New England Aspies

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Joined: 4 Apr 2010
Age: 40
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24 Mar 2011, 1:04 am

Any New England Aspies on here? I'm from the Boston area. Also, does anyone know anything about AANE or GRASP? I recently attended a very interesting AANE conference and I am looking to get more involved and possibly attend a social meetup. Any insight would be much appreciated.

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24 Mar 2011, 1:02 pm

Welcome!

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24 Mar 2011, 2:02 pm

hello, I was raised in Boston. Boy do I miss having public transportation. The commuter trains to college were so meditating and gave a good massage with its shaking!

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24 Mar 2011, 11:32 pm

Cool, where did you go to college? I went out of state for school, but I'm currently going to grad school in Boston and frequently take advantage of the public transportation. Gas prices are getting ridiculous.

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25 Mar 2011, 9:06 am

Quincy College for first two years; then Umass-Boston for Biology undergrad after building confidence. However I got overwhelmed in classrooms at University. In community college, you teachers actually had time for you before/after classes. I only survived calculus I/II because my professor (some nice old russian? lady) tutored me for two hours at a time at Quincy college. My GPA dropped horribly at University; I probably needed more time in community college to fortify good habits.

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25 Mar 2011, 9:30 am

Cool, I considered going to UMass Amherst, a lot of people from my HS graduating class went there. It's great to have helpful professors who take the extra time to tutor you, I had a similar situation in high school with pre-calculus. For some reason, I had an easier time with college calculus than high school pre-calculus.

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25 Mar 2011, 10:14 am

A had a lot of friends (around 4 people) in UmassBoston that transferred from UmassAmherst saying it was a very distracting environment. However, that is expected of them to say (by the fact they had to transfer). Still many many people go and stay in UmassAmherst; so its for whoever can handle it.

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