I lost my scholarship - my life is over (1500 hits)
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Submitted by <crackergirl84.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2004-01-21 10:56:38 EST
I go to a big state school, and got a full, merit-based scholarship to pay for absolutely everything. I have to keep a 3.5 GPA. We're only allowed to go on probation once, and I used that up freshman year on a bullshit professor. This past semester (fall 2003) I got a 3.23, which brings my cumulative GPA to a 3.43. This, obviously, is below what I need, and I lost everything. This is the worst time for this to happen: my mom's business is going bust, and we're about to be broke (I'm 19). I've already pleaded my case to the scholarship board, and they refuse to budge. I've already written to the two professors whose classes I got B's in, and pleaded with them to change my grades. I'm waiting to hear back. Other than that, does anyone have any suggestions? Once I tell my mom I lost my scholarship I'm dead, absolutely dead. Telling her is going to be the worst moment of my life, hands down.
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Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2006-01-09 21:27:52 EST (#)
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Start suckin' cock for rent money, baby.
Submitted by Luderhow (user info) at 2006-01-09 21:06:32 EST (#)
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pfft. become a hit man(woman) it pays well! (like 5k per head) AND you can practice sniping people legally in local arcades.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 20:20:37 EST (#)
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How's the cocksucking at college these days?
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-01-09 20:15:25 EST (#)
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where ya at now?
Submitted by crackergirl (user info) at 2006-01-09 20:09:59 EST (#)
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I just wanted to thank everyone who actually tried to give me legit advice.
I paid for school myself for a year, brought my GPA up and transferred to a far better school - and got another merit-based scholarship, nearly full-ride.
So for everyone who did nothing but complain about their own cirumstances instead of giving me the advice I asked for, fuck you. I win.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-04-27 19:56:29 EDT (#)
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Maybe take 2 fundamental night classes at a community college ASAP. Get way over 3.5 and send transcript for reconsideration. If that don't work you can probably still use them for credit anywhere. Since you have a high GPA you're probably good at school and should stick with it. I go to a place where I work (co-op) every other semester, it's great. Cheer up, things get better.
Submitted by kai070169 (user info) at 2004-02-27 22:18:53 EST (#)
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Two words of advice; grow pot.
Submitted by throbgod13 (user info) at 2004-01-24 10:34:44 EST (#)
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hahhaaa..
try living on a covered porch, w/no heat OR a/c, for a fucking year.. taking EE and ET at the same time.. having absolutely NO MONEY.. a steady diet of fucking Ramen soup.. living with freshly imported Polish immigrants and a 10 year undergrad.. having to knock on the front door to take a shit using the inside toliet.. having your "richie frat fuck" acquaintances take pity on you, due to your living conditions.. having crack-dealers deal rock across the street.. them getting drunk and shooting beer bottles at same distance.. calling the College Station police, and the said crack dealers run the cops off with rocks and "40" bottles.. nearly run over by said drug dealers in the front driveway.. borrowing a .45 to feel safe in said porch area with crack dealers across the street.. sleeping on a "bed" that is a hardwood frontdoor w/a mattress that has four 4x4 posts as legs.. the only light is a 100w bulb hung from an exposed rafter, which when it rained, dripped water off the bulb.. insects, rodents.. half-drunk and hoping to just finally die..
and with all of this shit going on, keeping a 3.78 overall GPA.. with only 3 drops allowed, during your *entire* undergrad career..
ask for incompletes in those classes.. it's not a "grade", and you can retake the classes for your actual GPA.. unless there is a stipulation in your scholarship.. like being a fucking dumbass for not padding your GPA with bullshit-easy classes in this semester..
life is a cold and runny bowl of wet-shit.. and you just got a good spoonful of it..
welcome to disillusionment..
Submitted by sublime (user info) at 2004-01-24 00:51:30 EST (#)
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don't reproduce.
Submitted by OrEoBandiT <BrownEye.at.hotmail.com> at 2004-01-23 16:38:35 EST (#)
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Join the army. I got 40k for joinin for a year for college.
