TCNJ is just as good as Rutgers in many ways, and in terms of student experience, better. I’d personally pick it over SHU or Rutgers so I think you win 
And you’re right, if you miss your friends, it’s easy for you to find ways to meet on the weekend.
Are your parents happy, too?
Did you apply to other universities?
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I agree. I don’t think that I would have gotten into RBS New Brunswick, so I’ve gotten into the best NJ business school I could have possibly gotten into. My parents are very happy the process is finally coming to a close, but as they are first-generation immigrants, they don’t really know much outside prestige. I did apply to a few other universities, and I’m going to withdraw those applications ASAP.
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Hey, sorry for necroposting, but you were all so helpful that I can’t in good conscience leave you out of my celebration. I have officially enrolled into TCNJ as of yesterday. I plan to apply honors after one semester, and, since my goal is finance/finance law, transfer once HS GPA is no longer a factor. Of course, I’d be more than happy staying at TCNJ, too. It’s going to be a slog to get through these next few months, I’m way too excited!
I did want to ask, though - What gets a student rescinded from TCNJ on academic grounds? I know that generally, it’s uncharacteristic grades on the final transcript, but I applied with such a low GPA(might as well not hide it: 2.43 UW/3.1W), that I am unsure what uncharacteristic means. Honestly, I might be precluded from doing as poorly as previously, just off first quarter alone. I’m doing pretty well so far, but inevitably senioritis will hit, especially as the weather gets warmer, so I just want to know what my boundaries are.
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No Fs (= zero), no Ds (zero), no straight Cs, no cheating, no crime
How’s the CLEP prep going?
To keep your motivation intact or semi-intact, enroll in that calculus1 class in community college for this Spring (registration is likely now). You’ll be in a college setting and that class will help you reach your goals at TCNJ.
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Got it. I think I had a D on my transcript in sophomore year chemistry(teacher issues, average grade was a C and teacher was demoted to freshman science following the year), full disclosure. I can manage straight As and Bs in most of my classes, but AP Art History might be a slog(Once again, teacher issues lol. Our school wanted to offer it but couldn’t find a teacher, so they paid a visual arts teacher to come out of retirement. She follows her own undisclosed pacing, so I can’t even self-teach myself the material, though I’m trying)
I’m still studying for the CLEP. I can take it a bit slower now that it’s not going to be used to sell myself to anyone, but I’m still working on it. The plan is to enroll for Calc 1 whenever I finish my exam.
So, unless I am misreading you, you are asking what is the least you can do while avoiding consequences. On one hand, I understand you are just trying to be realistic given your past patterns. On the other hand, I see this mindset as a problem that will hold you back in life if not fixed, but which is fixable.
I don’t know what is going to work for you to improve this mindset, but here are some ideas that have worked for others:
- Take on harder classes (you have already identified this as a tactic further up thread --good!)
- Talk to teachers early on, expressing interest in the subject matter, and asking for extra enrichment (this tactic also was already identified up thread.) I think you will find that the extra enrichment will add a lot of extra interest, enjoyment and motivation without much extra actual work.
- Play what I call the Surprise and Delight Game. This was a favorite motivating tactic for me. Basically it involved imagining the inner emotional experience of a professor. I have a lot of friends who are teachers/professors, and let me tell you, they are all pretty much running on fumes. Between regular cheating, and Chat GPT cheating, and students phoning it in, and parents that can’t be pleased, and low pay, and never a thank-you, and the aftermath of the pandemic etc. they are all a pretty demoralized bunch. Even on a good day, they are pretty sick of the same old boring class discussions that can be like pulling teeth, and grading the dumb banal papers. So, instead, decide to surprise and delight them! Shock them by being the catalyst for enthusiastic class discussions! Build on what other students say. Say something and then sort of “call on” a classmate to continue. And in your papers, make interesting and unexpected ties to other things you have learned, maybe in other classes. Like every assignment you do, think “My teacher will be surprised and delighted to read this essay. They are going to go home from work whistling today with the feeling that they have made a difference in this world.” Seriously, it works.
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So, unless I am misreading you, you are asking what is the least you can do while avoiding consequences. On one hand, I understand you are just trying to be realistic given your past patterns. On the other hand, I see this mindset as a problem that will hold you back in life if not fixed, but which is fixable .
Read me like a book, lol. To me it kind of feels like being a long-recovered alcoholic - You know you’ve grown and your resolve has changed, but you’re still hesitant to go out to a bar. I’m trying to work as hard as I can to close out high school, of course, and I’ve more or less done quite a bit of what you’ve suggested. However, just from a pragmatic perspective, I wanted to know at what the FUBAR point is, so I could steer far clear of it.
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