Hi, this is Ryan Mikulovsky's personal webpage. There isn't much here.
I'm a student at Butte Community College. One of my biggest projects is creating a free community resource:
So if you're living in Chico, CA or about to move to Chico, check out the 100% not-for-profit Chico Wiki. There's lots of great information on restaurants, parks, and schools (including Chico State). There's even an events board. If you're just visiting Chico, check out the community brewed visitors guide.
I will color code what I dislike at some point in order to generate a pro-con list
| UCD | HSU |
| I know people there | I don't know anyone; UCD hours away |
| As of 2008, requires Stats 32 or 102 | Does not require Stats if Calc III is taken |
| Requires Physics 43 | Requires up to Physics 42 |
| Must choose General, Petrology, or Geophysics options | N/A (make your own!) |
| Petrology and Geophysics options require Vector Analysis | N/A |
| Metamorphic and Igneous Petrology are separate classes | Combined |
| No emphasis on Structural geology | Seems to emphasize structural |
| Larger classes? | Smaller classes? |
| Less 1 on 1 professor to student interaction (axiom) | Assumed 1 on 1 interaction |
| Easy access to many interesting geologic sites | Isolated by Klamaths/Mendocino Coastal ranges but right on the triple junction (plenty of places for research) |
| Radiometric dating facilities | N/A |
| N/A | High temperature and pressure experimental petrology laboratory |
| Field camp near Bishop, CA (generic field camp for many universities) | Field camp (2008) at Roberts Mountains, Nevada (not very generic) |
| Cost of living and tuition is very high | Tuition is far far lower than UC; cost of living is somewhat less (1beds cost about as much as in Chico) but higher market prices |
| Quarter system -- fast paced | Semester system -- slower |
| Does not claim anything about its strong emphasis | Claims strong emphasis on field work |
| ??? | Strong overall emphasis on the environment campus-wide |
| Offers minor in environmental geology | Has Masters in environmental geology |
| Field mapping is not local | Field mapping is local |
| Hot summers but w/ delta breeze, near-freezing winters | Mild summers, wet & moldy & chill, fall, winter, spring |
| Geology department integrated with physics | Geology department is all alone in social sciences building (Founders Hall) (greater comradery?) |
| Wealth of research opportunities | Claims good research and student involvement opportunities |
| Close to potential internship opportunities | Far from internship opportunities | UC has greater prestige | Program is looked very favorably upon but HSU's location has a reputation (pot) |
| Their PDF catalog was typeset by Bozo the clown. | 31 upper-division courses (some not offered every semester), 12 graduate-level classes. Quality, not quantity? |
| Pay for a meal plan once per quarter; unused meals rollover; $1390 for 180 meals | Pay for meal plan once per academic year; $4,375 for 230,900 points. Every item costs points; 1 cent per point. Points can be added. |
| Lacks remote sensing classes | Has remote sensing classes (Aerial Photography applications in Geology) and is offered this Fall |