Academics

If you have read the last post, you would have learned that I have a fear of love. Basically, that's why I immerse myself in academics.

Academics, grades, etc. are purely numbers and words. They're measurable. Easy. So absolutely nothing compared to being human.

Being he best human in the world would require a full lifetime. Getting the best grades only requires ten months of a school year.

In any case, I'm talking in broken paragraphs. *dizzy* I've gone through major writing runs during the last week of March. School was already out, and all the students were enjoying summer. I, however, stayed after school hours on the last day of school, came to school on a Saturday after the last day, and came on a Monday too. And the week before that was just the same.

It was for the school publication. The senior staff we had this year was the best, I think. I personally think I could never forget the photos they took, the layouts the slaved over, the covers they prepared, the content they've produced.

Having them leave soon was like a nightmare to me. And for them to bequeath the role of top next year certainly did make me want to run to the sheets and hide. It made me work hard, over the fact that I have to learn whatever it is they're doing, before they leave.

OTHER than that, safe to say my grades were pretty okay. I had to make a grade out of a blank report card, otherwise, colleges wouldn't really take me in. What kind of college would accept a student who has a blank report card?

I was aiming for honors. And that was what I expected. And that was what I got.

Fantastic. Another goal achieved.

Next up would be college entrance.

It looks like I'm taking my books to summer.

I'll be studying for the entrance exams for UP (University of the Philippines), UST (University of Santo Tomas), Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University (DLSU), and Mapua (Whatever Mapua means. Hell is that even a word? Oh wait, it was apparently the name of their founder. *facepalm*)

To be honest, UST is my first choice, being cheaper than the rest, a Catholic college, well-known and what else--oh yes, it's one of the only two universities that have the course I want to take. DLSU is my next choice, as it has the course I want to take, however it is the most expensive university among them. I'll only consider this if I get a scholarship. Next is Mapua, simply because it's the engineering capital of all Philippine universities. And if my first plan doesn't work, I'll go ahead into geodetic engineering. Then Ateneo, mainly because it's a good university to get into.

And my last choice would be the largest, highest rated university in all of the Philippines, that its campus became a self proclaimed city: UP City. If you're wondering why I left it for last choice, it would be because it isn't a Catholic school. I wouldn't be able to join the CEAP-NCR CSL if I went into a non-Catholic university. And I woudln't get a theo-class either. Boo. Definite down side. Also, their facilities aren't that good. And if I want to study something that requires a laboratory, I could easily settle for La Salle or Ateneo.

And the crap they throw at me about how insane the profs there are: BOO. I don't care if you say that UP Studes can learn by themselves. What's the point of going to college then.

That is all for now. LOL. Sorry for those *ahem* people who go to UP. But really. I'd rather go to Miriam College >_> ...Eh, well.