McGill University

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:05 pm

yep, can't believe how fast it went. I'll officially be going into the "real world".

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:27 am

Didn't Red just graduate from high school last spring. What kind of college is that that Red is going to?

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:17 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: yep, can't believe how fast it went. I'll officially be going into the "real world".

you mean you can play your video games full time now?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:54 pm

Yeah graduated from hs, now 3 years later, college, then work, and money, and my own house and car, and... was going to say more spare time, but thats not really true.

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michaelk1993adg · Post by **michaelk1993adg** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:26 am

colledge sounds scary

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michaelk1993adg · Post by **michaelk1993adg** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:26 am

i cant even spell college

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:50 pm

I’ve taken a rational, detached view of McGill based solely on finances. The numbers add up, but barely.

As much as I want to go, I don’t want to be barely making it there. I’ve been sort of ignoring the issue because, well, I just really, really, really want to go! It’s embarrassing, really, and terribly disappointing.

So right now I’m hoping for UNA (WARNING: Horrible HTML ahead. Good luck if you’re blind.), which still charges me an in-state rate since my county borders them. Most of the financial aid is unavailable to me since I’m applying so late, but a rational, detached view of the finances says I can cut it. (I know I should have applied last year even if I had my heart set on McGill, and I even knew that back then, but I still didn’t do it.)

Every plan I had for my gap year and every university I had in mind after fell through, probably because I was aiming too high. My only goal now is to go to school somewhere this year, so maybe that won’t fail. The gap year wasn’t a waste though. Working full-time at Wal-Mart thoroughly destroyed those romantic notions I had of blue-collar life. Everyone predicted that I wouldn’t want to go to college after taking my year off, but now I want to go more.

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Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:59 am

Well that sure is disappointing. Good luck to you wherever you go, be it UNA or some other place.

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flowergirlajg · Post by **flowergirlajg** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:38 pm

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What?! I just love Tennessee!
ME TOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:36 pm

Well it looks like that place can change your life and your future, lets just hope it's in a good way.

Just hope you don't get a teacher like I have for scripting class.

"I don't know powershell, just saw it and it looks cool, so your assignment is to write me a script that will load up names, sort them using bubblesort, email them to me, and send to the printer. Don't ask me questions, I did not figure out if it's possible yet"

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:23 pm

lol i dont know if its actually possible...but how bout you do it anyway

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:52 pm

Thanks for the support, guys. My sister liked the place, and so did my mother’s friend. Florence isn’t Montréal, but it’s not Lawrenceburg either.

There are a few plus sides to this. I’ve been kicking around the idea of building an extremely energy-efficient computer, so I can get started on that for college. I can also keep my retirement savings and get a digital camera. (I need a digital camera. My avatar is almost a year outdated.)

I hope everything turns out.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:15 pm

Yeah, I know I said I’m not going, but I just paid my deposit to McGill. I can stand giving up my retirement savings and taking out a few student loans, and if I feel overwhelmed, I can transfer to somewhere local.

What an emotional roller coaster! Please let it be over.

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Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:17 pm

So. . .what now? You are going to McGill? Stop confusing me.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:20 pm

Chris Vogel wrote: Yeah, I know I said I’m not going, but I just paid my deposit to McGill. I can stand giving up my retirement savings and taking out a few student loans, and if I feel overwhelmed, I can transfer to somewhere local.

What an emotional roller coaster! Please let it be over.

yeah the most stressing part of college/university is first getting there (like applying and hoping you get accepted, finances etc) and then getting out (tons of final exams, the "I hope I don't fail any course" feeling, etc)

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:51 pm

Reaper wrote: So. . .what now? You are going to McGill? Stop confusing me.

It’s been three hours, and I now regret making that deposit. (Yes, I know it was a mistake to make a decision when I was in a deeply emotional state.)

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:49 pm

I’m about 99% sure that I’ll be going to MTSU. I unbelievably overlooked the fact that the lottery scholarships are available to gap-year students, meaning it would be cheapest to go somewhere in Tennessee.

It will be great.

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