| The end of college--emotions! |
[asked on Saturday, May 05, 2012 @ 12:19am] |
I just have a question for those of who have graduated college...
We have two weeks left, and I am definitely not feeling what I thought I would feel. I have felt accomplished and happy the last two months because of everything I have accomplished, and I've been really proud of myself (it was a super rare but marvelous feeling.) Yet now as I only have a couple exams left, I feel super lonely. I am scared of where I'm going, feel shitty/nervous about my relationships, and lost in all directions. This may sound over-dramatic, but I am feeling over-dramatic right now. I thought I would want to party and dance and not give a shit. I had a one night stand with one of my friends two weeks ago, which although it was really nice, it has left me craving more affection since I got that small preview just a couple weeks ago (since there were only a few weeks left, we aren't really doing anything to follow up with that). Usually I'm content at being independent and single, but these last two weeks of college is way lonlier and emptier than I was imangining.
How did you feel when graduating? Is this normal feelings or should I seriously consider talking to someone? One of my best friends has basically indicated he can't really handle it, so I can't really open up to him anymore, and I barely see my other closest freind unless we make something happen, and I don't want to call her up just talk about this because I would feel like I'd be using her. (Plus, i mostly feel these things at inopportune moments or late at night, like now.) What would you suggest? Should I just let the feelings past or try to overcome this? I guess I'm panicking because, with little time left, I eallydon't want to feel like this.
Thanks.
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| answers and questions |
[asked on Monday, April 16, 2012 @ 2:22pm] |
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Hey everyone!
Two weeks before now, I really started to look into college and applying for them to start on an associate’s degree for early childhood education, as I would like to be an elementary school teacher. I’ve always had a knack for teaching, and my dad even says that it’s in my blood, given the amount of teachers in our family.
( Anyways, one college really got me excited. )
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| Nonprofit management programs |
[asked on Saturday, April 07, 2012 @ 8:22pm] |
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Hello! I'm planning on graduating in June with a degree in Public Relations and a solid amount of experience doing PR internships for nonprofits. I'm pretty sure I want to go into the nonprofit sector in some sense, and I'm wondering if getting a graduate certificate/degree in nonprofit management at UOregon, UArizona, or USC would be a wise investment (or just a waste of time and money). Any input is appreciated.. Thanks! Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.
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| Graduate school! Ack! |
[asked on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 @ 6:58pm] |
Hi everyone!
I am graduating from college this spring, and am starting to think about where I would want to go to grad school in the next 2 years. I am an environmental studies + sociology major, but if I were to do it again I would probably do the environmental studies + writing option. I often forget how much I love to write because I usually just write academically here, but I have independently published 3 adventure novels, and when I do write, everything seems to calm down, and as someone with mild anxiety, this is the perfect therapy for me. I know I want to go to grad school in some sort of environmetnal field, but I can't decide if I want to be into policy, education, or writing.
I want to know how any of you who have chosen grad schools or other walks of life have best done this. My main dilemma is this: I grew up in Florida but spent my undergrad years 6+ hours away from the coast, and I am now realizing how much I love the ocean and can't decide if I want to go to grad school to study the ocean or teach about the ocean or just be around it. As much as I love the ocean, I also just love the wilderness, and there is a grad school in Missoula Montana that specializes in Environmental writing, and some pretty prominent writers have come out of it. It would perfectly combine my love of writing with the environment, and I also know how important and influential literature can be, so as someone who wants to make a change in our society, this would also be a good path.
When I told one of my good friends about this, he said I shouldn't go there beacuse of how much I miss the ocean here, and I should take my life in the direction I want it to go to. So instead of going further from the ocean, I should go closer to the coast.
I totally dork out about ocean and all that is in it, and I think I would make a good teacher and mentor, but writing is the best way for me to channel all my problems and emotions and everything. When I write, everything is fine. I honestly feel like I have potential to be a great writer if I put my mind to it, but where I live is also an important factor for my happiness. I am not a fan of the cold or dry weather, as I discovered here, but then again, the time I was in Montana was quite beautiful and Missoula would be more exciting than the small town I'm in now.
I just was wondering if anyone had some advice..I have plenty of time to think about this and after undergrad I plan on taking a couple years off, so I'm sure I'll get some answers there, but I just want to see if any of you have some stories or advice to share. I know there is no "right" path, but like choosing undergrad, I'm scared that I'll make the wrong choice and regret my path later.
