Requiem for Reality

Mood: Anxious
Listening to: Feadz - EdWrecker

So here I am pouring over Sorber, trying to find out what this problem is he has with Aquinas's creation argument. Truth is I could probably tell you, but I can't think of it right now for one reason or another. I think the biggest reason is because I'm trying to convince myself that I can do this...school thing.

The reason I have this sort of self-doubt is because I went to this School of Psychology seminar to help you try to get into graduate school.

Walking in the door there must have been somewhere around 50 or so people in the room already. I sat quietly in the back of the room, and got ready to listen in as to what was going to help me figure out which way to go in graduate school.

This stuffy looking guy stands up in his blue blazer and begins asking "So how many of you want to go into graduate school?" Everyone raised their hand...and I'm thinking to myself...isn't that the reason that you had this seminar? Any way...he continues. "Let's discuss what kind of degrees do people in here want? How about IO psych?". About 2 people raised their hands. "How about Neural/ Behavioral?" Something like 2 more people raised their hands. Then he dropped the bomb...."How many of you are here for Clinical Psychology?" Nearly everyone else raised their hands.

Now I know that this is competitive program, and I'm already behind because I'm a transfer from LCC. So here I am sitting in a room with 40 of my competitors, no letters of reccomendation, and a 2.6 GPA. "I'm Screwed" I said. So he started to break down the numbers. "Specifically speaking, last year there were somewhere arounf 180 applicants. We only accepted 5. These were the cream of the crop. Nothing less than a 3.6 GPA, extracurriculars, letters of reccomendations, and internships."

Great...I have like...none of those! Perfect! So what I'm thinking now is that it would probably benefit me to go after my MSW. I will at the very least have a Masters Degree, and I can get in with like a 3.2. Plus I can start my private practice of social work if I do that. Maybe four more years left...or so.

But interestingly enough, none of this is guaranteed for a job.

I suppose I could put this into an entire nother post, and I think I will, but that's just an update on what's going on in my life...in case you were interested.....which you were, because you came here.