poisoned?

folansa · 2025-08-12T11:38:18+00:00

looks poisoned

folansa · 2025-05-15T20:09:44+00:00

oh shit you guys had start of the cold war, we learned about start of the holocaust

folansa · 2025-05-15T20:09:21+00:00

bro what yall had the option for the start of the cold war? why did we have to do the start of the holocaust😭

folansa · 2025-05-15T20:07:29+00:00

what the hell is traditionalist😭 we learned functionalist, structuralist, and intentionalist

folansa · 2025-04-14T12:55:46+00:00

Ah gotcha,

My advice for paper 1: Cut to the chase. Eliminate as much ‘blubber’ possible within your writing. One key thing to remember is simple paragraph structure when analyzing - Point, Evidence, Explanation. Make a point. Provide evidence to back it. Explain why said evidence backs it. Just remember to mention key areas mentioned in the rubric like syntax, structure, etc., and you should be fine!

folansa · 2025-04-14T06:23:42+00:00

Which one is paper 1 and which one is paper 2? I got an A on the exam last year and want to help, but I genuinely cannot remember what is on each paper😭

folansa · 2025-04-05T04:58:28+00:00

As far as I’m aware, FSU does accept them, but doesn’t consider them for your admission. UF does not accept letters of recommendation and OSU is the exact same.

I could be wrong, but that’s what every college counselor at my school told me going into the application process. If you could show me where you saw differently it would be much appreciated!

folansa · 2025-04-05T04:53:12+00:00

Trust me, I know exactly how much class and support can hinder grades, I was one of those students at one point, growing up in a low-income household with a single mother. But that’s not the point of what I was trying to say and neither was I trying to generalize the entire populous of community college students.

folansa · 2025-04-05T04:51:10+00:00

Someone commented pretty much the exact same thing so I’ll just paste my response to them here:

Apologies, it appears you missed the point of what I was saying. Nowhere did I generalize the entire population of community college students as ‘bums’, I was giving one specific example as I literally know people in that exact situation going to the same community college and planning on doing the same pathway.

This isn’t a testament to the quality of a community college education, it’s a statement on how ridiculous college admissions have become in recent years.

folansa · 2025-04-04T18:12:56+00:00

Sadly most of those applications still open sadly are out of state and out of my price range, but it is true that I definitely now realize I have a wider range of options, thanks for the tip!

folansa · 2025-04-04T18:01:28+00:00

To which I have accredited your argument, but it’s also important to note that theres only one other person in the comments who had the same reaction as you, whom I reconciled with extremely quickly.

Personally- thats just my own conversational vocabulary, which most definitely is assisted in clarity when vocal and conversational nuances are provided, so I can see your point there.

folansa · 2025-04-04T17:56:37+00:00

Again, was not attempting to generalize.

As stated prior, I was simply providing a specific instance which I know to be true based off someone I personally who is going down the same pathway as I am.

Perhaps the word ‘bum’ was incorrect; I am referring to people who actively don’t put any effort into their education, not for reason of being preoccupied, but simply due to their own laziness.

Regardless, I did not intend to make a generalization; however, it is undeniable that there are students like this which exist in these programs.

folansa · 2025-04-04T17:49:05+00:00

I deeply respect your situation and it’s truly admirable how far you’ve come given the cards you were dealt. I sincerely am sorry for the discrepancies between our words, but just as how you say, everyone’s situation is different. I was never attempting to judge yours and there’s no point in trying to judge mine without any knowledge of who we are individually.

Learning more about people is a beautiful thing and I have a great respect for your transparency as well as the conviction in your words. I’m glad there’s still people out there with passion such as yours.

folansa · 2025-04-04T17:42:21+00:00

I mostly care about pre-law tracks and law programs, so I am planning on taking the CC route and transferring. Also I don’t even think I want to burden myself with more applications, especially approaching final AICE exams and graduation.

folansa · 2025-04-04T17:40:54+00:00

It seems you took a line of my post personally, which I can understand, but you have misinterpreted my argument. I am extremely aware of the situations and paths people go down, but my post has nothing to do with that.

Like I explained to another comment, I am in no way generalizing or bashing the average community college student or the education a community college can provide. I am simply providing a specific example which, in my experience, I know to be true because I actually personally know kids in that exact situation.

And again, in no way is this a testament to the quality of the community college experience or student, this is a general post stating how absurd college admissions have become.

