Posted on 26 March 2011. Tags: application, bullshit, concentration leader, department, Grant, masters degree, medical school, prestigious university, second semester, semesters, thesis degree, travel grant, unfair treatment, university
i’m getting my masters at a prestigious university (top 20 according to those bullshit us news and reviews rankings). the 3 semesters of courses + thesis degree is through the medical school and requires my thesis to be done in a foreign country. we had two options: do a semester abroad through the school (do classes at abroad university and complete thesis with the abroad institution- it’s affiliated with out school for a joint program) or take all the classes here, and go abroad just for the thesis.
my issue is this. i chose the university because i liked the all inclusive semester abroad program. i applied for the semester abroad the moment the window opened- i was super excited and had my advisor review my application before submitting. months to go by- no acceptance, while my peers have been accepted. it turns out they lost my application (i was the FIRST person to submit it) and i was denied the opportunity because i was asked to resubmit, months after the deadline when the program was closed. after rearranging my schedule because the second semester is about to start, i find out i am denied entry into the program because of “grades”… bullshit. i passed all my classes, while not stellar, with B+s. my concentration leader lost my application and i feel like she’s trying to cover up for it. i filed a complaint with my advisor and found out my complaint was bounced around the department, and got back to the woman (the head of department) who lost my application in the first place. today, i was just denied the travel grant to do my thesis abroad (after having THIS application reviewed and okayed by my advisor too). the head of department approves the grants, and she denied me after i started an informal departmental investigation into the matter of losing my semester abroad application. she’s also my professor in one of my classes, and she is trying to fail me.
i know this sounds like “she’s out to get me!”, but the other students have noticed it too, and seeing as how they all got the travel grant, and didn’t have any applications lost, and don’t seem to be getting unfair treatment, i feel like something really is wrong with this picture. this masters is costing me $70,000+… i had opportunities to go to different schools that offered me scholarships and i regret this so much, i want to cry. i’m on the verge of breaking down, and don’t know what to do. has anyone been in a situation like this? since when did grad school become so personal? you would think for tuition like this, the professors would do everything in their ability to help their students 🙁
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Posted on 21 March 2011. Tags: "self, 19 years, adult film industry, condition, favour, gay adult, issue, male stripper, new zealand, niche, piercings, prerequisite, tattoos, university, Work
I’m a university student looking to make a little more money to help with my degree, extra expenses/treats and the like – you know what I mean, I need money!
I’m 19 years old and in pretty good physical condition: some piercings and tattoos, but there’s a niche for that I think. I did consider working as a male stripper, but unfortunately don’t have the rippling 6 pack which seems a prerequisite – the hours also don’t favour studying…
I self identify as gay, so there’s no real issue there. However, the New Zealand adult film industry is a fledgling one, with most of the work seeming to be located up North. Am I wrong about this..? Obviously, as someone who’s pursuing a degree, moving for work isn’t an option.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
Ta.
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Posted on 19 March 2011. Tags: evidence, gallows road, george mason university, Invited, Letter, magnet schools, national young leaders conference, nylc, regan, religious debate, university, vienna virginia, weighted gpa, Young, young leaders conference
I am pretty sure this is fake, but this is the second time I have gotten an invitation to the NYLC.
The first time, the letter apparently listed the wrong school. This time though, the letter listed the right school, but there are still issues with people faking it.
Although I go to one of the top magnet schools in the nation, I dont even have a 4.0 GPA (mines around 3.7, or as low as 3.5; weighted GPA is about 4.4-4.5). Whenever I get into a political or religious debate, I tend to piss people off, so neither grades nor my behavior is beneficial to such a meeting. I have seen at least one student at my school with at least a 4.8 weighted GPA and the guy is quite a charismatic one, so how can I be chosen to represent my school? Just for more information, the email is based off of highachieving.net supposedly from Marguerite C. Regan PhD, Dean of Academic Affairs. Whats unusual is that the university affiliated with the invidation is George Mason University (provided address is 1919 Gallows Road Suite 700, Vienna, Virginia). I can tell you, that although my hometown is in Virginia (its not Vienna though), I currently live about 500 or so miles away from the state. Theres enough evidence to prove that this is real…. and theres enough evidence to prove that this email is fake.
What a paradox.
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Posted on 24 February 2011. Tags: best years of my life, California, college, east coast, fresh start, happy as a clam, liberal arts college, multiple times, nobody, old school, sophomore year, Time, top liberal arts college, university, years of my life
Okay, so everyone always told me that college would be the best 4 years of my life.. i’m more than halfway through my sophomore year, and so far they have been the worst years by far.
My first year i started off at a top university in california, and was really excited to go. Once i got there, i realized how big it was and how lost i felt, and i tried to make friends and find a niche, but still found myself with nobody to hang out with on the weekends… I have always been very academically driven, so i did spend a lot of time doing homework, but so did everyone at this place.
Anyways, I would cry myself to sleep most nights, and really hated the school. I was having an awful time, and decided that i should transfer, in the hopes of creating a fresh start. I transferred to a top liberal arts college on the east coast, and am now having an even worse time. I tried much harder this time to make friends and seek connections and join clubs and groups, and I feel so much worse here than at my old school. I cry myself to sleep quite often, and have had 2 therapists tell me that i’m clinically depressed (and i promise, i was happy as a clam in high school, so this is a new thing.) Also, during november and december of this year, i contemplated suicide multiple times a day, and came somewhat close to carrying it out a number of times.
Needless to say, I’m not having the best years of my life. I can’t drop out of college, because A.) my parents would never allow it, B.) I would never let myself live it down, and C.) I have nothing else to do. I also have no idea what i want to major in, and have lost interest in what i thought i was going to major in (so now i have no way to feasibly fit in any other major before i’m supposed to graduate.)
What should i do? I’m miserable on so many levels.
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Posted on 06 February 2011. Tags: affiliated college, Diploma, diploma in education, Education, education students, Masters, masters in education, Maths, punjab university chandigarh, punjabi university patiala, Qualification, university
My qualifications: 1. M.Sc.(maths) from an affiliated college to Punjab university, Chandigarh. with 51.8% marks.
2. ‘Masters in education’ from an affiliated college to Punjabi university, Patiala( Punjab) with 65% marks…
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Posted on 25 January 2011. Tags: american, bbc reports, breakthrough, cairo middle school, cairo west, egyptian desert, gay population, gay rape, mass execution, Shocking, site, technological breakthrough, university, university of cairo, world egypt
The BBC reported that Mubarak;s regime decided after a gay rape indecent in a Cairo middle school to surround and imprison around 10,000 Egyptian homosexuals with the help of a technological breakthrough which allowed them to identify persons on gay affiliated websites. American provided super computers at the university of Cairo helped in cracking the encryption of gay site databases. American provided helicopters helped in transportation of this large gay population to Cairo-West air base where they air lifted to El Akrab prison in the western Egyptian desert where mass execution will take place.
http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/egypt/egnews161.htm
What is your opinion?
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