Wow, Justin sent me this link and I'm kind of in shock. I just listened to her speak at CPW! I really liked her too, and what she was doing with the admissions process... weird.
Anyway, tonight I was planning on studying for Wednesday's math semester, but I ended up just staring at facebook for an hour. Maybe I shouldn't have joined. I was messaging the kid from Flathead that I debated in my final round at NFL's though. I noticed the other day that he was a presidential scholar finalist, and I wanted to tell him I really liked his determinism case (and all of his cases), so I messaged him, and he responded. He's very nice, no matter what anyone else on my team thinks.
The topic comes out in... TWO DAYS! Woah.
It's time to send off letters to colleges about where I am going. I still don't know. I'm thinking probably MIT, but my parents don't seem very happy. And I know it's because of this remodeling craziness, and I know it's happening because of me going to MIT. And I don't know how I can knowingly do that to them, no matter how badly I want it. I have to decide within the next nine hours though, which means like now, since I do plan on sleeping (and probably not studying for math).
Yikes.
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"What I realized suddenly was that the true failure would have been if I hadn't given a damn. You can bandage a wound, set a broken bone, but not caring...you can't cure that and you can't recover from it."
"What I realized suddenly was that the true failure would have been if I hadn't given a damn. You can bandage a wound, set a broken bone, but not caring...you can't cure that and you can't recover from it."
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2 comments:
i saw that story the other day; it made me sad.
as for the rest, if you feel MIT would holistically be a positive educational experience for you, then take advantage of it. i had a proffessor here stare at me blankly with a "what the hell" look on his face when i told him i couldn't possibly ask my parents for more money. he's the only person to really tell me point blank that i am actually entightled to as much as they can give, not just what they want to. while i may not entirely agree with him, there is some wisdom in what he said. your parents are actually willing to sell that house and see you go to an otherwise out of reach school. don't feel guilty about it, and don't sell yourself short instead. not wanting to be beholden to your parents over something like this is understandable, but if the agreement of how to pay for it is there, it's the school you want to attend, and you have the chance, i think you should take it. your financial situation may change, you may recieve more financial aid, but you don't get a chance like this everyday.
and facebook is eeeeeevvvvilll ;)
thanks morgan. you have actually catalyzed my decision quite a bit.
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