University of Toronto
Yesterday, FedEx brought me a package from the University of Toronto.
So they do want my cute ass in their university. Well well well! Look who's coming around..
[Ok, I'll stop with the cartoon antics now].
Anyways, they're just writing to say how delighted they are to offer me admission in First Year Studies in Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga [I always think 'sausage' whenever I read 'Mississauga']. I think the offer is conditional, on getting "acceptable standing" in three A-level subjects. But I'm doing only two this year.. did these people really go through my file or not?!
The fees are somewhere around $19,300 [Canadian] a year and living expenses round off to about $18,100. Do you really believe I'm going to let Papa shell out $37,500 every year for four years on a friggin' bachelor's degree in psychology? I don't need to read people's minds that badly. To be fair, they're giving me credit for my A-levels so I may skip some courses and they're also offering me a scholarship of $5,000.
Truth is, I don't want to do this. I don't want to 'reply to this offer within three weeks of the date of this offer' like they want me to. I don't want to register for my courses in July. I don't want to go through the whole fees-paying fiasco, especially with a university as unresponsive as the U of T. I don't want to apply for residence, "applications due by June 29, 2007." I don't want to talk to Edexcel to have my A-level results sent directly to them "by August 31, 2007". Take your little deadlines and go to hell.
Simply put, I'm not too enthusiastic about going to Canada. It's not taking me straight to med school. There's all this crap on the way. There isn't even a guarantee that there's a good chance I'll get into med school after undergrad.
My mind is set on Newcastle University. On going back to that place with its great metro system, its organized offices and friendly people. On studying medicine. And also on battling Mr Abdul Majeed's bad bad Biology teaching in order to get an A in Biology. I desperately need that A in Biology.. I know I'll manage to get one in Chemistry, but getting one in Bio could be a problem 'cause of Mr Majeed's despicable teaching skills, combined with ball-numbing botany and ecology.
So maybe I should spend more time studying Biology than typing all these journal entries out? Nah, gotta rant...
So they do want my cute ass in their university. Well well well! Look who's coming around..
[Ok, I'll stop with the cartoon antics now].
Anyways, they're just writing to say how delighted they are to offer me admission in First Year Studies in Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga [I always think 'sausage' whenever I read 'Mississauga']. I think the offer is conditional, on getting "acceptable standing" in three A-level subjects. But I'm doing only two this year.. did these people really go through my file or not?!
The fees are somewhere around $19,300 [Canadian] a year and living expenses round off to about $18,100. Do you really believe I'm going to let Papa shell out $37,500 every year for four years on a friggin' bachelor's degree in psychology? I don't need to read people's minds that badly. To be fair, they're giving me credit for my A-levels so I may skip some courses and they're also offering me a scholarship of $5,000.
Truth is, I don't want to do this. I don't want to 'reply to this offer within three weeks of the date of this offer' like they want me to. I don't want to register for my courses in July. I don't want to go through the whole fees-paying fiasco, especially with a university as unresponsive as the U of T. I don't want to apply for residence, "applications due by June 29, 2007." I don't want to talk to Edexcel to have my A-level results sent directly to them "by August 31, 2007". Take your little deadlines and go to hell.
Simply put, I'm not too enthusiastic about going to Canada. It's not taking me straight to med school. There's all this crap on the way. There isn't even a guarantee that there's a good chance I'll get into med school after undergrad.
My mind is set on Newcastle University. On going back to that place with its great metro system, its organized offices and friendly people. On studying medicine. And also on battling Mr Abdul Majeed's bad bad Biology teaching in order to get an A in Biology. I desperately need that A in Biology.. I know I'll manage to get one in Chemistry, but getting one in Bio could be a problem 'cause of Mr Majeed's despicable teaching skills, combined with ball-numbing botany and ecology.
So maybe I should spend more time studying Biology than typing all these journal entries out? Nah, gotta rant...