Submitted by crackergirl (user info) at 2004-01-23 16:36:55 EST (#)
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Ok, people. I get it. just because you have to work and go to school and blah blah blah doesn't mean I give a shit. I do work. I do go to school. I've decided to transfer to a better school and work to help pay for it, along with federal financial aid and anything my folks can help me out with.
Don't use my post to complain about your shitty life. If you want to do that, make your own post.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-01-23 16:26:53 EST (#)
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dog shit. it's your own fault, there are other people out there with no money for college who need a scholarship. they work their asses off to maintain a higher GPA than yours and still find time to go to work, and by work i don't mean your job like yours giving head behind the Blockbuster. deal with it.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2004-01-23 14:58:36 EST (#)
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Sorry... you knew you had to keep your grades up before you started. It's your own fault and you'll have to live with the consequences.
Submitted by audjgirl (user info) at 2004-01-23 08:59:48 EST (#)
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if this is true, don't you have better things to do than use ubersite?
Submitted by Fabish (user info) at 2004-01-22 21:55:28 EST (#)
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Don't be a pussy and take what life gives you.
Submitted by Freeman at 2004-01-22 20:56:01 EST (#)
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You should become a whore.
Whores kick ass.
Submitted by virgil (user info) at 2004-01-22 20:44:36 EST (#)
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Oh come on. I mean, pleading to the scholarship board is a good thing, but not for THAT scholarship- you don't deserve the one based on merit. Maybe you should change tactics and try to get a need-based scholarship or, as everyone has noted, a LOAN. And why the hell do you think you should get a higher grade because you want your scholarship? Christ.
And people wonder why college costs are going up.
Submitted by BongZilla (user info) at 2004-01-22 15:01:40 EST (#)
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get residency if you don't already have it, move off campus, apply for federal financial aide, and go to a state school. You'll be back on track in a semester.
-BongZilla
Submitted by hpnotiQ (user info) at 2004-01-22 14:53:38 EST (#)
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What they said about guard is good advice if you still want a degree. I did the same thing, got a full ride, plus local scholarships ($5000 / semester worth) and blew all my money, never went to class, and lost my scholarship after the first year cuz my GPA was like a 2.0. I took out a loan, and went back one more semester to see if i could get off drugs, and turn things around, but I couldn't. To make a long story short, I joined the military (Air Force) and it's the best decision I've made. If you want some more info, just contact me or whatever, i'd be glad to help you out. But the one thing to remember is, if you do choose military, be sure you choose the air force =)
Submitted by bozznc (user info) at 2004-01-22 14:37:23 EST (#)
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Honey, you really want a degree?
Go national guard or army reserves.. 1 weekend a month, two weeks a year.. Andf they pay for your college! I went active, and can only get 12 credit hours a year, but i get a pay check while i do it!
Hit me up if you need info.
Bozz
Submitted by IndianOcean (user info) at 2004-01-22 13:33:51 EST (#)
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listen.. here is the thing.. you are YOUNG and you FUCKED UP. who hasn't.. Take loans.. do whatever..but finish the college..
stop being a bitch and man the fuck up..
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2004-01-22 11:30:38 EST (#)
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**i've found that when life gets rough and money is tight, giving handjobs behind Wal-Mart for cash is a good solution.**
I prefer Target myself. Target patrons tend to be better tippers when it comes to that sort of thing.
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2004-01-22 10:25:38 EST (#)
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Mr. Postive just made me puke.
Submitted by Mr._Positive (user info) at 2004-01-22 10:16:41 EST (#)
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When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!
Submitted by sinwithin (user info) at 2004-01-22 05:48:43 EST (#)
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"May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."
-Psalm 20:4
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2004-01-22 03:18:33 EST (#)
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i've found that when life gets rough and money is tight, giving handjobs behind Wal-Mart for cash is a good solution.
