<p>of course Harvard sounds good for Studious. There is a reason why he is one of the most informed and educated posters on this online circus called “High School Life”</p>
<p>^ I can’t wait to write about my extensive HSL experience for my Common App extracurricular essay!</p>
<p>'When I first approached this venerable institution named HSL, my fingers were twitching and cramping from anxiety. Would I fit in here? Would my posts be taken seriously? And would I ever be bestowed the title of ‘legend’ like the great Silverturtle who I so admired at the time? These questions hung over my head…As my cursor hovered over the latest ‘will I be doomed to Community College with a 3.95 thread’, I stopped, smiling quietly to myself and x-d out of the browser. As the great Edmont Dantes once said, ‘Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, —‘Wait and hope’.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) or rather, ’ lol chill out 10char’.</p>
<p>Actually, I don’t know if I will apply ED. I feel like if I got in ED (which I won’t, if it’s anything like Stanford’s. For ED they usually only admit people whose parents are professors, are rich, or are extremely good athletes.), I would be stuck at a place I would regret later. So EA for me! </p>
<p>I agree that it’s scary how low admission %s are becoming. In part, it’s because of the growing population/areas that are developed around the world. Internationals are more often coming to America for education (because we’re just that awesome). If there are any international people on here, I don’t mean that as an insult, but as a fact. The growing population means that more and more people fight for the top schools. </p>
<p>Hahaha, I have a brother who’s 5 years younger; I wonder how bad admissions will be by then! By then, I’ll hopefully have dropped off the radar of my parents. Hopefully. So maybe I won’t even be talking to my brother by then. Anyways, I think my mom wants my brother to go to Harvard, but that would be tough luck in 5 years, IMO. </p>
<p>I don’t think I’d like to go to Harvard. Some people, I guess, can really thrive in that environment, but truly I don’t think it’s a good fit for me. I’m more of the kind of person who has really weird interests that others don’t really find interesting (that’s why I don’t have many friends who actually listen to what I’m interested in), if that actually made sense. However, I like how the housing system is set up. But even if by some sheer luck I get in, I probably wouldn’t go. MIT seems so much cooler. I also like how Tufts sounds/seems. The Boston area, though, is really cool. :)</p>
<p>I’m just stocking up on essay questions of schools I’m even slightly interested in. For some of the schools, I have a “one-size-fits-all” type of essay. I actually enjoy writing them, a bit. </p>
<p>I’m not too worried about missing school second semester senior year. I mean, once you get in somewhere grades don’t matter (as much). Most schools just require students to not get Ds or lower in order not to get rescinded. </p>
<p>I was in debate for a very brief time, and I agree about the subjectivity. That’s part of the reason why I quit. Plus, the tournament times didn’t work out for me. However, I really liked researching the current events and whatnot. I want to do something similar to debate but 1) it’s probably too late to start and 2) I may already be in too many clubs. </p>
<p>In SciOly, there’s actually quite a bit of subjectivity as well. The judges are parent volunteers, and usually from the school that hosts the regionals. They’re pretty biased in my region, to say the very least. </p>
<p>This is going to sound really bad, but the only reason I’m sticking with the club is because I will definitely have a leadership position.</p>