It's official. We're going to State Science Olympiad.

This morning I found out that we had gotten second in Science Olympiad, so we were going to State, or so I thought. Then I talked to our sponsor third period and found out that she had unilaterally decided to withdraw from it just because it was the same day as prom and without even consulting us. This led Jared and I to formulate a plan to get ( Read more... )

So I'm not a GA Tech Presidential Scholarship Finalist, Auburn Freshman Elite Finalist, nor a Saint Louis U Presidential Scholarship Finalist. Oh well. What angered me was not the fact that I got rejected but the fact that only GA Tech sent me a letter saying so. Why Auburn and Saint Louis could not spare the single paper and stamp and envelope ( Read more... )

While we're all on the subject of snow pics, I'll post one from the Boxing Day Storm of 2004 in Virginia, the last time I saw a respectable amount of snow.  I think we got around 6 or 8 inches.  Notice the snowman in the foreground.


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I'm a National Merit Finalist. Yay. So are the rest of the semifinalists from ASFA. Yay for them. Apparently Larry Alan thought we'd be notified by mail but the notification letter goes directly to the school.

I found the best blonde joke ever!  Follow the link.

Good riddance 2005, year of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Hello 2006, hopefully the year of everyone getting what's coming to them. And to start off the new year on a high note:

Redskins 31

Eagles     20

Redskins are headed to the playoffs, baby!  Woohoo!  Yeah!

On a side note, I have returned home today.  School starting on Tuesday sucks ( Read more... )

suck, but it's good to have the money. So I must drudge on for these next few weeks and write the stupid essays (or procrastinate and not write them until the last minute ( Read more... )

How 'bout them Redskins? (for those of you who don't follow football, they beat their archrival the Dallas Cowboys 35-7, keeping their playoff hopes alive and for the first time in who knows how long (google it) beat Dallas twice in one season)

On a side note, how 'bout that GA Tech Presidential Scholarship?

Nothing from MIT came in the mail today, so I just gave up and called the school for a decision.
Decision:

Deferred. If you have received an MIT EA decision comment below.