Because there are no malls in Laguna
29 October, 2008
I’ve been thinking about transferring to UP-Diliman next year so that I could take up Business. I’ve actually made a mental pro-con list and I’ve noticed that my list concentrates on partying and having fun and not on my academic future.
PRO
1. I could finally live in a more civilized area.
2. I would be in QC all the time.
3. I could have city-people friends and who like the same things I do, therefore I wouldn’t have to feel guilty of pretending to find the LAMEST jokes funny and I wouldn’t have to exert all of my efforts in pretending to be demure and trying so hard not to cuss.
4. I could be with old friends whenever I want to.
5. Diliman sounds better than Los Baños.
6. I could go partying. Yey for me!
7. I could take a course without thinking: Where on earth would this take me?
8. I could live at home…
9. …or I could also live in QC which would be way cooler than living in Los Baños
10. I could wear sunglasses without looking like a city-bitch.
CON
1. I love UP-Los Baños.
2. If I transfer to Diliman, I would have to start all over again. I stress ALL OVER AGAIN. All over again. Over again. AGAIN. Again.
3. I’ve already made friends in Los Baños and I would have to start with only Saleem in Diliman.
4. Academics-wise, Diliman is harder, I think.
So there. My ratio of pros to cons is 10:4 which means that I should really consider transferring. I probably will IF the grades I made in Los Baños will not be laughed at in Diliman.
30 October, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Math in UPLB is harder, methinks.
Good luck with the shifting! It’s really hard to shift because of the long process (and the anti-shifting philosophy of die-hard UPLB faculty).
7 November, 2008 at 1:00 pm
The title sum things up.
As for the difficulty thingy–that is, academic-wise–it depends on the course. Example would be Physics. Physics in UP Diliman is way better than Physics of UP Los Baños (considering that’s it’s “national”). In consideration to this is the number of PhD-holder faculty members, prospective students, and researches. Plus, Diliman’s NIP is Center of Excellence in Physics while LB’s Physics Dept. under IMSP is “only” Center of Developing Excellence (as designated by CHED).
As for UPLB, life sciences, math, and other physical sciences is way harder than UPD. Remember, UPLB concentrate on HARD sciences. :)
5 January, 2009 at 3:36 am
hmm.. what is “civilized”??
your using the word as if people in elbi are not civilized..