Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:24 PM * A Post?! OMGITSAMIRACLE!
Yes, apparently, due to high demands (or should I say persistent demands? xD), I decided to return here for this night to put up a post for people who actually still comes back here. o.O Actually, I don't even come back here anymore, so I'm pretty surprised when I saw new messages in the chatbox. xD You people are too loyal, it makes me cry. :'DAnyways, before I even knew it, I'm already at the third week of my second semester in CPU. Probably used to the life by now, but it's pretty sad to lose the few familiar faces we used to see so much during our previous semester. Miss all those good ol' seniors. :'( But now that we're on the second semester (third for some), we're seniors! And juniors came rushing into CPU now and it's up to us to make them feel like home! That was what I told myself before, but I guess people probably don't need me to be there for them huh? xD They are already standing pretty well on their own two feet. So I'll just be at the corner...rusting...I guess.
No, it's not that depressing actually. Heck, I don't even know what I was typing. If you do understand my post until this part, do let me know. Haha. I don't understand what I'm ranting at all. Long hiatuses on blogging does stuffs to your blogging section of your brain.
Alright, back to ranting about my life. So, second semester is here, which means... I'll be graduating from CPU by the end of this year. What does that mean? Simple. Applying to as many universities as possible and as soon as possible. *sigh* I knew from before that this would happen, but since CPU isn't really as widely accepted as A-Levels or SAM, we'd have quite some problem when we're applying to universities outside of Canada. But it's still awesome to know that Canada still has our backs. :3
My first choice from before was always University of Melbourne. They have quite a reputation, plus the entry requirements weren't too high. But of course, things wouldn't be all that perfect. Melbourne, as we all know, has freakingly high living expenses. Plus, even if I were to enter Uni of Melbourne, I can't guarantee that I'll be able to get into Veterinary Medicine because after first three years of basic studies, only 120 people are chosen to enter the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine course. So yeah. I wouldn't want to enter and waste my three years only to know that I can't do Veterinary, but Biotechnology or some other Science subjects.
So, I had to have another choice. Murdoch University then came into mind. Murdoch U is a university in Perth, and apparently, has the best Veterinary course in the whole Australia. Plus, Perth has practically lower living expenses than Melbourne, and the tuition fees are cheap! Seriously. I doubted them at first though, but wow, when I flipped open the booklet on entry requirements, I was shocked. In fact, I was somewhat discouraged by that. (Explains why I was emo yesterday.) They actually allow students with average of 65 to enter for all the courses, but only Veterinary courses have to have at least 97 for SAM to enter. And for CPU students? Case by case basis. God. I feel discouraged, really. Makes me really sad cause I was really hoping that Murdoch U might accept me so that I can at least live my next 5 years in some countryside. =(
Third choice? Massey University in New Zealand. New Zealand has always been the country I wanted to do my tertiary education at. Probably because of the influence by my brother, and that I just love the fact that there's no overcrowded super huge cities there. Peaceful life. :] But was once again struck with disappointment when I saw that for international students, we have to take 5 tests in New Zealand to see if we qualify to enter. I mean, we fly all the way to New Zealand, and if we fail the tests, not only do we have to waste that airplane ticket to and fro, but we even lost a golden chance to study at Massey U? No way am I betting my future over there.
Next choice came up by the last minute, and is probably the reason why I was able to wipe off my emo-ness yesterday. (Of course, along with the awesome encouragement by my awesome friends. :3) Ireland suddenly came to mind when I was talking about studying in UK with my online friend. I said to myself before that if I were to go UK for my studies, the only place I'm going would be Ireland. So, I was pretty nervous when I was checking out all the universities in Ireland for Veterinary courses. At first, I was completely in despair as I had to cancel off one university by one university. Finally, I could no longer take the pain. I went to google, and straight off, I typed 'List of Veterinary universities in Ireland'. Miraculously, one poofed out! And guess what?! University College Dublin is the exact same university my cousin is studying at right now! I'm so relieved when I saw that, and at the entry requirements page, they even stated that Canadian diploma is considered for entry. YAY!
Of course, those were my top 4 choices of universities for now. But I'm still going to apply for universities like the Canadian universities, University of Toronto, McGill University(that is if I can actually gain entry), Guelph University after those two, and other universities in America like Cornell University(once again, almost sounds impossible). Probably end up applying for at least 10 universities, haha. Wow! I rant a lot, eh? At least you guys have a post to read now. =P
So yeah, makes me feel like I'm really getting older now. It's sad. Plus, sooner or later, every one of us will be at separate parts of the world. Sad, but yeah, inevitable.