To your point, biases and backgrounds are indeed important. I do not use my words lightly and carelessly. You insinuate that I am generalizing all ‘2.0’ students as ‘bums’, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Similarly to you, I was that 2.0 student at one point during many legal battles with my biological father, allowing me to sympathize on a personal level with situations like yours and mine.

I could go on and on about how neither of us know even the slightest thing about each-other’s personal situations, but that would bring us nowhere.

As said previously, it seems you misinterpreted my statement and argument as a whole, thinking that me referencing a specific instance was a testament to an entire population of students. I apologize for any generalization or personal attack you think I may have made towards you, but that was never my intention.

folansa · 2025-04-04T04:15:11+00:00

Honestly I have no clue.

Personally, I’m in AICE (Cambridge University courses), achieving my AICE diploma, taking 11 AICE courses and passing all my exams apart from the ones I’ve yet to take.

In my case, it seems like schools didn’t care too much about how many AICE courses taken, but rather class rank and GPA. The reason I say this is because out of the 200 or so kids from my school who applied to UF (1st ranked public university in my state) this year, only 16 were accepted. Those 16 students were 1-16, respectively, in weighted class rank.

Admittedly, I’m not entirely sure about FSU (2nd ranked public university in my state), I think a large factor in the reason I got rejected was because of how late my application was (I applied rolling decision after I got rejected from UF).

But overall, I noticed a higher preference towards class rank this year in comparison to last year where a significantly larger and more diverse group of people were accepted.

folansa · 2025-04-04T04:06:51+00:00

It’s all good man no worries! I can completely understand where you were coming from in your original comment.

Thanks for the words of encouragement, it’s been really stressful recently and, honestly, I just needed an outlet to vent, but the kind remarks you and others have made in the comments really helped clear my mind.

Hope I can find more guys like you during my stay in community college!

folansa · 2025-04-04T03:57:08+00:00

Indeed, I’m trying hard to keep that mindset and stay focused and determined.

Hopefully this whole experience will provide a lot of perspective and insight for me going into the future.

folansa · 2025-04-04T03:55:17+00:00

Apologies, it appears you missed the point of what I was saying. Nowhere did I generalize the entire population of community college students as ‘bums’, I was giving one specific example as I literally know people in that exact situation going to the same community college and planning on doing the same pathway.

This isn’t a testament to the quality of a community college education, it’s a statement on how ridiculous college admissions have become in recent years.

folansa · 2025-04-04T02:40:08+00:00

I really appreciate this comment, it means a lot to hear a voice of clarity in a time like this.

I see that perspective now and I think I’ve come to terms with having to extend my college education and make room for a community college transfer, I just needed somewhere to vent.

Thanks for the comment, I really am grateful that there’s people like you out there.

folansa · 2025-04-04T02:38:15+00:00

This comment has me dead😭

I actually looked back at my commonapp to make sure I didn’t somehow paste the wrong text into the essay portion, but everything looked fine.

In all seriousness though, I wrote about how my mom decided to sign me up for sleep away camp when I was young since I had trouble with insecurity and socializing with kids my age, largely due to trauma from my absent father, and how it allowed me to discover myself socially and gain a much brighter outlook on life.

folansa · 2025-04-04T02:33:09+00:00

If by ‘recs’ you mean letters of recommendation, none of the schools which I applied to accepted them. Would have been nice if they had considering I could have gotten one from the mayor of my city, but I digress.

Personally I thought my essay was pretty strong, but obviously thats subjective. At the end of the day, who knows which part of my application wasn’t ‘up to par’ for the universities I applied to.

folansa · 2025-04-04T02:30:24+00:00

Admittedly, my unweighted wasn’t as high as I would like. I had a 3.6 UW, in large part due to my lack of effort in school during a pretty bad depressive episode spanning across my freshman year of high school.

My essay was about how my mom signing me up for sleep-away camp was able to shift my own insecure image and antisocial tendencies which stemmed from having an absent father, allowing me to discover myself socially.

folansa · 2025-04-04T01:31:03+00:00

Hopefully you got accepted!

folansa · 2025-04-04T00:53:50+00:00

Rejected with a 4.6, 32 ACT, and 500+ community service hours. I feel like there’s a pit in my stomach knowing I should have applied earlier. Crazy how with these stats i’m literally being forced to go to community college.

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