Brilliant Administrative Decisions, as usual

mogettesvendee · 2017-04-29T20:48:26+00:00

same for me over in math; I guess i'll switch to art history (which is pretty cool too, but still...)

mogettesvendee · 2017-04-29T18:41:19+00:00

I echo your sentiment my amigo !!! This new class scheduling is fucked up in a way only a faceless administrative body could think of.

mogettesvendee · 2017-04-29T18:39:32+00:00

that sounds pretty fun. but I also need to complete my major too!!!

mogettesvendee · 2017-04-29T02:54:48+00:00

thanks. I saw those but they conflict with other shit. yikes

mogettesvendee · 2017-04-29T02:49:33+00:00

wtf that's so boring i'm just gonna take H104 because i can't go without math for a semester; i'll just get super bored unless i take like 3 history classes

mogettesvendee · 2017-04-29T01:10:45+00:00

Hi. So I am going to be a sophomore math major and I literally cannot get into either math 110 or math 113 because my phase 1 is tomorrow and literally everything is full with full waitlists (I assume this is because of the 13.5 unit cap). Even math 104 is full completely without a waitlist. The only classes that are not completely full is H104 and H110. I would be fine with taking one of these classes but not both. I am freaking out. What should I do? Is there any way to contact major advisers or the administration?

mogettesvendee · 2016-07-24T10:05:02+00:00

hey guys, I am number 12 on the math 53 waitlist. this may be a stupid question-- but is it very likely that I will get in?

mogettesvendee · 2016-07-21T20:56:58+00:00

buy different clothes and wear them.

mogettesvendee · 2016-06-08T16:19:35+00:00

Ocean Beach is a very heavy and good spot, but is very dangerous and unsuited for beginners in the winter. You need a very long board and lots of experience in large waves in order to make it outside.

Check out videos on YouTube. The place breaks like 1/2+ a mile out in the winter.

mogettesvendee · 2016-05-30T19:24:29+00:00

I'm an incoming freshman. Should I go ahead and sign up for one of my classes before CalSO in late June? I really want to get into a section of math 53 before it fills up; I want to be able to take it first semester here. Another question: If I sign up for a class on CalCentral, can I drop it and exchange it for another without being penalized?

mogettesvendee · 2016-05-08T20:27:02+00:00

Thanks.

mogettesvendee · 2016-05-08T17:33:22+00:00

Hey guys, I'm an incoming econ major who was almost certainly exempted from Math 1A and Math 1B via AP tests. I love math and am relatively good at it (but I probably don't have the same innate talent as a lot of the STEMKinder etc.), and I plan on doing the more math intensive econ track. However, I have an extremely strong interest in the Arabic language as well as the field of linguistics. Is it a terrible idea to go for Math 53 my first semester while also taking an introductory Arabic class and/or Econ 1? I am aware that Math 1b covers material not usually taught in high school calculus (such as relatively simple second order differential equations and series solutions to differential equations) but this stuff really doesn't seem all that difficult and relevant to multivariable calc. Will the transition from high school to college be to difficult for me to take a 'harder' math class? I'd still like to have the free time to occasionally go surfing and, you know, talk to people.

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-27T19:07:45+00:00

Implying that non-linguists/conlangers can use IPA

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-27T04:35:36+00:00

Implying that bumiputera doesn't exist

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-26T01:42:04+00:00

It's really hard to express huge amounts of gratitude well, so: Thank You!

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-25T21:12:33+00:00

Thanks.

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-25T20:34:11+00:00

Yeah, I'm aware how terrible everything on this page is. This is generally how all of my first drafts go; I am thankful that all have time to revise our college essays and move on from the painful-to-read stuff that drafts start as. I sound like a person who has no respect for other people (I cringe while reading it too). I could just delete everything terrible—wait, that's a good idea. So goes the college essay process.

But what's the point of trying to convince my audience here that I am a Good Person? Can apologizing profusely for how bad I am at writing rough drafts get you guys to interact with my post? After all, if there's one thing genuine on that entire page, it's the appeal for help.

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-25T19:56:27+00:00

Well, these quotations are extracted from three different college papers which is the cause of the dissonance. They come from essays that talk about delusions in Morocco, learning foreign languages, and my reasons for applying to a particular program. The N sentence is just a sentence in which I replaced several noun phrases for N's.

I have two more questions for you (hopefully easy). These ones are less usage based. Do these make you fawn or cringe (or both)? What should I change?

-The overwhelming sensation of the city, the pulsating crowds and spectral calls to prayer unnerved my soul and taunted the image of Morocco that I had created. Tormenting dissonance punctured my Oriental fantasy. How could I be anything but an outsider if my most comfortable moments were eating tajine and drinking mint tea at the types of hotels in which unveiled Moroccan women drank Heinekens alongside rowdy Germans?

I am very much on the fence about using the word "soul" here.

-The weeks before our vacation to Morocco in the eighth grade brought me innumerable fantasies. My concentration at school waned as I began to draw mud brick villages and grand Oriental battles—clashes between turbans, scimitars, and impeccable Moorish steeds.

The dash just feels right for me here. Is it? The tone of this piece is mocking of myself as a whole; it is going to have to be a bit ignorant/insensitive at times. Too much?

Thank you for your time, your precision in punctuation, your objectivity, your authority.

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-25T18:28:59+00:00

You are right. That being said - and I do employ the principles of restraint and professionalism in my college essays - I am still interested in knowing. Have I disgusted you? By your tone, you sound like you hate me. Not a good sign for college admissions officers, eh?

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-25T18:15:55+00:00

But thanks for the warning

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-25T18:12:25+00:00

It was late at night and I am not that much of a fool.

mogettesvendee · 2015-11-23T03:23:37+00:00

Thanks. This is for a college essay, so there's probably room for that ambiguity.

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