one year later--it doesn't matter

gregdunn
Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:06:31 +0000

I used to say I want to go to an Ivy, maybe Stanford or Berkeley… But I opened my eyes and realized how Much i Donn’t want to live on the east coast, and I’ve lived up North (ca). I want to stay in Southern California and have my heart set on USC or UCLA. Sure, I’ll apply to Stanford, Penn, and MAYBE berkeley, but if I were to get into all those schools, I think I would be much happier in southern California.

I don’t care abuot the name on my Undergraduate diploma or any of that. I want to be HAPPY at my school in an environment I like.

I laugh seeing friends Cringe when they have a B+/A- right before a big math final, because “But Mrs. ______, if you give me a B I wont go to Princeton, and if i don’t go to princeton my mom will be mad at me” and whatnot…

I’ve told friends to “settle” for UCLA, because they are KILLING themselves in hopes of getting into BA/MD programs like those at UCSD.

I think it is a great post (only because it confirms my belief that where I will be happiest is where I should go )

I finally almost yelled at my mom to get over the whole ranking thing at my school, and my chances at ghetting into a super elite school. I told her I am dropping AP Bio and AP stats, along with ONE of my TWO classes at a community college, to take AP Physics and AP chem and only one JC class… She was like! But is that going to hurt you went a school looks at your strength of schedule? Will you drop your rank.
I said “look, get over it. This is what I wnat to do because they are classes that I want to take with teachers that I LIKE. I want to do what I will be more happy so just let it go and let me do what I feel is necessary, what pleases me, and what doesn’t kill me.” (5 honors classes and 2 at a JC is too much… for me at least)