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[minako87]

i feel like i owe you guys an entry. i've given you like, 10 ambiguous words at most in the past 4 months. though i'm not sure if i'm updating for anyone really, or just for myself, or maybe, like many times in the past, it's just late at night so thoughts about anything and everything creep into my head so i feel the need to be eloquent and deep

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[agent229]

i know i've kinda said this before, but there doesn't have to be a dilemma at all between going to school and living in albuquerque ;-). i think there are areas where UNM is not as good, and i know people in certain degrees who love abq and go to UNM but hate UNM and are going to leave for that reason. however, one of the strengths of UNM happens to be the biochemistry department. there is a huge research community and lots of opportunities. if you want to do genetic engineering, you will have to go beyond undergrad anyway... and grad schools aren't going to care whether you got a degree specifically in genetics at A&M or one called biochemistry at UNM. in fact, i would bet that chances are, you would do better here and have a more impressive resume leaving undergrad because you could be happy and well-founded. from talking to vince, anthony, ben, and others, i know the program here is rigorous and will give you the basic understanding you need to advance to more specialized topics like genetics later on. i think it's definitely worth thinking seriously about. if you go somewhere else, it's much more of a gamble. at least here, you know you like the place and chances seem good that the school would work just fine ;-). alright, well i guess that's the end of that schpiel... i'm not all like "I LOVE UNM"... but for someone who professes to love albuquerque and is finding a conflict due to school, it seems like the most logical option. because emotional well being and contentment, as well as the involvement that comes from actually being connected, are just as important as whatever your view of a certain school may be. chances are that someone you're giving a resume to later on in life won't even discriminate much about which school you got a degree from; instead, they will be looking at your performance and involvement, which i would guess would be much more impressive at a place where you were really happy. it seems like a win-win ::shrug:: and coming here always helps with paying the bills! hehe

anyway sorry to make that all... long. the rest of your post made me want to go shopping really badly, haha. i'm kinda mad at myself because i totally had store credit at buffalo exchange and i don't know where it went. i lost the slip. doh!!

[minako87]

thanks for the advice on unm :) biochem is actually really close to gene, like here if you double major it's only 14 extra hours i think, so unm would probably cover it..and yeah my mom has also mentinoed to me how it's really grad school that counts. i'm really torn, like i don't know how to describe it but there's like this other factor where as much as i absolutely want to be in albuquerque, i feel like i need to be away for college, like i feel like i need to get out and experience living away from the conveniences of home and whatnot. i'm sure living at the dorms is still a really good experience since parents aren't around anyway but i figured i'd try a new environment. too bad i had to pick one that was worse? haha oh well it's ok. but yeah i'm trying to figure out what to do w/the school situation. anyway i really appreciate getting your take on that

lol, affluenza'd? jk, i definitely have that myself. it was really nice to go shopping though. yay retail therapy ;) sad that you can't find the buffalo exchange credit slip! we have a place called plato's closet here which is the same kind of store but i have yet to check it out...:D

[agent229]

yeah, it's definitely a lot to think about. i guess in a way though, trying a semester at UNM could end up being a lot less hassle and committment... then if you didnt like it here, youc ould go through the extra hassle and money commitment of trying somewhere else... i dunno, my friend was saying that because she's been thinking about transferring too, and it made sense. i understand the feeling of needing to be away for college... but i think before using that as a deciding factor, maybe it'd be worth figuring out exactly why that feeling exists and what it means. there are definitely a lot of other feelings you have that are conflicting with that, so i guess its just figuring out which really mean anything and which are actually important. plus it'd be really fun to have you around here ;-)