What Is This I Cannot Even.
So, college entrance exam results have recently come up, and let me tell you, I was not expecting the results.
First result to come out was University of Asia and the Pacific. TBH, I only applied there to have a fallback school ._. Anyway, since it's expensive, I applied for scholarship and I got it: 100% waived tuition plus book stipend PLUS an allowance. My first thought was daaaaaamn, what the hell did I do again? Then I find out that I gotta confirm by January 20. BUT, results for other colleges (particularly one that I kindasorta wanted) wouldn't be out at that time, so I asked my mom whether I should take it or not. She ended up asking a friend of hers who was a professor in the university I kindasorta wanted. The prof told my mom that I should not take the scholarship (no matter how tempting it is). Apparently, University of Asia and the Pacific is where kids who don't pass the 'Big Four' Universities (Imma explain later) go to. In short, they're a school for rich kids with not much up in the attic (ouch, I know. But that was putting it lightly compared to what my mom said) and that they're giving scholarships like that to 'boost their status as a college.' So there, scholarship given and promptly shot down.
Then, I see this Plurk that results for University of Santo Tomas, one of the Big Four Universites, was out. (Quickie: the Big Four is basically the top 4 colleges in the Philippines.) In my head, I was like OMFG I NEED TO SEE THIS NOW. You see, I really liked the campus. I mean, it's so European and old-looking (by old-looking, I mean like Renaissance, and you know how much I LOVE that era). Apart from that, it's the place to go if I want to pursue medicine and since my dream dream is either Forensics or Neuroscience (shit, it's like I'm trying to kill myself) and there's no good program for either one here, medicine seemed like the logical choice. BUT THEN, just as I was about to check the website to see if I passed or not, it freaking crashed. And when it got fixed, it just said: results will be posted on January 18, 2012. adfjalkdfjweeifjas;dlfkje DAMN YOU, WEBSITE. Getting my hopes up like that and then telling me whoops, we accidentally posted the results a week early so we'll take it down for now and show it again later. Come back next week, 'kay? So, longass explanation cut short, I still have no idea if I passed UST or not :|
Next results to come out was for the De La Salle University, another one of the Big Four. This one was weird and amusing. Someone got a text message that the results were posted online, so everyone was texting illegally in class (no phones allowed during class hours), asking their parents or friends to check for them. It was really funny, actually. Everyone was suddenly constipated and asking to go to the restroom so they could use their phones in the stalls. Anyway, there's something you should know now: I was not one of those people. I was actually in the lab with my group, working on our Investigative project (it was free period, I think). I had no idea all this was happening. When the bell rang and we went back to our classroom, people started bombarding me and congratulating me. I told them: Congrats? What for? Oh, La Salle results are out. Did I pass? I was totally clueless (seriously, my face was like this: 8D) Then people started shaking me and screaming You're a Star Scholar candidate, you idiot! I just stared at them and said: Say what now? I honestly wasn't expecting it. Dammit, it took me five minutes to even remember what the testing venue looked like, and double that time to remember what course I chose (apparently, I took BS Math with applied computer systems). Then when I went home, I checked the website AND MY NAME WAS FNICKING THERE. So I checked what being a Star Scholar entailed. Dude, 100% waived tuition, free six units of any foreign language (I CAN FINALLY LEARN ITALIAN), priority for study tours (I CAN FINALLY GO TO JAPAN) and a free laptop per student. Holy shit basically summed it up.
That brings us to today, the results for Ateneo de Manila University (again, Big Four). I woke up at around 8AM and decided to watch Sherlock. Then, my mother goes: HEY YOU'RE A MERIT SCHOLAR! I looked at her and said: I'm a what--- HOW DID YOU KNOW THE ATENEO RESULTS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE RELEASED AT NOON. Apparently, results were revealed on campus at 8AM and my mom's friend saw my name. SO, another scholarship, 100% waived tuition AGAIN and OMG THIS IS MAKING DECIDING SO HAAAAARD. On one hand, I don't really like my course here (Management Information Systems? I don't even understand the abstract that well), but on the other hand, I can get my Master's degree in Computer Science just one year after I finish MIS. Sweet deal right?
So, yeah. That's what happened to me college news-wise. I still can't decide on where to go, and I'm still waiting for the results of two universities, the University of Santo Tomas like I said up there, and the University of the Philippines (last of the Big Four, apparently the best college in the Philippines, and the one I kindasorta wanted before). I am having so much trouble deciding and this is so hard and ohmygod I am going to die when I finally choose.