Submitted by crackergirl (user info) at 2004-01-22 03:18:15 EST (#)
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Well, for those of you had constructive advice (though there were remarkably few), thank you. Thinking about this I realized that I've always hated this school (it was my bottom choice out of the three I got into, and I only went to this one because of the scholarship). Basically I got cocky: I manipulated and cajoled my way into a 4.0 last semester, and I thought I could do it again this time. Turns out I couldn't. For the guy who posted about me and toking, yeah that was part of it, too. Not all of it, but part.
And oh yeah, I do have a job: two, actually. I'm using the paychecks to pay off 1) credit card debt (though not $80,000 worth) and 2) debt to the state.
I think there was someone in there who missed finals because her dad died, and the professors didn't give a shit? Man, does that suck big salty ones. It did make me feel better though, so thanks, even though its awful that that happened.
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2004-01-22 03:07:25 EST (#)
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Go on a crime spree. The government will help with your study, and feed, house, and clothe you.
You will also have a whole lot of other losers to hang with.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2004-01-21 22:33:33 EST (#)
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D'oh! Typo. Make that "Your."
-2 for me. :)
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2004-01-21 22:32:31 EST (#)
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i'd like to see you get a 4.0/5.0 at MIT whoever wrote that comment.
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ha! Cute. You're insecurity amuses me.
You'd have to go back to 1997, but let's just say I'm way ahead
of you on that request.
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2004-01-21 21:02:48 EST (#)
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try not to suck so much next time
*whine whine* my GPA is only 3.9 because im getting an A- in IB Calculus. DARN
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2004-01-21 20:33:46 EST (#)
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Make your life be over faster.
Submitted by settle (user info) at 2004-01-21 20:17:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:43:07 (#)
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"does anyone have any suggestions?"
Yes.
How well do you suck dick?
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Hehe. That was really funny. +2 for that. -2 for you. You didn't meet the standard, that's not the scholarship boards problem.
Submitted by cuntlicker (user info) at 2004-01-21 18:59:45 EST (#)
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i'd like to see you get a 4.0/5.0 at MIT whoever wrote that comment.
Submitted by Cassiopeia (user info) at 2004-01-21 18:58:48 EST (#)
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you can join the military
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2004-01-21 18:42:30 EST (#)
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Suck cocks at the bus stop. Charge $0.50 per gobby.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-01-21 18:37:57 EST (#)
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Considering you posted elsewhere with the title "Methods of Smokin' Chronic," in which you wrote:
"Me, I like a nice honey-dipped bluberry blunt laced with Vicodin, capped off with a one-hit snapper in a four-footer."
Let's just say I don't feel your pain, and I'm being mild. You knew you needed a 3.5. You knew you messed up once. You posted that thing fairly recently, which leads me to believe you've been smoking last semester. So, shut up, bitch. You fucked up. It is your fault. It isn't like you took courses that were too hard if you had time to toke up. No, you fucked yourself over. So frankly, I don't care if you end up doing ass-to-ass on a coffee table like in "Requiem for a Dream."
Submitted by Scientifik (user info) at 2004-01-21 18:12:55 EST (#)
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Two words:
STUDENT LOAN
Jesus christ how do you think the non-rich people (like me) pay for college?
Submitted by crackergirl (user info) at 2004-01-21 16:22:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:43:07 (#)
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"does anyone have any suggestions?"
Yes.
How well do you suck dick?
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Pretty damn well, thank you. Interesting propostion, to say the least...
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-01-21 15:43:49 EST (#)
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I found a scholarship the other day. Perhaps it is yours? If so, email me with a description of said scholarship at too.at.fucking.bad.
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:43:46 EST (#)
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Oh shut up.
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:43:07 EST (#)
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"does anyone have any suggestions?"
Yes.
How well do you suck dick?
Submitted by deadsnoopy (user info) at 2004-01-21 15:39:37 EST (#)
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Somebody Kill Me - Adam Sandler
[spoken]
Ok, i just want to warn you that when i wrote this song i was listening to the
Cure a lot.
