what up y'all? i'm steven lopez, from STL, and i'm awesome. jk. i'm 6'2", 195 lbs., brown hair, hazel eyes, athletic body, 6-pack abs, nice chest, working on the arms. i'm in Air Force ROTC. just started that this year and it's amazing. good times. HUA. if u wanna know anything else, do what u gotta do. i don't know what u gotta do cuz i'm new to this site. good-day.
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Okay. I'm a junior in high school and I'm graduating at the end of this year. I want to enter college in the Fall of 2006 and major in math and physics, those have always been areas that interest me. I have already applied to four different colleges, I'm working on scholarships as hard as I can, and I have two part-time jobs in addition to keeping up extracurriculars and 4 AP classes. I'm working as hard as I can this year because I really want to set myself up for college and living on my own.
Here's the problem: My mom has forbidden me to apply to any colleges, she wants me to go in the Fall of 2007 so that I can get in a full year of work, because she says I'm not mature enough. I have worked really, really hard at everything: I've kept up my chores, my job teaching piano, my job at the library, my schoolwork, and being in a musical, and she still won't let me. Now, normally I would think that working for a year to save up money for college is a great idea. But my majors are in math and physics, and a year is a long time to be away from calculus and quantum mechanics. I'm really afraid of losing the momentum, and of missing my chance to go for my goals.
My guidance counselor at school tells me to apply to every college I want to and not worry about my mom just yet...along with a score of other people, like my dad, my grandma, my boyfriend, and various other family friends. It's just, I'm really worried about this...like the fight that will ensue once I start hearing back from the colleges I applied to. I'm completely dedicated to going in the Fall of 2006...with or without my mom's consent, but I would really like it to be with.
Is there anything I can do to convince her I can handle it?
Sorry it's so long -
Nevaeh (link)
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dude, if you can do all of that stuff, you will have no problem at college. your mom should be able to see this. just do your own thing, and it will be alright. if you're worried about paying for school, have you thought about joining the military? don't stop reading just yet. Air Force ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Course) is a great program. you just take an extra class, go to a 4 week Field Training between your sophmore and junior year, (not 6 or 16 week) and when u graduate college, you become a second lieutenant in the Air Force. you won't be on the front lines, and you won't die. this is a great opportunity to get free college, and a guaranteed job once you graduate. it can't be any easier. seriously. i'm in it now, and i love it. with a math and physics interest, you could be an aerospace engineer, designing new airplanes, or anything. think about it. let me know what u think.
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I've actually never considered the military, but what you suggested sounds pretty cool, I'll have to look into it. Good advice, thanks.
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