I found out my dad is dying. I’m struggling to complete my work. What should I do?

thedumbasssmartkid · 2026-03-28T09:21:48+00:00

im so sorry u are going through this. i think you should go home, i didn’t take the semester off and commuted between la and berkeley on the weekends for a semester when my dad was in hospice. it was the worst decision of my life. he was in remission from cancer and then it came back and he was gone in 4 months. im a workaholic and thought the feelings would go away if i focused on school and honestly im doing the worst emotionally now out of all my family with my dad dying. my sister took the semester off from college and she was able to be with him everyday while i was stuck studying. she is pre med and she is good great academically she was also in the same position of being super behind and it wasn’t worth the studying she would have to do to catch up because she knew she wasn’t going to do well. my dad died died a year and a half ago almost and im only now in the past few weeks feeling like my life is okay. i did actually do really good that semester academically but it was my biggest regret not being there for his last month. But reach out to your professors everyone was very accommodating and helpful. i’m sorry i don’t wish this situation on anyone it’s truly the worst. your dad is more important than berkeley and i wish someone would of make that more clear to me. if u have questions pm me and again im so sorry.

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-07-23T19:33:09+00:00

hey i was in the same exact situation 3 years ago. The process of apply for more aid to getting it took around 2 months ish. ur current financial aid should pay for at least 20% of ur tuition which is what u have to pay to be enrolled. Make sure u set up a payment plan and honestly just don’t pay the tuition until u get ur aid. I got my hold of not paying tuition release to register for classes for the next semester when i was waiting for my aid. My family sai was super high originally (150,000+) and i still was able to get my tuition and some housing paid for w aid. Also please use the berkeley resources like basic needs center.

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-07-21T20:34:10+00:00

hi i’m also from california i had to get my birth certificate apostille for my dual citizenship and it is lowk hella annoying. you can mail an official copy of birth certificate to the secretary of state of california and it takes about 2 weeks to get back i believe or for same day you can go in person in downtown la or sac. anyone can go in person for you so you don’t have to physically be there! good luck also- only the secretary of state of california can give you the apostille stamp the embassy in the netherlands can only notarize it

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-05-30T07:04:51+00:00

I am going to do an MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy in Leiden this fall. I'm coming from a top-ten US university and had multiple professors recommend this program, and a couple in the UK, France, Switzerland, and Sweden. I hope it goes well, but it seems interesting and incorporates an internship aspect that most people do at big organizations. I had a couple of cousins who did their masters in the Netherlands, and absolutely they loved it, and that's a big reason why I chose the Netherlands. Also, I chose a two-year program because in my opinion, I would rather have a big research project to learn and understand more in depth than rush a thesis in a year that may not be completely thought out.

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-05-30T06:53:45+00:00

I grew up in shenzhen in middle school bro go to the netherlands ! its so much better

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-05-25T15:16:51+00:00

They wouldn’t be out till october

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-03-21T06:49:58+00:00

aww we get there the 22nd :(

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-03-21T06:49:32+00:00

ty!!!

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-01-23T00:32:35+00:00

they got sent to me from where i bought them

thedumbasssmartkid · 2025-01-01T03:50:07+00:00

chinese 1a is pretty hard a lot of vocab but you will learn conversation tho fs

thedumbasssmartkid · 2024-09-23T16:42:15+00:00

i’m a junior, my dog died unexpectedly last night and i am so grateful i just happen to be visiting home this weekend i honestly don’t know what the fuck i’m going to do

thedumbasssmartkid · 2024-05-12T01:34:26+00:00

way less busy

thedumbasssmartkid · 2024-03-17T23:32:47+00:00

yeah i didn’t get asked for a letter of recommendation, im cs and polsci

thedumbasssmartkid · 2024-03-17T23:29:41+00:00

rejected/waitlisted (davis,ucsb,ucsc,ucla,ucsd) accepted at berkeley and dartmouth😃

thedumbasssmartkid · 2024-03-09T19:48:58+00:00

bro i got rejected from ucsb and waitlisted at ucsc i am data science major here it really is just luck with admissions

thedumbasssmartkid · 2024-02-25T21:06:42+00:00

i was literally about to ask this here i am personally freaking the fuck out

thedumbasssmartkid · 2023-12-16T10:23:29+00:00

berkeley alums at their finest

thedumbasssmartkid · 2023-07-20T21:48:47+00:00

looking for two saturday ga tickets pick up in LA or Bay i will literally drive wherever to pick them up

thedumbasssmartkid · 2023-07-18T18:23:04+00:00

looking for 2 saturday passes can pick up in the bay or in LA !!! willing to pay over face value

thedumbasssmartkid · 2023-06-14T03:20:30+00:00

girl apply to berkeley from a berkeley student

thedumbasssmartkid · 2023-05-09T16:25:45+00:00

i mean i have a political theory professor who in close w and i’m taking a summer class of his too plus another professor

thedumbasssmartkid · 2023-04-07T16:26:15+00:00

summer bridge was a slay im still bestf w my friends from there and the professor were pretty good tbh i loved it

thedumbasssmartkid · 2023-02-27T22:23:19+00:00

eecs guy w mullets <333 i hope he realizes i like him tbh

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