Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Many of the "older" YCMers are getting to the point where they're starting to have to decide what they're going to be doing for the rest of their lives, and where they're going to go to learn about how to do it. College apps are for the most part due already, but schools should be replying soon. Where've you applied? Where've you been accepted? What are your primary choices, why, and what do you aim to study? I'm interested in Pre-Law and I've been accepted at Drexel thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman25 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hey, I know you from 37. ;D But I haven't applied yet since I'm a sophomore in high school, but I plan to apply to at least a couple Ivy League Schools. But mainly I want to apply to MIT, even though that's not an ivy. Since I'll probably get denied by all of those, I'll apply to some local universities for back-up. And no, I have no clue what I want to do in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Ivies are only worth applying to if you're actually interested in that lifestyle... it's more important to go to a college you feel comfortable at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman25 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I honestly don't know what any of the colleges are going to be like. I'm just going to try to get into a college that best prepares me for a good career. If that creates a couple lifestyle discrepancies, well so be it, I'll adjust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumiа Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I don't know about myself yet. But my sister got accepted into Oxbridge. I have a lot to live up to. .-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Well, it all depends on what you like to do and what you're good at. I'm interested in law because I've always been good at arguing and it's something I'm passionate about. It's something to consider when you start adding years to your belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleZone Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Nearly done with Med School. Longest 5 years of my life, but fortunately the last one is all clinic duty, no more classes, it promises to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Don't you have to do like on-job training after that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospel. Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I've always entertained the idea of becoming a military guy. Thanks to the 'Texas Tomorrow' fund, my college education is pretty much 'paid off.' Any state school. My dream has always been attending TAMU (Texas A&M University.) Pretty much for their prestigious military program. Football has also crossed my mind once or twice . They've got a well-respected football program which would be amazing if I got an offer this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Horrific' timestamp='1298230561' post='5021264'] I've always entertained the idea of becoming a military guy. Thanks to the 'Texas Tomorrow' fund, my college education is pretty much 'paid off.' Any state school. My dream has always been attending TAMU (Texas A&M University.) Pretty much for their prestigious military program. Football has also crossed my mind once or twice . They've got a well-respected football program which would be amazing if I got an offer this year. [/quote] Sounds like a true blue Texan, haha. Have you read Foley's [i][b]Learning Capitalist Culture[/b][/i]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospel. Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Wahrheit' timestamp='1298230782' post='5021276'] Sounds like a true blue Texan, haha. Have you read Foley's [i][b]Learning Capitalist Culture[/b][/i]? [/quote] No. I'm just some stupid asian kid that swam on an old wooden raft from Korea to try and make it big in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Horrific' timestamp='1298231342' post='5021296'] No. I'm just some stupid asian kid that swam on an old wooden raft from Korea to try and make it big in America. [/quote] You should! It has a lot of awesome stuff about high school theory and social politics and most of all it's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospel. Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Wahrheit' timestamp='1298231416' post='5021299'] You should! It has a lot of awesome stuff about high school theory and social politics and most of all it's hilarious. [/quote] I looked it up. It actually sounds interesting to read. [spoiler=this is what you were referring to?]"A fascinating study of the clash between Anglo and Hispanic cultures in South Texas as seen through the eyes of its youth."—Choice "Learning Capitalist Culture poses excellent questions and offers provocative theoretical possibilities."—American Journal of Sociology Learning Capitalist Culture presents an ethnographic study of a small, economically-depressed, predominantly Mexican American south Texas town. Like many communities in the Southwest, North Town has undergone cultural and political change since the late sixties, when the Chicano civil rights movement emerged and challenged the segregated racial order. This book examines the way in which the youth of North Town learn traditional American values through participation in sports, membership in formal and informal social groups, dating, and interactions with teachers in the classroom. Using information gathered over fourteen years of field work, Douglas E. Foley shows how the rituals involved in these activities tend to preserve or reproduce class and gender inequalities, even as Mexicanos transform the racial order.[/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Horrific' timestamp='1298231605' post='5021307'] I looked it up. But kids these days are absolutely retarded. Completely oblivious to he world. Like the people in Wall-E. But it does sound interesting. [/quote] It's interesting because it's the epitome of the American high school experience. Anyone done any prep programs? I attended the National Student Leadership Conference this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospel. Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Wahrheit' timestamp='1298231773' post='5021314'] [b]It's interesting because it's the epitome of the American high school experience.[/b] Anyone done any prep programs? I attended the National Student Leadership Conference this summer. [/quote] I thought I could just go watch 'Dazed and Confused' for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleZone Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Wahrheit' timestamp='1298230521' post='5021261'] Don't you have to do like on-job training after that too? [/quote] The last year is supervised clinic duty, meaning you don't actually call the shots (and won't completely for 5 more years). Basically we see the patients, propose diagnosis, exams and medication, then our assigned medical tutor evaluates us based on those decisions. We also do the dirty work doctors are too busy to do themselves, take blood samples, fill in the clinic diaries (direct translation from Portuguese here, no idea what you'd call it), etc. It's a sort of less harmful field practice, since patients won't be going home with just our opinions and prescriptions. Imagine the cataclysm if they did. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='MarbleZone' timestamp='1298231955' post='5021324'] The last year is supervised clinic duty, meaning you don't actually call the shots (and won't completely for 5 more years). Basically we see the patients, propose diagnosis, exams and medication, then our assigned medical tutor evaluates us based on those decisions. We also do the dirty work doctors are too busy to do themselves, take blood samples, fill in the clinic diaries (direct translation from Portuguese here, no idea what you'd call it), etc. It's a sort of less harmful field practice, since patients won't be going home with just our opinions and prescriptions. Imagine the cataclysm if they did. [/quote] The 5 extra years were what I was alluding to. Sounds like you're akin to one of House's med students from circa season 3 I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleZone Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Pretty much, but our tutors are hardly as awesome. Only difference between 6th year and the 5 that follow is that during the latter we're considered interns, therefore we start getting paid, whereas next year we'll still be considered students - the kind of work we do is similar, though it's naturally more area-specific and demanding as internship progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 What field are you going into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleZone Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hopefully Cardiology; there's a limited number of openings each year though, so only 15 or so new interns are admitted each year country-wide into that speciality. Internal Medicine also interests me, as it requires knowledge of several fields, forces me to keep updated. One of my biggest dilemmas is having to narrow it down to one specific field after 6 years of learning a variety of subjects that I enjoyed a lot (and some less so, obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 What would be your last choice? Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I gotta get off my lazy ass and apply for teh free moniez from teh governmentz. Especially since I plan to take classes this Summer. I also have to take the G.E.D, and possibly retake the SAT. I got a lot of stuffs to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
·Toot Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I got accepted into the culinary institute of america I'm studying pastry arts to make saucey cakes But I have 2nd thoughts about it because I don't want to leave my son for the big apple Lolz xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Be careful with culinary schools... The competition is obscene and the demand is low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
·Toot Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Lol i kinda figured that out when i applied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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