2010: Where the "cool kids" are headed . . .

<p>Rowing star, popular, outgoing, above average intelligence- Harvard
Valedvictorian, debater, outgoing, genius- Stanford
Math genius, quite, very composed, from Singapore- Princeton
Outgoing, average popularity, Jewish- Columbia
Track superstar- Stanford
Introverted, sociall inept, nice guy- Columbia
Jackass, tennis player- Amherst</p>

<p>kinda makes you wonder how people would describe you....</p>

<p>really friendly, assistant concertmaster, modest, extremely intelligent- UMich (partial scholarship)
complete genius, especially math/science/english, very studious (looks really really smart)- Wayne State (full ride)
nice, brother was val 2 years ago, involved in pretty much every club imaginable- UMich (partial scholarship)
very intelligent, involved in choir and orchestra, complete perfectionist, very passionate and vocal- UMich
soccer star- Kalamazoo College
very smart, outstanding actress and singer- Syracuse
quirky, amazing writer, quick thinker, does kung fu- Kalamazoo College
student body president, loads of community service, athlete- Michigan State</p>

<p>Lots of reasonably intelligent people are going to UMich or MSU</p>

<p>My insanely amazing friend, whom I dubbed "the most talented kid to ever go to (my school)"</p>

<p>Captain of the Swim Team > Went to States
First chair Violinist.
President of Mathletes.
Feature Editor for newspaper.
Stage Manager for TV Service.
Completed a triathalon.
Won a bunch of random awards (essay contests, math team, etc)
Lots of volunteer work</p>

<p>And did I mention..
98% unweighted average / Top 2-3% / 1500+ SAT</p>

<p>He applied ED to Columbia, and if he had been deferred or rejected, I probably would have killed myself.</p>

<p>oh i forgot to add the important ones...</p>

<p>valedictorian, reads the wall street journal like its the bible, the best speech maker and debater on the planet, acts like hes 40, strong republican= Stanford</p>

<p>volleyball star, didn't really take all the APs and the hard track of courses, commissioner of academics, participates in leadership and a lot of school activities, quite popular = Brown</p>

<p>Cross Country star (went to state), motivated, the most competitive personal i know, not really an emotional person, very objective, blunt = Pomona College</p>

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<p>ha.. totally</p>

<p>Gellino--I know I'm late responding this, but her situation is very complicated, her parents are divorced and the court ruled she wasn't allowed to see her mother, her father moved and left her alone in Los Angeles. Neither of her parents will pay a dime for college, she was going to go to community college or something, but she got a full ride from Vandy.</p>

<p>Geeky but fun, studious, does-well-in-absolutely-everything, valedictorian --> Wash U
Class president, well-liked, dedicated to the school, very cool --> LSU
Class president's friend, valedictorian --> Rhodes
Heavily involved in student goverment, a captain of the soccer team, involved in absolutely everything --> LSU
Incredibly geeky, insane, mental headcase guy who is, despite all his best efforts, popular and is without a doubt the smartest person in the class, valedictorian, NMF --> Rice (w/ big scholarship)
Most popular guy in class, laid-back, intelligent, valedictorian, club president a thousand times over --> Georgetown
Most athletic girl, incredibly sweet and popular, hard worker, did well in school, loved by everyone, students and teachers alike--> LSU
Most athletic guy, very strange, looks like Napoleon Dynamite, but is quite popular --> University of Tulsa (track scholarship)
One of the most popular girls in the class, incredibly sweet, loves everyone, studied abroad for a year in Germany --> LSU (where she is entering as a sophomore)</p>

<p>Blonde blue-eyed Democrat, daughter of two doctors, extremely nice and sweet, sometimes ditzy but is actually a genius = Princeton</p>

<p>Overachieving South Asian girl with lots of political EC's and a love for science, very driven = Univ. of Maryland, College Park on a full scholarship and some "book money"</p>

<p>Quiet, sweet Asian boy with amazing test scores and GPA, rejected at EA Yale = Univ. of MD, College Park with full scholarship and "book money"</p>

