<p>for some reason the 15th is making me a lot more anxious today than before. I was trying to work on my other 2 apps but can't. I just made the decision to not apply to one of them also (stanford). </p>
<p>just tried to take a nap and my god I was "asleep" but my mind was tied up in a knot and I basically had no rest but feel even crappier. My heart rate is pretty fast right now as i'm typing this. *** Is going on</p>
<p>please, how can i get rid of this stress.</p>
<p>try thinking of your deferral/rejection from cornell in another perspective. i'm guessing that you think you'll be devastated if you get rejected/deferred by cornell..but i think you'll be happy/maybe even happier in dozens of other colleges</p>
<p>rejection/deferral from cornell doesnt mean you're a failure in anything. in fact..i'm sure you'll be accepted into a respectable college where you'll probably spend 4 awesome years</p>
<p>i've read somewhere about how many highschool kids are deeply upset by college rejections..and one of the causes is that the applicants are attaching themselves to the school..in this case, we're attaching ourselves to "cornell big red"..and the stage inbetween breaking the old bond and finding a new identity is what causes kids alot of grief.</p>
<p>those are my 2cents. (work on your apps! i know they're a pain in the a** but, you've gotta have something to fall back on if your ED application doesnt go as expected!)</p>
<p>"When the stress burns my brain just like acid raindrops,
Mary Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop."</p>
<p>-people under the stairs</p>
<p>eh?</p>
<p>you sure do love your mary jane, holdenmcaulfield</p>
<p>starting a poll:</p>
<p>what makes you more stupid:
extensive use of mary jane
extensive use of alcohol</p>
<p>i'll start it out. i'm going with mary jane- i had a friend who's gpa was 4.0 in 9th and 10th grade, easily the valedictorian of our class. He got hooked on weed, now he'd be lucky to make the top 50, not to mention he's in boston for a bipolar hospital and rehab center.</p>
<p>So........Mary Jane made him BiPolar?</p>
<p>not totally sure... haven't talked to him in a loooong time, but it culminated with him being involved with marijuana. I'm sure it was a mixture of many things, but as soon as he started smoking dope it was clearly the cause of his life going wayward downhill.</p>
<p>Mental Illness can do the same thing.........MI+drugs doesn't do much either.</p>
<p>Um...I stopped smoking pot and my SATs went up 60 points, without studying...alcohol has always been a constant, however.</p>
<p>I don't think you can use someone who is bipolar as an accurate example ;).</p>
<p>Drugs/alcohol don't necessarily make people stupid, just look at the ivy league, there are plenty of people who use or abuse both.</p>
<p>alcohol. there has been no scientific proof of any relation between smoking marijuana and becoming less intelligent. sure, it can affect one's motivation, but intelligence, not as far as we know. my SAT scores rose a significant amount when i began smoking marijuana. however, i am by no means saying marijuana was the cause; in all likehood i just became better at taking the SATs with time and practice. don't judge unless you have partaken.</p>
<p>final point: there is really no denying that smoking marijuana would decrease the orinal poster's stress level, but i know it's not something for everyone.</p>
<p>Alcohol is most definitely worse. It's physically addictive, and it's way worse for you. I started smoking weed, and my GPA went up from a 3.8 to a 4.5. I'm not saying that weed's the cause of that, but it certainly didn't hurt. Marijuana it's even on the same level as alcohol, and anyone that's done them both can't disagree.</p>
<p>Perhaps I should simultaneously pray and smoke a blunt before my chem final, then...</p>
<p>Having indulged in both, I don't think they're on the same level; they induce very different states of mind. I'd probably be able to a take a test better high, but in the long run, it made me much less motivated than alcohol has. Seeing what happened to my motivation, I don't think I'd get back into the habit again, considering I'm at Cornell now, not in high school, and the academics are much harder.</p>
<p>i have partaken in both, probably not to the degree to which you have/are Holden but for about a couple months it was definitely a 'once or twice' a weekend kinda thing with marijuana. My grades went down (I went from valedictorian of my class in 9th and 10th grade all the way to a rank of 12/400 11th grade, which, if taken in context, is a HUGE drop), I didn't do well on the SAT's the first time, etc. I stopped and have since been performing back at my best level. This is probably the only reason I have vowed never to return to the habit (it was undeniably very enjoyable). </p>
<p>That said, I cannot accurately answer my own original question- I was never an abuser, an over-user, or even consistent user of dope to say what it does in the long run. I do know, however, that my performance dropped and my short term memory definitely died- I couldnt remember where my keys were or to turn off lights, etc. Alcohol (while some studies say it kills brain cells!) has only caused me to feel grumpy and head-ache prone the morning after, but after it wears off, I can hit the books hard.</p>
<p>Alcohol is a glorious thing :). </p>
<p>I smoked every day for 6 months, took my SATs, was devastated and haven't really smoked since then. I did get a 4 on AP physics though, which was miraculous, considering my utter lack of knowledge on the subject.</p>
<p>i went on binges in school just drinking and i wake up the next day feeling stupider. when i blaze i feel smarter and am smarter. i wake up thinking "im not stupid" and proceed to get a 4.0 gpa.</p>
<p>Continuous and ABUSIVE pot smoking can make you pretty dum, so can alcohol, the only difference being that alcohol is also physically destructive... but I've found out it can get even worse if you don't drink regularly/get wasted once in a while to let stress out. I become a wreck if I don't have the occasional beer with friends after school or go someplace friday night.</p>
<p>U guys freak me out... Im India if you smoke before 25 ur ostracized from society. I relieve my tension by reading or surfin the net</p>
<p>i went through all sophomore and junior year screwed up everyday and im fine...dam near validictorian...</p>
<p>its all about control.</p>
<p>Many people complain that marijuana demotivates. From a certain viewpoint, this is true, but really, once many people start smoking pot, they realize that there are things they'd rather be doing than working their asses off. To quote the imortal words of Obi Wan Kenobe, "You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."</p>
<p>^i couldn't agree more.</p>