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No, I am just trying to analyze the mistakes that I made during my first semester, and try to never repeat them. I am approaching my second semester, and I want to change myself in some way. I really would like to be fully integrated, and ready to take any necessary steps to achieve that.</p>
<p>If you’re unhappy, can’t you transfer?</p>
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<p>Yeah, that’s the vibe I’m getting, too.</p>
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<p>Dude, for all your unmatched achievements, you certainly are lacking in self-help skills. Google Maps says that from 19th & Boston to Little Panda is 0.7 miles, all on sidewalks and crossing at University at the 15th Street crosswalk. If you can’t amble 0.7 miles after eating, get your food to go and eat it in your room.</p>
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<p>Crosswalks are your friend. Save the jaywalking for smaller streets with less traffic.</p>
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<p>I live in a college town and my good friend works in the International Students department. This college, a LAC with about 2,000 students, perhaps 10% of which are international, has an office for this. It is staffed by at least 2 full time employees and a lot of student volunteers.</p>
<p>This dept organizes orientation for international students, puts on dinners, matches them with local host families (not to live with, just to hang out with from time to time), organizes shuttles to shopping and such. Does a huge school like Texas Tech not have such a department?</p>
<p>Oh wait - it does: [International</a> Student & Scholar Services ::](<a href=“http://www.iaff.ttu.edu/main/isss/index.asp]International”>http://www.iaff.ttu.edu/main/isss/index.asp)</p>
<p>Have you stopped by there?</p>
<p>Why are you always making excuses for yourself? You sound like an ignorant, spoiled brat. You seem scared of walking four miles after “all that food.” Don’t you realize you actually SHOULD walk four miles after eating such heavy food? Walking four miles is nothing. People RUN four miles on a daily basis, if not more.</p>
<p>ETA: I realized someone pointed out that it’s actually 0.7 miles, and I sincerely hope you can walk at least that much.</p>
<p>jw, but what country do you come from? why did you choose ttu out of all places if you wanted that kind of environment? it’s not exactly a college town or known for having lots of international students. if you wanted to go to texas, why not like UT Austin? it’s less conservative and more open there. Or someplace in the northeast region (such as Boston) or california. also, it’s not like closing of the dining halls during breaks should come as a big surprise, this is a known fact that schools do this, as most students are going home for break. but for international students it is probably different since you cannot easily go home. it can be easily found out online or there should be signs posted in front of the dining halls as to being closed for holiday breaks. also, once you have your own apartment and are not living in the dorms, this sholuld not be a problem anymore, since you can cook your own food. is there not a international student department at your school that can assist you with these kinds of things?</p>
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Yes, I was there 2 times to pick up some documents. That ISSS department is the worst department on campus as its employees are the most ignorant and irresponsible staff that I have ever met in the university. Not only do they not offer any “real” assistance, but also they do their job very slowly, and they feel as if they are superior to all foreign students. </p>
<p>As I said, TTU was the cheapest option, and it also had my major. </p>
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I have a very heavy workload, and I cannot afford walking around whatsoever. I always get to classes by my bike, and I quickly come back to my dorm. </p>
<p>Whether some of you may be surprised by what I presented in this thread, I did depict the real hardships of the actual events that I did experience.</p>
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<p>Unless your facebook profile doesn’t say that you go to Texas Tech I absolutely don’t believe you. I see random Tech students that request to add 100 people that they don’t know all the time, and a bunch of people accept them. Many people add everyone no matter what so I don’t know who you sent these supposed “declined requests” to. Nonetheless, Facebook friends mean nothing really so don’t let it get to you. </p>
<p>Some people are always going to reply “Yeah whatever”. That’s just how people are. Not sure what country you come from, but that is just a fact of life you have to accept. There are plenty of Tech students though that do care and make an effort to be friends. Truthfully, it is nearly impossible to make real friends in giant lecture hall classes, so try to meet people outside of class. Maybe ask them if they want to eat lunch afterwards, or if they want to form a study group. I have met plenty of nice, academically motivated people this way. Wow, your comment on people being empty inside is extremely arrogant and uncalled for. There are many intelligent, hardworking, and caring students at Tech who are going to make a huge impact on the world someday. For you that’s questionable right now, since all I see is that you are a cynical pessimist which will hold you back in the future. But if maybe you were a little more friendly and open minded, you might find these people at Tech. I know I have. Not everyone went there because they couldn’t get in elsewhere. Just like you, some people had to go for financial reasons, or maybe location reasons as well. Some people went because of scholarships, internship and job opportunities, athletics, the early acceptance to medical school program, the early acceptance to law school program, etc. I could go on and on, but my point is many great students go to Tech whether they chose to or not. You aren’t the only “intelligent” person there. </p>
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<p>I definitely didn’t say that you were ignorant academically. Maybe try paying attention to what all of us on this forum are actually trying to tell you. That’s great that you got a 4.0 with 18 hours. So did I. Congrats to us both. I don’t know what your major is, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that it is difficult just like mine. I am not an international student, but I’m not an idiot. It seems that you are the one being unfriendly. All you have done is group all Americans into this stereotype of being stupid, unmotivated, and empty. You said, “Probably, the only ignorant people out there are people who came there to have fun, who miss and fail classes, and who think that they are superior to everybody else”. Well you seem to think you are superior to everyone else around you. The fact is you are ignorant about the people, life, and opportunities around you at Texas Tech from my viewpoint perceived by your post. I’ll elaborate later on.</p>