Thanks!
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[asked on Monday, February 20, 2012 @ 8:42pm] |
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I need to drop a class at school because I was gone for 2 weeks and missed a lot of work plus a paper worth 50 points. The thing is I'm only taking 2 classes and if I drop one then I will be disqualified for my financial aid this term. Will this affect my financial aid for next term?
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[asked on Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 10:54am] |
Hey guys!
So I'm just wondering if I'm the only one having a hard time adjusting to college? Commuting is a bitch and it's hard to meet people when I'm only on campus a few days a week. Any suggestions to make my life a little easier?
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[asked on Saturday, February 04, 2012 @ 2:19pm] |
Just a thought. I print out loads at the moment because of being in the throes of doing a postgraduate thesis. I have found two ways to save money on printing at home.
- Inks. If you do not need a printout in colour, make sure you alter your print settings to only use black ink.
- Paper - if your printer supports it, always print double-sided, unless theres a specific reason not to. That way, you save about half the paper you would otherwise use!
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| Transportation issue |
[asked on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 @ 8:12pm] |
Right now, I'm 25 and working in IT. My income is pretty good, I support myself in my own apartment and purchased a new car back in 2010. I'm finishing up two AAs this semester, one in History and one in General Studies (just from being a nerd and enjoying classes).
I was just admitted to Westminster College in Salt Lake City for the fall semester, and I really want to be able to attend. I got a hefty, renewable scholarship even prior to any financial aid (I just sent them my FAFSA yesterday), so it might be doable.
My question is this: I still make payments on my car loan. The payments aren't high for a new vehicle, but they're not cheap, either, when you add insurance, gas and maintenance to the mix. Does financial aid typically cover transportation expenses like that? I plan on doing the work study program, but I don't know how much to expect as an income from that. I don't exactly want to pay one loan with another loan, but I have trouble with the idea of getting rid of the car. I owe about how much it's worth, so if I have to I could sell it. But the idea of SLC winters with only a bike or walking doesn't sound very pleasant, and it would make the Las Vegas-Salt Lake commute over breaks and between semesters a lot easier if I kept it.
Anyone with this kind of experience? I'm going to have a heavy work load and won't be able to get an off-campus job to make the payments.
Thanks in advance!
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| Help? Kind of trapped here. |
[asked on Sunday, January 08, 2012 @ 7:31pm] |
Right now, I'm a high school senior with no idea about a college major (I keep flip-flopping) and no other ideas about college, other than it has to be a community college and in a city with good transportation (if I could drive anytime soon, I'd be in Miami in a heartbeat)
For a while, I was dead set on Chicago. I'd researched a good community college for a few hours, had a few possibilities on places (dojos) where I could study my martial art, and had researched the area where the potential college was, along with having family in and around the city--ones that I didn't know well and therefore could tolerate.
If my dad hadn't had to drop his retirement package (which would help the three of us out financially) then maybe that would have worked out. However, as I understand it, there will be money for my mom and I to both go to school and not much more.
My mom suggested a few hours ago that I move in with my aunt and her fiancee (husband by then) in their huge house on the buslines in Nashville. I vetoed it automatically because I have family in the surrounding areas of Nashville and others a few hours away in Kentucky. Besides that, my parents will be moving to somewhere near that area in November and I hate my dad's guts (I do have legitimate reasons). My family, mainly my dad and his side of the family, are literally toxic to me and I'm a completely different person away from him and my mom, a happy one; I noticed it while in Miami and my mentor, who I was traveling with, said it before I even thought about it.
My mom's logic was that I'd be right by the buslines and I could have my grandparents (her parents) drive to me to Fort Campbell for medical care (my dad will be retired Army). The aunt is also her sister and, although I'm not all that close to her, she'd give me the space I need--or at least she'd try to (between her, her fiancee, his adult kids and their families from Atlanta, and their religious group that sometimes uses their house for meetings). I'd also have a dojo automatically (assuming I like the atmosphere--that's a big thing for me since I started martial arts at my current dojo and I was part of their family the minute they realized I was staying); my cousins studied the same art, just a different style. My mom is also very overprotective and it would make her feel better, especially considering she'd be no more than an hour away.
