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Yes, I am 'quite a thing' Thank you sweetie pie <3 Well said, SFW generally, the morons require externally-imposed structure, while the brilliant people find it constricting Life being OPEN and unstructured, the morons often lag, whereas motivated creative geniuses will get where they want to be I think that makes being suddenly ejected from the safety and security of academia into 'the real world' so scary. Also, if you lack social skills, all the astrophysics or 19th century English Literature in the world won't help you succeed in life.

I didn't forget him; I'm just not impressed The point is that people flourish outside of academia. Some on the list may have preferred formal education, but the vast majority found Institutional Education constricting and stifling. It seems that a lot fo you on this forum behave as if you cannot function outside of academia, whereas getting shut out may ultimately prove to be a great thing for a lot of people.

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For anyone anxious about the prospect of rejection: Not getting into Academia is not necessarily the end of the world; on the contrary, it can be the very opposite--the perfect chance to get out in the 'real world' and do stuff! Here is a short-list I have compiled (cherry picked form a much longer list) of awesome people who dropped out of high school or college. (I have starred the best ones.) What's more--it's alphabetized! : Ansel Adams, photographer. Dropped out of high school. ***Woody Allen, screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. Was thrown out of New York University after one semester for poor grades. Also dropped out of City College of New York. As he admitted, “I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics final. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.” Julie Andrews, Oscar-winning actress, singer, author. Dropped out of high school. Lucille Ball, actress, comedienne, producer. Co-founder of Desilu Studios. Late bought out her husband's share to become the first woman to own and run a production studio. Dropped out of high school. Irving Berlin, Oscar-winning songwriter, composer. When his father died when he was 8 years old, he had to work to survive. Wrote such long-lasting hits as God Bless America, White Christmas, There's No Business Like Show Business, etc. ***Carl Bernstein, Watergate reporter, Washington Post. Never finished college. Started as a copy boy at the Washington Star at the age of 16. William Blake, poet, artist. Never attended school, educated at home by his mother. Peter Bogdanovich, director, screenwriter, actor, author. High school dropout. Began studying acting with Stella Adler when he was only 16. ***Ray Bradbury, science fiction author. Never went to college. “I never went to college. I went to the library.” ***George Carlin, comedian, author 4-time Grammy winner. Never finished high school. As he noted, “The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart.” He also noted, “When you're a dropout and the culture accepts you and begins to quote you and teach your stuff in class and textbooks, this is my honorary baccalaureate.” Winston Churchill, British prime minister, historian, artist. Rebellious by nature, he generally did poorly in school. Flunked sixth grade. After he left Harrow, he applied to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, but it took him three times before he passed the entrance exam. He graduated 8th out of a class of 150 a year and a half later. He never attended college. Leonardo DiCaprio, actor. At the age of 14, he signed with an agent and began doing commercial work as well as acting. He complete high school with a tutor, but put off college. As he has noted, "Life is my college now." *(GREAT QUOTE!)* Charles Dickens, bestselling novelist. Elementary school dropout. ***David Duchovny, dreamboat alien-hunter, Duchovny earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and also earned a graduate degree in English Literature at Yale University. While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to study acting and was soon appearing in off-Broadway plays. In 1987 he abandoned his doctoral studies at Yale to pursue acting full time. William Faulkner, Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning novelist. Dropped out of high school after his second year. Also later attended but dropped out of the University of Mississippi. F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist. Dropped out of Princeton University. ***Benjamin Franklin, inventor, scientist, inventor, diplomat, author, printer, publisher, politician, patriot, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Home schooled with less than two years of formal education. Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator and presidential candidate. He dropped out of the University of Arizona after one year to take over the family department store. Kelsey Grammar, actor. Attended Juilliard for two years but was kicked out for poor attendance. Went on to acting success in Cheers, Frasier, and Back to You television shows. ***Cary Grant, Oscar-winning actor. High school dropout. William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher and movie producer, was thrown out of Harvard for poor grades (apparently due to heavy partying). Patrick Henry, Virginia governor, revolutionary patriot. Home schooled. Later studied on his own and became a lawyer. Andrew Jackson, U.S. president, general, attorney, judge, congressman. Orphaned at 14. Home schooled. By the age of 35 without formal education, he became a practicing attorney. ***Peter Jennings, news anchor, ABC's World News Tonight. Failed the 10th grade. Left high school at 16 to work as a bank teller. He later attributed his failure in high school to boredom and laziness. John F. Kennedy, U.S. president. He dropped out of Princeton University in 1935 but eventually graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1940. ***B.B. King, blues musician, songwriter, and legend. Never finished high school. “I have two laptops. I didn't finish high school, so one is my tutor: I buy software on things I don't know. I write music with the other.” (People magazine) ***George Orwell (aka Eric Blair), author of Animal Farm and 1984. Instead of attending university after graduating from Eton, he joined the Imperial Police and worked in Burma. When he returned, he worked in restaurant kitchens, slept in homeless shelters, and eventually documented the condition of miners. All the time, he was writing reviews, essays, novels, and a regular newspaper column. His Animal Farm has sold more than 10 million copies. Sydney Pollack, movie director, producer, and actor. Skipped college and enrolled at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where he studied under drama coach Sanford Meisner. Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president. Attended school only for a few months. Was tutored at home. Carl Sandburg, poet, historian, Pulitzer Prize winner. Had little formal education but later attended Lombard College and graduated. Leo Tolstoy, count, novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina). Dropped out after three years at the university. Harry Truman, U.S. president. Never went to college. ***Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), printer, riverboat pilot, prospector, newspaper reporter, humorist, bestselling novelist. Left school a year after his father's death, never went beyond the fifth grade. Nonetheless, he still wrote the first great American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ___________________________________________________________________ **a note on Albert Einstein** Albert Einstein's education and early career has gone through rough patches and moments of uncertainty. Try to remember that life is a long journey, and thinking "life is over" because you fail to get into a specific programa at specific time in your life is quite myopic. At any rate, (depending on your field and the type of resources you need) you don't need to belong to an institution in order to continue your work. Read below: What sort of education did Albert receive? Albert Einstein began school in Munich, but does not seem to have been particularly interested in what was offered there. Failure of the family business, when Albert was 15, caused his family to leave Munich for Milan. He stayed there for a year and then moved to Switzerland, where he continued his education at school in Arrau. Einstein hoped to become an electrical engineer and, at the second attempt, enrolled at the Swiss National Polytechnic in Zurich in 1896. It seems that he continued to show little respect for his teachers, as he was not a regular attender at lectures. He spent considerable time studying physics on his own. Despite the lack of time in lecture halls, he graduated as a teacher of physics and mathematics in 1900, but was unable to obtain a post in the university. It has been suggested that he had not impressed his professors enough, which is perhaps not surprising, given his attitude, and so did not receive their all-important backing for an academic career. What did he do next? Albert Einstein became a temporary teacher of mathematics, first at the Technical High School in Winterthur, and secondly at a private school at Schaffhausen. In 1902 he began work at the Swiss patent office in Bern as a technical expert third class. He remained there until 1909, having been promoted, in 1906, to technical expert second class! He married Mileva Maric, by whom he had two sons, in 1903. They later divorced. During his time there, Albert Einstein devoted a great deal of his spare time to the study of theoretical physics, and in 1905, received his doctorate for a thesis entitled On a new determination of molecular dimensions. He also published three important papers on theoretical physics.

