Admissions
I've decided the whole college application process is bogus. Or at least set up in a bogus manner. I don't think it should be a direct acceptance or rejection. And I don't think you should have to fill out a billion different applications and supplements.
I think you should have one big portfolio that you start building as a freshman. Each year you have a required section of info you have to fill out. Courses, grades, etc. The obvious stuff. But then I think you should get one letter of recommendation a year, from whatever teacher you want. And then at the end of the year you submit your best writing sample, either one from a class or one you prepare specifically for your portfolio. This way, you realize that college is actually going to happen when you are a freshman, so you actually give a damn and don't screw yourself over. Also, then colleges can see how you're progressing each year in some actual detail, ya know, on a personal level.
And then instead of all this supplement bullshit I think you should just have one section in which you discuss your future plans and goals and what not. Much simpler than writing seven different essays on stupid topics that make you want to bludgeon yourself for an hour.
And as for applying, you just give each school your portfolio, they look at it, evaluate you, all the jazz. But then, instead of saying, "yes, you can come here", or "what the fuck were you thinking?" they simply provide a cost to you. The smarter/more qualified you are, the lower the price. That way, they can still say "what the fuck were you thinking" but if the idiots are that set on going there, the school just gets to enjoy the hundreds of thousands of dollars they pay to go there. And if they can't handle it, they should have picked a better fitting school.
I dunno, in all reality that is probably a super shitty idea. Right now I'm just annoyed at all the shit everyone I talk to is going through, and all the stress that is floating around.
I'll read this later and call myself and idiot.
Maybe I should go do some work...
No, I think I'll go sleep instead. Being unhealthy is very draining.
I don't value homework anyway.
I think you should have one big portfolio that you start building as a freshman. Each year you have a required section of info you have to fill out. Courses, grades, etc. The obvious stuff. But then I think you should get one letter of recommendation a year, from whatever teacher you want. And then at the end of the year you submit your best writing sample, either one from a class or one you prepare specifically for your portfolio. This way, you realize that college is actually going to happen when you are a freshman, so you actually give a damn and don't screw yourself over. Also, then colleges can see how you're progressing each year in some actual detail, ya know, on a personal level.
And then instead of all this supplement bullshit I think you should just have one section in which you discuss your future plans and goals and what not. Much simpler than writing seven different essays on stupid topics that make you want to bludgeon yourself for an hour.
And as for applying, you just give each school your portfolio, they look at it, evaluate you, all the jazz. But then, instead of saying, "yes, you can come here", or "what the fuck were you thinking?" they simply provide a cost to you. The smarter/more qualified you are, the lower the price. That way, they can still say "what the fuck were you thinking" but if the idiots are that set on going there, the school just gets to enjoy the hundreds of thousands of dollars they pay to go there. And if they can't handle it, they should have picked a better fitting school.
I dunno, in all reality that is probably a super shitty idea. Right now I'm just annoyed at all the shit everyone I talk to is going through, and all the stress that is floating around.
I'll read this later and call myself and idiot.
Maybe I should go do some work...
No, I think I'll go sleep instead. Being unhealthy is very draining.
I don't value homework anyway.