at 24 i wouldnt have any regrets. the world is still your oyster, as some would say. i didnt go to grad school until i was 26, and the program im in takes 6 years. so i guess ill be poor until im 32.
the grass is always greener - and regrets suck.
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at 24 i wouldnt have any regrets. the world is still your oyster, as some would say. i didnt go to grad school until i was 26, and the program im in takes 6 years. so i guess ill be poor until im 32.
the grass is always greener - and regrets suck.
Joining yearbook as a last minute decision before my sophomore year in highschool. Next year I'm lined up to be editor and now I know what I want to do with my life (graphic design).
It was excellent for me because it turned out I have Dyspraxia and Dysgraphia, despite my Intelligence being in the top 4% of the world. (Yay!
)But it would of been much better if i had known that before i was 16.
Anyway, I now get 25% extra time in all my exams and i am allowed to use a computer in the exam too. I will also be going to a tutorial college in London (M.P.W.).
traveling in europe for three months after college. it gave me more and better insights into the world than just sitting in a classroom ever did. it helped me transition into the "real world" as well. i think i was a bit naive before. although i still am.
It was excellent for me because it turned out I have Dyspraxia and Dysgraphia, despite my Intelligence being in the top 4% of the world. (Yay!
But it would of been much better if i had known that before i was 16.
Anyway, I now get 25% extra time in all my exams and i am allowed to use a computer in the exam too. I will also be going to a tutorial college in London (M.P.W.).
I'm quite badly dyslexic but I don't get any special help for it, not that I need it. I did three exams at secondary school and got near perfect scores for all three, however it was quite clear that I was dyslexic to anyone who acctually watched me work.
Realizing my limitations and vast unhappiness and doing my best to walk away from it. Moved out of the USA and made a much better life for myself in London, England.
I lost a lot in doing this but I gained so much more. Best decision ever.
I lost a lot in doing this but I gained so much more. Best decision ever.
Going to grad school in Philadelphia. I met my wife, started my career, and then after further (too much) training elsewhere we came back and couldn't be happier. Philly girls are like salmon, they always come home to spawn .
.The "best decision I ever made" was actually taken by my wife, when she twisted my arm so that I marry her.
I couldn't be any happier.
I couldn't be any happier.
Not too long ago I was sitting there and thinking, I wonder what everybodys best decision they have ever made in their life was? What was it? How did it affect your life? Where would you be today if you hadn't had made it? And I know you, my fellow MacRumorers, so don't say "buying a Mac" as your answer
But for now, I guess it is safe to say that buying a drumset was an unbelievably smart move on my part. It has showed me that I have an incredible talent (much to my own and everyone else's enjoyment), and has pretty much given me a no questions asked career choice. It also has led me to meet some amazing friends that I never would have met unless I were a drummer. It is amazing how so many things, both subtle and life changing, result from something so simple... the Butterfly Effect comes to mind. So you've heard mine, now how about you? Lets hear it.
the best decision in my life that did not change a thing in my life was getting a college education and some graduate school...i still do the same thing i have been, for a living, since way before college and i will prolly go another 4 years into my late 40s
another decision i made, which did not make a difference, was to take up guitar and piano...i didn't make a dime, but had a lot of fun playing live for over 15 years, and making some recordings, and i met a lot of people
but a great decision that i did make that made a big difference was getting married
and the most recent decision that has changed my life, and for the better, was getting a puppy and i think it made me a more responsible person...i did have a cat before, but getting a puppy is a far more involved move and whether one thinks it's a good thing or not for them, it will definitely make a change in their lives (and guarantee far less sleep for the owner and force one to become a morning person)
anyway, the best things in life are free, or at least very affordable...and are rarely things like ferraris, mansions, or huge diamond rings
One of the better decisions:
Notifying my parents that my brother was doing drugs.
Others:
Focused on helping friends in need.
Notifying my parents that my brother was doing drugs.
Others:
Focused on helping friends in need.
wow, i googled and wiki'd west point and there are so many different kinds of appointments, but it's still hard to get into...i only thought that kids with, let's say a couple of sports and a high gpa/sat all got in if a congressperson co-signed on it
senators can get people in
medal of honor recipient children get some spots
mia children get some spots
kia children get some spots
severely disabled vetrans' kids get some spots
...and then some others i can't think of from the list
and then there's a wait list group that gets in from the previous year
and i didn't know that west point was so small thus making it virtually as hard to get into as an ivy or top elite college
before i did the research, i never thought of the hardest academy to get into, the air force academy, being as selective as harvard, but they are...and maybe due to academic requirements or maybe that the academies are considerably smaller than most colleges in the usa
but whatever the case, it's very impressive when anybody gets into a service academy
as far as the congressperson appointment...that's how a friend of mine got in...3.5 gpa, but no ap classes, but good sat, and on several teams plus being captain of one of them, but after semester or a year of west point, he got out and didn't like the discipline thing and went to a civilian university
The "best decision I ever made" was actually taken by my wife, when she twisted my arm so that I marry her.
I couldn't be any happier.
Yep, married her. Best decision I ever made. 15 years of heaven.
I received two nominations to attend... one from my local congressman and one from former NC senator John Edwards. I almost didn't qualify for admission after failing my DodMERB physical but I got that straightened out, had some interviews, passed the Physical Aptitude Exam and was set to attend. Something just didn't feel right about it though, and about two weeks before the deadline to accept I withdrew my application.
I'm so glad that I did. I went to UNC-CH freshmen year as a BME major but decided that I hated science so I transfered to NCSU where I'm now a student in the college of design.
I have a feeling that I would have loved Westpoint, but the thought of fighting in a war that I don't support, and the fact that I wouldn't have discovered how much I love art really make me not regret my decision at all.
As for getting in... you just have to be pretty well rounded. I went to a pretty tough private highschool, had reasonable grades and good SAT scores, was the captain of a few teams and was pretty active in our schools student government. Basically they want someone who is strong academically, is physically in the top few percent of the population, and has demonstrated the ability to lead.
Getting there is just the first step and a long ways from graduation!
Thanks for the summary and congratulations on qualifying and receiving your nominations.
Getting there is just the first step and a long ways from graduation!
..and for someone like me who usually disdains authority, i think getting thru 4 yrs. of a military academy would be very hard
...not related, but i don't think i would make a very good trainee for an authoritatian business organization or religious cult, either
The end of your comment above tickled me.
Doubt I would be a good candidate for a religious cult either!
The end of your comment above tickled me.
Doubt I would be a good candidate for a religious cult either!
i saw first hand what happened when a pt employee of mine joined a well known door to door "evangelizing" type of cult
he went all fundie on me and suddenly everything in the bible was literal down to the fact that women could not be ministers, men could not sport beards (not in the bible though) and that there were exactly 144,000 people going to heaven...oh, and all from his church denomination and nobody else's of course
that poor guy was under so many restrictions due to the fact that he was one of a historically recent few who knew what the real truth and mission was of the universe
Scratch going to edinburgh as my best decision, comming out>that. Seeing as wherever I went to uni things would've worked out in the end. though that wasn't so much a decision, just something I had to do though I did decide to do it when I did which just happened to be exactly the right time.