What a mess.........
Its been a while since I've written in here. Probably because I've found myself so preoccupied with other things that by the time it comes to write my mind is so fried I wouldn't do too good. Well I'm writing now when its fresh on my mind.
No matter how hard I try I cannot win. I'm pulling two C's and a B in my classes which I can live with I guess. I can even graduate with those kind of grades, get into the School of Communication down here, and become a political journlist. My Bachelors will work fine with those kind of grades. My graduate schooling though, is a different story. If anyone reads this, they are sure to be shocked, as I haven't really talkeda bout it alot, and contrary to popular belief down here, its not something I've just recently decided to do.
I want to be a lawyer. Political Science Minor, Public Affairs Journlism major, Graduate school: Communication Law. I have recently began the process of selecting a school (though I am starting a good year early on that process, I am not one to let things lay around, except for maybe BotCon registrationl; thats another story) and have found out that most schools have an average GPA of incoming students in the area of 3.4-3.7. I currently have a 3.10, which is going to drop after this quarter.....
....because I STUDIED SO HARD for this midterm today. We talking everyday since LAST THURSDAY (the 7th), usually 1.5 hours a day or more (only one day I think it was less and I didn't do any Friday and I can't remember Saturday). Some days it was in the area of 3 hours. My astronomy midterm that was on the 8th I studed the ENTIRE WEEK for it, and pulled ONE point above a D! AND I THOUGHT I DID GOOD WHEN I TOOK IT. This Geology midterm I just took....well obviously as much as I studied I should have known the material. NOT ONE SINGLE QUESTION WAS I SURE OF. A handful I am farily certain of the answer, but most I sat there trying to eliminate the wrong answers....I really feel SICK about it...I mean I spent so much time and walked away ready to cry. In Astronomy (right after the midterm) the Professor....talks...like a....female...Jim Kirk....in....broken sen....tences. Lets not go into her accent, which sounds so snotty. Then Economics 200 (Microecon)....I'm so lost. I read the material, listen to lectures and it sounds Foreign. I'd have an easier time studying Spanish.
Please tell me what Econ has to do with Journlism. Why is it a pre-req to getting into the program?!
But besides that, I mean I'm basically guaranteed a spot in the Comm program, but Grad school......I GOT TO PULL MY GPA UP. AND I'M TRYING SO HARD. And no matter what I do, I pull C's. C's. That'd be arounda 2.5 GPA. I need a 3.5. BIG DIFFERENCE. Even at this point I think a 3.4 would work....
People on my floor doubt me that i'm serious about Law school, heck even own room doubt me. The beginning of this quarter I missed alot of class, around a third of my classes, but I was depressed and had so much on my mind. But even so, the fact that I am trying NOW....my grades now should reflect that. Not my overall grade, but my grade on my midterms I am taking. Instead they are WORSE than when I didn't try. But about people do ubting me, there comments are like 'YOU want to go to law school?!?!?!' usually followed by laughs or a shaking of the head. I try to tell them this isn't a new thing, that its been my plan since before I even THOUGHT about coming down here, but no one believes me. My roomate laughed at me when I bought a book on law schools. I'll be taking the LSAT in October (Law equilvant of the MCAT).
Guess though they're right. How CAN I pull up a 3.10 (soon to be even less, probably 2.8 something) to a 3.4 or 3.5 (my goal is 3.7, or at least it WAS). 2 years. Course those will be classes in my major, classes I SHOULD have an easier time understanding.
Granted I *MIGHT* by some God ordained miracle pulled a good grade on this test. I had a goal of an A. I dreamed I got an 85 B. If I do as bad as I feel, I am going to start considering other alternatives to college. CONSIDER. Now If I do pull C's this quarter like its looking I will, I will do some serious consideration about coming back next year.
My parents cars BOTH broke down (figure that one out) and so they needed my car for Dad to get to work. Now....I have no car, am super depressed right now, and no way of going anywhere. I just want time alone, time to think and deal with this. My family got hammered with hospital visits and just bad news in general this past weekend....
Its all piling up. 7th week of the quarter. 10 weeks total. Surely I can pull my grades up to B's overall......
Girl situation worsening. I dont feel like going off about it in here, just every time I try down here, it always blows up in my face. I am now a firm believer that nice guys WILL and ALWAYS WILL finish last. Otherwise I would have an easier time finding a DATE, let alone a girlfriend.
