I made it through the eighth grade, dropped out in the middle of my first year of high school.
I joined Mensa not for bragging rights but because one of their come-ons just hit home with me. It was the one about "imagine talking to people who got your jokes?"

HS grad
Eagle Scout (I do consider this an education on life)
Respected University Art School:bd
Military: Intel (Dam Neck,VA) EYESWIDESHUT, I see you have also been to NMITC. Its so nice to have Virgina Beach next door.

Undergraduate university degree in nuclear engineering.

~College dropout ^^
~ Average intelligence I think

I am about to get my Accounting degree in 2 weeks! Then next semester I begin the MBA program.

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High school
Computer Engineering Technology for a year in College, then dropped out because it was really boring and I wasn't interested in what I was learning.

edit: SP

[edit on 7-12-2008 by lawlb0t]

High School Graduate
MIT Drop Out (went for 3 weeks and decided I was sick of school)
Not that it matters but IQ 156 and have been a MENSA member since I was a child.
Have been considering going back to school for awhile now. I have always wanted to follow my Pops and work at the NRL.

I have a 130-ish IQ but only a high school diploma here. Don't have the time for higher but would like to go back to college to get an advanced degree. But is it required for critical thinking? Too many have succeeded in business without degrees to think so. Judging someone by their degree is like judging someone by their hairstyle. Einstein anyone?

A college education is only relevant for that little piece of paper you get after four years and pay tens of thousands of dollars for. Beyond the fact that this magic piece of paper can "help" you get a job it's not worth much. Currently being in college I have to say that there is nothing special or overly beneficial to sitting in class rooms for hours on end to listen to professors recite a textbook or have a guided discussion on a man who died thousands of years ago. College is little more than a guided tutorial in a given field and is not in itself significant.

I am a college dropout. Took 1 1/2 years at a 4 year college.

I educate myself through a huge quantity of reading. [grin]

BA Sciences in Criminal Justice from a state university.......

but in retrospect all I did was do a load of research papers all the while skipping class because everything was out of a book for the most part. There was no point in going to class because it was simple regurgitation of what we read, watched, or heard. There were maybe 2 professors I had that encouraged any sort of critical thinking, and I regularly attended their classes and lectures. My degree doesn't mean much to me really, and I'm in debt 20 grand for it, kind of wish I learned a trade or something instead.

Originally posted by Amaterasu
I am a college dropout. Took 1 1/2 years at a 4 year college.

I educate myself through a huge quantity of reading. [grin]

I myself do a load or reading, and would have much preferred to do it that way than go to a university and be eyeballs up in debt. It really stresses me out sometimes.

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AS - Criminal Justice
BA - Forensic Psychology
MS - Psychotherapy (spring '09)

Two observations...

One, the majority of my graduate school experience was spent reading subject related books & papers which are available to the public. Anyone can read the material and will learn just about the same as I have without paying for it.

Two, I work in IT. Self taught computer programmer. It's where the job market was hiring and how I can afford to feed myself. Although the degree "paper" looks good when meeting with higher level managers, if I went to work in the field of above study, I would almost certainly take a pay cut compared to staying in IT.