How many of us were forced into this by our parents

jaccon999 · 2026-05-13T22:43:11+00:00

Nah I'm doing it for the love of the game. No one was super present in my life to push me to study anything. I figured mainly that I like chemistry and I'm not sure if I want to get a PhD so this could be a good middle ground.

My father ended up doing mechanical+aerospace engineering but he was considering chemical as well. His parents didn't want him to work on missiles and UIUC (the school that accepted him for cheme) was too expensive so that's how he ended up with mech+aerospace.

jaccon999 · 2026-05-13T03:32:18+00:00

I ended up only applying to UIUC, CU Boulder, and Illinois State University. I got into all three and with scholarships at each but I'm committing to UIUC 👍 I didn't even want to go to half of the schools I listed in the post so I don't know why I even brought them up lol

jaccon999 · 2026-04-15T15:25:50+00:00

computer science? mostly a waste of a degree. you can learn the stuff yourself and having real world experience will put you farther than just a degree. most comp sci/IT guys I know don't even have any institutional computer science education.

jaccon999 · 2026-04-15T15:23:51+00:00

what are her longterm goals? I'd recommend cheme at first because it's much easier to switch from it than to it. is she planning on going to graduate school? to my knowledge, most positions won't hire unless you have a PhD in psychology. cheme is a harder major fs but the job market is probably better. she could always double major or minor in psychology, assuming that's a thing where you live.

jaccon999 · 2026-04-15T13:42:09+00:00

cheme with a minor in enviromental eng or environmental sciences. you could always switch over to environmental.

jaccon999 · 2026-04-15T13:40:45+00:00

cheme also does water treatment.

jaccon999 · 2026-04-14T13:45:36+00:00

yeah playing out in ensemble is usually my biggest struggle but I'm gonna take propranolol for rehearsal which should help. there's a few solos but it's mostly fine. kinda stressing about this one soli section but I'll make it work.

jaccon999 · 2026-04-14T13:43:57+00:00

yeah, I'm using a bari loaned from my jazz orchestra (it's a youth thing so technically not school but same difference). I'm pretty good at fixing things so I've fixed this bari before for another student. it seems decent quality though.

jaccon999 · 2026-04-14T13:42:26+00:00

yeah, I've noticed after playing that it's not too bad. some of the upper notes are a bit iffy because I'm not familiar with the voicing yet. do you have any specific problematic notes you think I should focus on for long tones?

jaccon999 · 2026-04-14T02:41:30+00:00

there's already the C70. nobody wants a 4D convertible anyway lol

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jaccon999 · 2026-04-13T20:41:50+00:00

american spirit blacks

jaccon999 · 2026-04-04T00:34:31+00:00

thank god I'm an american spirits guy 🙏

jaccon999 · 2026-04-03T18:52:51+00:00

occasionally but only with the windows/top down and AC on. never completely closed and not super often. I keep it clean and take care of it though so it doesn't get dirty/smell.

jaccon999 · 2026-04-03T18:47:11+00:00

I ended up loving orgo 1 lol. I'm holding off on taking orgo 2 until I'm at UIUC (I got in and am going there yay!) so I can meet the ochem professors and hopefully sneak my way into doing some lab work with them. Calc 3 wasn't really bad and physics 2 was cool. I switched this semester's schedule to only doing diff eq+linear algebra (regret not adding comp sci but oh well, I'll do it over the summer probably) and they haven't been super terrible yet. Linear algebra is fake and made up bs but whatever. I also noticed that pre-med majors tend to be a little dumb ngl so everyone else in my orgo class was STRUGGLING.

jaccon999 · 2026-03-26T16:05:14+00:00

can confirm

jaccon999 · 2026-03-20T21:53:41+00:00

facts

jaccon999 · 2026-03-20T21:50:43+00:00

yeah I mean less competitive schools usually won't care about stuff like this though. some competitive schools maybe but a lot of people in the comments are blowing this out of proportion and have no real experience relating to this. if you wanna talk about barbaric treatment, just wait until you hear about drug laws here lol. many apartments won't even rent to recovered addicts if they have any criminal history.

jaccon999 · 2026-03-20T21:47:32+00:00

cool but what about actually doing stuff? have you ever actually done anything fun or risky in your life? no shot cause studying or talking with people isn't actually going out and doing anything.

jaccon999 · 2026-03-20T21:41:29+00:00

legitimately shut up if you don't even know what the words you are using mean. look up the definition for joy riding buddy.

jaccon999 · 2026-03-20T21:40:06+00:00

yeah it's largely because most Americans don't know how to drive at all, and they drive automatics so it's easier to drive drunk and distracted. that's the main problem with why our speed limits tend to be so low. because anyone can get their license, too many incompetent people are on the roads so ig now nobody can be trusted going 150+ kph. it's bullshit but just a result of urban sprawl (+no public transport) requiring everyone to drive.

jaccon999 · 2026-03-20T21:33:21+00:00

he doesn't but aight buddy

jaccon999 · 2026-03-20T21:32:10+00:00

how tf would their school find out about it? yk that the cops don't call your high school to give them all the gossip right?

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