First result to come out was University of Asia and the Pacific. TBH, I only applied there to have a fallback school ._. Anyway, since it's expensive, I applied for scholarship and I got it: 100% waived tuition plus book stipend PLUS an allowance. My first thought was daaaaaamn, what the hell did I do again? Then I find out that I gotta confirm by January 20. BUT, results for other colleges (particularly one that I kindasorta wanted) wouldn't be out at that time, so I asked my mom whether I should take it or not. She ended up asking a friend of hers who was a professor in the university I kindasorta wanted. The prof told my mom that I should not take the scholarship (no matter how tempting it is). Apparently, University of Asia and the Pacific is where kids who don't pass the 'Big Four' Universities (Imma explain later) go to. In short, they're a school for rich kids with not much up in the attic (ouch, I know. But that was putting it lightly compared to what my mom said) and that they're giving scholarships like that to 'boost their status as a college.' So there, scholarship given and promptly shot down.
Then, I see this Plurk that results for University of Santo Tomas, one of the Big Four Universites, was out. (Quickie: the Big Four is basically the top 4 colleges in the Philippines.) In my head, I was like OMFG I NEED TO SEE THIS NOW. You see, I really liked the campus. I mean, it's so European and old-looking (by old-looking, I mean like Renaissance, and you know how much I LOVE that era). Apart from that, it's the place to go if I want to pursue medicine and since my dream dream is either Forensics or Neuroscience (shit, it's like I'm trying to kill myself) and there's no good program for either one here, medicine seemed like the logical choice. BUT THEN, just as I was about to check the website to see if I passed or not, it freaking crashed. And when it got fixed, it just said: results will be posted on January 18, 2012. adfjalkdfjweeifjas;dlfkje DAMN YOU, WEBSITE. Getting my hopes up like that and then telling me whoops, we accidentally posted the results a week early so we'll take it down for now and show it again later. Come back next week, 'kay? So, longass explanation cut short, I still have no idea if I passed UST or not :|
Next results to come out was for the De La Salle University, another one of the Big Four. This one was weird and amusing. Someone got a text message that the results were posted online, so everyone was texting illegally in class (no phones allowed during class hours), asking their parents or friends to check for them. It was really funny, actually. Everyone was suddenly constipated and asking to go to the restroom so they could use their phones in the stalls. Anyway, there's something you should know now: I was not one of those people. I was actually in the lab with my group, working on our Investigative project (it was free period, I think). I had no idea all this was happening. When the bell rang and we went back to our classroom, people started bombarding me and congratulating me. I told them: Congrats? What for? Oh, La Salle results are out. Did I pass? I was totally clueless (seriously, my face was like this: 8D) Then people started shaking me and screaming You're a Star Scholar candidate, you idiot! I just stared at them and said: Say what now? I honestly wasn't expecting it. Dammit, it took me five minutes to even remember what the testing venue looked like, and double that time to remember what course I chose (apparently, I took BS Math with applied computer systems). Then when I went home, I checked the website AND MY NAME WAS FNICKING THERE. So I checked what being a Star Scholar entailed. Dude, 100% waived tuition, free six units of any foreign language (I CAN FINALLY LEARN ITALIAN), priority for study tours (I CAN FINALLY GO TO JAPAN) and a free laptop per student. Holy shit basically summed it up.
That brings us to today, the results for Ateneo de Manila University (again, Big Four). I woke up at around 8AM and decided to watch Sherlock. Then, my mother goes: HEY YOU'RE A MERIT SCHOLAR! I looked at her and said: I'm a what--- HOW DID YOU KNOW THE ATENEO RESULTS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE RELEASED AT NOON. Apparently, results were revealed on campus at 8AM and my mom's friend saw my name. SO, another scholarship, 100% waived tuition AGAIN and OMG THIS IS MAKING DECIDING SO HAAAAARD. On one hand, I don't really like my course here (Management Information Systems? I don't even understand the abstract that well), but on the other hand, I can get my Master's degree in Computer Science just one year after I finish MIS. Sweet deal right?
So, yeah. That's what happened to me college news-wise. I still can't decide on where to go, and I'm still waiting for the results of two universities, the University of Santo Tomas like I said up there, and the University of the Philippines (last of the Big Four, apparently the best college in the Philippines, and the one I kindasorta wanted before). I am having so much trouble deciding and this is so hard and ohmygod I am going to die when I finally choose.