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JoieDeVivre
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Ignorance and Wasted Efforts
#18802642 - 09/05/13 09:53 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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So, this summer I took 12 credits and worked my ass off to do well in all of them (except maybe calculus but I never got my grade so I might have done well). Unfortunately I had no cosigner for my loans so I put it off until the semester was over, stupidly thinking the balance would just carry over into Fall. It turns out that's not how it works. So now I'm stuck with 12 credits worth of wasted time unless I can find a non-student loan for ~$10,000 that I can defer paying until I graduate.
Feeling pretty stupid and hopeless right now. Please share your stories of wasted effort or ignorance that led to wasted time.
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802650 - 09/05/13 09:56 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have failed my math classes three times now and I keep trying its really discouraging since I am almost done with my degree . Sorry to hear about the lost credits
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: Gilgamesh18]
#18802670 - 09/05/13 10:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I know that feeling. I had to drop calc the first time because I was afraid of failing. This summer was supposed to be my recovery from that.
Fucking college, man.
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802671 - 09/05/13 10:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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yep that sort of thing happened to me on a smaller scale and pretty much set me back a semester. I think the hardest part of school is making sure everything is set up right.
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Gilgamesh18
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802676 - 09/05/13 10:04 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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JoieDeVivre said: I know that feeling. I had to drop calc the first time because I was afraid of failing. This summer was supposed to be my recovery from that.
Fucking college, man. 
Seriously what sucks is how much money you have throw into it! Try not to let it get you down though no one gets everything they want. Just keep doing your best and being a good person.
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802683 - 09/05/13 10:09 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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that's kind of the story of my life, only i've never had anything that bad happen (that i can think of right now). i'm a terrible procrastinator and have a tendency to avoid things.
BUT you're a smart girl, you seem proactive, so you can probably figure this one out! sorry though, that's stressful.
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School requires hard work. Hard work requires effort. Proper effort requires consistency. Consistency requires repeated synaptic potentiation.
However, graduating requires planning and time management.
If you are serious about making SOMETHING of yourself, you WILL find solutions to all your debts. It will just take more out of you. Some people have an easy life, most have to compete to obtain it.
Life is not just, it just IS. One day at a time....if you get stressed, remember that 'society', 'finance' and 'success' are all constructs of humanity. You can be as happy as you perceive yourself to be. Inside you have a soul, which NO OTHER REAL OBJECT has. You have life. It is such a reward, and a blessing. The human spirit can take on anything in my biased opinion, even death.
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Yeah, I totally get that. One instance of a mistaken assumption doesn't really mean I don't plan things. I have my whole double major/minor planned out but this throws a wrench into that.
I don't really think there is a soul.
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claraclairvoyant said: that's kind of the story of my life, only i've never had anything that bad happen (that i can think of right now). i'm a terrible procrastinator and have a tendency to avoid things.
BUT you're a smart girl, you seem proactive, so you can probably figure this one out! sorry though, that's stressful.
Thanks Clara. 
And Gil!
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802739 - 09/05/13 10:27 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I once tried to fix a 15+ year old car that had been sitting out uncovered and unused for the better half a decade.. It was my first car and I'm not even a trained mechanic or anything.. I just got the repair manual and some tools and set to work on it.
Hopeless would be an understatement.
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802864 - 09/05/13 11:05 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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It happens to the best of us! In the grand scheme of things it's only a minor setback though.
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802886 - 09/05/13 11:12 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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That's pretty terrible. If you don't find a loan those 12 credits are poof gone just like that? How long do you have before you lose the credits? Man, college is such a racket. Gotta do whatcha gotta do I guess.
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Re: Ignorance and Wasted Efforts [Re: JoieDeVivre]
#18802892 - 09/05/13 11:13 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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JoieDeVivre said: Please share your stories of wasted effort or ignorance that led to wasted time.
I took Orgo 1 lab last semester. Did all the experiments, hw assignments, and took the final. When it came time to write the final report I realized I was missing some crucial data and wouldn't even be able to do it. Made up some BS excuse to my teacher and she gave me an incomplete (should've been an F). Now I'm retaking the class again this semester.
This is how I feel about that
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Man that's rough. I know that feel tho.
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gzuf said: That's pretty terrible. If you don't find a loan those 12 credits are poof gone just like that? How long do you have before you lose the credits? Man, college is such a racket. Gotta do whatcha gotta do I guess.
Nine months technically but then if I pay the money and my professors from the summer don't have my grade anymore I get automatic F's in each course for which the prof can't find my grade.
Fucking bullshit man. I wish they would have sent me a warning, I had no idea this convoluted policy even existed.
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