Life The MangaHelpers Confessional Thread - Part 3

[earthforge]

What sort of club is that? Is it a combo of music/zelda/HP club (link vs potter musical?)?

It's a club of physics, math and CS majors. Concentrating ground of crazy geeky pasttimes.

How can someone not bathe?

I don't know. I think they feel it's a waste of time.

How do they expect to get a girl without showing interest? did they give up? or is it more of an asexuality thing? Or is it more like naomi's situation? Or are they trying to "twilight" girls (as in ignoring them, treating them like crap, overall abusing them physically and emotionally) into falling for them (would the stink count as physical and emotional abuse?)?

All of the above has been observed. Extreme shyness, asexuality, and plain ol' screwball views of women.

 

[Dried Ambrosia]

Stink should be considered physical and psychological abuse. It can scar one for life

 

[M3J]

I confess I'm pretty pissed and hate humanity even more. My dad got scammed out of $500, although there were too many warning signs it was a scam. I guess he panicked because internet and phone went down yesterday, but that was for the entire area. Still, fuck people.

 

[REN KOUEN]

i confess my love for ohtaka shinobu and her glorious manga writing and artwork

possibly the best mangaka in the world and the growing popularity of her work is a testament to this

 

[Naomi]

Sometimes you just need to study chemistry and eat a whole pizza.

 

[scav]

i agree about the pizza part but not about the chemistry part

 

[kkck]

It's a club of physics, math and CS majors. Concentrating ground of crazy geeky pasttimes.



I don't know. I think they feel it's a waste of time.



All of the above has been observed. Extreme shyness, asexuality, and plain ol' screwball views of women.

Oh wow lol. That sounds like the big bang theory gone all wrong....

 

[Naomi]

Oh wow lol. That sounds like the big bang theory gone all wrong....

No retarded laugh track in the background.

 

[kkck]

No retarded laugh track in the background.

Nope, and perhaps no other laughs for that matter (either the smell kills humor or laughter is just not practical). On the other hand, earthforge might as well be their Penny....

 

[Naomi]

Got invited to the gay bar tonight.

Can't go because I have three exams this week.

 

[scav]

Got invited to the gay bar tonight.

Can't go because I have three exams this week.

just let it go, dafuq you gonna do there?

 

[Faust]

Charlie x liductan?

 

[Dried Ambrosia]

Got invited to the gay bar tonight.

Can't go because I have three exams this week.

screw the exams. Just go... I would (just out of curiosity, if not for other reasons)

 

[scav]

dont listen to the devil^

 

[M3J]

Charlie x liductan?

He's too old for her, she'd be bored.

 

[DazedSkies]

I can be a drama queen at times -_-

 

[earthforge]

Well. I've been rejected from UCLA. It's pretty crushing that out of the four physics departments I applied to, all rejected me except for the second-rate school.

I'm reconsidering physics on the whole. I feel like I can't fit in a field that prioritizes test scores and GPA over my ability to do research. No matter how much I love research and physics, I'll never be good enough because I'm bad at tests. It doesn't matter that I've singlehandedly raised the undergrad physics club from the dead, or that I did a paper with a leading expert in the field, or that my ability to do research at my current school was destroyed by the senior professor dying half way through, or that I'm graduating at 19.

It's sad because I love research and I love physics. But they don't care. They don't look at me and see my strengths. They look at me and see a poor test-taker who hasn't done enough "real" physics research.

It also reminds me of how disproportionately monetary support impact ability to excel academically and perform well on expensive standardized tests. If I were from a rich family, I would've had a lot off my mind so I could be a super test-taker. If I cut myself off from my family and let them fall apart, perhaps the same would have happened. But I spent more weekends trying to keep us together because I care.

Either settle for the lesser field and go into planetary sci, or abandon academia entirely and work in industry.

 

[Naomi]

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.

It's a shit ton of physics, and grad school LOVE it when students say they've always had a keen interest in p-chem.

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!)

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".

 

[Charlie]

EF -

Will you not be able to go the secondary school and then transfer over to one of the main ones you wanted to peruse?

 

[M3J]

Well. I've been rejected from UCLA. It's pretty crushing that out of the four physics departments I applied to, all rejected me except for the second-rate school.

I'm reconsidering physics on the whole. I feel like I can't fit in a field that prioritizes test scores and GPA over my ability to do research. No matter how much I love research and physics, I'll never be good enough because I'm bad at tests. It doesn't matter that I've singlehandedly raised the undergrad physics club from the dead, or that I did a paper with a leading expert in the field, or that my ability to do research at my current school was destroyed by the senior professor dying half way through, or that I'm graduating at 19.

It's sad because I love research and I love physics. But they don't care. They don't look at me and see my strengths. They look at me and see a poor test-taker who hasn't done enough "real" physics research.

It also reminds me of how disproportionately monetary support impact ability to excel academically and perform well on expensive standardized tests. If I were from a rich family, I would've had a lot off my mind so I could be a super test-taker. If I cut myself off from my family and let them fall apart, perhaps the same would have happened. But I spent more weekends trying to keep us together because I care.

Either settle for the lesser field and go into planetary sci, or abandon academia entirely and work in industry.

*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.