Math: Gold (yay ( Read more... )

Woohoo! 90 percent in English!

Now that English is over, all I can do is cross my fingers...and study Deca like crazy for the next three days (and there are many worse things than a B in AP English). Even though art isn't my particular strength, I really need to get better than a 27 out of 50! Since all my other grades are set, I have no excuse for not reading like mad for 3 ( Read more... )

I don't know when I'm ever going to approach writing the right way. I tell myself that I'm going to be more careful and systematic next semester. Then I tell myself I'm going to be a second semester senior. Ah, the joys of going to college next year--if I don't know how to write now, I'm sure as hell about to embark on a roller coaster in a few ( Read more... )

College apps--DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally. Many people have asked me why I didn't stop when I got into Yale, but in all honesty, I'm not sure it's where I want to go (but it's up there!). It did save me at least 4 college applications, though--Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Northwestern, and Wash U. All of those schools have their appeal, but Carnegie ( Read more... )

Hmmm, should I apply to Northwestern?

Reading Peggy's entry prompted me to make my own list of to-do's. Unlike Peggy's, though, most of the stuff on my list falls into the "haven't started, and you'll be sorry" category. Behold ( Read more... )

"Start with the peculiarities of your own language...and tell us how your language makes you unique"--Kimberly Traube, La Jolla, CA ( Read more... )

Almost done with college apps! Now all I have left to do before I go back to school is work for English (3 essays, 3 books); Spanish (at least 3 long homework assignments, 50-page short story); government essay. Oh, and I have to read all the Deca stuff-and write a speech, too. Now that I've gotten into Yale, my workload has increased ( Read more... )

( My life up to now )