Another University thread - Help ME!
I applied to four Universities in the U.S.: CalTech, Cornell, Duke and Stanford. Duke and Cornell accepted me, Stanford rejected me and I have not yet heard from CalTech.
Anyways, after some good thought I had decided te study at Duke but then realized that it is compulsory to live ON CAMPUS for THREE YEARS. I was planning on renting some small appartment outside the University with - and this is very important, esencial actually - a private bathroom.
I simply can't shit on public toilets, I feel really uncomfortable, I like to take my time and do it calmly. Secondly, I hate showering in public areas too I am grossed out, it doesn't seem hygienic enough. Maybe it is my culture, I don't know.
I must now look into Cornell to see if I have an option, because if not then I'll stay home and go to the crappy local University, at least I won't be dirty and constipated.
Anyways, after some good thought I had decided te study at Duke but then realized that it is compulsory to live ON CAMPUS for THREE YEARS. I was planning on renting some small appartment outside the University with - and this is very important, esencial actually - a private bathroom.
I simply can't shit on public toilets, I feel really uncomfortable, I like to take my time and do it calmly. Secondly, I hate showering in public areas too I am grossed out, it doesn't seem hygienic enough. Maybe it is my culture, I don't know.
I must now look into Cornell to see if I have an option, because if not then I'll stay home and go to the crappy local University, at least I won't be dirty and constipated.
Comments
GROW UP...
the public bathrooms that you speak of are probably cleaned every day and are cleaner then your keyboard... you will NOT be showering in public... it is a private stall...
as for taking long shits... big deal... its not like there is only one shitter for the whole floor...
it really shouldn't be a deal-breaker...
You could always wear Tevas in the shower or something. Ah whatever.
2) There are rooms at Princeton that have there own bathrooms. Since Duke tries hard to be like us (They're still trying to get their NCAA basketball team up to our level) I wouldn't be surprised if there were various rooms on campus with private bathrooms.
3) You are a wuss. Germs are good for you. They improve your immune system.
I've never been to Cornell, so I can't tell you much about that, but from what I know about you, you won't want to go to CalTech. It's not your style. Cornell, though is probably the best fit. Duke has a very sterile atmosphere, in that the architecture of student centers and dorms are way too boring, and there's not a whole lot of quality, reckless social events. To put it mildly, the frats there are tame. When the people who are supposed to be wild aren't, the trickle-down effect on student groups does not bode well for people looking for cheap thrills.
So, I vote for Cornell. It's no less isolated than Duke, really. Durham is an eyesore. You'd be doing yourself an injustice by going to a local (Costa Rican, if I remeber correctly) university over a well known American university with a lot of prestige, and more importantly, a big research budget. Getting over your fear of dust will be a good step in character development.
it is good for you to loose youre obviously very nuerotic repressions.
In psychoanalysis there is a direct connection between a person's need for aggressive control of the world and their relationship to shitting and the anal regions of the body . . . .hence that cliche "the anal type": people prone to be dictatorial and fearful, ultra-conservatism in manner (as well as political bent)
But it sounds like that distortion/fixation is serious in your case . . . when a nuerosis inhibits your ability to live normally then it is a problem and should be looked into
and besides, germs are important for you... if you don't get dirty regularly, your defenses are weak and then, whacko a flu comes along and you laid up in bed with your immune system struggling to make up what it lacks . . . .
also, you will be far more prone to allergies.
also, get in touch with your body: let loose, and run naked in the park
Cornell is a GREAT school . . . but boy it is very Liberal . . . that's why its so great . . .and the town is super great and teh country side is beautifull
if you give-up that school because you can't give a shit, then you deserve your failure.
Originally posted by ShawnPatrickJoyce
Yes it's the first time that i LOL while reading a university thread