<p>Thanks Zaphod! That's what I got... a blazing passion to get into that place. I think the only reason I really was upset about the Admission officer comment about being average is that I've never been average. For one I'm 15 and going into junior year, no one said I could do it from the time of preschool. I was alwasya little immature and my parents pushed for me to go ahead, much to the dismay of the teachers. Now I'm an honor roll student with 3.8. No one, not even my parents thought I could survive my trips, than stick with me dream of becoming an exchange student.... I leave tuesday. So when I got the "average/below average candidate" I guess I got pretty shaken. I'm going to work my a$$ off in Japan and learn that language and do come clubs. And I'm going to come home and try my very hardest to get into that academy. I guess i'll just have to wait and see what happens.</p>