College!!

cgscelgallery · Post by **cgscelgallery** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:25 pm

Congrats!

I went to the local CC and majored in International Studies., which I really liked. At the time their was only 1 college in Virginia that offered it and it was 4 hours away, the only other places that had it were the big colleges in Washington DC and my graddes were not good enough. If I had waited a year just about everyone around would have had it.

Ended up at Marymount University double majoring in International Business and Management. Something that I was not to sure I would like in the beginning but its grown on me. Now I am a first semester senior finishing up in December.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:57 pm

Congrats!!!

My friend was in cornell (now he is in Oxford now....) and I visited him before.... It is a very very nice school

I know a couple people at Cornell as well (all mathematicians

) You will have so much fun!!!!

purple-plum · Post by **purple-plum** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:01 pm

yay cornell!! my sister went there and a few of my friends went there. I really love the campus, but be careful around there...especially if you choose to drink. There have been some horror stories CONGRATULATIONS!!!

-KT

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:47 pm

WOW! What an opportunity! Congratulations. Cornell is a superb learning institution, so take them for all they can offer you.

I got my B.S. in Secondary Education(with a concentration in comprehensive English) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2004. I am currently getting my Masters degree in Education at the university's honor college. I currently teach 7th grade reading. I hope to teach future educators at a university level when I retire so I can keep busy(university teaching will seem like a vacation compared to what I do now).

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:48 pm

How much freedom do you have in choosing the curriculum for your class?

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:59 pm

Cloud wrote:How much freedom do you have in choosing the curriculum for your class?

Good question, cloud. I do have to meet certain expectations as set forth by the school district and state, but how I go about achieving them is completely up to me. I would say that I have the most unique reading curriculum in my school, mainly because of the things I can offer my students that others teachers choose not to.

Rayman · Post by **Rayman** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:31 pm

Well, when I visited Cornell it didn't really strike me to be all that great as the hype and when interviewed, the person I talked with was not personal at all. She was eerily quiet for most of the time, made you do all the talking and you could cut the tension and uncomfortableness like a knife through warm butta.

So, when I got my rejection letter I wasn't really all that upset at all.

.....Because you see I had already paid my fee for my acceptance into Northeastern. So suck it Cornell. Suck it long, and suck it hard.

(god i love sean connery SNL celebrity jeopardy)

(No offense to the Cornell people, my position here is IMPO)

So excited right now.... The co-op program at Northeastern is ridiculously sweet.

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:54 pm

Rayman wrote:So, when I got my rejection letter I wasn't really all that upset at all.

I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I don't really see one university being greater than another. What matters is how well you fit there. I know some Harvard grads who are dumb as tree stumps because they breezed through the curriculum with no interest. I know some folks who go to UNLV who took all the knowledge they could from the place and got their money's worth. Cornell just wasn't your match, that's all. As long as each person is happy and learns.

klet · Post by **klet** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:11 pm

Congrats on getting into your first choice!

I'm a sophomore right now (my credits would probably tell you otherwise, though) and I'm still not too sure what I'm going to do for my degree.

I am going to get at least a minor in Spanish, though, and if I continue with Japanese for the rest of my time here, I'll get a Japanese minor, too. As for my major, though . . .

The school I picked? Well, it was the one that was going to give me the most money.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:11 pm

Oh. You are a sophomore right now my credits would probably tell you otherwise? Is that your job? Could you ever be certain? No big deal. OK then let me think over your offer.