u/Sensitive-Value-4225

hello! i’m a graduate from one of the top universities in the philippines aiming to broaden my career opportunities by taking the mentioned masters program at unimelb.

though i have sufficient work experience and i was heavily involved in my community/student organizations, i’m worried my gpa won’t make the cut. my cumulative gpa really took a hit from when i was adjusting to the online class set up during the pandemic (freshman year) and when classes did eventually go back onsite (my junior year). the highest at my uni is 4.00 and i got a 3.04. though the calculator on the unimelb site did say i was eligible.

i guess i’m just a little paranoid because i was pressed about this during my application interview at a local law school and i didn’t make the cut, hence the search for other postgrad endeavors. i just don’t want to keep missing opportunities because of this. my extracurriculars and portfolio do most of the heavy lifting in my resume.

any word of advice and support would do. dms are open of anyones curious about my entire situation. thank you!

Greetings! My plan of pursuing law school in the Philippines fell through. My parents are encouraging me to look into masters programs in Australia. Migrating has always been something we've been considering through the years. My mother is a nurse and she has connections in Australia (particularly Canberra) that are willing to help out and they told me to look into the University of Canberra and the programs they offer. I want to have an idea of what the Communications field in Australia has to offer and what I can expect. I graduated from one of the top universities here in the Philippines, but I don't have work experience apart from my practicum internship because I spent the last year working towards my law school applications (I was active in student organizations/publications throughout my time in undergrad).

I'm probably glossing over a lot of information about my situation right now. I'll be open to DMs for people willing to hear me out and talk to me about this possible route. The sting of my law school rejection is still fresh since it just came hours ago haha. Please be nice!

Hello everyone! I’ve struggled with moderate to severe eczema for 6 years. It started on my calves and worked its way toward my upper extremities. I believe my trigger is stress (I was really depressed throughout the pandemic/college) and it gets worse with the weather and my itch-scratch cycle. I was also terribly inconsistent with my own treatment because putting on my ointments and lotions felt incredibly daunting. I would have large weeping patches all over my body and it would be extremely uncomfortable. It would leave me bed bound because moving my body made me feel so aware of it.

A year ago I was prescribed Olumiant (Baricitinib) because of the severity of my condition. It worked like a miracle. My skin finally felt like normal skin and it really made me realize how much I missed out on. Anyways, during my last derma visit I was finally given the green light to be put off Olumiant because my skin had totally calmed down. However, after a month I started having old and new patches show up again. The weeping isn’t so bad and they aren’t as large as they used to be. Back then, if I had a new patch I could expect that by the end of the day it would spread like crazy. I guess at the moment I’m just telling myself I should be relieved it isn’t like what it used to be, but after months of living with minimal to no patches/flare ups, I’ve been so worried.

For additional context, the medication is expensive in my country. It makes me feel really guilty having to be so dependent on it because of its price. (Though I guess the benefits seriously outweigh that con). I am also planning to enter law school which is, of course, very stressful and also very expensive in its own right.

I’m writing here I guess to finally put my own eczema story out here. I’ve found lots of comfort already just knowing I’m not alone with this condition. I don’t want my eczema to stop me from achieving my dreams, but I wish it didn’t come at such a steep cost. So yeah, guess I’m just writing to vent my frustrations but if anybody wants to share their own experience on Olumiant I’d love to hear it.

Hello everyone. UPLAE 2026 taker who didn’t make the cut. I’m looking for anyone in the same stage as life I’m in or better yet someone older who has already overcome (or working towards) their mid-20s crisis.

I hope to meet people who are on the same boat as I am. I feel so alone since a lot of my friends are either still in college or already moving on with their careers.

I’d also really love to hear from people who were able to move forward in their mid-20s especially after a “career shift” or a major change in plans after college.