[sung]
You don't know how much i need you.
While you're near me i don't feel blue.
And when we kiss i know that you need me too.
I can't believe i found a love that's so pure and true.
But it all was bullshit.
It was a goddam joke.
And when i think of you linda,
I hope you fucking choke.
I hope you're glad with what you've done to me.
I lay in bed all day long feeling melancholy.
You left me here all alone, tears running constantly.
Oh somebody kill me please,
Somebody kill me plee-ase,
I'm on my knees,
Pretty pretty please kill me.
I want to die.
Put a bullet in my head.
[spoken]
Kid: you're going to the mental institution.
Submitted by Jaineix (user info) at 2004-01-21 13:29:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by bart (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:34:58 (#)
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The worst moment of my life was telling my parents that my wallet was too small to hold all my fifties and that my diamond shoes were too tight.
This comment made my day!
Anyways, I only can repeat what others have said already. You should go that whole "Job" route. Many of us on this site work and go to school and we're still alive to be sarcastic.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-01-21 13:01:18 EST (#)
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Yesterday, I wanted a soda and all I had was a $20. The coke machine in the break room was just mocking me and my brand new $20 - damnit all why can't I have a coke?!?!
life is so unfair
Submitted by Slopster53 (user info) at 2004-01-21 12:52:26 EST (#)
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HAHAHA Community College time.
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-01-21 12:10:31 EST (#)
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You're user number 388 and you still don't get it?
You deserved to lose your scholarship.
Submitted by Gent (user info) at 2004-01-21 12:10:00 EST (#)
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"christ, no one here has any compassion?"
I have compassion. I was serious about my "Soul Man" idea. If it's good enough for C. Thomas Howell it should be good enough for anyone else.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2004-01-21 12:09:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by fingerbang (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:08:48 (#)
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don't you wish you were a genius like me at MIT with a 4.0. BOO YA!
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Of course, any past and present MIT student would know that MIT
grades on a 5-point scale, so that 4.0 isn't what it would appear
to be.
Submitted by Scummybank (user info) at 2004-01-21 12:01:50 EST (#)
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I have a lot of problems.
Submitted by Scummybank (user info) at 2004-01-21 12:01:36 EST (#)
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Try masturbating. That always cures my problems.
Submitted by Goldneyes (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:54:57 EST (#)
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oh this is too easy. Get a grant from the state, get a job, dont depend on your parents. There are a million places to get loans from
Hasnt this question been asked more than twice in the past couple months?
Submitted by NotApologizing (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:54:01 EST (#)
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Goddamn it. What with all the debt talk on here lately? I am going to have to unleash my debt rant on the Übercommunity. It is full of business sense and prudence.
I will post it this afternoon. After my other one goes of the front page. You should read it. You might feel better about a loan.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:50:52 EST (#)
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I went through something similar when I was younger.
My Porsche broke down and my dad would only get the cheap transmission.
Submitted by Bob_Dole (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:47:16 EST (#)
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christ, no one here has any compassion?.
well, i lost my scholarship after taking off the last 2 weeks of a semester when my dad died and the prof.s wouldnt let me make up the finals, and the admin didnt give a shit. i'm still fighting that one. i'm not crying about it (in public). Side note- anyone looking at colleges in florida- dont go to FAU. It stands for Find/Another/University.
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:45:45 EST (#)
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Diamond! Fuck, here I was thinking I was special with my emerald sneakers.
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:34:58 EST (#)
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The worst moment of my life was telling my parents that my wallet was too small to hold all my fifties and that my diamond shoes were too tight.
Submitted by jimbo (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:34:20 EST (#)
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Fill out the FAFSA like everyone else, fuckball.
Submitted by Gillespie (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:33:13 EST (#)
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Do it the way the other 90 percent of the students in college do and get financial aid and a student loan. Stop whining, you have nobody to blame but yourself.
