Returning to College & Feeling Quite 'Dumb'

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<p>I quickly skimmed this post. But posters seem to hate the fact that InnovativeBoxx wants to beat Rob. </p>

<p>InnovativeBoxx question was “Does anyone have any advice for me regarding completing my undergraduate studies?”</p>

<p>Yes, I got a great advice for you. You said that you maintained a solid 4.0 GPA. (“In fact I made a 4.0 this last semester”). Congrats! Now you have to keep up the work, and keep your GPA to a 4.0. Then you can transfer to a better college! I’m sure you’ll be competitive to other applicants with a few semesters of solid 4.0 GPA. So basically, my advice is to maintain the highest GPA and transferring to better colleges.</p>

<p>My comment to other posters…</p>

<p>I don’t find anything wrong with InnovativeBoxx wanting to become better than his friend Rob. We all tend to want to be better than other people, especially the people on CC (the over-achievers). We all work out ass off in school to become better than our classmates. Am I correct? We work hard to become valedictorian in our school.</p>

<p>Lets say, why is there a stereotype of Asians being smart and African Americans being dumb? Let’s take a look at a simple word. “Copycat” Asians have the feeling that they must be smart since there are already so many smart Asian people. If they are not smart, then they would consider themselves a failure to Asian society. Because there are smart Asian people, they are motivators for other Asian people… this is the same exact situation as InnovativeBoxx situation. Rob is InnovativeBoxx motivator. While Asian people are motivated by smart people.</p>

<p>Thus, I find no problem in InnovativeBoxx trying to become better than his friend Rob.</p>

<p>I also read some post saying how InnovativeBoxx MAIN goal is just to become better than Rob… Maybe it’s not… maybe it’s one of his goals. I believe that InnovativeBoxx has his own life and wants to accomplish is goals and have a great career. </p>

<p>Most people are successful because of motivation. I don’t think only smart people are the successful people, but also the people who try hard and never gives up. </p>

<p>Well, I’ll finish replying to this post latter. I hope I can hear other poster comments and especially form InnovativeBoxx</p>

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<p>All I have to say is if you are returning to college simply to show your past-friend up, you are wasting your time and money. You need to be returning to try and better your current situation instead.</p>

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<p>“I don’t find anything wrong with InnovativeBoxx wanting to become better than his friend Rob. We all tend to want to be better than other people, especially the people on CC (the over-achievers). We all work out ass off in school to become better than our classmates. Am I correct? We work hard to become valedictorian in our school.”</p>

<p>Actually, no. Some people like me aren’t that competitive. We get involved in things because we’re interested in them, not to best other people. If we compete with anyone, we compete with ourselves. </p>

<p>Lots of people – including very smart people – don’t aspire to be valedictorians. They may aspire to things as disparate as having a good time or having the courage to try something they aren’t that good at. </p>

<p>Frankly, the people who get involved in things out of their own interests and enjoyment will probably live happier lives than do people who do things out of competition. It’s easier to succeed in enjoying an activity than to succeed in being number one. Even if you do become valedictorian, you won’t be able to be #1 in everything that you do. If you’ve centered your life around being valedictorian, you’ll likely be very miserable if you go off to a college filled with valedictorians, including many who are smarter and achieved more academically than did you.</p>

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<p>Gstein, I’m not returning to college only to show up my former friend. I’ve stated that many times throughout this thread. Yes, my graduate school strategy plays a part of “showing him up” (as my undergraduate school, SMU, is not as ‘prestigious’ as Notre Dame), but not sole reason for continuing in higher education.</p>

<p>Northstarmom, I do have an interest in business, computer science, and the law, so that is why I am pursuing these subjects. I am genuinely interested in a multifaceted career of these three.</p>