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practicality ([personal profile] practicality) wrote2006-07-30 03:07 pm
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Self-Doubt

It's quarter 'til three in the morning, and I really should be asleep as I need to be up at eleven thirty to drive home, but I'm having a massive moment of self-doubt about this fall. I'm leaving in four weeks, first to Toronto for a day or two, than out to BC, and right know, I'm wondering - is this really the right choice for me? I think I can safely say that out of the two places I got accepted, UBC is definately the better choice, but...I only applied to four schools, and I wonder now if I should have applied to more places in Boston, because while Vancouver is an awesome city, Cambridge and Boston are what I grew up with, pretty much. I'm going to miss the T, even - there's something about subways that buses just don't quite touch. And while it'll theoretically be nice to be closer to a bunch of my friends, without a car, it's still a four hour trip out to the island or down to WA, which is probably just long enough to keep me from doing it with any sort of regularity and make me totally frustrated in the process

*sigh* I wish I wasn't perpetually second-guessing myself.
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[identity profile] ext_81980 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-07-30 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* If it helps, our apartment is open to you anytime you want to come visit ^.^ And if you don't want to drive all the way down, I'm more than happy to pick you up at the ferries!

Can't wait to see you again! *waves*

[identity profile] ext_76778 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-07-30 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
I think everyone second guesses themselves at this point. Xeen is, too. So, telling you the same thing I've been telling her: no point in worrying about it now. You'll just see how it works once school starts, and worst case scenario, if you hate it, transfer. No worries.

[identity profile] ext_9109 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-07-30 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, but UBC is fun! (Get the choc-chip cookies at the SUB, they're awesomely delicious, that and the cheap pizza. Oh, and take a walk down to the beach below the cliffs near Ritsumeikan for the gorgeous sunset and pot-smoking hippies). The UBC anime club is friendly and I know someone there who helps organise the local con who's lots of fun (look up [livejournal.com profile] galaxychild). As a UBC student you get to buy a UBC transport card which entitles you to ride on any of the buses for free or a very reduced fee, and the bus system around Van is pretty good. As for getting to Victoria, the 4 hour trip is easy enough to do even to go down just for a weekend once a month or so.

[identity profile] ext_287395 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-07-30 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going to seriously miss you, man.

[identity profile] ext_212590 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-07-30 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You can come visit us! If you go to the Departure Bay ferries it doesn't take that long from UBC. :D And I can get you on our side~

[identity profile] doctorskuld.livejournal.com (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-07-30 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Everybody has these moments of doubt when they leave for college. But you know, by and large people who go to college really enjoy the place they're at. Unless you're really emo or depressed, you'll love it. Personally, when I was applying to college, Princeton was my first choice school and I got rejected. Since MIT accepted me, I went. But I was kind of worried, what was MIT going to be like?

Now that I've been through four years of MIT, I realize that maybe that was the best school for me. I know now I wouldn't have fit in at Princeton at all, and I'm glad I went where I did. As long as you approach college with open-mindedness and a willingness to try new things and make new friends, you'll do great, and there's nothing to worry about. *hugs* I'm sure you'll find plenty of friends on campus, and I know you'll have fun.

Live it up, man. ;3 College is the place to try new things. Don't pass up opportunities, otherwise you might regret them later on.

[identity profile] ext_9476 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-07-31 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
I can't count the number of times I second-guessed myself when deciding on a college. Hell, I still am, and I've finally committed. Everything will be all right, regardless of where you go, even if it's an adjustment.
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