Bruhnaldho thinks he's black but, I believe, he's whiter than Phonics.
Bruhnaldho thinks he's black but, I believe, he's whiter than Phonics.
My sister scored 99%tile on her SATs (although lower than me), seems like she might be going to Duke too #genetics
Sorry to let you down there Spoons.
Aw. Is your sister basically a clone of you?
Apparently 2250 and up is 99th percentile, so that's not too impressive, especially given how loaded you are. Nice try Murt.
Nah she's way more European / generic international school kid.Originally Posted by Spoonsky
In my day, trolling used to mean something.
She's probably doing early decision Duke #tear #TheyGrowUpSoFast
Oh, she'll be a senior in HS?
Yeah she's a year younger than you. Tbh I'm mostly excited because this means ill have an excuse to visit for at least a few more years / for big sports games.
Remember when mert's parents cried because he didn't get into an Ivy?
I always wanted to go to Duke !
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Does she have any higher aspirations than Duke, or is she set on that?
Trolling? It's just another level of elitism.
I think I've brainwashed her pretty successfully to apply early decision (which is binding) to Duke. Her "soft' qualifications, grades and extracurriculars are way better than mine (although I had better test scores) so realistically with current admission standards she would probably be an outside shot for the Ivies. She's realistically probably in the Northwestern/WashU/John Hopkins/Emory/Vanderbilt/Georgetown range, might get Duke/Cornell/Brown/Dartmouth on a good day, and maybe squeak like a Columbia/UPenn/UChicago if she got lucky. Objectively probably best to fall back on the legacy status and not take the risk.
Does she have any higher aspirations than Duke, or is she set on that?
You don't get to be elitist when you go to a glorified hippie school; I bet your top fraternities/sororities even have minorities.
Duke is as good as any really, at least reputation wise.
Yeah, but our women age well. Yours all turn into Dolly Parton
Maybe it should be (for the soft sciences; not the hard ones), but it definitely isn't.
It is for stuff that matters (ie jobs.) Nobody gives a shit about rankings.
Duke alums run Wall Street and consulting. Pussy liberals don't work out well in the real world believe it or not.
Duke runs Wall Street
I'm so fed up of medicine at the moment, finding it harder and harder to convince myself it's what I want to do.
Obviously it's worse at the moment because of exams and the migraines make everything much harder than they need be, but I'm just constantly so stressed and tired. Never get to see my girlfriend either which sucks.
Looking forwards I can see that being a consultant in something I enjoy is somewhere I would like to get to, but the thought of another year at med school and foundation years...just don't think I can stick it.
To be honest, I'm just really unhappy and I don't want to be any more. Maybe if I'd not had to deal with all the health problems and shit it wouldn't be like this but I have and it is. I don't think I can cope much longer.
Sorry to whinge.
You're welcome to vent here. I wish there was more we could do, but I think it's safe to say we're all definitely on your side, and wish you the best.
Is that the same girlfriend you've had since you were like 13? You might wanna consider ending that, i guarantee you that itself adds a lot of stress to your life and tbh you need to experience some years alone if you've been with someone for that long.
I'm doing an MBA. Narrowed it down to two Universities here.
Which ones?
Is the father in law paying?
I know everyone loves to assume that nobody can be with someone from when they are young and it work, but she's the one thing in my life that makes me happy and feels stable.
She has been and is incredible and I would never have come this far without her.
I would listen to mokbull, his advice is always sound.
I'm not assuming anything, I'm sure the relationship is going fine, but having that sort of stability in your life for so long makes you a lot more risk-averse, which I believe greatly stymies personal development in the long run. Just a thought.
I'll bare it in mind.
Mokbull is generally a dirty liberal and by default probably has totally misguided ideas about how to behave in relation to women, but here he is 100% correct. A girlfriend is a huge social crutch, which is great / supplements your psyche if you know how to exist without one, but potentially breeds crippling dependence if that's all you've ever known.
Did either of you actually read his post?
Well, RL, if you stick at it for long enough, you can become a consultant and move over here (Guernsey). A friend I went to uni with was recently sort of head hunted by one of our consultants. He's only just becoming a NHS consultant (obs and gyne - I have no idea how abbreviate that) and has kids so he wasn't that interested, but he didn't realise the pay was something like 3 to 5 times more. The robbing bastards are onto a right good racket here. Probably even better if you are a GP. No commute and a beastly, if expensive, way of life to boot. Even direct flights to Norwich.
Which ones?
Is the father in law paying?
Narrowed it down to Arizona and Northeastern because they don't require the GMAT and I cant be arsed to do it.
Arizona are wank at football but at least they play in a decent division. Arizona state are the same but have a better logo.
Narrowed it down to Arizona and Northeastern because they don't require the GMAT and I cant be arsed to do it.
They're right RL. You should 100% end the long term relationship that you are happy in.
What program? Those are both pretty mediocre to bad schools...I would be arsed to take the GMAT if I were you...
Narrowed it down to Arizona and Northeastern because they don't require the GMAT and I cant be arsed to do it.
I visited Northeastern in March because it was one of my higher choices. I can't comment on doing an MBA but that's a pretty stark choice of lifestyles in Tucson vs Boston. Personally I'd opt for Boston and I think most British would too, but idk you really and maybe you're tired of the east coast. Tucson is a pretty cool city too for what it's worth.
Fuck Boston and everyone pretending that they're Irish.
Seconded.
I went to Dublin and there was a Bostonian family in one of the pubs telling any fucker that would listen how Irish they were. The locals thought they were absolute cunts, it was all over their faces.
I refer to myself as "Irish" when outside the UK, and it's usually met with GAA banter or declarations of Irish ancestry.
It's because we're great.
Boston is a great city, I would go for that one. Never been to Arizona, mind.
Tuscon, Arizona has maybe the best hotness : low self-esteem ratio female population in the entire world.
I'm serious, it is fucking outrageous, only place close is maybe like Tier 3 state schools in the Southeast and there the girls are way dumber / religious / only into frat guys.
I'm not saying he has to do anything, but it's so easy to get lulled into a sense of complacency, ESPECIALLY when you're with the first person you've been with. At what point is it simply the fear of life without the other person keeping those two people together? That's not how a relationship should be.
Of course I don't know the specifics of RL's relationship, but I know so many people who are in love with their high school girlfriend and who live half-lives because they're so afraid of losing them. I don't know, I feel like life is about constant self-improvement, and unless you've had the life experiences of a 30 year old by the time you're 16, you're stunting your growth.
I'm doing it online, so the location of the campus means nothing to me.
I knew you'd pop in here to have a go, mert, and I've done my fair bit of research on the topic. Arizona and Northeastern's business schools are quite highly ranked nationally. I also shortlisted UNC but they require attendance at "online classes". That may sound fine on the face of it but when I'm in China one year from now, I don't want to be listening to lectures in the middle of the night.
The University of Liverpool also have a pretty good MBA but, well... they're scousers.
Finally got drunk enough to look at my grades...I did slightly above average. Looks like I'm still on track to get a good job woo, etc.
Also why do an MBA program somewhere shit, it's such a waste, why not make the effort to do something that actually adds value?
Nothing better for your growth than wanking yourself to sleep every night.
It's a combination of several factors.
A lot of the top ones require campus visits which I won't be able to do, or live classes which will kill me when I'm +12 hours from The US time zones. Both of my final choices seem to be quite highly ranked, though. It's not like I'm doing it above an Indian restaurant or something.
Are you planning a career move of sorts?
Why not take time off and actually go to school?
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