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Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#4101: Nov 15th 2012 at 3:30:45 PM

^ eat Thanksgiving dinner and fuck around on the Internet, like I always do

so couple of thoughts

  • I'm really starting to regret telling my parents that I want to go to a large out-of-state research university. I've started settling in here at Hunter a bit too much (I'm already planning the arc of my entire college career here), the schools I'm looking at are all nearly 6 to 10 times more expensive than the one I'm attending (which is around $5,800 a year, an amount easily coverable through federal and state aid), the only schools that interest me are really selective and have average SAT math scores much higher than mine, and the application processes/fees for all of them are kinda onerous. Problem, since I told them I want to go to one of those, any attempts at convincing them I should stay where I am get met with cries, "don't limit yourself! go wherever you want to go!" guh
  • I still plan on majoring in computer science, but the economics major looks more and more appealing all the while, mostly because I can recognize all of the terms in the course descriptions. I could do a dual-major, but that seems like a large undertaking for someone with a chronic procrastination problem.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#4102: Nov 15th 2012 at 3:33:27 PM

I'll be free after that, but I'll probably be looking for a job over the holidays.

Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#4103: Nov 15th 2012 at 3:36:07 PM

[up]x2

What made you interested in computer science? Are you good at math and programming?

LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#4104: Nov 15th 2012 at 3:49:53 PM

@Wicked: We don't have thanksgiving, but I'm pretty sure I can follow the second suggestion.

Be not afraid...
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#4105: Nov 15th 2012 at 7:27:33 PM

So registration for me is on December 4th at 10:45.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#4106: Nov 15th 2012 at 8:17:51 PM

I am having a meeting with my academic advisor one more time before registering.

In another note, I got my world civilization test back. The average is 86, while the median is 91. I got 95. cool

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#4108: Nov 15th 2012 at 8:25:18 PM

[up][up] I have to go see mine too.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#4109: Nov 15th 2012 at 8:27:54 PM

@Leradny - Anything wrong?

@rmactagg - Let our meetings be pleasant and worthwhile. grin

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
Grimview Catalytic from British Columbia Since: Mar, 2012
Catalytic
#4110: Nov 15th 2012 at 9:06:07 PM

Cross-post, because it's about something I just did for a class.tongue

"Lock up your girlfriends, lock up your wives, Grim's on the loose so run for your lives." - Pyrite
Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#4111: Nov 15th 2012 at 9:13:53 PM

d Roy: 91 seems a bit high to be the middle number in a list of test scores for an entire class.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#4112: Nov 15th 2012 at 9:14:56 PM

-shrugs- That's what my TA tells me.

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#4113: Nov 16th 2012 at 6:45:07 AM

@Trivialis: I'm not bad at math (I don't seem to be allergic to it the way some people are) and programming comes easily enough, but mostly it's forthe career prospects.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#4114: Nov 16th 2012 at 7:13:28 AM

Scheduling time in T-minus 17 minutes...

Read my stories!
phoenixdaughterAM Since: Jan, 2010
#4115: Nov 16th 2012 at 8:44:31 AM

...I feel so stressed. Biology test on Monday, English paper that I have LONG put off due on Monday. I am partnered up with a girl who's a real go-getter in Acting. It's benefical to me because I just take orders but...she wants to pratice via phone on Sunday...

...and I don't like being at home because parents expect me to actually do housework around the house and I have enough on my plate as is with college.

Plus, I got no roles in the spring production...

...Thanksgiving break, come quick. No wait, then I'm stuck at home with parents who want me to work.

edited 16th Nov '12 8:45:02 AM by phoenixdaughterAM

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#4116: Nov 16th 2012 at 10:54:34 AM

I hate to do it tomorrow,but I don't know if I'll have enough time on Monday and I'll be on a road-trip to Chicago on Tuesday and after Thanksgiving I won't remember diddly-squat.

But that stupid math-test has to get done sooner or later,I just hope my notes are adequate.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#4117: Nov 16th 2012 at 11:42:05 AM

Screwed up math quiz today. Darn.

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
BrotherMycroft Dapper Gentleman Since: Jul, 2012
Dapper Gentleman
#4118: Nov 16th 2012 at 12:04:16 PM

I have come to regard my Greek Philosophy class in much the same way as I regard celery: not always enjoyable, and certainly tough to get through, but I can't deny that it's healthy. I'm learning quite a bit, but it's a punishingly intense endeavour, and one that often makes me drift into a semiconscious fugue due to the sheer obscurity of Aristotle.

"And every life is a special story of its own." —The Stargazer, Mass Effect 3
BrainSewage from that one place Since: Jan, 2001
#4119: Nov 18th 2012 at 7:57:41 PM

Man...it's just now dawning on me that if all goes properly, I'll be done with college by this spring. As in, no more school. As in, adulthood.

So I'm panicking now. What felt like a great, fulfilling idea a few years ago is now feeling like a mistake. I was a history major for my first two years, before I started kicking myself for not pursing the scientific disciplines I've always loved so much but was intimidated by. So, three years after that, I'm hoping to graduate with a double major in history and chemistry. GPA should be about 3.3-3.4.

I'm just freaking out because I'm worried my lack of a science or math minor will hinder my chances at getting any decent work. I mean, I'll take anything as a source of income, but I really don't want to be in school until I'm 30 just to do entry-level work anyway. I'd like to go to grad school, but I'd like some experience in the field first.

edited 18th Nov '12 7:58:46 PM by BrainSewage

How dare you disrupt the sanctity of my soliloquy?
terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#4121: Nov 18th 2012 at 8:35:25 PM

[up][up]You're not the only one wondering what to do after graduating. This year has been such a stress for me, feeling that time is running out.

Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#4122: Nov 18th 2012 at 8:36:39 PM

Same here.

I've been looking into stuff, but... oof.

Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#4123: Nov 18th 2012 at 8:49:55 PM

Join the Soon-to-be-Graduates club.

I'm going to hope the nice cafe down my street needs someone new by next spring, but other than that I guess I'll just take anything entry-level for a day job.

Finding a place and a car will be just as tricky. As well as time to write stuff.

Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#4124: Nov 18th 2012 at 9:23:01 PM

It's more than that. I knew after one school there's the next, but I have no idea how my life is going to turn out after graduating college. Where to live, what to do, where to get involved.

Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#4125: Nov 18th 2012 at 9:28:30 PM

Try scoping out jobs and apartments on craigslist to see how the general price range and salary goes.

As for getting involved, what do you want to get involved in?


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