As stereotypical as it is, this is the first thing I thought of as well.
Make yourself a deal, OP: Work your ass off in high school, then figure out what the hell you actually want to do once you get to college.

eluv

United States1251 Posts

March 17 2011 10:17 GMT

#22

Good advice I've gotten from friends who are in that field is undergraduate business is not the most worthwhile thing to study. In my humble opinion, you're better off studying something quantitative like math or physics if you want to eventually go into finance.

Since you're having trouble in calc, that doesn't sound like an option, but you should know that high level econ classes are really all math, and there are actually a few cross-listed econ/math courses where I go to school.

gamecrazy

United States421 Posts

March 17 2011 10:18 GMT

#23

Asian High School Senior here. I got into UCLA, and I'm still waiting to here back from berkeley.

About your mom, it's definitely best to get FAR away. The thing about really pushy parents is that they do care for you in at least a modicum to be concerned about your grade, but they're incredibly hard to deal with since they set such high expectations for you all the time. My best advice to you is to do the very best you can in school, and try to find a decent private out of state to study econ/business. There's lots of great schools to look into. Also your parents will probably do their best to support you, even with the increased cost. They CARE about your education. Make use of that.

I can't imagine being able to get the classes you want at UC's anyway.. budget cuts incoming and all. State schools out of state are pretty much as expensive as privates anyhow.

Took AP Calc BC and AP Chem and got A's and 5's if you'd like help on those subjects or whatever school/college app stuff you can PM me. I've been slacking off though, hope I still remember it all lol

Sayle

United Kingdom3685 Posts

March 17 2011 10:29 GMT

#24

I can't believe after all these blogs, people are still asking if you're Asian. He's white ffs!

Anyway, are you going to rely on your parents to pay for college? Because if not, I'm surprised you're even considering any college near home after what your mom said about interfering. I'd get as far away as possible.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

March 17 2011 10:48 GMT

#25

you still have many years to figure out what you want to do, and you have a bit of the years in college to also figure it out.

how do you know you're not an engineering/math/science person? you just not like any of the stuff in the classes? what calculus is this? you could probably get help from somebody on it (from TL even)

and yes, i'd go to a school far enough away where your parents wont visit you often, seems they take their problems out on you for whatever reason ( i dont know you so wild guess)

des

United States507 Posts

March 17 2011 14:24 GMT

#26

On March 17 2011 15:27 Torte de Lini wrote:
I take most stories of parental violence with a grain of salt, there is almost always a piece or idea missing from the plot that might explain the perceived justification to use force.

In other words, the child might believe that the mother did this for only missing the toliet, but it could be more and it could be about something else.

what exactly would be a situation where pushing your 17 year old's head into a toilet is an acceptable thing to do

plbro81

117 Posts

March 17 2011 17:59 GMT

#27

On March 17 2011 23:24 des wrote:

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what exactly would be a situation where pushing your 17 year old's head into a toilet is an acceptable thing to do

yeah. who does that?

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

March 17 2011 23:31 GMT

#28

I'm white.

I may not do business, but maybe try to get MBA after graduating, or just go to work with an econ degree, or something along those lines?

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

March 17 2011 23:53 GMT

#29

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DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

March 17 2011 23:56 GMT

#30

Note, 64 on a calc test is kind of shit. Rather than studying harder (Which you said you're doing and doesn't seem to be helping) I'd go find some outside help, maybe from a teacher or something. It's what I did to get through math, god knows I suck at it.

Sermokala

United States14040 Posts

March 18 2011 00:04 GMT

#31

I know what your saying about the class's man I had the opposite however with my parents never really getting me to do anything and thus I really can't get myself to do the homework to get the grades I really need for school.

on my college application I had a 2.3 GPA a 30 on the ACT and had "regional robotics competition winner" and I think I just barely got in with that.

I really wouldn't stress out about it too too much man I know a lot of people who are just going to community college for the first 2 years to get the generals out really cheap before going to the good college they want to go to. You probably are going to do a lot better in a college environmental reading your post then me so just go to a state college if nothing else until you can transfer out.

justalurker

United States9 Posts

March 18 2011 00:21 GMT

#32

I'm an econ major and fairly proficient at calc. If you ever need some help let me know.

iamho

United States3347 Posts

March 18 2011 00:23 GMT

#33

You need to get out of there before your parents do any serious emotional damage :\

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

March 18 2011 00:24 GMT

#34

Meh. I got back an FRQ, my calc grade is back up. Now I have a 78 :/

The test grade was shit, but I'm still beating the class average grade by 9 poitns :/

Def need to get calc help though.

blankspace

United States292 Posts

March 18 2011 00:38 GMT

#35

If you want to do econ you should learn ur calc well (you'll be using multivar a lot). Sometimes the best way to study math is to look at problems in different angles or trying to understand the same concepts in different ways. This helps you internalize the concepts better.