-J
Submitted by Falconer (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:33:03 EST (#)
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Take all the money you have left, buy a huge rifle, and start picking everyone on campus off one by one. Save a bullet for yourself.
*crappy advice for a crappy poster*
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:30:39 EST (#)
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Think of it this way.... You could have an empty paint can for a head.
0 because....life really isn't so bad.
Submitted by GreenGiant (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:22:25 EST (#)
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stop wining
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:20:50 EST (#)
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get a student loan.
it won't kill you, telling your mother and she won't kill you either.
I feel your pain, but c'mon...
I know each has their own respective reality, but much worse things could happen to you.
Submitted by SpikeGoddess (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:18:16 EST (#)
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Yes, it sucks. Cry, bitch and moan about it, but that isn't going to make you feel better, especially if you choose to do so on Uber. People are being way too nice to you.
My first piece of advice is not to post crap on Uber.
Secondly, take all the time you need to be emotional about this; just get it all out of your system.
Next, recognize that difficult times are what will make you stronger, the only way to test what you're made of. You were damned lucky to have the scholarship when you did; be thankful for that. Now realize that through your own actions (blame doesn't help you here, and I speak as someone who knows about shitty profs and grades) are what got you where you are. It's your own actions that will get you out. You have the inner resources to make something positive out of this; you just have to buck up and get it done. Think of possible sources of funding. Take a semester's leave of absence and work. Transfer to a cheaper school. Get a job. Apply for need-based financial aid. Look for other scholarships on the Web. You're not in a hopeless spot here. I speak as one who knows, having just left the school of my dreams b/c of money.
SpikeGoddess
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:16:28 EST (#)
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heres how much I care
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that much
Submitted by Gent (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:15:47 EST (#)
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I suggest painting your face black and applying for scholarships reserved for African Americans. Like in the movie "Soul Man". It worked for C. Thomas Howell... and he was at Harvard, where people are far smarter than at your typical State school. And they couldn't even tell it was a white man in black face. You would've thought that his WASPish features would be a dead give away, but that makeup goes a long way.
Submitted by volklcess (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:09:19 EST (#)
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I have a suggestion for you: get a job.
I work 40 hours a week and am taking night classes till I get my degree and I'm only 21. Yeah, it sucks, but if you want your degree you gotta do what you gotta do. Plus it sounds like you're a pretty good student, so what a waste it would be if you had to drop out...
You should also consider taking some community college classes that will transfer to your university. I'm taking only community college classes 'cause I'm only trying to get a 2 year paralegal AAS degree, but it's *significantly* cheaper than university classes.
:-)
Phoenix
Submitted by fingerbang (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:08:48 EST (#)
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don't you wish you were a genius like me at MIT with a 4.0. BOO YA!
Submitted by NotApologizing (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:08:03 EST (#)
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Oh, you're a girl. Then just get pregnant instead of doing the impregnating.
Or, how about a loan? The money from a loan is just like cash!
Submitted by NotApologizing (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:06:34 EST (#)
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Impregnate a young coed. Your mom is losing her business and her kid can't go to college, but won't she love a new grandchild!? Ohhhhh I hope it's a boy!
Submitted by Persecuted (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:05:15 EST (#)
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Shut up, I dont care about your stupid ass problems. You are a bright red tomato.
Submitted by antluvdog (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:03:15 EST (#)
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It could be worse.
You could be $80,000 in debt with no possible way to pay it off.
Submitted by Da_WooD (user info) at 2004-01-21 11:01:10 EST (#)
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Damn. You suck.
Submitted by whataefag (user info) at 2004-01-21 10:59:04 EST (#)
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Stop being pathetic. Student loans. We all love to hate to have them. Deal with it.
A similar thing happened to me, although I never lost my scholarship, due to minimum hour enrollment per semester. It will be OK. Life will go on. You will graduate and get a job.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-01-21 10:59:00 EST (#)
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Maybe you should have tried harder.
What does 3.5 gpa mean anyway?
I have no idea how it works.