<p>Slap yourself in the face!
Stop feeling sorry for yourself and look at the positive side of life!
Look around you, and think, “they are so many people much less fortunate than I am”
Volunteer, do something you are passionate about, and stop saying to yourself you are a screw up.
that’s my 2 cents</p>
<p>“i would hate to end up at CofC or Clemson with the guys from my highschool who slacked off for 4 years”</p>
<p>thats a pretty pompous outlook. plus, those two schools seem more similar to wake to me than unc…who knows? you could end up one of those places and actually love it…and i do know a bit about wake considering both my parents work there.</p>
<p>if wake forest wait listed you when vanderbilt accepted you (another similar school), then wake sucks. stop focusing on that school. its not that great. find something new that will inspire you.</p>
<p>Northstarmom is a very wise woman. Heed her advice.</p>
<p>Go to your counseling center. You are too too close to your situation to see your choices and to evaluate where you are. You’ve let yourself down but all is not lost. Suicide doesn’t fix anything, and it really upsets your friends and family.</p>
<p>Go to your counseling center. Please. Tonight if you can, tomorrow if you must. A counselor will help you see alternatives and will help you put your emotions in perspective.</p>
<p>god. you sound exactly like what I think i will end up like if i chose UNC over Stanford. This is almost scary. Stanford will be incredible expensive for me, but I have a lot of great opportunities at UNC. However, i dont feel like I belong there as much, nor would i be follwing the major i really think I will like. “settling” in essence. I’m from Chapel Hill, and I feel like I will fall into the same slump you are describing if I go to UNC. I know a lot of people love it there, but i just have never truly seen myself there. </p>
<p>Thank you for sharing your story, it is a very strong warning for me not to “settle” because I may never feel positive about it.</p>
<p>sceth, you are my hero</p>
<p>Maybe you are unhappy at UNC because you covet the idea of attending Wake so much. What don’t you like about UNC?</p>
<p>If you could change these things somehow, maybe you could be happier there.
Also, if you truly want to go to WF, you should not give up! 3.0 really is not bad…especially for someone going to Chapel Hill.</p>
<p>It brings a tear to my eye to see people on CollegeConfidential actually caring.</p>
<p>I see more topics on depression/suicide/social awkwardness on this “college discussion” site than I have on any mental health boards. </p>
<p>There is something to be said for this. You kids need to grow up and stop whining like little **<strong><em>es. Jesus *</em></strong>ing christ man.</p>
<p>You were accepted to Wake twice and you managed to **** it up twice? I would tell you to commit suicide, but I’m pretty sure you would **** that up to.</p>
<p>Sigh</p>
<p>Facepalm</p>
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<p>that’s sad
a year ago college confidential was a much more caring place than it is now,
people rarely made fun of even the most extreme posters,
heck i even went to cc for my personal problems,
and it was actually helpful</p>
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<p>Exactly. People are mean on the Internet because they know they can get away with it. It makes them feel better because they want to feel as if they are more superior than the “loser” they’re putting down, which is pathetic. No one on the Internet can judge or label an anonymous person because one does not know them. Find someone you trust to confide in in real life. You might be surprised who listens and gives you great advice. Just be honest with yourself and others.
If you still feel the need to ask for advice on a forum, go to the parent’s thread instead where people are more mature and understanding.</p>
<p>I realized the OP posted this on February, but the advice still heeds to anyone else who may need it.</p>
<p>^ well the trick is to go to the right forums</p>
<p>Die. (10 char)</p>
<p>Does CC just pull these type of people in?</p>
<p>Doesn’t Dr.Phil or Oprah have an online forum or something?</p>
<p>^ Probably, but it’s most likely pop psychology. The CC crowd doesn’t take that seriously.</p>
<p>In my limited experience, the larger a forum is, the meaner it is, and this one’s pretty large.</p>
<p>cc attracts intelligent people who like giving advice,
and people with problems like hearing advice from intelligent people,
i mean usually it works out great,
it’s just cc’s become a lot meaner over the past year,
maybe the nice people graduated</p>
<p>Many of you guys are actually cruel. What’s sad is that I know many of you won’t give two sh**s.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve experience more hatred and coldness on this board than I have of kindness or compassion. Just check out the simple “chance” threads.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s CC, it’s just people behaving without a filter.
<a href=“http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/disinhibit.html[/url]”>http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/disinhibit.html</a></p>