<p>You forgot "babe magnet." ;)</p>
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<p>did i meet you at prefrosh, vanita?</p>
<p>PLEASE comment on what I should change about my schedule (on page 5)</p>
<p>we already told you. five or six times. take much more AP science. ap physics, ap chemistry, ap biology. take some of this algebra nonsense over the summer and take calculus a year earlier.</p>
<p>we're not (or at least, i certainly am not) your wet nurse and won't tell you how exactly to shuffle around your schedule. you have brains and free will for a reason.</p>
<p>also... this isn't exactly helpful, but it makes a bit more sense to go to high school first, and apply to college afterwards--that is, take classes you want to, figure out what you might want to study later on, and /then/ find a school that makes sense. designing a high school schedule in order to get into a specific college (or group or "tier" of colleges) -- unless you think it will somehow change what you like doing instead of what you force yourself to do, or you are absolutely certain of your reasons -- seems to go in circles a bit.</p>
<p>Re: post #85, well said.</p>
<p>P.S. to the OP: It is much useful to refer to posts by post number (as in the example I gave by replying to Ben), rather than page number of displayed posts, because different users set different defaults in how many posts are displayed per page. By my page count, this thread only has three pages.</p>
<p>How should anyone apart from you know? Here's the rule of thumb: if you think you will dread going to a class, and that you will not enjoy it at all, drop it like it's hot.</p>
<p>You mentioned that you'll take either regular college prep or AP calculus and physics "depending on your feelings toward them." I'm not sure what those feelings might be, but if they're not absolute excitement at the idea of learning those two subjects, you probably wouldn't enjoy Caltech's curriculum much.</p>
<p>It's your senior year. Have fun.</p>
<p>(Alternatively, learn to be a masochist. You'd enjoy Caltech much more that way. ;))</p>
<h1>86 is what I would have said if i were wise as opposed to snarky. : )</h1>
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<p>Excellent advice! I am definitely a masochist on multiple levels.</p>
<p>Ben,
You couldn't have met me at prefrosh. You might be able to meet me at prefrosh "08", but no, you didn't see me at the prefrosh this year. :)</p>
<p>:-D okay</p>
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<p>Well, about that research position I didn't get (#63)... I don't really know exactly why I'm saying this here, but I did a bit of digging into the situation, and it's pretty blatantly obvious that I was discriminated against because of my gender and/or the fact that I have a hispanic last name. I'm going to stand up for myself on this, but the guy is going to be my professor next year for physics as well.</p>
<p>I'm really having a bad day. :( </p>
<p>And I still don't know why I'm posting this to a bunch of strangers. :|</p>
<p>I just wish the guy would have looked at my mind and not made a judgment on race or gender. He's in Europe now, however. I went to confront him today, to ask him why I didn't even get an INTERVIEW. My friend that did get hired, is, I hate to say, not pushing himself as hard as he could. I'm also ahead of him in more than one subject, so it's not like we were really equal applicants. I was going to use the money to pay for my classes at the university next year, too, and now I won't be making that much since I'm only going to have one job this summer. </p>
<p>So yeah. There's some of my personal story, I don't know why I kept going with talking about the situation, but I did and I'm going to post it and see if any of you say something in response. :|</p>
<p>I gotta ask Oatmeal, is it really worth it? I mean, if this guy really did discriminate against you do you think confronting him about it is going to do any good? Just do something else that you want to do this summer. Teach yourself something new, enjoy an old hobby, build something. Research is not necessary, showing you are passionate about something is.</p>
<p>Are you absolutely sure you were discriminated against? Nothing irks honest people more than someone playing the race or gender card when the accusation is not true. Make absolutely sure you have rock solid proof if you accuse someone of something that serious. People have gotten sued for implying racism when there was none, so be a little careful.</p>
<p>Maybe it's not worth it, but sitting down when someone just ignores all my hard work doesn't really show any dedication to anything, in my opinion. It's not like I won't use the summer to learn more, do more, build something, etc. But I don't want to let the world walk over me starting here, starting now. What if I graduate college and no one will hire me based upon my gender and/or last name? Besides, I'm interested in finding out what BS this guy spews at me when I ask him why I wasn't even interviewed. I'm really tired of my last name getting in the way of my life, and I'm starting to feel annoyed that maybe the reason I get talked down to and discouraged so much by post-secondary counselor is because I'm a girl, and that such treatment isn't going to stop there. I know this isn't the place to bring it up, here in this little forum and all, but honestly, in a forum filled with highly intelligent people, how many of you would not stand up for yourself when you don't get hired for a job in a math or science related field because of the color of your skin or the organs in your body?</p>
<p>To Ben: That's why I wanted to ask him in person what the deal is, and why I wasn't even interviewed. I don't know why he couldn't have even interviewed a seventh person. As far as what we know and what we do, my friend that got hired and I are pretty level, and I should have at least been interviewed.</p>
<p>I didn't originally say what I was thinking because I didn't want to start any fights or anything, but I would like to point out that you not getting interviewed does not necessarily mean you are being discriminated against. For example, in college admissions I often saw people get in to places I was denied and vice versa even though we had very similar stats. Maybe the employer is looking for something you don't have.</p>
<p>Which is why I'm going to ask this guy what's going on. The only thing my friend has that I don't is engineering classes, and the position has to do with light and magnetism. </p>
<p>???</p>
<p>Most everyone who knows what's going on firsthand jumped to these conclusions before I did, anyway. I didn't even know about the interview until today, when my friend brought it up and told me he felt weird that I didn't get hired too. Pretty fishy, if you ask me. :</p>