I've always seen college as a way to get away from my parents and live a life free of my anxiety problems because they wouldn't be there to make them exist in the first place (my therapist firmly believes that my anxiety disorder is due to my parents because of their issues). If I would be able to drive, I'd move to Miami in a heartbeat because I'd have the other part of my dojo family and I'd get to eat a ton of amazing food.
I feel trapped. There's no way I'd be able to afford an apartment and dojo fees on my own while my parents pay for my college, even if I got a part time job, and living near my parents would be bad for my emotional health. (Martial arts has helped me in a lot of ways, other than causing me tendinitis, and it's important to me that I stick with it)
What do I do? I've already looked into community colleges in Nashville and they don't look so bad.
Sorry for this being so long and rambly.
-Kate
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| GPA Help!! |
[asked on Monday, January 02, 2012 @ 9:00pm] |
First of all, I want to apologize for posting so much in this community lately. The past few months have been full of nothing but college-related stress and it's not over yet.
I'm a sophomore in college in Georgia. Last year, my grades were decent and I finished with 31 hours and a 3.1 GPA. This past semester however, I took 12 hours and did really badly which brought my overall GPA down to 2.58. Because I'm in Georgia, I have the HOPE Scholarship. I had been thinking that since my GPA had dropped this semester, I automatically lost HOPE immediately. However, I was looking online at GACollege411, and HOPE reviews your GPA at the 30, 60, and 90 credit hour marks or at the end of every spring semester, which means that since I haven't hit the 60 hour mark yet, I'm still covered by HOPE for the upcoming Spring semester.
This is a huge relief, but I'm even more stressed about maintaining HOPE after the semester is over. I've already done the calculations, and in order to get a 3.0 GPA and be HOPE eligible, I need 18 credit hours with a 4.0. I'm going to try to take 6 easier classes this semester and make a 4.0. It's really the only thing that I can do, because my parents and I definitely cannot afford a semester without HOPE. My loans wouldn't cover it, and it would be a lot of out of pocket cost. I have been stressing out over this for a long time now, and finding out that HOPE will still cover me this semester is a blessing.
I'm not really looking to be discouraged from taking 18 hours. I know that it is going to be super hard. The most I've ever taken is 5. I would just really like some encouragement and advice. Has anyone else had any experience taking 18 hours and making a 4.0? I could use all the study tips I could possibly get. Also, anyone in GA that has lost HOPE and then regained it? Any advice at all is so appreciated! I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get a 4.0 this semester.
For reference the classes I'm *hoping* to take this semester: Intro to Acting, Writing for Public Communication, Elementary Algebra, Computers & Your World, Fitness for Living, and either a film history class or Intro to Theater studies.
My registration opens back up Wednesday, and thats when I will be switching out some of the harder classes I'm currently enrolled in and adding an extra one to get up to 18 hours.
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| wanting to go back to school, but i'm sooo lost.... |
[asked on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 @ 11:23pm] |
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hello! i'm thinking of going back to school in 2012, i'm not sure when i'd like to start(i'm thinking anywhere from spring to fall). i'm completely lost on what i'm supposed to do. do i fill out a FAFSA first? or do i apply for grants/loans first? if it helps to know-- i've been living on my own for about 3 years and i work.
also, what the heck do i do after i fill out my FAFSA?? do i sign up for classes? do i look for grants/loans/whatever? do i go up to the school and talk to a counselor? how far ahead should i fill out the FAFSA before i start school?
HELP PLEASE! :(
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[asked on Saturday, December 17, 2011 @ 5:57pm] |
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Im a sophomore in college, & i want to transfer to a different school next year. This past semester, my grades werent good. Last year my grades were good, and I plan on making better grades next semester. Is it possible for me to only send my freshman year grades on a transcript? I understand that i wont get credit for this year.
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| Just looking for advice. |
[asked on Friday, December 16, 2011 @ 10:30pm] |
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Here is the situation I'm in: I attend(ed) a state university, this year being my sophomore year. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances and lack of communication (we had no idea we had owed money to the school until they updated my account days before I was planning to move in), I ended up having to pay my university through Sallie Mae payments, money that I could barely pay off (we had to play catch up because they had charged us for about $2,000 dollars, but we had no idea. So to have the money paid off by the end of the semester, the first few payments came to about $700, then $480 after that). I had to wait an entire month to be free to sign up for spring classes because of the hold they kept on my account until the fall semester was paid. Finally, we managed to pay off the fall semester, only to find we'd have to pay around $2,100 in more backed payments, again having to play catch up to the $480 payments they had set until May. My family and I decided that coming up with that money by March would be nearly impossible, so I was advised to take a leave of absence to try and gain my barrings and figure out what I can do. However, I feel extremely stuck like this. It's too late to transfer to another school for the spring, and for the spring and summer months I plan to work and save up. I don't know anyone personally that has ever been in a situation like this. I feel like I'm in way over my head, but I had no idea how bad it was until it was too late. I'm curious if anyone has had similar experiences, or if they have any advice on what I should do.
