Posted on 09 May 2012. Tags: caltech, charisma, elite one, empathy, GPA, graduating with honors, looker, studying engineering, studying nursing, uc schools
My friends are all scholars from UC schools, one from Caltech, and my boyfriend is graduating with honors this week. The people I hang with are ridiculously intelligent and I admire them greatly. One is getting his PhD, another has a really fancy job, and another is studying engineering. And I’m only on my second year at a community college, studying nursing with A’s, B’s, and a couple C’s (forget USC or UCLA after those two C’s).
I feel sort of inadequate. I really look at this group as my main circle of friends. They’ve been so inclusive of me, but the reality is that they are all far more educated than I am. That shouldn’t matter so much, but sometimes I feel left out. They tell me I’m the good looker of the group and have the most charisma, and that’s my niche. My boyfriend says I have incredible empathy and kindness. But I feel like the commoner among the elite. One of my friends pushed me to sign up to double major and to get A’s so that I could go to USC and explore more options. But you know what, I tried and it just hurt my GPA and I felt lost. When I decided to just focus on the nursing, I felt like I was back on track and the future was clear.
I used to do creative stuff like photoshop, and I did graphic design for small businesses, I even have done a bit of freelance editing for actors to try and expand my repertoire. But in the end, I didn’t excel, and I just feel like I’m just your average guy who likes taking care of people and living a little more simplistically with average goals. I just want to be average old me. Never was the brightest, but always smart. Good grades, but not amazing. But a lot of appreciation for life, and a sometimes a bit creative. Always there for others, and always trying to be moral and good. Nursing just makes sense for me. I doubt they judge, but I feel like… I wish I could be like them, I suppose. Well, how do I deal with these feelings of being “less”? Is it okay to just want to be a nurse. Thanks for reading! I know this was rather long, but it was from the heart.
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Posted on 22 April 2012. Tags: Advice, bad friend, college, early childhood education, english professor, face, GPA, grading scale, Phi, phi theta kappa, rigor, s university, text messages, weight, weight watchers
I’ll try and make this short. I’ve been friends with this girl since middle school, we’re 22 now. Now it’s gotten to the point where I can no longer handle it anymore. She’s been so mean, and so negative about my accomplishments for like the last few years, while I’ve been supportive for her. Here are some examples.
-Last year, I graduated Phi Theta Kappa, from a tech college with a degree in dental assisting, to me it was a huge accomplishment to have such a high GPA in a program that had extreme rigor and an altered grading scale.
-I’m going to school to be a dentist, and I’m doing my undergrad right now, where I got into an all women’s university that is one of the best schools in the midwest, she kept calling me a lesbian, saying really horrible things to me..I don’t have problems with lesbians but I’m not one, I went to this school because it’s a great school.
-I wrote two papers this semester that have been published, I didn’t know this was going to happen, my English professor suggested I get them published, but still was so excited, and she told me everything she is doing is so much more important (I’m a Pre-Dentistry and Biology major, Chemistry and English minor, I work so hard, while her major is early childhood education, and it’s apparently harder than a science major)
-Lastly, I’ve recently lost 20lbs on my own, she joined weight watchers, which is continuously rubbed in my face, and she’s lost less weight than me but I have to continue to show her praise when I get no recognition.
I’m really sick of being put down for things that I accomplish. I earn my success and have found my niche, I want her to be happy for me, especially with all the support I give her. We’ve been friends for so long, but now I’m just miserable. I haven’t responded to any of her text messages recently because I’m not sure what to do. I’ve tried on numerous occasions to talk to her, and she blows up in my face and calls me a bad friend. Help please..I don’t know how to stop being friends with her..
Sorry this is long, please no rude comments.
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Posted on 15 April 2012. Tags: 8th grade basketball, Citizenship, golf team, GPA, grade basketball team, green card, korean business, Lived, Played, seoul korea, skate, Team, upper middle class, us citizenship, viola
I have to move to Korea due to family problems, but would I pass admissions with…
-ok grades… A’s n high B’s
-US citizenship
-Father with US citizenship. Mother with green card.
-9th grade going to 10th
-Played viola for 2 yrs.Piano for 7 yrs.
