How ironic--Richard Shaw, the dean of admissions at Yale, is leaving New Haven to become the dean of admissions at Stanford! Will it end the hex on Venice? On the one hand, I guess this happened a year too late for me. On the other, Yale's pretty cool. Not only can I say that I've gone to the same college as our illustrious Presidente, I'm in ( Read more... )

Aside from the fact that neither Science Bowl nor Academic Decathlon was listed in the yearbook, it wasn't bad. I guess I should be thankful they spelled my name right this time.

My bad. Let's see if this works.

( The obligatory prom pic )

Where did that 5% percent come from? This test forced me to oversimplify my views, but it's still telling.

Your Political Profile

Overall: 5% Conservative, 95% Liberal

Social Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Ethics: 0% Conservative ( Read more... )

Why do 17-year-old kids die?

It really is amazing that a college with so much money has the audacity to admit people who have dreamed about going there for years only to give them such crappy scholarships that they aren't able to enroll. I'm not getting any money from Yale, which is one small part of my rant, but when it really comes down to paying for it I know that my ( Read more... )

Notes of Day One ( Read more... )

Meh, at least now that I didn't get into Stanford, I can get really excited about Yale.

I'm still waiting for Stanford, but I got into Duke!

W00t, Rice!