<p>Yeah, I was until I realized I took a wrong turn. I still let one of my closest friends (definitely the person who knows me best out of everyone I know) read it. My writing is good, apparently, but the content sucks. Damnit. I’m so used to relying on my writing alone, haha.</p>
<p>I never realized this whole experience would be so stressful. I’m glad I’m making my mistakes now, and not on October 31, haha…</p>
<p>Don’t you already have a 2300? Retaking is seriously a waste of time. Focus on more important things.</p>
<p>I’m taking Math II in October. I’m not really worried, I find it’s 10 times easier than SAT math because the questions are so much more direct.</p>
<p>My birthday is September 30. I hope I’ll be less stressed then than I am now.</p>
<p>It’s weird, I consistently got 800s on the writing sections I did in practice tests, but then I somehow screwed myself over on the actual SAT. </p>
<p>As for CR, there’s always a word or two that ends up screwing me over. What I hate most is that words that I mess up on on the SAT end up appearing everywhere, after the test. I didn’t know what “munificent” meant and I got a question wrong on the SAT, and I remember seeing that word in literally everything I would read for the two months after the test.</p>
<p>this year has been a total death for me in standardized testing, really :(</p>
<p>at home on real SAT practice tests i got 800M/770-790W/750-770CR… i’m only at a 2290 superscore. i’m retaking only because i am absolutely positive i can do better. i do happen to be an SAT/ACT essay pro though, haha.</p>
<p>same with ACT. i took a few real practice tests, never got below a 35. i take the actual ACT and i get a 33. it’s so terrible. retaking because i know i can do better. same with USH subject test: took two real practice tests, got 780’s, and i get low 700’s on the real test, however, i’m not retaking this one. there’s no way i can retain any knowledge through summer vacation!</p>
<p>i work best under pressure so i feel like it’ll come down to october and i’ll crunch it all out. but i’m NOT going to do that, because it’s yale and if i screw it up then it’s done. :(</p>
<p>I just don’t want to bother myself with more standardized testing. I know I can do better, but I feel like it’s not necessary. Just, I’ve been on CC so long that I’ve grown immune to the whole worry about standardized test scores. At schools like Yale, they matter in the sense that you need a certain score to even be considered. However, with two excellent applicants, the admissions officer definitely won’t be like “Oh, X has a 2310, but Y only has a 2300. I guess that’s that.”</p>
<p>I like the weather, but not really the idea of going so far away.</p>
<p>I don’t currently have a car, but even if I did, I don’t think I’d bring it to college with me. I’ve heard a bunch of college students complain about how people constantly ask to borrow their cars in college and stuff, so I’d rather not deal with that, haha. I don’t know how true that is of a place like Yale, though…</p>
<p>The 2010 c300 is really great. I love all BWMs and Mercedes. Almost… Can’t stand the any BMW 6 or X6s.</p>
<p>"The worse-case scenario would be getting a car then going to stanford =/ "</p>
<p>WAHHH?!? haha i know i’ve heard you explain this before but ahh i’d love to go to stanford. not a huge fan of california either (though i’ve never been to norcal so i shouldn’t be quick to generalize)! lol.</p>
<p>also i’ve never considered bringing a car to college. i doubt i could anyways, but i love driving everywhere. if only some college friends would be nice enough to lend me their car… haha.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, I kind of agree. You really shouldn’t see Stanford as so easy to get into. It’s really naive.</p>
<p>my big concerns are waking up before 1:00 PM tomorrow, refilling the gas in my car, and remembering to go to work.</p>
<p>oh, the self-motivation and determination…</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>I feel like I need to tie everything up nicely in my essays. I’ve done well in pretty much all of my ECs, and I just need to make it apparent that I’m a human being and not a machine, haha.</p>
<p>What sort of honor society did you create?</p>
<p>Who are the “big boys?” Cool idea, by the way.</p>
<p>“alot of them don’t even go to school b/c they all got demolished…” what? the schools got demolished? and I don’t really understand…if you hate cali so much and “really really really” hope stanford isn’t the only one that accepts you, then why are you even applying there? it seems like you really don’t like it… 
chair2, haha, norcal is a lot different than the california stereotype. don’t worry ;)</p>
<p>I get the feeling prestige is a huge factor, for you. Just an impression. </p>
<p>I hope all of your stuff works out, though!</p>
<p>Is it the schools IN Pakistan or in America? Does the Pakistani government do that? (sorry for all the questions, but I don’t know anything about this and it is really sad!)
