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McGill University
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:05 pm
by Red Squirrel
yep, can't believe how fast it went. I'll officially be going into the "real world".
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McGill University
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:27 am
by Bookworm
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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McGill University
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:17 pm
by Clueless
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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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:54 pm
by Red Squirrel
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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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:26 am
by michaelk1993adg
colledge sounds scary
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:26 am
by michaelk1993adg
i cant even spell college
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McGill University
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:50 pm
by Chris Vogel
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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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:59 am
by Reaper
Well that sure is disappointing. Good luck to you wherever you go, be it UNA or some other place.
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:38 pm
by flowergirlajg
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What?! I just love Tennessee!
ME TOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:36 pm
by Red Squirrel
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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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:23 pm
by Clueless
lol i dont know if its actually possible...but how bout you do it anyway
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:52 pm
by Chris Vogel
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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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:15 pm
by Chris Vogel
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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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:17 pm
by Reaper
So. . .what now? You are going to McGill? Stop confusing me.
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:20 pm
by Red Squirrel
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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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:51 pm
by Chris Vogel
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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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:49 pm
by Chris Vogel
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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