Life Update | UW Graduation, Mental Health, Post-Grad Plans, Moving

[@aliyahtulay5208]

All those people were miserable and jealous and I definitely felt the projection. long live princess Jessica

[@modelspic]

Congratulations! we miss you i rly miss u we need more videos

[@jordynkerr3238]

Jess I am so proud of you for being so vulnerable. I know it is hard. From someone who has struggled with similar issues of doing everything "right" and not feeling like it was enough. You didn't quit. You did everything you could to make it work at the time but in reality, you needed a break. You took that needed break and went back, finished college, and are one of the strongest people I know coming out of this. I hope this move and new stage in your life brings you the most happiness possible. While it sucks that you are leaving me and Seattle, however I want you to be the best version of yourself and to enjoy life and I know you can't do that in Seattle. I love you to the moon and back and you have made me a better person. Go get em Jess. Florida doesn't know what they are getting! 💛💛

[@mkdesu]

Would like to listen to more about your experiences at Dunkin because im planning to apply there soon e_E

[@katrinalongley7526]

You've been through so much, your dad is totally right, do what makes you happy. Give yourself grace. ❤ Congratulations!

[@madrynelson5044]

I know I don’t know you personally, but I am so so proud of you!!! You talk about being a big sister; to me you are. I will be applying to colleges this year and UW is my top in-state school. Like you, I am top of my class with 10+ AP classes and time-consuming extracurriculars. And like you, I have always had a plan for my life. My goal is to be to be a surgical M.D. Hearing your story is enlightening. It can be tough to be transparent and show emotion, but I relate to you so much. I just want you to know how amazing you are to me and others with big dreams as well. YOU DID NOT FAIL! You persevered and grew despite your hardships. You are so strong and inspiring. I can’t wait to see where you go next!!! I know whatever you do with your life, it will be amazing!!! Have a great time in sunny Florida! Sorry my state is so rainy and depressing lol. ❤😁

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Forget the MD path. Too many years of schooling; too much liability, too much financial debt, and you'll be on-call for the rest of your career. Become a podiatrist or orthodontist instead. I go to both a podiatrist and an orthodontist, and both of these health professionals are doing SO WELL that it just blows my mind. My podiatrist works Mondays thru Fridays, from 8am to 4pm. My orthodontist has similar hours, but also open for half a day on Saturdays, but she takes a half day on a weekday. Man, she must be doing VERY WELL because she just moved her office to a posh building with SPECTACULAR views of the ocean, and she has so many patients that's it's just incredible. Many of her procedures are cosmetic, cash-only procedures, so I know she's doing VERY WELL. Just something to think about.....

[@ethanstechworld207]

Hi Jessica, I remember commenting on a couple of your UW videos when I was starting at UW. Bottom line that nobody can take away is this stage is really, really, really, freaking hard. That is the friendly way of expressing it to people that don't have the same struggles, all we can do is hope there is empathy and those hateful comments sure don't have that empathy. Also, Physics and Astronomy, holy moly that is an insanely difficult major. I'm a sophomore now and I had a hard time with the general science classes like chemistry as I didn't do much of that or physics in high school. Chemistry was really hard and the start of this school year I had Physics 1 & 2 staring at me. I decided to take it at a community college in a smaller and more supportive environment and wow am I glad I did. The first physics wasn't awful, but challenging. Physics 2 was crazy abstract and weird. But the thing for me was I had my super low moments in my first year where I failed two classes, and after cruising through high school even with taking almost all IB classes it was mortifying and embarrassing and I felt like giving it all up. The truth is everyone is dealing with something that you just don't know about no matter how successful they are in school, and that can affect everything. However, there are still those little moments, those little wins and those wins can culminate, and I started getting more of those and now I'm in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at UW! Even if they are small those little moments of accomplishment, they have so much significance, and when they form to something like a NASA internship or that scholarship, it's truly incredible. All that tedious hard work often feels like it's just hard work and it really gets to you, but finding those good moments even if they are small do so much. Hope you are well! Go Dawgs!

[@fluff_bunny1885]

5 months late but i can tell you right here and now that the person who made that comment about people going to community college is probably someone who didn't take the time in high school to take advantage of opportunities to get themselves into a higher level traditional college. if they were under some other sort of stressor that didn't allow them to work like you did (which i don't believe, they sound more like they did all standard classes and one sport and thought that would be enough for UCLA) and still don't understand depression or self care then they are still in that bad place and you don't deserve to be there with them. "you're not grateful for your 'better position', you're lazy" you're where you got into because you worked hard, it's not as if you were a legacy with a 3.0 and one extracurricular that got into harvard. jessica, i hope that you have since found some happiness and are living life well. all the best wishes.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Edward Snowden went to a community college, and I can guarantee you that he's much smarter than anyone in this comment section, and he could easily hack into your computer if he desired to do so....

[@fluff_bunny1885]

@@user-sg8kq7ii3y i'm not putting down cc, i'm just using it as an example setting for the person who made the comment i was referring to. lots of people i know who went to colleges they thought they were better than said that people who did get into colleges they wanted were lucky and privileged. lots of these people went to a cc or the state college default in my state. cc in this possible example could've just as easily been a d tier state college. i think you completely tunnel visioned on one part of my comment lol it wasn't meant to be anything bad about cc.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

@@fluff_bunny1885 Sorry, my mistake.

[@fluff_bunny1885]

@@user-sg8kq7ii3y no worries, glad we were able to talk about it lol

[@vibhuiyer6984]

Where do you plan to move to after graduation?

[@jessicastarsinspace2563]

Florida!

[@Huwskie]

The best state!!!

[@franciscogil6798]

Damm you got pretty 😍eyes