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After the last blog, I figured that I would write one long rational appeal to my parents about responsibilities, and about college, etc. I did so. I wrote it a couple early mornings ago. I asked for a few small changes. A little more patience in giving me time to put away dishes. More rational repercussions for forgetting a piece of clothing or two. Just the small stuff. A little forgiveness on the lies I told 3-4 years ago. And initially my mom was really mad. She started yelling at me at night, woke up my dad, it was all bad. But as the argument went longer and longer, she ran out of things to say, other than “you are irresponsible” She said that I just didn’t do the little things right. That I was always screwing them up. So in one of the strange things is I said “why don’t you give me definite increases in responsibility, if you keep track of all the things I need to do on a spreadsheet and I follow through with them.
1. Put away laundry
2. set table ahead of time
3. put away trash cans by 6:00 in the evening
4. mow lawn once every two weeks, edge once a month
Lolwut. I have no problem with doing this. I rarely make mistakes, they have little impact, and whatever. But now I am keeping track of this. And if for a month I make very few mistakes the computer moves to my room, I can eat out, and internet stays on until 1am. Which is fine. I need at least 6 hours of sleep >.> I don’t understand this sudden change in policy, but I am not going to argue.
Right now I feel like www.nyan.cat !!
Oh, and I can come home from school now. Which means winter shin ramen = feasible. Need to figure out what to do for lunch currently though. Do any of you guys have any ideas for summer lunches that can be pre-made and either packed or stored in a fridge. (My house is a 6 minute walk from school, so it’s not like I’m going way out of the way)
College: I would like to do something finance related. Does anyone have experience with a finance related degree, job, or otherwise. Is anybody trying to find a job. Is anybody an alumni of a school they would thing to be excellent for this?
Right now I'm applying to Stanford UCLA UCB, UCI, USC, and U Chicago. Maybe not all for business. Maybe some for econ. Maybe some for compsci...
Oh well time to quickly memorize some graphs and limit rules for a quiz in Calc BC tomorrow tt
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i go to UCLA, its pretty nice here, and no parents (as are all colleges a bit aways, which i think suits you well). if you are ever in the area i have an apartment extremely close to campus, hit me up.
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Haha. What major?
I'd hit you up, but parents are still super protective. If I get accepted might be able to wiggle my way >.>
I'm from norcal, that's adequately far, I'd hope.
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Do you know which schools you are realistically getting into? All those schools are excellent, and will give you a great education. Choose the one you'd most like to live at, since honestly, that will be the largest factor in how much you enjoy your college experience. City life? UCLA, USC. Suburbia? UCI. Hippies? UCB.
Ironically enough, a business major is probably not the best major if you're thinking about going into business. Pick something more technically involved in the field you'd like to be in, and get a degree in that. Then go get your MBA after getting your feet wet at a job. There are a lot of idiots in the business classes (no offense), so a good way to get the most out of college is to major in econ, some form of engineering, ICS, math, psych etc. and get a minor in business or management or whatever they call it at your school.
Of course, you should follow your interests though, so don't take anything you hear to be 100% truth. Try and either take or sit in on random classes your first year to get a feel for what everything is like. If you're in Calc BC right now, you'll have a nice head start in math so you'll have some free time to just audit random classes. Just find out when an interesting class is happening, and walk in and sit down. Noone will care (unless its like a 3 person lab or something).
(UCI student btw)
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On August 26 2011 16:18 susySquark wrote:
Do you know which schools you are realistically getting into? All those schools are excellent, and will give you a great education. Choose the one you'd most like to live at, since honestly, that will be the largest factor in how much you enjoy your college experience. City life? UCLA, USC. Suburbia? UCI. Hippies? UCB.
Ironically enough, a business major is probably not the best major if you're thinking about going into business. Pick something more technically involved in the field you'd like to be in, and get a degree in that. Then go get your MBA after getting your feet wet at a job. There are a lot of idiots in the business classes (no offense), so a good way to get the most out of college is to major in econ, some form of engineering, ICS, math, psych etc. and get a minor in business or management or whatever they call it at your school.
Of course, you should follow your interests though, so don't take anything you hear to be 100% truth. Try and either take or sit in on random classes your first year to get a feel for what everything is like. If you're in Calc BC right now, you'll have a nice head start in math so you'll have some free time to just audit random classes. Just find out when an interesting class is happening, and walk in and sit down. Noone will care (unless its like a 3 person lab or something).
It is not uncommon for scientists in industry to transition to the business side of the company where they manage and market/network their products. I'd agree with studying something more technical or focused. I personally don't see the value of studying "business", the term seems so broad and its something I feel someone can pick up on the way in whatever industry they choose to work for. I agree that a minor would be the best way to go.
I'd agree that the best thing to study is something you like and won't get tired of hearing about too much. It seems like that whatever you pick for your major will dictate the rest of your life, but that's just not the case. I'll be feeling old when I graduate next year and your blogs will then be college blogs O_O
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Don't ever show your parents that link
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Froadac, I'm glad to hear that you're beginning to fix things up as far as your relationship with your parents is concerned. It's always interesting to talk to another person who is currently a high school senior in the United States, especially because of the college application process.
I agree with shindigs in that you should study what you want to study. After all, you only go through undergraduate education once: it would be wise to make the best of your time wherever you decide to go. Depending on the strength of your college application, it might be wise for you to apply to Ivy League schools if you are considering a career in finance; top firms only recruit from the best colleges, after all, and if you are good enough for Stanford then you are most definitely good enough for the Ivy League.
If you would like to talk privately about your family problems or about your plans for the future, please feel free to send me a PM. In times of trouble, it's always nice to be able to talk to people about your problems. As someone who is Asian, I think I can understand quite well the situation which you are in. That, and I always love giving people advice about college and school in general.
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