22-04-09, 01:42 AM
(21-04-09, 06:00 PM)TheScuderia6 Wrote: Congrats to you and your son farmer! The budget cutbacks have definitely affected students applying this year, so I'm sure this has made it even more sweeter. My brother got into UCSD for the fall semester so I'm really proud of him too, he's just waiting to hear from UCLA, I know your a USC fan haha, and if he gets in there then I'm sure my parents will throw him a huge party.
One of my buddies graduated from Long Beach last year, and I used to visit him at the campus often. Pretty nice place to hang out, lots of on campus activities, just make sure to never park your car on the street. My friends Honda Civic Si got broken into twice, and then finally straight up stolen!
If your son's considering medicine, tell him to go for it! I'm a 3rd year medical student myself, and even though it's a shit load of work, with the current outlook on jobs and the economy it's good to know that the medical field is somewhat recession proof. There is always a lack of physicians, and that means you'll find a job with pretty good income.
Your Brother got into UCSD? Dude... that's HUGE these days. It's not like it was years ago. The requirements are through the roof now for the UCs
Unfortunately my son waited a little too long to pull his head out of the clouds and get the grades needed to follow Dad to SC. Besides... I can't afford to send him there anyway!
But, he finally knuckled down and will be graduating with a 3.2GPA which was good enough for Long Beach. He has some friends that live way outside the district that didn't get into Long Beach with 3.9 & 4.0s. It's crazy out there.
Long Beach should be a great time for him. TONS of young women, Good Bio program and he's a volleyball player so he's interested in the team. One of the nation's top teams.