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So yeah. I’ve been having anxiety problems. I need to learn to calm down. Actually went to counselor, basically said I have anxiety problems. So I’ll try to be less critical of myself, and just do everything.
I assessed what I got out of the blog last time, and just started working. I’ve been doing three sections of calculus per day, and reviewing prior material. I’m done with college applications. Things are fairly good. Except for SC2. I’m sucking.
I’m getting more fit, doing exercise Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Starting Strength, back pain is getting better, and just feeling generally much better.
I have to say actually doing shit is helpful for making progress. Thank you Chill for being so blunt XD
Something that sort has been bugging me is college major. I have real interests in international affairs, but career there is meh. I’ve already submitted applications for computer science, so I’m not going to change anything. (I can’t XD) but I was trying to figure out the approximate cost of travel on the cheap. I know that one can travel for super cheap. My parents and I travel “cheap” but we still stay in hotels, blah blah. I really want to do some serious cheap travel, see what the locals look like, and just move around. Mostly Europe and Asia, I frankly don’t want to go to Africa, and South America would be last priority. For those of you who have done it how much did it cost? What was it like. Any general tips?
Mostly I just decided to apply under computer science, but I really need to look into IR job opportunities. I think it’s something I could do relatively well in, but it’s not exactly a lucrative field. But should that even matter? Anybody have experience with USA foreign service?
Lastly, I just played a somewhat epic hour thirty pvz. I shoulda won but was stupid. But whatever ;( http://drop.sc/81428
I did some korean cooking, I'm not sure how authentic it was. It was out of a Frugal Gourmet cookbook, but I got bored. Food pics coming up tomorrow !
And second semester it is indeed time to learn korean. Finally ordered book from amazon, and made contact with potential tutor.. Things are looking up.
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You don't have to be the same major the whole time you're at school. It's usually very, very easy to switch, especially within schools. You don't even have to major in the field you said you intended to study in when you applied. Maybe you'll find that computer science isn't for you and decide to switch halfway through. It's very easy to do so.
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Glad you're doing Starting Strength. You'll look and feel great if you stick with it. Remember to eat eat eat!
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If you want to go to Europe, consider buying an euro-rail pass which will let you go pretty much anywhere in Europe by train for a pretty long period of time (21 days was like £220 or something for a student, and you can go longer if you want). Accommodation really depends on what you're looking for, and where you are - Western Europe tends to be more expensive, but we could usually find somewhere for around £10 - £20 a night. If you want to go to Asia, then you should really look at what was French Indochina, now Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and maybe some other parts of South East Asia. These are really cheap, vibrant countries with great local culture. I went with a couple friends, and we got by on around £10 a day including lodging and food, and saw some great sights.
To be honest though, having read some of your blogs, it seems somewhat unlikely that you'll enjoy it if you go on your own (you make it sound like you might struggle to find a good group of friends to go with) and you don't seem like your particularly used to independent travel and responsibility, which might make your trip very stressful and difficult.
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On December 30 2011 16:37 Empyrean wrote:
You don't have to be the same major the whole time you're at school. It's usually very, very easy to switch, especially within schools. You don't even have to major in the field you said you intended to study in when you applied. Maybe you'll find that computer science isn't for you and decide to switch halfway through. It's very easy to do so.
Switching majors often leads to not graduating in 4 years, however. Because of different classes required for different majors.
A lot of people that started out in the Computer Engineering program at my uni changed majors and ended up graduating in 5 years. Of course, many of them switched because they were having trouble with the subject material which also contributed to their late graduations.
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On December 30 2011 19:14 drag_ wrote:
To be honest though, having read some of your blogs, it seems somewhat unlikely that you'll enjoy it if you go on your own (you make it sound like you might struggle to find a good group of friends to go with) and you don't seem like your particularly used to independent travel and responsibility, which might make your trip very stressful and difficult.
Well, now that I have drivers license its much easier to be with friends, things are very good on that front.
In terms of independent travel and responsibility: You're very correct. This would still happen in a few years when I will have more experience there XD
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My main thought on applying CS is that most schools if you complete the CS prereqs (engineering chem/physics) they carry over to other majors, and I'm better off starting in CS then ending up there.
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On December 31 2011 03:08 Uranium wrote:Show nested quote +On December 30 2011 16:37 Empyrean wrote:
You don't have to be the same major the whole time you're at school. It's usually very, very easy to switch, especially within schools. You don't even have to major in the field you said you intended to study in when you applied. Maybe you'll find that computer science isn't for you and decide to switch halfway through. It's very easy to do so. Switching majors often leads to not graduating in 4 years, however. Because of different classes required for different majors. A lot of people that started out in the Computer Engineering program at my uni changed majors and ended up graduating in 5 years. Of course, many of them switched because they were having trouble with the subject material which also contributed to their late graduations.
No, if you do it after the first or second year you are fine. Especially if you took courses that were requirements for other degrees (ie your reason for deciding you're interested in another discipline). I switched faculties completely after my second year and didn't have to take any extra time. I had to pay the university to switch (for some reason... I think it was like 60 bucks), and I had a few semesters where I was taking nothing but mandatory courses, but I was able to do it. Actually, I was able to do it with an honours in my degree (ie more mandatory classes), so I get the feeling whatever experience you're talking about must be pretty limited to some frightening field that doesn't give you any electives at all (or stupid people who took electives when they needed to take mandatory courses).
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What were your majors oh Chef?
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