So my Ivy League did not reject me ... but they didn't accept me, either. I was waitlisted. 23,000 students applied for admission there. They let in 1800 and waitlisted 1000. So I'm one of under 3000 students that they didn't just reject. Heck yes! I'm quite pleased with that. I'm actually going to put my name on the waitlist for kicks; they don't ( Read more... )

Colleges applied to: 6 ( Read more... )

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users. Bold what you have read, italicize what you started but couldn't finish, strike through what you couldn't stand, and underline the ones you plan to read soon.

( The bookies )

The open heart surgery field trip today was completely fascinating, but enough to let me know that being a doctor is not the career for me (like I didn't already know that, but whatev). I had never really thought about what an open heart surgery would include before; duh they have to open the heart, but I'd never really thought about what that ( Read more... )

Day one of school, and I had to spend several hours doing homework ( Read more... )

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Semester 1

A1: AP English - Nemec
A2: Chorale - Nesseth
A3: AP Calc - Keil
A4: Band - Struyk

B5: AP Physics - Mytych
B6: Independent Study - Bradley
B7: Internship - Neil
B8: Family Living - Semmen

Semester 2A1: AP English - Nemec ( Read more... )

My schedule, at the moment:

Semester 1

A1: AP English - Nemec
A2: Chorale - Nesseth
A3: AP Calc - Keil
A4: Band - Struyk
B5: AP Physics - Mytych
B6: Independent Study - Bradley
B7: Internship - Neil
B8: Family Living - Semmen

Semester 2A1: AP English - Nemec ( Read more... )

So my summer has been, in all the normal ways, uneventful thus far. In the abnormal ways, it has been a little more interesting.

Life around my house has been...unpleasant since summer started. Yes. We'll call it that. There's a rift that suddenly appeared between my grandparents and my mom over completely stupid things. Not joking: they're ( Read more... )

You'll be getting a more in-depth entry from me tomorrow or Friday, probably, but today Rob and I had fun talking to SmarterChild on AIM. Why is it so much fun to insult and yell at something that can barely form a coherent sentence in response...?

( It began with mauve... )