-Lived in the US since 6 months
-born in Seoul Korea
-figure skate 3rd in state. Also golf team in 8th grade basketball team 7th
-4.31 GPA
-parents are not affiliated with the Korean gov or a Korean business (Samsung, lg, Kia, etc)
-upper middle class. Enough to pay for int schools
Sorry for the grammar I was planning to go to YISS cause it’s near where my Korean apartment is.
Thanks
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Posted on 28 March 2012. Tags: college help, espn, espn tv, excellent education, fun, GPA, Home, Missouri, Mizzou, nbc affiliate, station, stations radio, student radio station, taking a risk, university of texas at austin
Currently, I am a freshman at the University of Missouri majoring in Journalism. That’s what I want to do, journalism, no question about it. I am primarily interested in sports, and I am a really hard worker and will do whatever it takes to make it in the business.
I am considering transferring to the University of Texas at Austin because one, it is closer to home, and two, I am just not having fun at Mizzou. However, I have a very good GPA at Mizzou (3.94), I have made some friends (not many – but some), I have made great connections (I work with the student radio station and the local NBC-affiliate TV station called KOMU), and I am basically settled in. The only problem is, really, is that I miss home and I am not enjoying it as much as I thought I would.
I always wanted to go to Texas growing up, and I know it provides an excellent education in journalism. I also realize that Mizzou does as well.
In journalism, I know it is all about connections. UT seems to have a lot of connections there (the Dean of Communications told me about how they have ESPN, TV stations, Radio stations, etc.). Mizzou does too, though. However, I don’t know which will be better for my future. I also have to take into consideration that leaving Mizzou will be starting all over again and I would be taking a risk at making new connections in a new location when I already have some at Mizzou.
I really just need some advice on what direction to take. Should I go to Mizzou or should I go to Texas? If you can’t answer that, can you please give me advice on this whole situation? Thank you all!
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Posted on 08 February 2012. Tags: christianity, debate tournaments, funny things, god, GPA, group settings, Home, law, law school, orator, political science, Reverend, seminary, sure what kind, Weird
I don’t know what to do! For these past few months at night, while I’m listening to the BBC, as I will do at home, because I like schedules, and suddenly the urge to convert to christianity will overcome me.
As far as I’m able to deduce, it is possible that as opposed to pressing a Carrier in law, I am to forgo law school and attend seminary instead.
I love history and I am a political science major. I know next to nothing about religion.
When I was a little younger, like 17, I wanted to be a minister. My nickname was the most high reverend and I would do funny things like bless people at debate tournaments. Now 7 years later I find myself wanting to embrace god again. The only reason I don’t do that is because I wouldn’t be sure what to do the next day. As in ‘what are the rules I would follow?” Type thing. I also have no social support, at all, because I’ve lost all of my friends since I was 17. I live with my parents and am a 2.5 gpa student, not spectacular. Also, I’m very shy and I”m not so sure what kind of a minister I would make because I’m not good in group settings Although I am a master orator. So, in conclusion, I don’t know is this the normal process by which god calls one to the ministry? What do I do next? Why would god call me?
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Posted on 08 February 2012. Tags: christianity, debate tournaments, funny things, god, GPA, group settings, Home, law, law school, orator, political science, Reverend, seminary, sure what kind, Weird
I don’t know what to do! For these past few months at night, while I’m listening to the BBC, as I will do at home, because I like schedules, and suddenly the urge to convert to christianity will overcome me.
As far as I’m able to deduce, it is possible that as opposed to pressing a Carrier in law, I am to forgo law school and attend seminary instead.
I love history and I am a political science major. I know next to nothing about religion.
When I was a little younger, like 17, I wanted to be a minister. My nickname was the most high reverend and I would do funny things like bless people at debate tournaments. Now 7 years later I find myself wanting to embrace god again. The only reason I don’t do that is because I wouldn’t be sure what to do the next day. As in ‘what are the rules I would follow?” Type thing. I also have no social support, at all, because I’ve lost all of my friends since I was 17. I live with my parents and am a 2.5 gpa student, not spectacular. Also, I’m very shy and I”m not so sure what kind of a minister I would make because I’m not good in group settings Although I am a master orator. So, in conclusion, I don’t know is this the normal process by which god calls one to the ministry? What do I do next? Why would god call me?
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