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Aceshigh

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She hasn't "thrown it all away".

If she really wanted to attend UCLA she would have really tried.

Unless your talking grad school it really doesn't matter where you get your degree from.
 
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Kaervak

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Originally posted by: KthxBye
Originally posted by: Kaervak
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Yeah, me.
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Ditto. A do over for the past four years would be nice. That way I could go to a real college where the staff & instructors actually care about their jobs.
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Same here, but what are you gonna do.
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Try to go to a real college where the staff and instructors actually care about their jobs. If that doesn't work, then I'm going to try my own home improvement business.
 
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SammyBoy

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OOH OOOH, me too. I'm smart. I'm smarter than you, and I'm damn sure smarter than your sister. However, i hate school and don't do my work, so I'll MAYBE be attending community college next year if i don't figure out something better to do. woot 4 laziness.

Smack your sister for me, there is no excuse to get a 2.8, 1.8 is far superior :)
 
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FredFredrickson

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You can still get community service thru other means besides student govt...
And if she fixes the rest of her grades, she may be able to get into UCLA on some kind of a contract... she should not give up, and look into it before it's too late.
 
Siddhartha

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Originally posted by: coldcut
Ok, I have a sister who is genuinely smart, had good grades and had all AP classes until junior year, now got 2.8 her first semester and crushed her dreams of attending UCLA. She also got terrible SAT II scores, around the 550's and has no extracirricular because she was rejected by student government and stuff.

It is just hard to see someone with potential throw away all their ability like this. She said she tried, but all I see is apathy and laziness. She really screwed up and now the whole family is upset.

Have you ever seen someone with so much potential just throw everything away?
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She is 17 or 18 right? So she has quite a lot of time left to do what she wants.
 
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rgwalt

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I never hit one of those slumps in high school. I hit one in my sophomore year of college, and I'm still coming out of it. I'm going into my third year of grad school now... Actually, I just realized that I could put in less effort and still do well enough to get by, and that perfection wasn't what it was cracked up to be. I know it isn't the best way to look at life, but just lost my drive and I haven't been able to get it back.

Ryan
 
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psianime

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Yeah, JR year is NOT a great year to have an episode if you want to get into a good college. Tell her if she dosen't shape up she will end up at UCR like me, that will sober her up real good.


-psianime
 
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Syringer

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On her personal statement she should go on about how she got chronically depressed for a period, preventing her from focusing on school, and with those troubles at hand she doesn't want to extend them even further by having to face disappointment of her strict high demanding parents who've always set high expectations for her--and that all they ever wanted for her was to get an education at a good school and that she'd never be able to live with herself if she wasn't able to fulfill those wishes.

Works every time :)
 
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Lager

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Originally posted by: Syringer
On her personal statement she should go on about how she got chronically depressed for a period, preventing her from focusing on school, and with those troubles at hand she doesn't want to extend them even further by having to face disappointment of her strict high demanding parents who've always set high expectations for her--and that all they ever wanted for her was to get an education at a good school and that she'd never be able to live with herself if she wasn't able to fulfill those wishes.

Works every time :)
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Is that the one you used? :)
 
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Underground727

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Don't care enough to read this whole thread, but I am an expert in the field of not doing good enough for your family.

She is probably realizing for the first time that the whole reason she tried so hard in school was for her parents.

So, quit pressuring her to do good in school and she will probably do it on her own.

Oh, and just my opinion, your family is very close minded and needs to allow her to make decisions for herslef or she will hat you all until she dies.
 
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Lager

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Originally posted by: Underground727
Don't care enough to read this whole thread, but I am an expert in the field of not doing good enough for your family.

She is probably realizing for the first time that the whole reason she tried so hard in school was for her parents.

So, quit pressuring her to do good in school and she will probably do it on her own.

Oh, and just my opinion, your family is very close minded and needs to allow her to make decisions for herslef or she will hat you all until she dies.
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We are not close minded. She had freedom to choose everything she wanted to. The only reason my parents are angry at her is because of her recent grades and her dramatic academic drop.
 
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StormRider

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Originally posted by: rgwalt
I never hit one of those slumps in high school. I hit one in my sophomore year of college, and I'm still coming out of it. I'm going into my third year of grad school now... Actually, I just realized that I could put in less effort and still do well enough to get by, and that perfection wasn't what it was cracked up to be. I know it isn't the best way to look at life, but just lost my drive and I haven't been able to get it back.

Ryan
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I know what you mean. In high school, I tried to get 100's. But as you get older the drive isn't there anymore -- so I only try to get A's as I got older. No more 100s and perfect scores anymore. I hate being such a slacker....

Actually on a serious note, if I were your parents I would be more worried instead of angry -- a dramatic drop in grades sometimes indicates some sort of emotional trouble. Getting angry with her and telling her she's messing up her life might make things worse.
 
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hans007

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Originally posted by: coldcut
Ok, I have a sister who is genuinely smart, had good grades and had all AP classes until junior year, now got 2.8 her first semester and crushed her dreams of attending UCLA. She also got terrible SAT II scores, around the 550's and has no extracirricular because she was rejected by student government and stuff.

It is just hard to see someone with potential throw away all their ability like this. She said she tried, but all I see is apathy and laziness. She really screwed up and now the whole family is upset.

Have you ever seen someone with so much potential just throw everything away?
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junior college transfer works.
 
StageLeft

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Yes I've seen it happen to lots of people. I myself could have done much better in university but laziness and lack of effort cost me on my final GPA.
 
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Rogozhin

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So I assume she isn't paying for her college tuition?

The nice thing I had going while I completed my BAs was I worked as a farmer during the summer (had to pay for school myself). By the last spring quater every year I was always eagerly anticipating the drive back to the country where I worked like an animal 16 hours a day 7 days a week for 2 months straight (one week off then another 1.5 month block). That alone gave me the drive to get back on track every Fall quarter.

Most people that I've met don't really know what real work truly is and if you can go out and do this for a summer (every summer until you complete your degree hopefully) then you won't have to worry about depression because of school.

Weak people.

Rogo
 
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Mallow

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all you can do for people is give them your love and support... they have to make the choices.
 
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