallit
except a lot of things like Loans and scholarships require you to attend an accredited school. people don't want to hire unaccredited grads
JohnLemon
We are expecting accreditation within a year (unsurprising considering the seriousness of the courses) and provide our own scholarships.
TooUnoriginalForAFunnyName
Is it true those domes south of campus near the interstate are used by scientology?
formerfye
The tan ones that look like giant boobs? I've always wondered what those were!
thrawnma
I remember watching them build that thing. It looks like it was assembled out of whale ribs. Sucks to not be accredited thought
incongruency
And it's right down the interstate from those huge boob building things.
tuxedos
What happens if a school isn't accredited? don't you still get a degree??
incongruency
You still get a degree, but it's only worth about the same as what you'd get from those online 'colleges' that give them to anyone who pays.
asa1967
I'm sorry Imgur non-OP, but as another USF student... I'm gonna find you.
incongruency
Oh my. Send me a message, my classes are all online but I'm on campus every Wednesday usually.
incongruency
Oh my. Send me a message, my classes are all online but I'm on campus every Wednesday usually.
JustLikeYourMotherLikesItTrebek
How do you like usf? I really want to go there for civil engineering grad school. I'm from the Midwest, and was just down in Tampa last 1/?
asa1967
It's been pretty decent for me. However I am an old dude going to school on the GI Bill. I'm in Mech E, but the CE program seems to be good
JustLikeYourMotherLikesItTrebek
Wednesday, and absolutely loved the campus. It is so beautiful.
incongruency
I lived on campus for two years before moving off, but the whole place has been wonderful for me in the Engineering department. Great school
IMayHaveTimeForThat
And i go to FSU. Hello fellow floridians down south!
motherofalldragonzzz
hello, the south of dick sucks as usual how's the north?
OrangeIsTheNewBanana
Hello fellow FSU student!
MrBart
I'm not sure what school to transfer after doing some community classes. Last hs day was yesterday! It's between fsu, ucf,fau for comp sci
Krasla
UCF has an amazing CS department. Visit all the campuses though before making a decision. Source: UCF grad =)
GasolineFan
It'll get accredited soon. It just finished its first year. Not worth going to yet though
nihilzero
Lakeland is the crystal meth capital of FLORIDA, no?
nihilzero
(Florida is the Kinda Crystal Meth capital of the world, I think)
formerfye
Which would make OP "Breaking Grad?"
Raully61
You go to USF?! I'm going there in the fall!
incongruency
Cool man, I'll be moving back near campus this fall, send me a message sometime if you want to meet up. Warning: I'm an engineering nerd.
incongruency
Cool man, I'll be moving back near campus this fall, send me a message sometime if you want to meet up. Warning: I'm an engineering nerd.
ShadowStorm197498
They split from USF. It's in Lakeland anyways
kimbosliceit
Same here!
Konoton
STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
midnightowl79
Maybe they should include an english department.
EyeMaMeatPopsical
Thank you. Thought I was going to have to ask
xxelav2808
Stempacks
MehWasTooShort
Thank you
RubyPorto
STEM = The thing on top of an apple
MoooCow
Who actually uses this acronym? As a professional in a field that ties most of these together, no one ever uses it. School or work.
Avawava
We use it a lot. I'm not sure why, but my school is really focused on "higher STEM education"
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BigDickPodrick
I've seen STEMM
Sario528
Interesting, I've only seen it as Mathematics.
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
I kinda hate when people add Art to it to call it STEAM. (yes, this is a thing0
6footdildo
I don't even consider biology a 'real' science and I majored in it.
Konoton
Seems unnecessary, adding in Arts just makes it a normal college.
ChewSoap
N...no....no...ju...just...just....no.
nomnomsatan
Coming from a student who is studying neuroscience, art is just as important to what makes us human as science is. They are interrelated.
enteryourdetailshere
sounds like an architecture degree.
ArcaneM37
I get downvited to hell every time I say this. Glad to see someone gets it. Art is not a hard science!
bigmike67
who down votes facts
DavidBrooker
Neither is technology, engineering, or mathematics.
ArcaneM37
Yes it is. Yes it is. And wtf is wrong with you, it's the hardest of sciences. respectively.
DavidBrooker
Broadly, if an advance in a field can be described as an 'invention' instead of a 'discovery', it is not science.
Avawava
Why. I'm sorry but art is not the same as the 4 others.
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
Exactly.That's why I hate it.
SamMan
Because then The "STEM" people can't pretend their education is better.
bigmike67
because we are. we get stuff done
Valgov291
The STEM is usually referenced because they all have difficult to learn high in demend jobs. Art isnt part of that
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
Music was considered a science way before technology and engineering were studied as they are today.
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
Music was part of the quadrivium, four sciences taught to pupils after they were taught the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric).
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
The quadrivium consisted of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. Music is highly mathematical, and it's sad to see people dismiss it.
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
I think we found the music major...
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
People who are downvoting me are dumb STEM dorks who apparently think history isn't important, either. Sorry we don't all have a tech fetish
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
This is the most ignorant post you've made tonight. I feel sorry for you. For what it's worth - I love history, minored in it.
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
This is the most ignorant post you've made tonight. I feel sorry for you. For what it's worth - I love history, minored in it.
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
That's nice, dear.
Avawava
Probably because music was there before technology or engineering ever really started?
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
And, according to some linguists and musicologists, before spoken language. Ignoring the arts and music in particular is just plain stupid.
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
But music as a science came after engineering. It was developed during the medieval era, well after, say, Roman technology and engineering.
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
I think we found the music major...
themoonmadeofbarbequesparerib
Music teacher. The world would be a really boring fuckin' place without artists, and studies have shown that kids succeed more with arts ed.
PulloverNoItsACardiganKillerBootsMan
Nigga I never said it wasn't important. I'm saying it isn't in the same categories we should be promoting b/c we need more kids in STEM.