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second semester senior year has taught me that procrastination leads to higher efficiency. most people probably know this but I could never understand how my friends could wait until the last possible minute to do long papers or readings. now i've joined the club, yay!
i think i'm developping allergies, which sucks because i would love to enjoy DC spring. but the nicer the weather, the more i want to literally scratch my eyes out. it's very cold now, like 20-30s, puuuurrfect.
perhaps because of the prospects of moving far away next year, i'm really feeling a lot more sentimental about college and georgetown than i did high school. i remember senior year at churchill i really couldn't wait for it all to be over and just move on. mainly because i felt suffocated in high school, and also because i knew my friends' roots are in potomac and so i could see them fairly often, i never looked back. this time it's a different story. the importance of long-lasting friendships has become more vivid and real. i really like the idea of being in a city with lots of friends and then meeting friends of friends, etc. does this mean i want to settle down? am i getting old?
almost everyone i know will be either in DC or new york (there seems to be a mass migration to NYC). and being in the midwest feels kind of extreme. it's not the distance (i would feel better moving to cali since i actually know some people there myself or through family), it's the utter lack of connections. i'm also very torn about whether or not i want to be far away from my family. definitely makes it very hard to leave. at the same time, i want to leave. do i make any sense?
btw, i visited columbia and absolutely LOVED it. i was 99.9% sure i'd be there next fall as i couldn't imagine a more perfect law school. and i imagined the good life in NY, surrounded by friends, good chinese food, and a bus ride away from home. but...somehow i cannot quite let chicago go. and even as i remember clearly my awesome impression of columbia, i'm starting to either forget or doubt the reasons. really, i'm shocked at how many complete and convinced 180 turns i've done in this decision process and i'm starting to not trust myself anymore. what chicago's got going for it at this point is the simple fact that i just see myself there next year. sure, i was awed by columbia, but i somehow feel columbia's like one of those guys who sweeps you off your feet and then after the honeymoon, it's like what the hell was i thinking. exciting but incompatible. oookay this entry has taken a strange turn so i'll stop now. i'm really not complaining as i'm very glad and relieved to be faced with this dilemma. For a good part of this past year, i didn't know what i would do with myself if i didn't get into chicago.
oh and HOYA SAXA!!!
i must say though, they really didn't play well that game and ohio deserved it.
i think i'm developping allergies, which sucks because i would love to enjoy DC spring. but the nicer the weather, the more i want to literally scratch my eyes out. it's very cold now, like 20-30s, puuuurrfect.
perhaps because of the prospects of moving far away next year, i'm really feeling a lot more sentimental about college and georgetown than i did high school. i remember senior year at churchill i really couldn't wait for it all to be over and just move on. mainly because i felt suffocated in high school, and also because i knew my friends' roots are in potomac and so i could see them fairly often, i never looked back. this time it's a different story. the importance of long-lasting friendships has become more vivid and real. i really like the idea of being in a city with lots of friends and then meeting friends of friends, etc. does this mean i want to settle down? am i getting old?
almost everyone i know will be either in DC or new york (there seems to be a mass migration to NYC). and being in the midwest feels kind of extreme. it's not the distance (i would feel better moving to cali since i actually know some people there myself or through family), it's the utter lack of connections. i'm also very torn about whether or not i want to be far away from my family. definitely makes it very hard to leave. at the same time, i want to leave. do i make any sense?
btw, i visited columbia and absolutely LOVED it. i was 99.9% sure i'd be there next fall as i couldn't imagine a more perfect law school. and i imagined the good life in NY, surrounded by friends, good chinese food, and a bus ride away from home. but...somehow i cannot quite let chicago go. and even as i remember clearly my awesome impression of columbia, i'm starting to either forget or doubt the reasons. really, i'm shocked at how many complete and convinced 180 turns i've done in this decision process and i'm starting to not trust myself anymore. what chicago's got going for it at this point is the simple fact that i just see myself there next year. sure, i was awed by columbia, but i somehow feel columbia's like one of those guys who sweeps you off your feet and then after the honeymoon, it's like what the hell was i thinking. exciting but incompatible. oookay this entry has taken a strange turn so i'll stop now. i'm really not complaining as i'm very glad and relieved to be faced with this dilemma. For a good part of this past year, i didn't know what i would do with myself if i didn't get into chicago.
oh and HOYA SAXA!!!
i must say though, they really didn't play well that game and ohio deserved it.