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Life throws the worst curveballs when you least expect them. ALWAYS. I didn't get into arts...and what pisses me off the most is it's not because of grades (I did well enough this semester) and not because I wasn't involved enough...but because I happened to have only done business school in the past, and they felt that it was too late to switch...and since I'm a transfer student - it would be too much switching to be doing. I keep thinking - people change their careers 20 years into their professional life...and I'm asking to switch a year and a half into my college training. WTF. Then they bust out the "you won't finish the requirements in time and it will take you 5 years to finish your degree." I think I can determine what I can and can't do. I am SO sick of people telling me I can't do things. If I can learn a language at 10 from scratch and then desire to become an English major, I can squeeze an extra class in each semester to catch up. The problem is, these people think that I will give up - and I won't. I made that as clear as I could, but I guess it's not enough for Ivy League. What can I say, except that I'm deeply saddened and concerned when I am told that for my 40 grand a year, I can't study what I want.
So now I have 2 options: 1) struggle and grumble through hating ILR for another 2.5 years, leaving with a shitty gpa, and training I will NEVER use in my entire life..or 2) Try to transfer back to GW into Arts and Science ASAP - not Ivy league, but at least doing what I love.
You know, I think I'm gonna follow my heart on this one. I had used my head enough in the last year. I can't take another semester of wasting my time and money...And I feel like DC is calling.
How soon I can transfer is the next question. I spoke to the head of admissions at GW this afternoon, and he said that there is a tiny chance they could process my application this week, and I could start out right away this spring semester, but I think that won't really happen. At least they won't be able to process the financial aid. So I might finish this year at Cornell and go to GW during the summer/fall semester.
I feel anger and hurt. I feel the effects of unfairness. But I have resigned. I realize now that I made a mistake, childish and very feminine. And I hope the situation is not irreperable. In fact, lately I feel like I have little to stay for. I'm probably closer with my friends at GW - they've been great about calling me and helping me out this year. I don't like the weather in Ithaca. I don't care for the dorms much, although the food's good. But most of all, I'm studying stuff I hate, and I'm trapped in it. GAAAAAH.
It's a tough choice, but I'm looking at it in a different light - I could stay and waste another 2 1/2 years studying stuff I don't give a damn about in order to get an impressive degree, or I could follow a dream that may not pan out. It's tough, and words of wisdom are much appreciated. But I think I'm strong enough, this time, to chase a dream.
(geesh. def a rant. sorry
So now I have 2 options: 1) struggle and grumble through hating ILR for another 2.5 years, leaving with a shitty gpa, and training I will NEVER use in my entire life..or 2) Try to transfer back to GW into Arts and Science ASAP - not Ivy league, but at least doing what I love.
You know, I think I'm gonna follow my heart on this one. I had used my head enough in the last year. I can't take another semester of wasting my time and money...And I feel like DC is calling.
How soon I can transfer is the next question. I spoke to the head of admissions at GW this afternoon, and he said that there is a tiny chance they could process my application this week, and I could start out right away this spring semester, but I think that won't really happen. At least they won't be able to process the financial aid. So I might finish this year at Cornell and go to GW during the summer/fall semester.
I feel anger and hurt. I feel the effects of unfairness. But I have resigned. I realize now that I made a mistake, childish and very feminine. And I hope the situation is not irreperable. In fact, lately I feel like I have little to stay for. I'm probably closer with my friends at GW - they've been great about calling me and helping me out this year. I don't like the weather in Ithaca. I don't care for the dorms much, although the food's good. But most of all, I'm studying stuff I hate, and I'm trapped in it. GAAAAAH.
It's a tough choice, but I'm looking at it in a different light - I could stay and waste another 2 1/2 years studying stuff I don't give a damn about in order to get an impressive degree, or I could follow a dream that may not pan out. It's tough, and words of wisdom are much appreciated. But I think I'm strong enough, this time, to chase a dream.
(geesh. def a rant. sorry