Nov 20, 10:42AM PST | 0 comments
Nov 17, 07:52AM PST | 0 comments
I got married young. I skipped the whole going to college thing. I also got divorced young, and have since went back, but I would like to graduate. Not quit, keep going!
Nov 13, 06:44PM PST | 0 comments
I’m graduating in exactly 1 month! I really don’t want to leave school, but I dread the thought of being a super senior (or more). According to my records I’ve learned everything I need, or at least everything that the school can provide, but I’m not sure I have the life skills to make it in the real world.
Is this something that you get just by experience? Should I not worry?
Nov 13, 08:26AM PST | 0 comments
I went to a great high school and then a good college for a year only to find out that I hadn’t passed a standardized test in HS. My transcript was never sent to my college and I hadn’t officially graduated. I spent five years in denial and afraid to move forward.I was financially stable , more so than the average 18-24 year old. I was care free despite my set back. Partying all the time and spending like no end, but I wasn’t satisfied with life. My mother kept pushing me to get my GED, but I felt embarrassed about having to get it. I finally sucked it up , got the book, reviewed, taught myself some things I didn’t pay attention to in HS and I took the test. I didn’t want to make 25 and be in the same position.
I took the GED last June on the 28th. I called every single day to check my status, sometimes five times a day. It became a routine.I knew the message by heart. Four weeks later, I called like I did every day and half paying attention I heard the words similar to “The document you will receive in the mail is – a DIPLOMA for the test that you took on June 28th.” I began screaming YES!!! YES!! OH GOD YES!!. I already knew I passed, but I still needed the confirmation. I passed with a 3080. I was actually disappointed with my score because for the first time I wasn’t an underachiever. I wanted a score closer to 4000 although I made it in the top 10 percent. I wasn’t able to enroll in summer school for college as I was planning since the cut off was the day before my results came in the mail.
I enrolled in college for Fall semester the following week after receiving my results (I had to get all of my documents).I was a C+ student in high school and in my first year of college. Looking at my transcript, I felt like I was such a time waster back then. Only one college course carried a GPA out of maybe 27 credits. The adviser looked at my HS grades and college transcript and then at my GED results and he said “Damn, that’s pretty high”. I immediately felt proud that my abilities were recognized. Only 6 credits from back then transferred over and only one had a GPA of 2.3. I plan on transferring from this school after I receive 24 credits and the class with the 2.3 will not be recognized in my goal school. So basically, what I do now sets the pace for what my GPA will be. I’m practically able to start with a fresh slate and I feel so focused and determined because I am not who I was five years ago and it feels so good to work towards something, attain it and be able to relish in your achievement. I started making all sorts of goals for myself after passing.
Update-
Made the Dean’s list. Inductee of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Got into my goal school!
I just got into my goal school, Baruch College, in which I plan to continue on and do my major. I’m aiming to graduate within a year and a half with a dual in finance and journalism and a double minor in law and policy / international business and entrepreneurship. it may seem overly ambitious, but I’ve spent enough time wasting and I mean business now. I also want to graduate with honors and hopefully Magna. I want to be on the stage as Valedictorian but I’ll take Salutatorian if we don’t have to give a speech :). I just want to finally wear my cap and gown and receive my mock diploma since I missed my hs graduation. I want to accomplish my goal of giving myself a better opportunity in this world.
Nov 12, 10:37AM PST | 0 comments
ArtixJ is liking the sound of Montréal
At the beginning of my fourth year as a music major, I admitted that my progress toward a degree was not going very well. I have switched to the only other field that I am equally passionate about, French. Now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I only wish I had switched to French sooner. I have not given up on music, only given myself more time to practice and prepare for a degree (possibly masters) after my BA.
Nov 09, 03:12PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
I’m halfway through the semester…a little more that that actually…so I’m in my second placement and I’m doing pretty well! I got my cap and gown and everything….It freaks me out, thinking about it, but is totally elating as well!! WOW!
Nov 07, 02:38AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
Only 7 more days of class plus a final!
Nov 06, 11:51AM PST | 0 comments
taking classes online, only way that makes this possible for me. feels like it is taking forever though! GRRR trying to stick with it.
Nov 01, 03:55PM PST | 1 cheer | 1 comment
Well I first started at a private 4 year college, that didn’t suit me, the college was filled to the brim with students who were well off, and I really could care less about that. So I moved to new college after that first year. To begin with my first major when I was going to college was Pre Dentistry, which I know is really not my cup of tea. I ended up changing my major 5 times before I found the right one, I went from pre dental, to biology, to a teaching degree in biology, to technical education, to industrial technology model making, and then finally I found prototype engineering. Which I know sounds grandiose and complicated, but to sum it up, this major gives me the skills and abilities to work on product development by making the very first prototype or model of a product from scratch, it is very exciting to learn about for me. Plus I get to work with my hands, and I love to work with my hands. So here I am at bemidji state university going to the only program of it’s kind in the country, and frankly I can’t see myself doing anything else.
Nov 01, 09:25AM PST | 0 comments
