Fill out lots and lots of student loan applications. Apply for scholarships, even if you obviously don't meet any of the prerequisites (or obviously don't meet some of the more particular rquirements, like being a member of a disadvantaged minority group, or majoring in journalism, etc.). Apply for grants, even if you obviously don't meet any of the prerequisites (etc. as for scholarships). (All of this money has to go somewhere!) Don't let anybody who gives you money know about anybody else who has given you money. Stall on declaring a major. Change your major 6 months before presenting your doctoral thesis. Change your school if necessary to accomplish changing your major. Audit a large number of classes that have nothing to do with your major or minors. Test out of class requirements as much as possible, especially for core requirements; it's the electives that are going to determine how successful you'll be in real life anyway, because that's what you fall back on when you can't get a job in the field that you majored in. If all else fails, declare bankruptcy and start over again (this is very much a last-resort option, even moreso than it would be in 'real' life...)
(Sorry about the two 'false' posts- chalk it up to my sometimes sloppy typing.)
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Date: 2004-06-16 01:10 pm (UTC)that's an EXCELLENT question! spawned by ME!!
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Date: 2004-06-16 03:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-16 04:24 pm (UTC)Apply for scholarships, even if you obviously don't meet any of the prerequisites (or obviously don't meet some of the more particular rquirements, like being a member of a disadvantaged minority group, or majoring in journalism, etc.).
Apply for grants, even if you obviously don't meet any of the prerequisites (etc. as for scholarships).
(All of this money has to go somewhere!)
Don't let anybody who gives you money know about anybody else who has given you money.
Stall on declaring a major.
Change your major 6 months before presenting your doctoral thesis.
Change your school if necessary to accomplish changing your major.
Audit a large number of classes that have nothing to do with your major or minors.
Test out of class requirements as much as possible, especially for core requirements; it's the electives that are going to determine how successful you'll be in real life anyway, because that's what you fall back on when you can't get a job in the field that you majored in.
If all else fails, declare bankruptcy and start over again (this is very much a last-resort option, even moreso than it would be in 'real' life...)
(Sorry about the two 'false' posts- chalk it up to my sometimes sloppy typing.)
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Date: 2004-06-16 05:04 pm (UTC)well
Date: 2004-06-17 07:17 am (UTC)