<p>Absolute trombone prodigy, very well-liked, friendly, charming white boy = Univ. of MD, College Park with full scholarship and "book money"</p>

<p>Athletic, popular black boy whose mother works as a spec. ed teacher at the school, takes part in the musicals/plays = Columbia on partial scholarship</p>

<p>Athletic half-Danish/half-Hispanic boy who loves cross country and is loved = Columbia, I dunno about fin. aid.</p>

<p>College Park takes a lot of the very smart kids from our school every year, with their alluring full rides and "book money" stipends...</p>

<p>bump?.......</p>

<p>U of Illinois, Southern Methodist, Indiana U</p>

<p>Hmmm, well I go to a private, college prep school in California, and here's where the cool kids are headed.</p>

<p>Valedictorian, very sweet, kind of nerdy, not very social, but very smart: Williams
Her best friend, who is very similar to her: Swarthmore
Fun girl, goofy, jokes around a lot, big partier, fairly intelligent: WUSTL (minority, definitely wouldn't have gotten in otherwise)
Most popular girl, very smart, really into Asian stuff: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Girl who marches to the beat of her own drum, dressed weird, dyes her hair black, not too popular or too smart: Brown
Semi-weird girl, very, very intelligent, indepedent thinker: UMass Amherst
Bubbly, giggly girl, who might be smart, but if so, is good at acting dumb: Amherst (Tennis star, legacy)
School sports star, class president: Stanford
Outdoorsy star of the cross country team, who wins trialations and is taking a year off to go hiking in Patagonia, probably the smartest person I've ever met: Dartmouth
Nerdy, not too popular, sometimes a little annoying, study-holic girl: UChicago
Too-mature-for-her-age girl, who is obsessed with everything European and loves city culture: Columbia
6' tall model girl who does nonstop community service and lives alone: Vanderbilt
Me (smart, slightly material, goofy, very social, like to party but definitely take schoolwork seriously): UVA</p>

<p>Everyone else: USC </p>

<p>^^ whats up w/ you sayin' the gurl attending WASHU only got in b/c shes a minority?.... jealousy is just UGLY</p>

<p>Elon, GW, Reed, USC, Bowdoin, Wash U in saint louis</p>

<p>stuck up 'i-know-more-than-everyone' little biatch - stanford</p>

<p>the cool kids are going to:</p>

<p>two cool track stars: U Penn, Dartmouth
other cool track star: yale
cool basketball kids: colgate
a bunch of others: LSU
one laidback basketball player/one laidback asain swinstar: UGA
one cool smart dude: davidson
valedictorian: U Penn
Sal,really cool piano playing red head: Harvard
long distance runner/really cool girl: USC</p>

<p>cool kids, eh? </p>

<p>well not from my school, but from IB down the road, all my friends there are heading to UF. one to UMiami.</p>

<p>our valedictorian is headed to UTexasElPaso on a full ride softball scholarship. she is a pitcher. and shes like an amazon woman, 6 something, red hair, very intelligent and studious.</p>

<p>others are going to brown, columbia, one to harvard i think. a lot to UF, but its not like everyone can just go there. its tough to get in.</p>

<p>People who didnt quite make it to UF, to FSU and UCF (a few to UCF for the music program and for friends) </p>

<p>other than that.. Sante Fe CC, and New College is one people talk about a lot but never seem to go to. </p>

<p>:) </p>

<p>Im at UF. GO GATORS!</p>

<p>All the cool, smart, kinda artsy kids from my school go to NYU</p>

<p>Yeah, I shouldn't have said that, I take it back. She got in over a lot of kids with really good stats, better stats than her, that got rejected, but she is definitely really smart.</p>

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All the cool, smart, kinda artsy kids from my school go to NYU

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<p>yea, thats where its at. cool, smart, artsy-- sounds like nyu.</p>

<p>are "cool kids" the "fratboy"/"drama girl" type of kids or kids who are "cool in an artsy way"?</p>