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<p>Well that’s definitely your own problem, not Texas Tech’s problem. If you want to have a negative attitude about everything and everyone then feel free to do so. I’m pretty sure nothing I say will even remotely help change your mind, but honestly having a positive outlook on things really does work. It’s very unfortunate that some people haven’t treated you kindly, but you aren’t the only person in the whole world that has been treated badly. I too have met some very rude people, but who cares. Who cares about them? Obviously they don’t care about you so just let it go. Move on. In the meantime, try being nice to others so that when you do met someone capable of being your friend you don’t blow your chance. It’s hard to recover from making horrible first impressions. Just continue to a good person, and people will see that. Right now based off this post you seem to be too judgmental towards Americans to make any American friends if you treat them as you have disrespected me. Don’t fight fire with fire. </p>
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<p>Please inform me on what chemistry class you were in. CHEM 1307? With Gellene? Fuertes? I would love to know so I could have a completely valid argument with you. If it is 1307, then no duh the average score was that low. CHEM 1307 is required for many majors so a big majority of the freshman take it. First semester freshman year a bunch of students aren’t going to be prepared, motivated, or in their right career field. 1307 is considered a weed out class by most people. So yeah the average was probably as you say. If it was an A class average that would be a problem. Then the class would be too easy. You and I both know that chemistry at Tech is fairly challenging. So you keep doing well and stop worrying about the class average. It just makes your A in the class look better! You saying the “ONLY students who were getting A’s and B’s were international students” is incorrect. I’m not an international student, and I received an A. I know 7 other people who did as well, and they are not international students. I also know A TON of American students who got B’s. There is absolutely no way you can truthfully argue your point about that. I’m sure international students have high GPAs, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t other people with 4.0s with 18 hours in a difficult major. Get over yourself. If it was organic chemistry I can still argue your point as well. Try me. </p>
<p>As for the honors college, I wasn’t telling you to apply because the classes would be harder. The majority of honors classes aren’t any more difficult. I am aware of that. The reason why I would encourage you to apply is because of the atmosphere and the attention given to the honors students. Right now you are kind of thrown into the mass of students at Tech, but through honors everything is more individualized. There is absolutely no harm in being in honors even if it isn’t needed for your major. The classes are smaller with usually 15-25 students. So you would be more likely to meet people in your classes. You would be able to know your professor one on one. From my experience, all of the honors professors are wonderful and truly do care about their students. I’ve had the professor invite the whole class over to their house for dinner, and write GREAT recommendation letters. I think anyone could benefit from it, including yourself. Lots of unique classes are offered through honors, as well as internships, access to the honors forum(a great place to study), special study abroad and job opportunities, permission to live in the honors dorms in either Gordon or murray,social activities, and more. Whether you think honors students meet your “high academic standards” or not, I guarantee you that they will be more academically focused than most. Just give it a second thought.</p>
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<p>I never said that my SAT was higher than yours. Do you not know how to properly read? I simply stated that mine was above a 2000. So I’m not an idiot. I never stated that I was a genius. You just want to start an argument about everything apparently. You always are the victim. Sorry that I “forgot” all those points, since you think I should know your situation without actually knowing you. Congrats on getting such a great score; I have no doubt that you worked hard for it just as I did for mine. But you do not know my life so don’t dare say that you had it any harder than I did. You don’t know what I had to got through, just as I don’t know for you. What almighty country is this you come from? You don’t know me or my intelligence level so don’t tell me I am incapable of anything. You think you are the smartest person at Tech, don’t you? My point in even mentioning SAT was to prove that not every student has an SAT between the scores you stated in your chart. No wonder why people don’t like you! It’s because you treat them bad.</p>
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<p>This is where your ignorance to the life around you at Tech comes into place. Yes, Chitwood is a dorm on campus. Everyone knows that it is the biggest party dorm on campus. It’s definitely no secret. The cops do intervene sometimes, but obviously you are completely unaware of how much people can get away with. CA’s can only get students in trouble for having alcohol if it is in plain sight in their dorm room. Meaning that people can hide it in the drawers and not get in trouble. I also know plenty of people who hide marijuna, coke, and a bunch of other drugs. Do I approve? Absolutely not. But there are plenty of parties in and out of the dorms. Tech is a party school for sure. I guess you just haven’t been out much to see that. Again though, keep in mind that not everyone does party. Not everyone is “empty” as you claim. I have met plenty of people who only study all the time, and I believe there is nothing wrong with that. Find those people and try to become their friend.</p>
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<p>Well I’m very sorry to hear of your bad experience in Boston. I have heard complaints about the fees as well, but you wouldn’t have that problem in other dorms. The reason why they are fining you so much is because the dorm is brand new, and they can see all the damages easily. That’s strange to me that your CA actually does stuff. I think it’s great! In my dorm my CA does absolutely nothing. We have an optional meeting once every month and that is it. I would personally take advantage of those activities to meet people. As for becoming a CA, that would be a great way to meet responsible people as well. The process is fairly difficult from what I hear, but good luck!</p>
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<p>It was an exaggeration that you had to cross the highway to get food. There are plenty of food places on both sides of campus that you can walk to without crossing the highway. Again, there are a dozen at least on University Avenue. The university had it posted at the SUB that all the food places were going to be closed since at least late September. You not knowing was your fault for not looking it up.</p>
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<p>Try joining clubs and organizations. There are many meaningful ones that I’m sure would relate to your major. I can give you a list if you would tell me what your major actually is.
Again, trying to get together with people outside of class helps. Again joining honors could help you meet motivated people. But in reality you just have to change your attitude. That is the real thing that is holding you back from having a decent time at Tech. I would be willing to help you, but all you have done is insulted me and the others that have tried to give you advice. That tells me that you aren’t currently capable of being a good friend. </p>
<p>Best of luck with everything and keep your head up</p>