Screw this. Screw it all. I'm going to go lay down I think.....or go to the basement....I some time to sort it out.
Jeremiah
No matter how hard I try I cannot win. I'm pulling two C's and a B in my classes which I can live with I guess. I can even graduate with those kind of grades, get into the School of Communication down here, and become a political journlist. My Bachelors will work fine with those kind of grades. My graduate schooling though, is a different story. If anyone reads this, they are sure to be shocked, as I haven't really talkeda bout it alot, and contrary to popular belief down here, its not something I've just recently decided to do.
I want to be a lawyer. Political Science Minor, Public Affairs Journlism major, Graduate school: Communication Law. I have recently began the process of selecting a school (though I am starting a good year early on that process, I am not one to let things lay around, except for maybe BotCon registrationl; thats another story) and have found out that most schools have an average GPA of incoming students in the area of 3.4-3.7. I currently have a 3.10, which is going to drop after this quarter.....
....because I STUDIED SO HARD for this midterm today. We talking everyday since LAST THURSDAY (the 7th), usually 1.5 hours a day or more (only one day I think it was less and I didn't do any Friday and I can't remember Saturday). Some days it was in the area of 3 hours. My astronomy midterm that was on the 8th I studed the ENTIRE WEEK for it, and pulled ONE point above a D! AND I THOUGHT I DID GOOD WHEN I TOOK IT. This Geology midterm I just took....well obviously as much as I studied I should have known the material. NOT ONE SINGLE QUESTION WAS I SURE OF. A handful I am farily certain of the answer, but most I sat there trying to eliminate the wrong answers....I really feel SICK about it...I mean I spent so much time and walked away ready to cry. In Astronomy (right after the midterm) the Professor....talks...like a....female...Jim Kirk....in....broken sen....tences. Lets not go into her accent, which sounds so snotty. Then Economics 200 (Microecon)....I'm so lost. I read the material, listen to lectures and it sounds Foreign. I'd have an easier time studying Spanish.
Please tell me what Econ has to do with Journlism. Why is it a pre-req to getting into the program?!
But besides that, I mean I'm basically guaranteed a spot in the Comm program, but Grad school......I GOT TO PULL MY GPA UP. AND I'M TRYING SO HARD. And no matter what I do, I pull C's. C's. That'd be arounda 2.5 GPA. I need a 3.5. BIG DIFFERENCE. Even at this point I think a 3.4 would work....
People on my floor doubt me that i'm serious about Law school, heck even own room doubt me. The beginning of this quarter I missed alot of class, around a third of my classes, but I was depressed and had so much on my mind. But even so, the fact that I am trying NOW....my grades now should reflect that. Not my overall grade, but my grade on my midterms I am taking. Instead they are WORSE than when I didn't try. But about people do ubting me, there comments are like 'YOU want to go to law school?!?!?!' usually followed by laughs or a shaking of the head. I try to tell them this isn't a new thing, that its been my plan since before I even THOUGHT about coming down here, but no one believes me. My roomate laughed at me when I bought a book on law schools. I'll be taking the LSAT in October (Law equilvant of the MCAT).
Guess though they're right. How CAN I pull up a 3.10 (soon to be even less, probably 2.8 something) to a 3.4 or 3.5 (my goal is 3.7, or at least it WAS). 2 years. Course those will be classes in my major, classes I SHOULD have an easier time understanding.
Granted I *MIGHT* by some God ordained miracle pulled a good grade on this test. I had a goal of an A. I dreamed I got an 85 B. If I do as bad as I feel, I am going to start considering other alternatives to college. CONSIDER. Now If I do pull C's this quarter like its looking I will, I will do some serious consideration about coming back next year.
My parents cars BOTH broke down (figure that one out) and so they needed my car for Dad to get to work. Now....I have no car, am super depressed right now, and no way of going anywhere. I just want time alone, time to think and deal with this. My family got hammered with hospital visits and just bad news in general this past weekend....
Its all piling up. 7th week of the quarter. 10 weeks total. Surely I can pull my grades up to B's overall......
Girl situation worsening. I dont feel like going off about it in here, just every time I try down here, it always blows up in my face. I am now a firm believer that nice guys WILL and ALWAYS WILL finish last. Otherwise I would have an easier time finding a DATE, let alone a girlfriend.
Screw this. Screw it all. I'm going to go lay down I think.....or go to the basement....I some time to sort it out.
Jeremiah