i am one of those melodramatic fools, neurotic to the bone - no doubt about it!
i am going insane.
so, it all started with the personal statements. since everyone's written those, i'm sure you know what i'm talking about. thinking about your goals when you are an overwhelmed college student is NOT COOL. NOT COOL. "in 500 words, describe how (insert program here) will further your personal, professional and academic goals".
i have goals?
at this point:
personal: umm, do new things?
professional: job? internship?
academic: graduate? law school? meh?
realizing that you don't have goals isn't cool anyway, but when you're working really hard to get nowhere, it's especially uncool. so, as i try desperately to figure out what i'm doing this summer, i have to figure out what my interests are (apparently a fascination with ted kennedy and a very wide knowledge of the musical progression of various bands doesn't get you that far, big surprise, i know). more importantly, i have to narrow them down to the point of an internship goal.
i'm also in a major that i'm rather disenchanted with at the moment. business econ majors don't get jobs. period. the end. fin. finance sounds cool, but i haven't taken a class in it yet. i'm good at accounting, but i don't think i'm OCD enough to be an accounting major (no offense, guys).
so, i'm back to square one. possibly homeless for the summer and definitely unemployed :p
oh, and i got a class ring flyer in the mail, to remind me that graduation isn't really that far away, which is a great thing to be reminded of when you've convinced yourself that you can never, under any circumstance, find good employment in your current situation. sorry for the rant, i'm not really sure what i hope to gain by posting this. i guess i'm explaining why i've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off for the past few weeks :)
aside from that, though, things are fine, and i'm in town for the weekend, which is a lovely surprise. salsa dancing, anyone?
so, it all started with the personal statements. since everyone's written those, i'm sure you know what i'm talking about. thinking about your goals when you are an overwhelmed college student is NOT COOL. NOT COOL. "in 500 words, describe how (insert program here) will further your personal, professional and academic goals".
i have goals?
at this point:
personal: umm, do new things?
professional: job? internship?
academic: graduate? law school? meh?
realizing that you don't have goals isn't cool anyway, but when you're working really hard to get nowhere, it's especially uncool. so, as i try desperately to figure out what i'm doing this summer, i have to figure out what my interests are (apparently a fascination with ted kennedy and a very wide knowledge of the musical progression of various bands doesn't get you that far, big surprise, i know). more importantly, i have to narrow them down to the point of an internship goal.
i'm also in a major that i'm rather disenchanted with at the moment. business econ majors don't get jobs. period. the end. fin. finance sounds cool, but i haven't taken a class in it yet. i'm good at accounting, but i don't think i'm OCD enough to be an accounting major (no offense, guys).
so, i'm back to square one. possibly homeless for the summer and definitely unemployed :p
oh, and i got a class ring flyer in the mail, to remind me that graduation isn't really that far away, which is a great thing to be reminded of when you've convinced yourself that you can never, under any circumstance, find good employment in your current situation. sorry for the rant, i'm not really sure what i hope to gain by posting this. i guess i'm explaining why i've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off for the past few weeks :)
aside from that, though, things are fine, and i'm in town for the weekend, which is a lovely surprise. salsa dancing, anyone?