Stupid new buildings.

[Lydia]

I have never thought I would come to the position of saying "I have never felt so p*ssed off like this before".

Why must a building be built to control everything within its system.

Last year I had applied for college after finishing school. With bad grades, so I therefore was put on the 'Waiting list', I took a gap year to calm my mind. Since school was so obnoxious anyways. This year I have taken my retakes (Apart from maths, which needs doing on March).

So I had applied for a place next year... "Oh I read my email and I am put on the waiting list ONCE AGAIN". Bawl and all sorts of curses.

It is almost like I am destined not to have college around. This college consists in having a new buidling. It therefore has millions of applicants. It is also strict on grades, all just because of this new building. *RIP mode*.

Ofcourse, I will be applying for other colleges. Sadly, this college was matching my par the best. It's educational environment and systematic atmoshphere was at the level of my comfort.

This is certainly not a touche'd moment. I am gone depressed, from already being depressed.

 

[walfin]

Cheer up. It's college. Not your whole life.

 

[Chronomar]

Given your spellings I'd assume you're not in the US, so I'm not sure my advice would be fully applicable, but it seems to me that generally there are a huge amount of different colleges with undergraduate institutions. That one might be a good atmosphere/system for you, and you should still apply, but perhaps start researching if there are any similar institutions with the atmosphere you want that don't have the new building problem.

Also, if they have personal essays as a part of the application process try to do really well on those, get other people you know are smart and know you well to read them and make suggestions. For me, really good essays, letters of rec, volunteering and ACT/SAT scores got me into a college I would have never been accepted to by my grades.

 

[Minuend]

Why would buildings attract more students?

I know exactly how you feel, as I thought I would fail math due to an error from my professor's side. I thought my whole education would be taken aback a year. I felt very down. But you just have to remember that this is not a hinder to your education in full, you just have to work around it. Start thinking what you can do instead (other schools, more subjects or so) and when you find a solution you'll feel better.

 

[SpaceYeti]

I don't know what's happening here. Why would a new building attract more students? Is it a harem?

 

[Cognisant]

Bordello you mean, unless the guy in question is REALLY good.
(all the new students being women)

 

[SpaceYeti]

Let's just go with a "Sex House".

 

[Lydia]

Why would buildings attract more students?

I don't know what's happening here. Why would a new building attract more students? Is it a harem?

I thought it would be obvious. For the young people who have no aspirations, and do not look ahead to broaden their education. All apparently get attracted to the 'new' thing. For them it is just an outting to hang out with friends and speed up with gossip. The older building was demolished, before that... it was not so popular as it's grades were not challenging enough. I bet back at that time everybody was all crawling to some other "popular" college.

As for the college itself, there is a lot of money going into the buildings. Thus, will most likely make changes in the way things work around there. I am guessing they want all the "clever" minds, in order to prosper for the near future and make it to the two most overrated universities here: Cambridge and Oxford.

The college also accepts those applicants who have mostly a good attendance in their past high-school. And a decent reference by which the headmistress is in charge of. As you are not aware of, the reference that has been written for me, I am guessing is below average. No surprises here, the headmistress is a pea brain. (But this has nothing to do with the buildings itself, it is another advantage for the uninterested youngsters, who probably attended school everyday. Just for their social life. And probably gained support within the rubric to have an easy accessibility to college).

Bordello you mean, unless the guy in question is REALLY good.
(all the new students being women)

I wouldn't mind calling it that. But then I wouldn't have been bothered about it in the first place.