Venting / post what's frustrating you thread

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<p>All of you complaining about the hot summer weather should come down here to Jamaica :P.</p>

<p>I hate the fact that when i’m off to college me, my sister, my mom and my dad will be in 4 different parts of the world…I hate how fast time has flown by, and how fragile life really is.</p>

<p>It is also kind of frustrating to know how hard i’m going to have to work in the upcoming years of my life to reach somewhere when some slack off high school/college drop out “entertainers” will as Chris Brown said, " make what i make in 10 years, in two days" (nothing against CB, just using him as a quote).</p>

<p>And then sometimes I wish I had a remote for my life…but at the end of the day I have to be grateful, because I’m still living.</p>

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<p>Okay, I’m back to say that I LOVEEEE my dad’s family. <3 Like, OD.</p>

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<p>I wish my school would make the switch to Gmail already. This is getting to be a pain in the butt.</p>

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<p>****ed off that since my mom and dad now both live in DC, I’m gonna lose in-state status for Maryland unless I lease my own apartment. I don’t think my dad will want to pay for that, so I’m probably gonna have to take out loans for that -_-</p>

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<p>affirmative action, even though i’m liberal</p>

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<p>Hey Mom and Dad, guess what? You may find a subject difficult or boring, but that doesn’t mean I feel the same way. Stop trying to talk me out of learning Russian and taking a biology course. If a class was completely useless or impossible to pass, it wouldn’t be offered. I have a pretty clear idea of what I want to do during college and afterward, and no amount of begging will make me major in English. I’ve had it with English.</p>

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<p>vent on:</p>

<p>I’ve been somewhat depressed for the last couple of weeks. I’m functioning fine; its just that my emotions have been suppressed – I really cannot recall the last time I felt happy. It sucks. I much desire to warp back to the days of carefree childhood.</p>

<p>Why am I in such blue mood of late? A number of reasons – stress from coursework; not really seeing any friends in summer quarter; epic bout of nostalgia from watching The Lion King for the first time in years?; realization that I am approaching the crossroads to making my decision to which career I should pursue; not seeing family; etc. </p>

<p>oh well. . .back to biopsych reading .__.</p>

<p>/vent.</p>

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<p>@treefingers,</p>

<p>I completely agree with you and know where you’re coming from.</p>

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<p>One thing that’s really bothering me now is a certain family member’s guilt tripping about my academic progress. Let me explain:</p>

<p>Back when I was a senior in high school and knew NOTHING about colleges, majors, etc. (didn’t have a great “college counselor”, either), I applied to a bunch of different colleges. All I thought I was supposed to do was “go to the ‘best’ one you get into”. That’s how I decided on BC.</p>

<p>One of the others I was accepted to was URI Pharmacy.</p>

<p>Remember, I was young and naive back then, so I just thought I should forego URI Pharmacy for BC. All because BC was “better”.</p>

<p>Now, mind you, I didn’t exactly love URI, but it wasn’t that bad, either.</p>

<p>Fast forward a year. I get an embarrassingly bad GPA after my freshman year and literally couldn’t transfer anywhere.</p>

<p>Now here’s the really bad part: a certain family member keeps telling me, “You won’t get to any good graduate schools anymore! (…even though I still have faith in myself, and I WILL IMPROVE these last two years!) WHY DIDN’T YOU LISTEN TO ME and didn’t choose to go to URI Pharmacy?”</p>

<p>This makes me feel - to put it simply - like crap. I hate guilt trips, and it’s literally giving me nightmares.</p>

<p>What’s worse is that my cousins actually knew what they were doing (to me anyway, I must have some kind of inferiority complex) in terms of college applications and went to “lesser-named” schools, but those with engineering - which are actually “good” majors with or without graduate school afterwards.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, I’m stuck trying to pick up the pieces of my life while I’m getting an earful.</p>

<p>I’m just trying to get on with my life. Sigh…</p>

<p>But did I really make a poor decision back then? How do I keep it from haunting me?</p>

<p>(Yes, if it seems like I have an inferiority complex, I probably do. But I need to vent.)</p>

