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post #31 of 38
3/15/11 at 4:20pm
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well I feel a little safer....



Don't you have some older relatives to guide you this process? Won't they and their parents be able to talk to your parents about their overbearing ways?
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post #32 of 38
3/15/11 at 5:10pm
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I did a year at a community college and am now transferring to a state university.
I'm deciding on a school near Allentown or Philadelpia PA. I've not received any award packages yet, I will next month and those will the DECIDING FACTOR for where I go.

Well, I'm 18 and my parents have done everything for me...literally everything. They wake me up, clean my room, my bathroom, make my food, do my laundry, my dad maintains my car, I mean literally everything. It's not because I'm lazy or anything, it's just that they've never taught me anything or allowed me the freedom to do anything.

They're so overprotective of me that they sabotaged my college education by sending me to kindergarten so I'd finish high school when I was 17, thus I couldn't leave home legally to go live by myself or take out loans and pay for myself. To this day, they've never let me play sports, hang out with friends or have a gf, or pretty much anything else American teenagers do...sucks being an immigrant

FYI, I got into a great school with a decent scholarship but still couldn't afford going because mom and dad filed bankruptcy and I couldn't take out loans, I was screwed. This is also the reason to why I've now applied to state funded schools which are not as expensive. If I'm lucky, financial aid will cover a large portion, I'll take out some loans, and my work my ass off to cover my education. Shit's gonna be tough, medicine requires an absurdly long 8-12 years

I really can't stand living with them anymore and I've realized the faster I move out, the better.

Anyways...my questions are:
1. What city would you pick, keep in mind both colleges are about 20-30 miles away from the two cities.

2. How does food/laundry/bathroom happen at colleges?

3. How do you manage working and school time? My parents have never let me keep a job

4. Were you guys this fashionable while in college?

only advice i have for you is, even though your parents sheltered you all your life and you havent done anything for yourself, if pushed out into the real world, you will learn on your own really fast . everyone's able to adapt really quickly and learn. it aint hard. it's hard as in terms of circumstances, but it isnt hard to learn. unles youre heavily mentally handicapped or something
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post #33 of 38
3/15/11 at 6:17pm
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only advice i have for you is, even though your parents sheltered you all your life and you havent done anything for yourself, if pushed out into the real world, you will learn on your own really fast . everyone's able to adapt really quickly and learn. it aint hard. it's hard as in terms of circumstances, but it isnt hard to learn. unles youre heavily mentally handicapped or something

not mentally handicapped, but you could say I have a social handicap
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post #34 of 38
3/15/11 at 7:09pm
How about before you move out you start doing your laundry/food/car manteinence? im sure most of this can be learned by either watching your parents or online. you dont want to move out in the state you are right now, you dont have resonsabilities/freedoms and facing all the ones that college gives you will break you down.
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post #35 of 38
3/15/11 at 7:09pm
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not mentally handicapped, but you could say I have a social handicap

we all have social handicaps. all of us. even the most smuggest, arrogantest, popularest of the bunch has hidden social handicaps. you'll get over it or youll learn to deal with it as you get older.. youll figure it out.
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post #36 of 38
3/15/11 at 7:30pm
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not mentally handicapped, but you could say I have a social handicap.

To me, the most encouraging aspect of this thread is that you're keenly aware of at least some of the voids in your upbringing, and you appear eager to improve your own character. This gives you a pretty good head-start on your goals. Basic cooking, laundering, and fiscal management skills aren't rocket science, and I think you'll find that the satisfaction of being self-sufficient outweighs the drudgery of your chores.
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post #37 of 38
3/15/11 at 9:30pm
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I think you'll find that the satisfaction of being self-sufficient outweighs the drudgery of your chores.
(for about a week)
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post #38 of 38
3/15/11 at 10:37pm
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(for about a week)

No I actually like living a routine life style. During times when i'm not in school, my entire life kinda falls apart, sleeping schedule is out of wack, lifting/eating right goes out the fucking window, I become a shut in and play guitar or video games all day .

The drudgery doesn't bother me, the idea of figuring out how to manage time EFFECTIVELY and fit in chores/job and then learning how to manage the STRESS of those two, WHILE doing good in school is what scares me.
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