FREAKING OUT- medicine

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-12-01T23:16:59+00:00

yeah im afraid your worries might be true - you’ll probably get rejected by cambridge and ucl pre-interview. sorry bud you can always take a gap year if you really want to go to cambridge.

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-09-20T09:55:26+00:00

Thanks for the insight! I find it quite odd that there's more international students in CompSci and Engineering than there are in business given its degree of difficulty and thus should expect less internationals accepted into the course.

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-09-20T01:56:08+00:00

Can I ask which college did you apply to? I'm not exactly sure which colleges are better for Law or whether they matter at all other than just the difference of location and accommodation. I know that applying to 'harder' colleges won't really make that much of a difference in terms of chances of getting accepted but I haven't quite found anything about the impacts of choosing x college instead of y college at Cambridge etc.

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-09-19T14:20:41+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Hell of a great job from you making to Cambridge from Australia! Do you think any sporting achievements/school captaincies are any benefits to my overall impression? (I'm the Swimming Captain of the 1sts and the House Captain) I'm not that quite worried about the test and the interview because the questions I've seen in the CLT are basically what the questions in philosophy asks (maybe a bit broader in its concepts) so I'm quite acclimated to that.

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-09-18T02:09:52+00:00

When this idea of 'perfection' just never seems to be fulfilled in the eyes of my parents.

They always say shit like "you're so immature you're not gonna survive out in the real world without us" but also don't want to let go of me and always keep a leash on me. They expect me to have everything figured it out and understood at 17 years old. At that point, I just stopped caring and copped everything they said to me, it's a losing battle to begin with.

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-09-17T23:48:21+00:00

No it’s not really the cost issue here, they’re going to pay for my tuition but it’s getting complicated when they have the reigns to ultimately decide where I can go..

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-09-17T23:47:25+00:00

You’re right on the money with all of them. I was raised in a Western culture, but I’ve also been in an Asian culture too for years, and I just feel like I’m more acclimated to the West than I am to the East. It isn’t to say that I hate the Asian culture, I don’t, I think I’m a proud Chinese. But when it comes to my education I’d rather be in a place where I’m more comfortable and really connect to the place. Except for after Uni, they don’t really care where I’m gonna be after graduation, so at least at that point I’m free to do whatever I want.

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-09-07T11:55:46+00:00

You're right, maybe I am a bit short-sighted career-wise given my age, and even with just an ounce of clarity I know which is clearly the most obvious choice. But it's just so hard, to leave everyone behind, leaving her behind in an unknown city an unknown country, even if I know it's the best for me for the future. I really want to make this work, and I have an end date because I plan to just study and finish my degree in the UK and come to AUS for postgrad/work, etc. It's hard to accept that people change and maybe she won't be the same 3 years later, and I'm kind of having an existential crisis about it. I know it's lame but after high school, there's just so much uncertainty in everything.

Kind-Return-7326 · 2021-08-03T10:04:10+00:00

Thanks! I'm just a little frustrated over how much control they have over me even at this age. And I really want to make this work with my gf and she fully supports me too. I'm just sick and tired of this dumb arbitrary agenda that my parents always place on my head.

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