Destiny?

Maybe it is that I didn't get into HYS, LSM for Penn, and only got a half-ride at USC... Even with Vagelos Scholars at Penn, and UChicago/Duke/other schools, it's almost like my mind has been made up for me. I know for a fact my parents want me to go to Princeton. I'm sure I'd like it there too, but I'm just sort of concerned about the culture there, and grade deflation...

Does fate think I can survive?

Celebrity Status?

I went to thank Patrick today and schedule my April meeting to submit my SIR (most likely to Princeton). I ended up eating a crapton of food - chips, candy, lemonade, etc - and getting interviewed. Did I mention said interview might be on TV? Oh, and I got a $20 gift card to iTunes too. I felt special. xD

College Admissions Final!

UC Berkeley/LA/SD (Accepted with Regents x3)
USC (Accepted w/ half ride)
University of Chicago (Accepted with 10k per year)
Caltech (Accepted)
MIT (Waitlisted)
Harvard (Rejected)
Princeton (Accepted with 23k financial aid)
Yale (Rejected)
Columbia (Waitlisted)
University of Pennsylvania (Accepted)
Rice (Accepted)
Duke (Accepted)
Stanford (Rejected)

Alas, that final rejection from Stanford... Tommy and Davy got in though - super proud of both of them! They definitely deserved it!

Ash, well as of now, I guess it looks like I'm off to Princeton. =] Visiting Duke April 9-10, Chicago 19-20, and Princeton 26-28!

College Admissions #3!

UC Berkeley/LA/SD (Accepted with Regents x3)
USC (Accepted w/ likely scholarship)
University of Chicago (Accepted with 10k per year)
Caltech (Accepted)
MIT (Waitlisted)
Harvard (Rejected)
Princeton (Accepted with 23k financial aid)
Yale (Rejected)
Columbia (Waitlisted)
University of Pennsylvania (Accepted)
Rice (Accepted)
Duke (Accepted)
Stanford (TBA)

Two rejections today - Harvard and Yale. Figures. Yale rejected me first! xD Would have been nice to get into one of them, but alas, 'tis not to be. Hell, whatever, got into Princeton, which was a real shocker... Pretty insane.

Berkeley apparently rejected a ton of people this year - I definitely think people who should have gotten in didn't... Ridiculous.

Duke prefrosh ftw! Heading over with Ross during spring break! xD

Stanford in a few days, whenever they decide to release decisions. If I get in, I'll be insanely happy. Preparing myself for one final rejection though...

Just a Thought

It's really amazingly nice to have a hobby. I love reading, and hanging out with friends, and surfing the web just like any other person, but I think my one true hobby is pillow-making. Or pillow decorating. I love it so much that I think about what else I can do that's related to it, since I'm not going to give people multiple pillows.

I was thinking mini pillows with college logos, once we all figure out where we're going, but I feel like keychains would be more appropriate. But I'll have to find somewhere to get the chains...

I think I just like making things in general. It keeps me busy and I can actually see a concrete product. I think that's part of the reason why I like projects so much - posters and the like. Why I made a Styrofoam cannon for my Civil War project and worked so hard on my history notebook. Ceramics. The Trojan horse made out of cardboard for the myth project.

And when my love of making things is combined with my love of giving things to people and making them happy, and myself happy, it just makes it even better.

I'm wanting about 10 different foods right now...

Pancakes, Chipotle burrito bowls, In-n-Out, froyo, parfaits, rigatoni/tortellini/ravioli/pasta in general, fries, tapioca pudding, Korean bbq, hot pot, hash browns, sushi... The list goes "on"nomnom.

My Future Shall Be Decided

In about 13 hours. Maybe a few more. But not really. Tbh, I'll probably get a good education regardless of where I go, as long as I try. And for someone anticipating many more years of schooling (a PhD, at least a Master's), undergrad really doesn't seem to matter that much. I've also gotten into pretty good schools already. Of course, that doesn't mean I won't be freaking out tomorrow. =P

But hey, if they don't want me, their loss, right?

Frustrated.

Hectic

It's not actually going to start getting busy until Thursday, when college decisions come out. That's when I'll find the motivation to do all of these scholarships that ask where I'm going for college. So decisions, scholarships... I need to start/finish Wuthering Heights sometime... And make a visit to Patrick on Saturday. And make shirts for Robotics, provided Peter gets the papers to me in time. Oh dear.

Pancakes and boba sound REALLY good right now...

College Admissions #2!

Before the whole slew of them comes out on Thursday. xD

UC Berkeley/LA/SD (Accepted x3, Regents at SD/LA, Berkeley TBA)
USC (Accepted w/ likely scholarship)
University of Chicago (Accepted with 10k per year)
Caltech (Accepted)
MIT (Waitlisted)
Harvard (TBA)
Princeton (TBA)
Yale (TBA)
Columbia (TBA)
University of Pennsylvania (TBA)
Rice (Accepted)
Duke (TBA)
Stanford (TBA)

Thursday shall be fun. Have to prepare myself for those rejections...

College Update

Got into Rice, and UCLA Regents.

Next week is going to be hellish. Seven decisions in one day, and about five scholarship apps to completely before then and Sunday because I need to know which colleges I've gotten into/one I'm going to for the application. Not to mention I need to read Wuthering Heights. Or 1984. Or something for the lit profile...