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i got into uchicago and someone is sending me banking guides the econ demons are coming for me

caved and got spotify premium. listened to ron chernow's hamilton in the dorm showers full volume just to feel something. girlbosses are urging me to get into quant as if electrical engineering isn't enough.

this is hamilton's america.

#the death of an average american college student.#the wall street demons and lockheed martin are collecting my friends like tokens bro.#alexander hamilton

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just logged in for the first time in a month and reread my overdramatic crashout with fresh eyes...

#sorry oomfs

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my mom just called me crying and then hung up and won’t pick up again wtf wtf

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pro tip professors but if a student emails you three times because of a funeral maybe try shooting back a quick little message so they can stop worrying about attendance during one of the worst moments of their life!

my mom just called me crying and then hung up and won’t pick up again wtf wtf

the rejections are coming in...the dread has returned

#i should really be more numb to rejection letters at this point but alas the human spirit is weak and easily gullible.#and my memory is that of a pessimistic golden retriever what can i say

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unfortunately i am applying to a bunch of shit that takes grades very seriously so i've been the most unbearable twerp this year. constantly putting my scores into grade calculator. once the applications are submitted we will be living life like a normal human being, trust

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the quarter system needs to go to hell though. having 3 sets of midterms and finals is fucked up.

every single week, someone has a midterm. week 1, week 3, week 9, doesn't matter. i had a second midterm the last week of classes before finals. it's just never ending stress and winter quarter beating my ass so bad. all these mid professors suddenly changing their grading scheme and refusing to curve!!!! for engineering fuck

unfortunately i am applying to a bunch of shit that takes grades very seriously so i've been the most unbearable twerp this year. constantly putting my scores into grade calculator. once the applications are submitted we will be living life like a normal human being, trust

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my lab instructor is making a 1 unit lab that would be humiliating to get a bad grade on, the most hellish experience possible. average final exam score last year was 40%.

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he sent a long email telling us not to panic and that he'll curve, only to release said grades today without a curve.

got an a- but that shit is infuriating when i know he literally shared the lab final answers with his students last year and gave 90% of the class an a+. dude got promoted and decided he was going to become the worst

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chem final at 10 in the morning when the class is 3 in the afternoon. they know what they're doing to us

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but this is nothing compared to the final boss (physics professor scheduling all his exams for 8 am)

chem final at 10 in the morning when the class is 3 in the afternoon. they know what they're doing to us

if you what to know how i'm doing, i just ate two bingsoos in one day. large. from the same cafe. seven hours apart. the first was matcha strawberry, the second was jasmine grape. this is the most shamemaxxed variant of shoveling ice cream out of the tub because it is public and expensive.

#this too is hamilton eating sweetmeats only to be berated by angelica for getting chubby core (worst coping mechanism in history).#this too is burr regretting his expensive coconut purchase core (second worst coping mechanism in history).#rip hamburr you never got to try bingsoo

my fuckass PI is so lazy he didn't submit revisions or respond to emails from the journal so now they're threatening to withdraw our paper. i can't do anything except watch the email chain of doom and tell them that he's traveling for some conference and he's ghosted me too lmfao

#this man is. extraordinarily skilled at ghosting.#to the point where i have no idea if i should put an end date on our work together in my resume or not.#technically the papers are still in review and technically i'm supposed to be helping him revising but he's!!! not!!! responding!!!!

my lab instructor is making a 1 unit lab that would be humiliating to get a bad grade on, the most hellish experience possible. average final exam score last year was 40%.

#i will not let a lab mar my transcript.#everyone repeat after me: the curve will save me. the curve will save me. the curve will save me.

my interviewer said i give off journalism vibes when my concentration is completely different and now i'm curious how people perceive me. anyone want to share with the class? a few anons did ask if i was a history major

#lowkey how fun would it be to be a history major

ran into someone exactly my age and with my exact interests applying to the same shit but they're cracked and i'm not. i wouldn't wish this pain upon my worst enemy

#you think that you're doing alright and here comes the patent-owner/startup/researcher/volunteer menace #slamming my head against the table. how are you doing that. can i shadow your life or something because how are you doing that

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