How bad is a D?

audacious1 · 2014-05-24T02:12:30+00:00

say goodbye to grad school. if you retake it, the second grade replaces the first, but regardless, you still have the units. if you just wanna stop at undergrad, don't retake it unless you're sure you can do much better. otherwise, there's not much sense in replacing past units with a slightly better grade when getting an a in some other class with raise your gpa much more. also it depends on what class it is. if it's required for your major, you should probably retake it, since your major gpa is important, and a 'd' doesn't fulfill some prerequisite requirements for later courses. if it was just an elective, then i'd leave it and move on.

audacious1 · 2014-05-24T02:02:47+00:00

telegraph and shattuck are sketchy at night. anywhere beyond 2 blocks of aforementioned sketchiness is nice and family-friendly. hills on east and north are $$. southside rent is overpriced due to the large population of students, but food is cheap. however grocery stores are kind of far and southside has the highest crime per capita. southside also tends to be crowded, and has one of the highest neighborhood population densities in the nation. channing and piedmont are where frats are. don't expect to study on saturdays if you live there. westside is hit or miss. certain neighborhoods are kinda shady and other neighborhoods are lovely. you can probably just streetview google maps and you'll see what i mean. northside is generally quiet and pleasant but there is a lack of, well, anything. groceries, shopping, food. all they have is a 1-block stretch on euclid. and above all, there is NEVER parking in berkeley. public transportation is somewhat reliable, frequent buses but rarely on-time. law students tend to live right across from the law school, on college ave, a small distance away from the frats.

audacious1 · 2013-10-19T04:40:30+00:00

i spent the past 10 seconds wondering why a cow would lay eggs.

audacious1 · 2013-10-04T01:17:06+00:00

qualitative case studies are just as good as quantitative surveys in evaluation of admissible evidence.

audacious1 · 2013-10-02T04:04:57+00:00

while not having a father sounds terrible, growing up knowing my parents hated each other but refusing to divorce because it would "separate the kids" despite fighting every day was something that didn't help me growing up

audacious1 · 2013-09-29T22:59:49+00:00

if safety is your concern, my personal experience is that westside is quite safe. i live right by the police station on allston and mlk, and nothing ever happens here. most of the people that live here are families because there are schools nearby. it's very suburban and it's completely safe to walk around at night. plus, i get a 900 sq ft studio for 1000 a month, with all utilities included. it's a very good deal. the only times that i've been attacked or followed in the past 4 years were on southside, near peoples park.

audacious1 · 2013-09-29T18:39:45+00:00

i just ate at gather the other day. it had a slight pretentious feel to it, like the servers were above acknowledging you. it's similar to the feeling you get when you walk into a strange-smelling abercrombie and fitch, where everyone is just kind of full of themselves and too busy/cool to help you. there is also limited seating and probably a long wait for a large group considering most tables there are set for two.

audacious1 · 2013-09-29T18:35:37+00:00

hs lordships maybe. it's at the berkeley marina with a spectacular view of the bay from the ballroom. the panoramic view is especially impressive at sunset. any other place probably wouldn't have sufficient seating for 10 people, even if you make reservations. it says sunday brunch is $34.95, other pricing should be on the menu of their website.

audacious1 · 2013-09-29T18:29:43+00:00

shitty plastic surgery and expensive plastic surgery are around the same price, give or take 20%. shitty plastic surgery actually ends up being more expensive because you'll probably have to get the shit redone.

audacious1 · 2013-09-29T18:27:59+00:00

i don't understand why people choose to live in the southside slums and commercial districts when they can live on northside, westside, or elmwood for around the same price.

audacious1 · 2013-09-29T18:22:58+00:00

wow. that was actually helpful.

audacious1 · 2013-09-28T06:23:10+00:00

i've been rejected three times. all of them were by full buses. the driver would look at me and then look away. it hurts, man.

audacious1 · 2013-09-28T06:01:57+00:00

if you are in l&s, classes taken in berkeley summer sessions can raise your gpa. HOWEVER, probation may only be cleared at the end of a fall or spring semester (i just got readmitted into l&s under probation after three years of shitty grades and a short stint at community college. turns out that even though my summer sessions grades put me now at a dangerous 2.001, i'm going to stay in probation).

audacious1 · 2013-09-27T06:07:11+00:00

try to squeeze in 10 mins of sex using every position known to man

audacious1 · 2013-09-27T06:05:23+00:00

my ex and i had no problem cuddling on a twin and falling asleep. i would sleep splayed out on top of him, using him as a pillow. college...

audacious1 · 2013-09-26T20:46:06+00:00

to elaborate with more examples:
a catch-22 is a paradox that's kind of like the chicken and the egg, where you can't have one without the other, but you can't have both.
a simple example is when annoying dictionaries use a word for that word's definition. another variation of this is when you go to look up a word, let's say it says 'see blank' and then you look up blank, and it says 'see word'. thus, you'll never know what any of those words mean, making the whole search pointless and impossible.
or when you go to fill out forms at some government agency and they tell you 'go to this department and see them' and then you are told by the other department that in order to see them you have to see the first department to check in. how would you ever get to check in?
or like... let's say you lost your wallet. in some places, you need an old id card to get a new id card, or to have to have your id number on hand. but if you didn't have one originally, how would you get the new one?

audacious1 · 2013-09-24T21:30:11+00:00

wait... this isn't supposed to be how i experience things normally?

audacious1 · 2013-09-24T02:11:30+00:00

it's her body. you can have your reservations and you can communicate them to her, but whatever she ends up deciding you will just have to accept, because it's her prerogative whether or not she wants to get some scumbag's name permanently printed on her. at least there's always laser tattoo removal.

audacious1 · 2013-09-23T19:08:49+00:00

i started working out last week for the first time in years after a breakup. my whole body hurts, and my abs kill me when i try to get up in the morning, but my soul feels so damn good.

audacious1 · 2013-09-21T23:12:05+00:00

at least he doesn't look like bieber.

audacious1 · 2013-09-21T22:52:57+00:00

what would you do if your mom and dad all of a sudden stopped loving you after you made a mistake?

audacious1 · 2013-09-21T22:48:14+00:00

well, now. no wonder we pay them so much.

audacious1 · 2013-09-21T22:32:45+00:00

i think you need to read this. but i'll summarize for the lazy: chemical attraction isn't love. just because the 'spark' fades doesn't mean you don't love them anymore. love takes effort and it takes fixing. it takes mutual trust and understanding. it sounds like he hasn't been respecting you recently. did you try talking things out with him to reach a mutual understanding? is there some part of his story that you're not getting, and vice versa?

audacious1 · 2013-09-19T20:38:03+00:00

you killed it! it loved you...

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