So my preemptive impressions of Louisiana (the ones I made before arriving here) were pretty much consistent with how I feel a week in. Though not as swampy as I predicted, I'm none too impressed with the landscape, locals, or general southern style.
As you may or may not know, my post-Bowdoin plan is to take a few courses I need (organic chem-II, biochem, and physics-II) then an MCAT prep course, and then apply to and be rejected from as many medical schools as possible. Today my parents and I went over to LSU to check things out and I was thoroughly disappointed in how elitist and skepitical Bowdoin has made me.
I've made really comfortable homes for myself in Houston, Maine, and Copenhagen, but stepping onto that thoroughly purple and golden-clad campus, I'm daunted by the semesters to come. LSU seems a place where both conformity and anonymity are inescapable. Although I don't claim to be an outstanding individualist in any right, I find it hard to believe that I can be happy in a place full of Nike running shorts/Sperry-wearing conservative future ex-wives. I also found that they don't really offer everything I need. WHAT am I going to do? Houston isn't really an option, as I don't have the money to pay for classes and housing. I'm terrified...
Anyway, I guess I should try and just enjoy the time I have left and focus on finding SOMETHING to do. Deadlines are fast approaching.
How was your spring break?? What did you do?
Tell me everything. Should I order you an official Ivies pinney?
My spring break was what seemed like a century ago (2 weeks in real time). My plan to figure out my life by then was a huge failure. I thought about Medschool again for the nth time, but seven year commitment because I don't know what else to do probably will not suffice as reason during my interviews. For the time being, I have applied for an internship in Winston-Salem, NC and was planning on also taking $8000 classes at the business school but the whole paying for additional school after graduation did not really fly with the p'rents. What they would really prefer was that I move back up to Jersey, but after the two and a half days I spent at home during my Spring Break (the other half working on applications in my apartment), I am not yet sure how I would be able to deal with feelings of imagined restriction. What I really wish to do is live on Brookfarm for three months, any way you may know someone who knows someone?
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It would be responsible of me to go to senior week instead of trying to get there and back in one piece between finals. Thus, I'm in the process of de-convincing myself that Passion Pitt is more than 'just okay' and also making sure I get to see you for senior week which IS more than 'just okay'. So let me know what the arrangements for that may be?
I do still want an Ivies pinney, I can trade you for a WFU memorabilia of some sort if you wish.