<p>some people fear failure, and taking responsibility can sometimes lead to failure. Or maybe your friends want to marry rich.</p>
<p>Rejected4life, do you still want to transfer to Harvard? B/c it's going to be VERY hard to get a 4.0 in a south campus major.</p>
<p>Oh, it's all about the fear of failure. Which is stupid. Because if they don't figure stuff out fast, they WILL fail. </p>
<p>And lol. It's funny, they all think IM the future gold digger, when IM the only one who's actually actively making my own money, living on my own, and has a careerish job. I think they would very much like to marry rich though.</p>
<p>allie not everybody is like you and me... realistic. they'd rather live in their dream worlds. allie makes good money.</p>
<p>Lol. I don't make GOOD money right now, I just make money. But hopefully we'll add on the good in a year or three.</p>
<p>we have faith in you allie :D</p>
<p>Haha thx. I'm not complaining. I don't even graduate til june. so whatever. lots of time.</p>
<p>allie youre graduating in june but youre only like a year older than me? i dont get it...im a sophmore now lol. if you dont mind me asking, how much do u make? (totally dont have to answer if u dont want to)</p>
<p>im one of those people that is so scared of failure that im always preoccupied thinking about what to do next...im the extreme opposite of people who put it off..what i want to do in life is not a conventional doctor/lawyer path, where you know what u need to do to get there and you know you will probably make decent money, which is why i freak out soo much over what to do after college...<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I'm like the youngest person in my class, or one of them. Just started kindergarten really early. It sucks though, I promise. Being the absolute last one ever to turn 21 when all of your friends have been 21 for over a year sucks immensely. </p>
<p>Right now I make 10/hour. It's not bad for a paid internship, but I only work three days a week (school on the other two days) and so it really doesn't end up being that much money. Cannot wait to graduate so i can just work and make real money. </p>
<p>And really, no worries. When I started at my CC I had NOOOO idea what I wanted to do. Comm was the only thing that sounded interesting to me, so I focused on that. Then since I was doing comm I decided to work on my school's magazine and I was like omg I'm soooo going into publishing for reals. Except I had a horrible experience my second year doing that which turned me off from it (plus the pay is atrocious for publishing) and I got to UCLA and felt like I was back at square one. I got really lucky that at the new comm student orientation, my now-buddy Skot from Ad Team did a little presentation about it and how we should apply. I was like, ooh that could be fun. And that was that. Did Ad Team, adored it, and started looking for internships. My internship turned into a job with a title (but still intern pay...blah) on the first day. </p>
<p>So yknow. Things tend to work out for the best. Don't stress too much.</p>
<p>i have 2 internships right now...well...more like 1 because i just quit one today. and it was the paid one. because it was just ridiculously stupid, even though the money was good (12/hr) but i was driving from OC and what they made me do was a waste of time to me....i would literally drive 2 hours to LA, sit on the internet for 8 hours looking up the stupidest crap ever, drive 2.5 hours home and that was it. the people were really mean also and they fired my friend for no reason etc...so im back to no paid job lol but i guess ill get one when im back to ucla... </p>
<p>this is totally unrelated...but i just got offered an internship at universal (yay!)..and i looked up the directions and it says its about 3 miles away from ucla (its on sepulveda). i dont have a parking permit. anyone know of SOME way to get there? i know the bus stops on sepulveda, but how do i know how close it will be to where i need to go? one of my friends brought a car last year and just parked it on the streets the whole year with no permit but that seems like a pain in the arse...umm...a bike? any ideas? :(</p>
<p>I agree that money should realistically be a factor in your college decisions. I'm not a materialistic dude by any means but I mean you gotta make decent money just to get by nowadays, especially if you plan on staying in the SoCal area. I mean, one of my friends here (currently a grad student) used to work as an engineer at Northrop Grumman (pretty decent gig) before he decided to go back to school. Being from the East Coast he thought property prices would be reasonable, and so he started looking to buy property somewhere out here. Turns out his engineering job wouldn't afford him a place... in Inglewood. So you've got to reach some level of establishment and success before things get rolling.</p>
<p>My opinion though is that you should always persue something that you actually love, in both school and once you're out of here. Your success in school and once you get out is gonna depend on how hard you work at it. To put it in a Jay-Zish way, it's all about the hustle. Ability only takes you so far (I've found that out the hard way). When you're in school, you've got to work with your professors, you've got to dig in there to study. Once you're looking for a job, you've got to build up relationships, you've got to be someone people can deal with.</p>
<p>But you know what's the real reason I say you should persue something you love? Because in the end it's going to take some sacrifice. You are not above your parents who had to scrape by when they just immigrated to this country, you are not above your family which had to scrape by in coal mines and railroads generations ago. Once you finish school no one is just gonna hand you a career, not unless you are extremely extremely lucky. Your degree is just a piece of paper that will open up doors.</p>
<p>Some of the most successful people I know have also sacrificed a lot to get where they are. I know a guy who is a Hollywood agent (and has some pretty decent clients) and spent years slaving away as a little known, little paid studio engineer before getting his break in production (he's a producer by trade). My boss at my current job works almost constantly and even takes on side gigs just to make sure her new startup (which I work for) is for sure good to get by. Somewhere along the line you're going to have to pay your dues, whether it's slaving away at a lower paid position to get where you want or spending years in med school or whatever you choose. You won't be willing to make those sacrifices unless you have your heart in it. Else you'll end up living a lifestyle that you never really wanted anyway, listlessly watching the days and years go by, and that might be the worst sacrifice of all.</p>
<p>So kids, in short, do what you want to do. Of course, keep your major choices somewhere in reality of what you want to do (being a drama major probably won't help you get that job at Microsoft), but it is never as one track as "well I'm an English major, I guess I'll be in the library for the rest of my life" or "I'm an electrical engineer, see you at the circuit board!" You can be an engineer and end up the CEO, and yes you can be a North Campus major and get a real job. Have a great time in school, just keep in mind that eventually you have to grow up a little.</p>
<p>i feel a little inspired :)</p>
<p>i feel Really inspired</p>
<p>universal is only 3 miles from ucla????</p>
<p>Not Universal Studios. I'm assuming that they have some offices on Sepulveda, which is close to UCLA. The studios are in the heart of Hollywood and near the Valley. Definitely more than 3 miles.</p>
<p>haha yeah its not universal studios :) just an office for universal music</p>
<p>yeah thats what i thought since i live 20 min from universal which is like the halfway point between la and me.</p>
<p>thanks for that post McGizzle =)</p>
<p>lol funnyman............. ofcourse, i am still gonna try to transfer....... i knew it will be hard, but it is possible................ i screwed aroud too much in high school, iknow i can do better.......</p>
<p>allie........... i am kinda in the same position as you......... i too am gonna be 20 for most of my senior year......., but it wasn't that hard, bieng the youngest, in highschool, is it realy gonna be any different in college...............</p>
<p>great post McGrizzle............</p>