University Appications

The university admissions guide was handed out today- I flipped through it in the morning, looking at the courses I might be interested in. It gave me great satisfaction, seeing how my entrance score qualified me for the vast majority of the courses. I could literally pick and choose whatever the fuck I wanted. So I was pretty happy, and I checked out course descriptions, prerequisites, additional requirements etc., etc.

Then I came home and tossed the guide to my Dad. To nobody's surprise he was too lazy to look through it himself, and instead asked me whether I qualified for medicine. 

"Uh yeah... I've met the lower limit for med in every uni except for X"

Then Dad raged. The way my grandmother would if I ever said anything vaguely critical regarding communism and Mao. Then came the interrogation. What happened wtf did you do is there a chance of recovery how come you can't get into med now I thought you said you were okay before blah blah blah.

...I wish he actually listened to what I said. The only course which I didn't qualify for was a double degree of med + whatever else they offered. You need an entrance score of 99.95 to be considered. I'm... not going to get there. I'll be lucky if I hit 99. However, I can apply for med in every other university except for that one. Come on, there is more than one med school in this country. FFS.

Then at dinner he rewrote his fantasy for my future, now that he believes med is no longer an option. He reckons a double degree in law and accounting/economics/finance sounds good. I personally dislike accounting/economics/finance, though all 3 seem like they'd make good money. As for law... I'm unsure whether I like law itself or whether I like the prestige associated with becoming a lawyer. 

I wish I could be an author or an artist. I'd love to write all day, or draw all day.