The caretaker sweeping the courtyard below

More time enriching myself and becoming 100% Yuppie Then I will be able to afford a posh condo in Manhattan and marry rich Then I can BUY my way into the Ivy League haha, fuckers!

Radar Love

Free Love

my favourite sound in the whole world-- the rain at night (from the comfort & security of my bedroom)

Wheat Fields

Wonder Woman

Wine Bar

Red Death

Trolling for suckers?

Elvis Lives

me too NSSR Philosophy PhD i applied to 11 progs last year and got shut out so i came to Paris Now I have a completed Masters w/ an amazing Masters Thesis as a writing sample, and advanced and superior French language certificates from the Sorbonne the prof said having "a completed Masters may make a huge difference" and that he'd make sure to take a good look at my application so I'm hoping all that and the re-applicant dedication magic works its mojo in my favour huzzah

are we friends now? I want to hugg Papa Smurf he iz teh so cute (so much better than my Scully licking Mulder icon, which sounds exponentially more enthralling than it actually is) ...Can I have it? I saved it in my "i love me" folder, waiting to pounce and change my avatar to Papa Smurf, and vanquish you should you protest to my stealth thievery

Foundation Garment

ooh, I have a good one!! I hear... the sound of the French emergency vehicle siren you know, the wierd (wuhh.. waahh! wuhh.. waahh!!) excellence

Yes, SLim. Like Lauren Becall in that film w/ Bogie

Someone give me a back massage, please

Move to Paris, and re-apply next year Fail to get in next year? Move to NY and take acting classes