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| Transferring |
[asked on Saturday, November 26, 2011 @ 8:31pm] |
Hey guys! I'm really unhappy with the school I'm going to now, so I want to transfer next year! Right now I'm a sophomore, and by next fall I'll be just a few credits shy of junior status. I was wondering if anyone has had experience with transferring halfway through? Right now I'm at a large state school that has around 23500 students and the school(s) I'm looking at to transfer are private and have only around 800-2000 students. I'm really nervous about how to get involved on campus and meet new people. I'm really shy, so making new friendships isn't the easiest thing for me to do. Because my school is so big, the slots for clubs and organizations fill up really fast, which has made getting involved where I'm at pretty much impossible. So, please share with me your transferring experiences because I'm really nervous!
Also, I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with Piedmont College in Georgia? It's one of the school's I'm looking at, and I haven't been able to find any reviews online and I've checked pretty much everywhere that I can think to look.
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| Loans |
[asked on Monday, November 21, 2011 @ 8:13pm] |
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I (unfortunately) have a loan with sallie mae which has reached the repayment period. I'm trying to get any input from anyone else who may have used these people, specifically paying the loan off in full. I had planned on paying the loan off with a credit card. At first I was told that "you can't pay it with a credit card, only out of a checking account". Then, after breaking through the one word answers that I was given, I was told that I COULD pay off the balance with a credit card, just not the whole thing. After reading stories online, I'm terrified they won't apply the payment, will say I never payed it, will only apply it to interest or take the payment and move my payment dates around. I'm so scared that I'll never get away from these people. Any similar stories?
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[asked on Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 12:05am] |
is anyone here a massage therapist?
I've received my bachelors degree in philosophy, but I started working with a friend in a spa and I LOVE giving massages.
In the 2 months that I've worked, I've built quite the clientele.
so....should I just go to school and get licensed??? I think my problem is that I am SO SCARED I've finally found something I absolutely love doing.
help :(
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| Alternate ways to complete college |
[asked on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 @ 12:47pm] |
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Has anyone heard of equivalency testing? For example: CLEP, DANTES, and Excelsior exams? I've already taken a bunch. Most are worth 3 credits or more and as I understand it, most colleges accept at least a few.
Does any one else have any experience with any of these? If not, I just put together a blog with info on alternate methods to work on college. It is focused on the military, but it can be helpful for anyone. The URL is http://www.militaryeducationhq.com. Check it out. Hope it helps.
What are your views/experiences with CLEP, DANTES, and Excelsior exams?
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| Proofreaders |
[asked on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 @ 6:24pm] |
Hello everyone!
My friend and I are starting a proofreading
"business." To put it bluntly: we're poor students (maybe like you) who
would like to make a little extra money proofreading papers. We're both
English majors. One student has previously studied at King's College
London. The other is double majoring in Neuroscience at Tulane
University. We'll both read your paper/essay/thesis/college application
essay and get back to you straight away.
The first 1,000 words are six dollars, and each 250 words additional is a dollar a page. Papers can be combined for lower rates.
If you are interested our email is expertstudentreviews@gmail.com.
You can also reply here.
Thanks!
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[asked on Monday, August 29, 2011 @ 3:07pm] |
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If a school accepts both the ACT and the SAT's...which one is better to take? NYU is in question here :)
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| Helpful Software Suggesitons |
[asked on Thursday, August 25, 2011 @ 8:21pm] |
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I purchased a netbook today for taking notes and completing assignments. Because I just got it today, it's not 100% set up for my courses. Honestly, about as far as I got was installing Java and setting my homepage to Google. My husband was courteous enough to make sure Open Office was installed on it. It goes without saying we both made sure virus and spyware preventative programs were installed.
So my question to you is this: Are there any free programs you believe make life easier for college students?
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