Entries Tagged as 'College'

August 20, 2007

Betrayal. Shooting down a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Sorry about the following rant.
I am completely irritated at one of my closest friends, P. I, along with another friend, D, had the notion that P would be rooming with us at UCLA in the coming fall. When I found out who I would be dorming with, I was mildly surprised, since one of the [...]

July 22, 2007

New laptop, new life

I–actually, my parents–bought me a new laptop this weekend. It’s Hewlett Packard, as usual (all of the computers my family has bought have been Hewlett Packards). And it’s a bargain, considering that the laptop has 4 gigabytes of RAM. The customer service at Circuit City, where I bought the laptop, however, is sub-par. There is [...]

July 12, 2007

UC San Diego and its mail

The most recent letter I received.
I have no idea why UC San Diego does not understand that I submitted a non-intent to register form online over four months ago. It keeps sending me mail, including UC San Diego newsletters for parents, notifications on my financial aid status, and other miscellaneous college items.
Just now, I received [...]

June 27, 2007

The MCAT and medical school

The Barron’s MCAT prep book I bought to prepare. (My application for some volunteering at a hospital is blurred.)

The MCAT. The Medical College Admissions Test. Believe it or not, I have started studying for the MCAT exam, which I’ll take three years down the line. I only graduated high school a week ago, but I [...]