Days Left

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Brown AND Berkeley are both out tomorrow.</p>

<p>So either I will be partying it up come 7 oclock.</p>

<p>Or I will be huddled in my room with some serious chocolate and Sex and the City dvd's.</p>

<p>I can't help but think of the days and days and days of work spent preparing for college. The PSAT tests. The SAT workshops. The ACT day. The meetings with private college counselors. The sweat and tears of filling out applications. The hours and hours and hours of this service project or that class report. The multiple visits to colleges all over the country. The US News and World purchases. </p>

<p>It all comes down to this. I don't understand when people say "relax!" or "stop obsessing!" I know that getting into the perfect college isn't everything, but still. It's like throwing your entire soul into building a masterpiece for the past four years, and tomorrow it either goes up in flames or gets sold and makes you a million dollars.</p>

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<p>for me, i tried not to make all of my high school career for college. i didn't do any sat workshops, nor did i obsess over the psat's, and i didn't even apply anywhere but the uc system and stanford.
i think when people say relax, they mean that you can't change the outcome anymore, and getting worked up over it will do you no good.</p>

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<p>It does matter. In an economy that continues to be top heavy, getting the best education and being the best go hand and hand with success. It is by no means a sufficient condition, but it is becoming more and more of a necessary one.</p>

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<p>Hey misspicaroon, I'm also waiting for Brown and Berkeley. What you just described sounds a lot like what an artist goes through...pouring his/her soul out onto the canvas for years on end...when everything is finished, there is an enormous amount of pressure and anxiety over whether people will like the 'masterpiece' or not. I guess that's why lots of artists are manic depressive.</p>

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<p>To all prospective students: breathe in and breathe out.</p>

<p>Just breathe....</p>

<p>2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason</p>

<p>'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe</p>

<p>May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a Day", he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.</p>

<p>Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe</p>

<p>There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.</p>

<p>2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to</p>

<p>But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.</p>

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<p>Hey, if we both end up going to Cal, I think we should talk. I always want to meet a fellow girl whose comfort activities include chocolate and Sex and the City!</p>

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<p>I can totally understand the feeling... heck, sometimes I think I've sold my soul in order to get good grades. But hey, life is unfair. People don't always get what they deserve, and I think when putting things into perspective, there are a lot worse unfair things that can happen to you than not getting into your first-choice college. And I don't think that it should "all come down to this." Are you saying that everything you did in high school was just to get into college? I don't think so! No matter what college you end up at, those hours that you spent on this report or studying for that test, will benefit you in the end. I think people lose sight of the fact that high school isn't just for getting into a "good" college, but LEARNING. The process is just as important as the outcome.</p>

<p>And the artists that I most respect are the ones that pour their souls into their work, but don't give a **** about public reactions, because that's not what feeds them. It's the process that does :D</p>

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<p>I think its time for an "Hours left thread :p</p>

89

<p>In accordence with last year's posting at 5 PM PST...</p>

<p>23 hours, 27 minutes, 50 seconds.</p>

<p>I'm not a loser, i promise.</p>

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<p>WOW... is all I can say</p>

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I always want to meet a fellow girl whose comfort activities include chocolate and Sex and the City!

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<p>Haha thisissostupid. That's like half the female population! :)</p>

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<p>Wednesday 7pm 22 Hours
Wednesday 9pm 20 Hours
Wednesday 11pm 18 Hours
Thursday 1am 16 Hours
Thursday 3am 14 Hours
Thursday 5am 12 Hours
Thursday 7am 10 Hours
Thursday 9am 8 Hours
Thursday 11am 6 Hours
Thursday 1pm 4 Hours
Thursday 3pm 2 Hours
Thursday 5pm 0 Hours</p>

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<p>Wednesday 9pm 20 Hours
Wednesday 11pm 18 Hours
Thursday 1am 16 Hours
Thursday 3am 14 Hours
Thursday 5am 12 Hours
Thursday 7am 10 Hours
Thursday 9am 8 Hours
Thursday 11am 6 Hours
Thursday 1pm 4 Hours
Thursday 3pm 2 Hours
Thursday 5pm 0 Hours</p>

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<p>we should def meet up if we both get in.</p>

<p><em>crosses fingers</em></p>

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<p>what do you mean 5? So mail doesn't come until a couple days after the 30th? And it's posted on the website at 5? or whattt!?!?!</p>

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<p>Thursday 5am 12 Hours
Thursday 7am 10 Hours
Thursday 9am 8 Hours
Thursday 11am 6 Hours
Thursday 1pm 4 Hours
Thursday 3pm 2 Hours
Thursday 5pm 0 Hours</p>

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<p>right now its thursday 6 AM.. 11 hours to go until it's here.</p>

<p>By "it" I mean the decision that has been haunting us all since November if not for our entire high school career. Judgement day has come, and gl all</p>

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<p>aww.. I thought I was just brilliant when I could predict that chicks liked Sex and the City after they said they loved chocolate >.></p>

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<p>Thursday 7am 10 Hours
Thursday 9am 8 Hours
Thursday 11am 6 Hours
Thursday 1pm 4 Hours
Thursday 3pm 2 Hours
Thursday 5pm 0 Hours</p>

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<p>Don't worry. Be Happy. Good luck to everyone!! Try to remember that this is NOT going to make or break your lives. And, that things have a funny way of working out even though it may not seem so at the time.</p>