/sci/ - Science & Math

>Graduate with BSc in Mech Engineering this month
>Get accepted for summer internship
>Also accepted/Enrolled in masters degree starting in the fall
>Internship company wants to pay me undergrad wage

this isn't right, right?

They want to pay me $2500 a fucking month. In LA. The same amount highschool students get in the same intern program...

>at visit day for phd program
>meet amazing, cute girl amongst sea of awkward and goofy looking prospective students
>hang out all day, ask her out a date
>actually start falling in love with her
>start talking about all the fun we're gonna have once we start our PhDs here
>find out yesterday she isn't getting funding from the school we visited
>shes taking the offer somewhere else on the other side of the world
>happiness turns to ashes, a week full of hopefulness and excitement quickly transcends into sadness and depression

why does it have to be like this