Being so great, I have no need to beg.
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyesWrite sorrow on the bosom of the earth
There're few words which connote a being so large
that mearly the thought of it can make a man's head spin. But
ultimately, words are taken differently depending plainly on the
upbringing and goals of an individual. One such word for myself, a word
that has certainly made an immense presence of itself in the last 6
months is not relationship, love, war, rebellion. It is not fame,
fortune, sex or compassion. It's college. As the books begin to pile
up, each one telling me of magnificent and life-changing universities
that can transform any person into a super-human thinking,
hypothesizing and problem-solving machine. Many speaking of
requirements that often don't depend on just the numbers. All telling
stories of successful alumni. In all honesty, it's created a fog above
my head.
I've created and completed my goals with one goal in mind. Choices. I'm sure bitesizebruin understands the following. My parents have never pushed me in but one direction. Omnidirection. They have infused in me the need to not box myself into a corner and settle down for a career or college just because that was all that was attainable due to poor decisions. When I was in my pre-teens, I stayed in piano because it would help me if I decided to I wanted to make a career out of music. Despite initially eyeing a two-year AA from a junior college and a Bachelor's from a university, I've maintained a difficult and active course schedule and lifestyle in case I found a program towards the end of my high school experience that required a difficult and active course schedule and lifestyle. And now that process begins. Where do I want to go? What do I want to do? How do I want to get there? If I want to go into recording arts, should I pay the big bucks for a trade school? Go to a program at a university? Jump straight into an internship? Do I want to study Recording Arts in school in the first place? UC? Cal State? Indiana U? Goldenwest? Do I want to stay local? Do I want to live at home?
I'm sure many of you, my fellow LiveJournal friends can relate to this headache. I know I've spoken with a multitude of you about it. Tonight, my dad and I purchased two Princeton Review books. One for AP US and another for the new SAT. I take my ACT in April. My SAT in June. I'm taking anywhere between 5 and 6 AP classes next year [Music Theory, French 4, French 5(?), Compartive Government, Econ, English(?)]. And that doesn't even take into account my participation in the Commercial Recording Arts Department, APA Student Council, MUN, Yearbook [head photographer, APA section and opening...plus it's an 800 page centennial book next year], songleading and cantoring, Comedy Sportz, piano, restoring the MG, TALIT..........
And to think. I may go to a JC. Choices. I got 30 points lower on my first SAT than Jenna got on her last one. And she got into UCLA. There's no doubt you all feel my headache.
Indiana University. 10% Jewish. Department of Recording Arts. In Indiana.
UCLA. Berekely. San Diego. Irvine.
Goldenwest, OCC, Cal State Long Beach.
I've created and completed my goals with one goal in mind. Choices. I'm sure bitesizebruin understands the following. My parents have never pushed me in but one direction. Omnidirection. They have infused in me the need to not box myself into a corner and settle down for a career or college just because that was all that was attainable due to poor decisions. When I was in my pre-teens, I stayed in piano because it would help me if I decided to I wanted to make a career out of music. Despite initially eyeing a two-year AA from a junior college and a Bachelor's from a university, I've maintained a difficult and active course schedule and lifestyle in case I found a program towards the end of my high school experience that required a difficult and active course schedule and lifestyle. And now that process begins. Where do I want to go? What do I want to do? How do I want to get there? If I want to go into recording arts, should I pay the big bucks for a trade school? Go to a program at a university? Jump straight into an internship? Do I want to study Recording Arts in school in the first place? UC? Cal State? Indiana U? Goldenwest? Do I want to stay local? Do I want to live at home?
I'm sure many of you, my fellow LiveJournal friends can relate to this headache. I know I've spoken with a multitude of you about it. Tonight, my dad and I purchased two Princeton Review books. One for AP US and another for the new SAT. I take my ACT in April. My SAT in June. I'm taking anywhere between 5 and 6 AP classes next year [Music Theory, French 4, French 5(?), Compartive Government, Econ, English(?)]. And that doesn't even take into account my participation in the Commercial Recording Arts Department, APA Student Council, MUN, Yearbook [head photographer, APA section and opening...plus it's an 800 page centennial book next year], songleading and cantoring, Comedy Sportz, piano, restoring the MG, TALIT..........
And to think. I may go to a JC. Choices. I got 30 points lower on my first SAT than Jenna got on her last one. And she got into UCLA. There's no doubt you all feel my headache.
Indiana University. 10% Jewish. Department of Recording Arts. In Indiana.
UCLA. Berekely. San Diego. Irvine.
Goldenwest, OCC, Cal State Long Beach.