Currently experiencing the hardest decision of my life right now. I just got off the waitlist for Binghamton University after committing to Harvard and I don't know what to do. Binghamton is offering me nothing while Harvard is offering a full ride. Binghamton at full price will leave me in ~100k in debt, but isnt it worth it? Please help!!
I have a "friend group" of like 5 people, but none I'd consider close friends. We just hang out at school and I very rarely actually go out with them. Second Im back home im all by myself.
I've had a real friendship before, so I know what it feels like. You text everyday about everything that happens, you spend time with each other and enjoy every second. But that friendship fell apart a while ago, and I've spent every day looking for something like that ever since.
The "friendships" I have now are nothing like that. Everyone takes decades to respond to my messages or just doesnt respond at all. If we make plans to hang out with each other I always have to initiate, nobody else does their part or cares about hanging out with me as much as I care about hanging out with them. Nobody else cares about my life as much as I care about theirs.
If I hear about something happening in their life I reach out. If we havent talked in a while I reach out. Nobody ever reaches out to me or cares about what I'm doing, it's always one sided.
How exactly am I supposed to make friends like this? Have I just not met the right people? I dont think Im a bad or mean person, I've heard how others describe me and its never negative, as in ive never heard complaints about me being annoying or mean. So I dont know what im doing wrong.
I got financial aid that is just enough for my family to afford but it's still very expensive for us and I want to help out my parents any way I can. Im wondering if anyone has any tips or has any experience getting more scholarships from BU if possible or from outside.
Also, i got a new financial aid offer from Skidmore and they offered me ~15k/yr more in financial aid than BU. ofc, im going to stay with BU, but im wondering if I could use this offer for the next time I can file an appeal to ask for more?
Let me know!
Im about to graduate high school and will lose my school account that contains years of work that I would like to keep. Problem is, I cant just transfer ownership of my files because my school blocked literally EVERYTHING. I've already asked the IT department, they're absolutely useless.
Is there a way I can simply download and move all these files to a different google drive account? Please lmk
Trying to pick out which dorm is best.
Id prefer one that is suite style, dont really care how many ppl in my room, just prefer a bathroom that I have more control over the cleanliness of. If thats not possible as a freshman I understand.
I also dont care about how far it is. I saw some people say the really bad thing about fenway is that it is 20 min from main campus, but I already walk 30 min to school every day so I dont mind at all lol.
Also wondering if there's a way I can see the cost for each location, I saw a housing rates page but it didnt include anything location specific from what ive seen.
Any tips would be appreciated!
I have family overseas who heard about me getting into BU and were really excited. BU ofc is a great school, but they think it's super prestigious, like ivy league level. When I got into schools similarly ranked, they didnt really care as much. Outside of my family, I've heard other people say that BU is very well known internationally, but why exactly is this?
I probably should of asked this before I actually took my exam lol , but I think I bombed my AP bio exam just now and im wondering if doing well on it actually matters for BU credit if my major is completely unrelated. Tbh im just trying to justify doing poorly for myself
ive committed to boston university and since then I have lost all motivation to do anything besides keep my course grades up. I have my ap bio exam tomorrow and I havent studied at all. The only exam i kinda care about is macro because that has to do with my intended major but everything else is kinda meaningless to me and was just to add course rigor in my college application. And I have good grades in those classes.
I just cant bring myself to study or try anymore. Senioritis is so real, i have no motivation to do anything.
Is it bad to fail my ap exams except for maybe macro? Could i risk my admission getting revoked even if I have good grades in the actual class
Ive just committed to BU, im planning to double major and im thinking ill probably be busy a lot of the time. Neither of my majors have to do with art, but I love painting and want to keep it in my life for some balance. I would love to have access to BU's art resources and paint more, but I dont want it to be taking up too much time.
Is there a way I can take some art classes or get access to art materials and spaces? maybe alternatives to minoring in it?
Our only interactions consist of just small back and forth through text, ive never met her in person or talked to her ever. Idk why u would ask someone who has never interacted w you to prom, i feel like it would just be awkward the whole time cus we only know each other through social media.
I mean, I wasnt really planning on going to prom at all, and if i decided to go I wasnt really planning on having a date. I know I sound like a loser for that but tbh i would prefer my date to be someone Ive known for a long time and im comfortable with. Otherwise, id prefer going alone. And i just havent met anyone like that yet.
I dont want to make her feel bad by rejecting her but i also kinda dont want to be her date? Not really sure what im supposed to do in this situation
Boston University is a pretty big investment for my family, so I am going to try as hard as I can to use my degree and BU's resources to the absolute fullest in hopes of repaying them plus more in the future!
Anyone have any tips for students entering BU as an economics major?
TITLE EDIT: **Tips for being successful as an econ major
I just got a financial aid appeal back from a school and now Im able to pay for it, but I already submitted my deposit to Binghamton. What should I do to withdraw? I dont mind losing the deposit money.
I heard some schools rescind your acceptance if you submit a deposit to multiple schools, so I just dont want to risk that being the case with me.
I literally got no aid at all in the beginning, It almost felt like a joke writing that appeal, everyone told me I'd get nothing and I already committed to a state school cus I didnt think i had any chance of affording this school. Now im seeing 46,700 on my cost sheet. Im kind of in disbelief right now.
If this is real, how secure is it over the 4 years? Could they potentally lower my aid in the future if something were to change?
Im taking ap art for my final year of high school and it has honestly been the hardest class ive taken, and ive taken some hard classes. It was hard in the beginning, but nothing like how terribly it's going now.
I genuinely cannot make anything. Everything I paint comes out terrible. Its like I completely lost all my ability to create. Sure I have some good ideas here and there, but when I try to sit down and make it, it turns out absolutely terrible. I know people who dont make art at all who could probably paint better than what I just made.
Ive been an artist my whole life, and have always been liked by my art teachers, but now its like im a beginner and all my progress has been lost.
Its my senior year, and im going to major in something else in college so this class doesnt really matter too much. Its just sad that Im disappointing my teachers with my past-due and poor quality pieces. And it also sucks that all my hard work in the beginning of the year will probably be for nothing, cus i have less than 2 weeks to get at least 3 pieces done and I have a bunch of other exams and classwork to do on top of that, so Im probably gonna end up getting a terrible score and final grade, despite pouring my soul into some of my older work that I was really proud of. All of that for nothing, all of that just for my skill to decline rather than improve. So wtf was the entire point of the class?
