<p>And, on that note, I was stalking the 2013 boards last year when they all found out and a bunch of them said something that I thought was so indicative of Yalies. They were all talking about how they wanted to wear their Yale 2013 shirts to school so badly, but they didn’t want to shove it in people’s faces so a lot of them wore them under sweatshirts and just didn’t take the sweatshirts off. Whereas, I’m sure the Harvard people were loud and proud!</p>
<p>Ooh yes, when people ask me, I start out by listing some local safeties/targets and that usually starts enough conversation that I don’t ever have to mention Yale :]</p>
<p>Love the feeling after leaving the gym. It’s like all the stress fell away and I’m leaving it behind! Plus I’m usually on the treadmill for a long time so my legs feel a little funny on stable ground lol.</p>
<p>Yeah! Like all wobbly or something haha</p>
<p>I do that too…I list like GWU, Brandeis, and Skidmore and that satisfies their need to know and then I don’t have to mention Yale at all!</p>
<p>Solittletime, here’s the culprit! </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-2013/758845-blue-book.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-2013/758845-blue-book.html</a></p>
<p>Yeah! Wobbly, and almost as if your legs are propelling you forward? Lol it’s just an interesting feeling.</p>
<p>^Yeah, and I always feel like my legs are still trying to run or something hahah.
SO WEIRD because I was just about to go run. I love running these days…it’s so relaxing. And sometimes I get really good ideas when I’m running…which is ok if I’m just on the treadmill, because I can just jump off and write it down but when I’m running in the neighborhood, it’s frustrating haha so I sprint to one of my friends’ house or something and they all think I’m insane. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I tend to just start off mentioning the state university, UNC, Vanderbilt and Rice. That seems to satisfy people since most people here only apply to that many haha.</p>
<p>itsbeenreal–I TOTALLY read that thread about wearing their yale shirts. I hope I have that dilemma someday hahah :)</p>
<p>Sooo just wrapped up my newest commonapp essay. Assignment for tomorrow: Cut it down by 500 words. HAHAH. oh dear god.</p>
<p>My essay is dragging on. I really need to sit and tackle that shiz. I work best under pressure ([YouTube</a> - Under Pressure](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrEN-YKLBM]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrEN-YKLBM)) so I should probably wait until October 31 at 11:30PM. :)</p>
<p>I never do much cardio, but I use treadmills to warm up, and I feel like my legs are wobbly after just 10 minutes, haha.</p>
<p>Pressure is the best way for me to get **** done, which is SO dumb. </p>
<p>Smile, I’m applying to Rice too!! So if we’re not at Yale together maybs we’ll see each other in Houston (which is horrid city, but the school is SUH-WEET)</p>
<p>oops…forgot you can’t swear on CC 0:-)</p>
<p>dude :45 of that video just sucks haha</p>
<p>It does, haha. But that is what will happen if I (OR ANY OF YOU) procrastinate for too long.</p>
<p>Explosions.</p>
<p>That’s right.</p>
<p>smile–exceeded expectations! lol, you weren’t the only one, i thought of hp too.
itsbeenreal-- BDD? what is that?</p>
<p>yea, the whole where are you applying question has been haunting me a lot. i just say local schools, whoever gives me the most moolah…which isn’t true =P</p>
<p>presssure. but i do love the feeling of overcoming procrastination. not my best work, but the feeling of no pressure is pretty sweet.</p>
<p>So I just went on a sleep deprived nerd fest and did research on a cell line that I’ve worked with for the research project I do, and everyone I know who’s worked with that line has called the cells “Helas” and originally I thought the name would be spelled “Gila” (as in gila monster, though thankfully I kept myself from asking if that was where the cells came from). But now I found out that the Helas came from a woman who died of cancer whose name was Henrietta Lacks (hence HeLa) in the 1950s. Now, the cells that were taken from her body are the scientific standard for a lot of studies worldwide, and isn’t that so cool.</p>
<p>Bed.</p>
<p>Wait, but it is really cool. I wish I had the opportunity to do research like that!</p>
<p>BDD is Bulldog Days, which is held during April vacation for pre-frosh to come to Yale and hopefully decide they want to go there before they have to make their decision on May 1…why? Did I mention that? I have no memory of this haha.</p>
<p>itsbeenreal - haha posted on toomuchtime’s thread</p>
<p>just noticed something, am i the only one on the west coast here? whenever i’m on at like 11pm-12 here, u guys are all asleep</p>
<p>hmm, don’t tread mill, yoga’s the only excersize i do nowadays, HIGHLY reccomend it if you don’t do it already</p>
<p>No…I’m awake. Although I am from the East Coast…I’m just always awake haha</p>
<p>But jokes dude, it’s like 2:45 am here!</p>
<p>holy cows, started essays already??
note to self: if fate loves me and i get into yale: BRUSH UP ON AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY.
so, connecticut is a PLACE, new haven a SUBURB?
or not. damn.</p>
<p>Okay, so the US has a really confusing system of land divisions. </p>
<p>It goes like this:
We have the country (USA) and as one large entity that has a government (the federal government) that controls most aspects of the whole country.
Then, the country is split into states, think of them as provinces of sorts. Each of those functions under the federal government, but each state also has its own government and court system. The things that are different state by state are things like driving age, gay marriage, taxes (for example, one of the states, New Hampshire, doesn’t have income tax or sales tax, but has HUGE property tax, whereas another state, Massachusetts, has all three types of taxes, you see how it works?). But things like drinking age, voting age, the basic rights of a US citizen, those are things the federal government controls and those are things that are the same all across the nation in every state.
There are 50 states (and no, Puerto Rico is not one of them) and as a slightly unrelated topic (but I was thinking about this general geographic area) Americans are not legally allowed to travel to Cuba.
Anyways, states have cities, towns, villages, suburbs, etc. I’m sure you’re familiar with that part of it, but in case not, the title a place is given is dependent on its population, like a city would have the most people and a village probably the fewest. A suburb isn’t technically a type of municipality, it’s just a way to describe a town or city’s whereabouts. So if something is outside of a city and is not itself a city it is called a suburb. So like the town Needham (in MA) would be considered a suburb of Boston. </p>
<p>SO, Yale is a school in the city of New Haven in the State of Connecticut in the Country of the USA. </p>
<p>Hope that helps! I know our system is so confusing, I wouldn’t expect anyone outside the USA to have extensive knowledge of it. But HUGE kudos to you for asking! :D</p>
<p>Sorry! I was using State abbreviations 
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<p>MA=Massachusetts, a state in the North East and where Harvard is located (BOO)</p>
<p>[State</a> Abbreviations](<a href=“http://www.stateabbreviations.us/]State”>http://www.stateabbreviations.us/)</p>
<p>there, so you know all 50 states and how to abbreviate them 
</p>
<p>OH, and one more thing that you should know that’s REALLY confusing, each state has a capital city, and then our whole country has a capital city (Washington D.C. the D.C. stands for District of Columbia). Our country’s capital isn’t in a state because they didn’t want to give one state preference over any others, so the city of Washington is in the district called District of Columbia…it’s this weird little “territory” almost that doesn’t belong to a state, it’s kind of like a free standing city. </p>
<p>America’s weird…and I’m not particularly patriotic towards it :/</p>