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I'm back from my orientation, which was a total blast. If I had any doubts about where I'm going, they are now resolved. I love the campus, I love the people, and I'm really glad I decided to go there.
I signed up for my classes. I've got two advertising classes, a rhetoric class, astronomy, and a freshman seminar on shakespeare. I thought about taking fencing (!) but the timing conflicted with Astronomy, which I couldn't really move. Supposedly, Astronomy is difficult, but it's got to be better than chemistry and biology, which will probably involve either chemicals or at least one dead animal, neither of which I'm particularly interested in dealing with. My other choices were physics (haha, yeah right, I barely passed high school physics) or marine science, which is very time intesive as far as class time goes. So, Astronomy it is. Besides, it has a nice Harry Potterish ring to it, don't you think?
Between my AP credits and my placement tests credits, I'm done with math and about half of my basic requirements, assuming my AP scores come in the way I expect them to.
The girl that I roomed with was a piece of work. She was from Kingsville, which is one of those little side-of-the-highway towns. She had quite a long list of accomplishments. Valedictorian, captain of the cheerleading squad, basketball star and record breaker, played vollyball and maybe tennis, boyfriend of on-again off-again two years, but a year and four months this time, three older sibling, all went to UT. She told me everything about her life, and of course, she's the shining star of every story. She never does anything wrong, she's the idol of her school, and everyone adores her. And she's brilliant.
So says she.
One of the placement tests that almost everyone took was the SAT Math Subject test. You had to score a 500 out of 700 (71%) in order to get credit. It was mostly really easy algebra type problems of the 3x=2y what is x in terms of y variety. Almost every single problem on that test, if you didn't know how to figure it out, you could plug the answers in until you found the right one.
She didn't pass it.
We went to pick up our test scores together. She was arguing with the guy about how she didn't get credit. I felt a little sorry for him. She kept saying stuff like, "What if you knew all the information, you just didn't do well on the test? Why can't I get credit for that?" I would have laughed in her face.
She got in on the top ten percent rule, which is great for her. But I don't think she can hack it. Sports seems to be her top priority and I think she's not going to be able to hack the academic side of college.
I felt kind of bad for her, but her way of self-glorifying, and then watching it all be proved wrong was irritating. Humility is an important characteristic to have and she is seriously lacking.
But. She's not really my problem.
What is my problem is figuring out my budget so that my dad will give me the money I need. I have to get that done by the fifteenth of July. Ugh. I'd rather he just let me get a job. *sigh*
I signed up for my classes. I've got two advertising classes, a rhetoric class, astronomy, and a freshman seminar on shakespeare. I thought about taking fencing (!) but the timing conflicted with Astronomy, which I couldn't really move. Supposedly, Astronomy is difficult, but it's got to be better than chemistry and biology, which will probably involve either chemicals or at least one dead animal, neither of which I'm particularly interested in dealing with. My other choices were physics (haha, yeah right, I barely passed high school physics) or marine science, which is very time intesive as far as class time goes. So, Astronomy it is. Besides, it has a nice Harry Potterish ring to it, don't you think?
Between my AP credits and my placement tests credits, I'm done with math and about half of my basic requirements, assuming my AP scores come in the way I expect them to.
The girl that I roomed with was a piece of work. She was from Kingsville, which is one of those little side-of-the-highway towns. She had quite a long list of accomplishments. Valedictorian, captain of the cheerleading squad, basketball star and record breaker, played vollyball and maybe tennis, boyfriend of on-again off-again two years, but a year and four months this time, three older sibling, all went to UT. She told me everything about her life, and of course, she's the shining star of every story. She never does anything wrong, she's the idol of her school, and everyone adores her. And she's brilliant.
So says she.
One of the placement tests that almost everyone took was the SAT Math Subject test. You had to score a 500 out of 700 (71%) in order to get credit. It was mostly really easy algebra type problems of the 3x=2y what is x in terms of y variety. Almost every single problem on that test, if you didn't know how to figure it out, you could plug the answers in until you found the right one.
She didn't pass it.
We went to pick up our test scores together. She was arguing with the guy about how she didn't get credit. I felt a little sorry for him. She kept saying stuff like, "What if you knew all the information, you just didn't do well on the test? Why can't I get credit for that?" I would have laughed in her face.
She got in on the top ten percent rule, which is great for her. But I don't think she can hack it. Sports seems to be her top priority and I think she's not going to be able to hack the academic side of college.
I felt kind of bad for her, but her way of self-glorifying, and then watching it all be proved wrong was irritating. Humility is an important characteristic to have and she is seriously lacking.
But. She's not really my problem.
What is my problem is figuring out my budget so that my dad will give me the money I need. I have to get that done by the fifteenth of July. Ugh. I'd rather he just let me get a job. *sigh*