Comments | seewithyourmind: getting into college is really not very exciting

seewithyourmind

getting into college is really not very exciting

Mar 28, 2005 22:57

my mom asked me at like 4 o clock in the after noon, when i had heard about CMU at 7 am, whether i was still on cloud 9. at first i was like huh? and she said, or were you never really on cloud nine ( Read more... )

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justletmesleep March 29 2005, 04:22:00 UTC

you're used to having academic success, so naturally you were kind of prepared for success in college admissions. not everyone is used to having so much safety, backup, etc. this isn't meant to be condescending of course. it's just like... i have no idea how my "family" is going to pay for college, let alone if i'm ever going to get in. that's not really something you've needed to worry about much in life ($$). and like i said before in more words, you're mad smart, you knew you were freakin gonna get in. solid GPA, solid extra currics, solid everything. not everyone has everything so solid and i'm guessing that's why they get mad excited when they get an acceptance letter from ANYwhere. at least i know i'm going to be pretty excited when i get in anywhere. i think i'm starting to repeat myself. um.. you rock, congrats again on USC or whatevs, i love you, la la la, lets cut your hair tomorrow or something

cuddles_thebear March 29 2005, 05:21:42 UTC

Grats dude. about the whole life being just preperation for the next step, its all what you make it. i take easy classes to make sure i get good grades, this may fuck me over or what ever but i have a great time elsewere in life because im not weighed down with work. same reason im no religious. your a smart kid and you are gonna go far and the fact that your parents are such nazis is probably a good thing. Summer is going to rock, so i say and so it shall be. tarping and other crazy events will make it the best time ever. dont get too caught up on the events that have already happend and just look to how to make the future better.

seewithyourmind March 29 2005, 23:00:04 UTC

this summer is going to be the best ever. its gotta be the best ever. two things i am most excited for: tarping, lake boone.

ah fuck i think about summer way too much. its like the light at the end of the tunnel, like the thing i am working hard to reach, but wtf i cant make time go faster, that light is fucking taunting me.

cuddles_thebear March 30 2005, 01:55:34 UTC

yea dude, im glad we've become better friends then we were when we didnt know each other lol. sorry if i smell at times HA! anyways just be happy you haave like 1 month of summer then i do

blownfuses March 29 2005, 11:27:54 UTC

congrats. yeah, but i wasn't really excited about getting in anywhere either. fuck college.

thebishounen March 29 2005, 17:20:13 UTC

Congratulations about getting in somewhere. I know what it's like having total college crazy parents. It's tough, but it's probably better that you have parents who genuinely care. It's great that you aren't letting yourself get swept up in the artificial happiness or depression that college admissions creates. Just live your life the way you want to live it, and I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine.

col_tempo March 29 2005, 20:58:13 UTC

my parents too are more into the whole college thing than i am, and can just not understand when getting in/not getting in doesn't phase me. but i think when you're going through it first-hand, it's hard to comprehend it all and actually see it as your future and get excited. like you said, things start to look like a series of four year experiences that all lead to the next four years. high school to college to grad school to work work work. but what is it all heading toward, or amounting to, if you aren't enjoying it? expectations are tricky, because some might not get very far without external pressure to succeed or try, but at the same time, expectations can be detrimental if they are more burdensome than encouraging.

i am in the picture under your poem in the fountain! seewithyourmind March 29 2005, 23:08:16 UTC

i guess i should thank my parents for all the pressure they put on me to do well, but i feel like when i grow up if i become a parent i will definetly do things differently.

speaking of the fountain, i read your stuff and you are a really good writer! i knew you could rap tight like saran, but wow those poems are so good! i cant wait to walk into a book store and see a display with your name in big bold letters all over it.