Life The MangaHelpers Confessional Thread - Part 3

earthforge · Mar 5, 2014

Naomidee said:
Ever thought about going into Physical Chemistry? Although I'm not sure how many chem courses you've taken or how many would be required.

Eh... I've thought about it, but honestly... I've never been that fond of chemistry. ;^^ I did the lower divs at community college.

Naomidee said:
The only other thing I could think of is if you could somehow land a summer research gig or two. Might make you look more appealing to the graduate programs. (If your academic adviser or professors have never advertised research programs to you, then they're not doing their job!)

Research programs aren't generally advertised. I do have a research project to work on in summer, although it's more of a bio project than a physics projects. I want to tie in physics and am thinking about bringing one of the Berkeley profs in on the project. This is a strong possibility. I probably wouldn't get paid because the grant is limited to equipment costs.

Naomidee said:
I have to say, I'm surprised that you'd chuck out the idea of graduate school just because you don't think the university that accepted you is "first rate".

The biggest reason I'm not so interested in the second-rate school is because it's out of state. Tuition is higher and it's be much more difficult to get home (I still have to take care of my family). I'm not ruling it out entirely -- I plan to visit in the beginning of next month. If I really like my adviser or the department, everything else is surmountable. But it'd have to be really good, since I wouldn't be able to do cross-department work. Based on my interactions with the alumnae at the launch last November, the physics and planetary science side are the oases of achievement due to how much the university invests in spacecraft projects.

M3J said:
*hugs*

Use this as a motivation to kick ass, earthy. Make the first rate schools regret they didn't take you by dominating the second rate school. Don't look at this as setback, look at this as motivation to show them why they should have taken you.

I feel like even the second rate doesn't care so much. I got half the "sign-on bonus" that many others did.

We'll see how the planetary sci programs react in a few weeks. I hope I get some positive news on that front.

M3J · Mar 6, 2014

Best of luck, old chap.

Naomi · Mar 6, 2014

I confess that I cannot wait for spring break you guys. I am so ready for a vacation. Finally done with those goddamn three exams. I already got the grade back on the first one, and I made an A woop woop. Although I KNOW things didn't fare well for the second two, at least I have that. I am just so glad that it's over eek bleh agh. But SPRING BREAK WOOOOOOO! Just one more day of class and then I'm free for an entire week of nothing but booze, the beach, Netflix, and a good book.

I haven't slept in two days.

xi0 · Mar 6, 2014

I confess, that I play Teemo now...

Evil3ye · Mar 6, 2014

I confess that I was thinking about getting a 'life coach'. lol

kdowns · Mar 6, 2014

Naomidee said:
I confess that I cannot wait for spring break you guys. I am so ready for a vacation. Finally done with those goddamn three exams. I already got the grade back on the first one, and I made an A woop woop. Although I KNOW things didn't fare well for the second two, at least I have that. I am just so glad that it's over eek bleh agh. But SPRING BREAK WOOOOOOO! Just one more day of class and then I'm free for an entire week of nothing but booze, the beach, Netflix, and a good book.

I haven't slept in two days.

Ewwwww Beaches.

I wish I could at least have a spring break but I remembered I work at a place with a lot of 16-18 year olds that requested the entire week. So I was told I am going to be working 50+ hours. I just hope I get the one day I asked off, Off.