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thirdhour wrote:Go Okanagan College. :thumbs:

I didn't even bother applying anywhere else.

I don't understand how you all can afford to leave home for first year. How the hell do you pay for tuition and res?


Oh my god, are you serious? The man I'm going to marry goes there :drool:
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oh, and in my financial case, parents.
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w00t freeloading ^5
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Not really my doing, they refused to let me work during high school because they wanted me to focus on my marks. But, yes, w00t ^5 :lol:
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Well, I had to take out loans just to pay for school even when I was living at home.

But, I had scholarships those years and still got loans, so I just saved all that. Now that I'm out I have like double the loan money so it's pretty easy. The way I see it, it's worth it if you want it that badly.
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Parents are nice. :nod:
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I realized today that the program I applied for is all wrong for me. I have been in serious denial.

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Lotus wrote:My dad agreed to pay for my entire university education, but I have to pay for my residence cost.

Yeah i got the same deal.
They'll pay tuition and books, I pay living expenses.
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Post by Mechanical Thought »

That's what I got too.

But, my parents might be buying an investment property or something of the sorts, so I might be in serious luck.

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yeah my parents own an apartment for Malaspina University, in our city. I want them to buy one where I go!!
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It's a sweet deal, really. Go for it. :)

(I'm just worried about getting in right now)

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Why do you think the program is all wrong for you?
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I don't know. I just kind of realized that it's only my safety net because I was too afraid to admit to myself that I wanted to go into history/political science. My parents always told me it was pretty much dead end unless I intended on being a teacher ... so I did what I needed to please them. And, I regret it so.

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You can always change your major!
It might piss them off but you're living your life for you, not them.
Besides with a history/poli sci degree, you can go on to law too
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Yeah, I know.

It's breaking the news that's going to be hard.

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BUt better to do something that you wanna do than something you dont.
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I feel your pain. I've been in university for three years and all the majors I've picked have been for my parents because other majors don't prepare you for a specific job, thus making it hard to find employment.

In my fourth year, I'll probably rebel and do something I want to.
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I'm a politics and psych major, and let me tell you that there are a lot of things you can do with a politics degree, and in fact it is probably one of the most stable jobs because if you worked for the government in some capacity you know the government will never shut down.

Paying all this money to do something you don't want to do is pointless. If you're going into a program just to please your parents you're doing it for the wrong reasons and are going to live a life that is not yours. The fact is that you're an adult and can make your own decisions, and I know that if my parents didn't support my choices I would tell them that it is too bad because that is what I want to do. It is not rebelling. It is your life.
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One Shot Juanita wrote:BUt better to do something that you wanna do than something you dont.

i agree. i wasted my first year doing something i hated, and now i'm trying to work myself off academic probation.
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I'm a politics and psych major, and let me tell you that there are a lot of things you can do with a politics degree, and in fact it is probably one of the most stable jobs because if you worked for the government in some capacity you know the government will never shut down.


Totally true. My mother is always telling me to get a job with the government. And I ssy well what sort of major do I need for that? Uhhhhhhhh. Yeah.

I'm sort of a late bloomer. I'm just now starting to do things for myself and not for everyone else.
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