<p>Oh yeah, I’m a biology major, formerly pre-med.</p>

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<p>@Soarer,</p>

<p>Ugh! I know what you’re going through, as well!</p>

<p>Senior year was kind of a mess for; I didn’t know what I was doing…literally! I just applied to a ton of schools that seemed “good enough” for my parents. When I got into some of the schools, they insisted me to pick the “best” school, so I did (because I gave in that easily). My dad, in particular, is terrible about it. By the way, I didn’t get into my dad’s dream school, which was in-state for me. But anyway, after I made my decision to go out of state, my ad decided that he wanted to move for a change but everyone else in my family didn’t want to. Regardless of what they had to say, he decided to move, which makes everything 10X harder than it is. Just recently my dad and i were arguing over the whole moving thing and he said to me, “it’s your fault that this family fell apart! If you got into the school that I wanted you to go to then we wouldn’t have to move!” Now, this really ****ed me off! First off, he didn’t have to move…it was HIS choice and just because everything is falling apart he is blaming it all on me. Even my mom and sister said this was all my fault. For a period of time I felt absolutely terrible because they made me think that everything was at my blame, but I just recently talked to my mentor and he said to ignore them and just do my best at school. My sister and mom eventually apologized to me but my dad still hasn’t, but that’s just who he is. And the thing is is that they aren’t even paying for my school; my grandparents will be helping me pay a portion of it. I honestly can’t wait to leave this house and get away from all this awful negative energy; seriously cannot concentrate on the books I have to read for my classes this fall. On the other hand, i’m really excited to start school.</p>

<p>Another rant…hahaha</p>

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<p>I really feel for you, DJpsu2015. When it was time for me to fill out a form so my pre-major adviser could get to know who I am and what fields interest me, my mom sat right next to me and dictated, “english psychology no biology it’s too hard no study abroad other countries are unsafe and expensive what about some calculus classes!!!” Good thing she won’t be there when I get to officially register for courses.</p>

<p>It’s really depressing because before my parents didn’t care what I did as long as I went to college and could afford a decent lifestyle, and now I have to become a professor because they make tons of money. /sarcasm</p>

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<p>i got a blister on my finger</p>

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<p>My constant procrastination, stopping me from doing study, keep getting to caught up in my own philosophical BS which makes me question the meaning/point of everying.</p>

<p>I just really want to get some study done haha</p>

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<p>@treefingers,</p>

<p>And the worst part about it is that they make it sound so easy. Becoming a professor is tough stuff, especially with the amount of training you go through to obtain a phd and then you have to worry about tenure…not easy at all. I feel like if you do something that you enjoy then you will do well in that career path. They always try and plan it out for you but they have to realize that it’s just not for me, which will lead to failure. Of course, SOME parents don’t think of it like this.</p>

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<p>I have all this IB summer work, some evil relatives, friends that keep going to foreign countries (after I got rejected from study abroad), and no time to teach myself foreign languages. Oh, and my parents don’t want me to go to school anywhere more than a 5 hour drive, and they’d be happiest with me going to a state school after all my hard work. And I’m gonna have to take SAT Subject Tests…</p>

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<p>i go to a new school. i’m trying desperatly to make ivies, but i feel like so many things stand against me. my parents are complete ignoramuses when it comes to the topic of college admission (they’re from India, where a test score determines your entrance. they’re not used to anything else). My school is severely limiting what i can and can’t do in terms of ECs. i’ve tried and tried to let my love for math and science show but my school offers nothing to help me. we barely have any math/science ECs, and i’ve even tried to start a couple, but our school system is extremely hesitant to start a club off of a student’s suggestion. Whenever i look at that problem, i feel like i need to do something outside of school, but again my parents aren’t much help at trying to support my passions (though they DO try), and i have no sense of direction whatsoever. i’m stuck between a rock and a hard place and i have no idea what to do. </p>

<p>whew, rant over.</p>

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<p>I wish my mother hadn’t killed my dream about what to do with my life.</p>

<p>oh, yeah, and I had to leave my home because of my older sister’s abuse and I miss my dog. And my fish died because of it :/</p>

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<p>Of all the summers I’ve had, this one has got to be the most boring and meaningless one yet. It’s sad because I’m going to become a freshman in college this fall. Shouldn’t this be the ultimate summer to hang out with your friends before we all go away? <em>Sigh</em> Everyone’s either too busy working, not in town, hanging out with someone else, away on vacation, etc. The only highlight of my summer so far are the grad parties … Those aren’t really that exciting honestly. I feel like I grew apart from some of my friends since senior year. I thought the last year/summer we were supposed to rekindle those friendships instead of ignore each other. Gahhhh.</p>

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<p>I start my first semester as a transfer student at a new school in approximately a month. I’m extremely excited to start my classes there, but I’ve become so nervous lately. I’m scared I won’t meet anyone or make any new friends. My boyfriend goes to the same school, but we’ll have different schedules. I’m honestly more afraid that I’ll meet tons of acquaintances rather than become good friends with other students, especially those in my department. I want to meet people that I can go out with on a regular basis and that I can eventually confide in.</p>

<p>On a happier note, my 21st birthday is in two weeks, and I’ll be hosting a formal dinner with my boyfriend and a few friends. :)</p>

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<p>One of my absolute favorite bands is playing two shows on a friggin boat. But. They’re both in stupid-ass NYC and I just found about them now… and the shows are tomorrow… and they’re sold out anyway. Gah. I mean just check this shirt out:</p>

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