<p>Thanks MonkeyKing1 for not just posting BS. Unfortunately, my parents income is high enough that I do not quality for any significant financial aid at private schools (the most aid I got to any private school was 5k which is insignificant in terms of a 50k+ bill). My parents both went to state schools and did very well for themselves so they decided that they would only give me $20k per year and I would have to cover the rest. So it was either Schreyer Honors College at PSU and graduate with no debt, or CMU or Penn and graduate with about 100k in debt. Obviously I am now at PSU. I will finish my undergraduate curriculum next year and have already worked out a research internship at the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology for my senior year. </p>
<p>…anyways back to my problem. My girlfriend is frustrated that I always want to go out and do things and she is always stuck studying. My friends are annoyed with me. I can get over my friends being annoyed since I see them all the time at parties anyway, but I hate talking to my girlfriend and hearing her complain about how much work she has and how frustrated she is that I never have any and still get better grades than her. She is traveling every weekend with her sport so we hardly ever get to see each other anymore. She is a freshman and while we only have another 6 weeks left until summer (we live about 20min from each other), I worry that this will only get worse next year as she will have even more challenging classes. I keep trying to help but it just seems to make things worse. I really like this girl, shes my best friend and we always have a great time together when we are doing fun things, I just hate watching her struggle and get so frustrated and not knowing what to do about it.</p>