That’s cool what you’re doing though. good luck :)</p>
<p>“I mean stanford is STANFORD lol I would definitely go but I really would be upset if it played out that way.” </p>
<p>seems to me like you’re in it for the stanford name :(</p>
<p>melody: i’ve always wanted to go to norcal! glad to hear it’s not stereotypical california (i still think i’m being a bit harsh on california, haha). i’d love to go visit the SF bay area or sacramento some time. life in california sounds like a blast–beaches, sunshine, palm tress, warmth, palm trees… i love palm trees, but not more than gothic spirals and fancy residential colleges ;)</p>
<p>haha, i really think i’ll be deferred/rejected from yale SCEA. it’s just so competitive. but in that rare instance that yale does accept me in SCEA, i’d probably just first visit to make sure, then apply to one or two matches and maybe Princeton, then call it quits.</p>
<p>Last year there was all there were all these shenanigans about it being “immoral” for SCEA admits to keep their applications to other colleges in the mix/apply to more colleges after finding out they were in at Yale…I guess a lot of people felt that those kids were taking away spots at other schools from kids who hadn’t been fortunate enough to get into a great school like Yale early and that the SCEA admits didn’t need the satisfaction of knowing that in addition to getting into Yale they could also get into Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, etc. </p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>^Hmm! That is an interesting idea; it didn’t really occur to me until now. I guess that there’s always guilt floating about during senior year, and that’s a good point for some people to feel that way, but there’s a reason Yale is EA so people can still explore other options. My friend got in EA this year but she’s always curious and wanted to just see if Harvard would take her; they didn’t. Then again, her mom is the Yale physics department head =/
I’m just saying that although those kids are very generous and thoughtful of other prospective students, it’s not like they don’t have the right to apply after getting accepted to Yale EA.</p>
<p>Wow, I went to bed and this morning there were already 3 pages! :P</p>
<p>Solittletime - Haha yes! Gossip girl just makes Yale extra glamorous lol.
Guilford is about 20 minutes from Yale (if there isn’t any traffic, lol). If you mean how the shopping is at New Haven, it’s not bad. The college town area has Urban Outfitters, J.Crew, Ann Taylor, lots of boutiques around the green…and then if we can drive/get a bus ride, Milford is about 15 minutes away and has the CT Post Mall (YAY!) and tons of big plazas (Mandee, Joyce Leslie, DSW shoes, etc.). Guilford is a small cute suburb so there isn’t much there except cute, overpriced boutiques and a Walmart (but we have a great community green), but in a range of under 30 minutes away there is the Clinton Premium Outlets (Gap, Juicy Couture, Nike, Ralph Lauren, Aeropostale, Calvin Klein, the list goes on!) and 2 more malls lol! You can tell the area is pretty into shopping 
Haha I can tell Rocker is going to “tsk tsk” us again! Sorry!</p>
<p>Harvard - I have to get my license and retake my SATs again too! And then in November, my birth month, I have to figure out about acing one more SAT II (ugh)</p>
<p>My brother is applying to all the Ivies just because he thinks it’d be cool for him to actually be able to go to an Ivy and tell the world about it >.< I’m only applying to Yale because I love, love, love it. Sometimes I almost wish it wasn’t an Ivy League so that some people wouldn’t just apply as a OMG-IT’S-HYP kind of thing, you know?</p>