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 Oh. This.

Hmmmm Northwestern's legit. It's probably healthy for my loyal readers' sanities that I haven't updated since the fateful last page of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" because I would've been all "OMGOMG I LOVE COLLEGE THERE'S AN ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET AT EVERY MEAL AND JERRY SPRINGER IS FILMED IN CHICAGO." I've calmed down a bit, ( Read more... )

No spoilers here, but I finished Harry Potter if anyone wants to hold a Socratic Seminar with me.

Summertime ( Read more... )

So uncool to say that I'm going to miss high school; even uncooler to write an entire entry devoted to it. Of course I don't want to "reach my peak" in the throes of my adolescence, but if the rest of my life is going to be better than the last four years, I have a bright future. Duh, it wasn't perfect. Duh, I complained nearly every day (browse ( Read more... )

Nicole's List of Nuisances and Pesky Events Which Induce Stress ( Read more... )

I've never had insomnia before. Sure, there are the AIM conversations that last until 5 in the morning and the all-nighters that occur oh, every week, but I've never had trouble getting to sleep when I truly desired it.

Then again, I've never had five days to decide the ultimate direction that my life is going to take. I don't care that the majority ( Read more... )

I finally figured out how to navigate the UVA website, so I've created a handy chart for those of you who don't care at all but read out of sheer politeness (Mark did this format on his AIM profile years ago, and I've been looking forward to filling one out ever since).

Reach/Dream/"Yeah, Right" Schools
Brown (waitlisted)
Duke (rejected)
Haverford ( ( Read more... )

So, I got into Northwestern.

Oh hello understatement.

Waitlisted at Middlebury. So much h8 for the idiot who invented this "waitlist" nonsense. You'll give me a decision "Mid-June"? Do you intend to make my mailman quit out of fear for the crazed teenager who sprints out the door every day at noon to attack him? Thanks for the kind gesture, M.bur, but you can keep your -345 degree winters and insane ( Read more... )