<p>I hope for the best!
Sorry to hear about your grandfather</p>
<p>Pea, thanks. </p>
<p>I know, I’m going through the whole “I can’t believe this happened to me” and “When did I become so goddamn weak” phase. I know I brought this upon myself when I took the hardest courseload possible in the toughest school in Ohio (right after transferring from a downright weak, undemanding school in the south), got ridiculously involved and led 3 of the most demanding academic clubs in the school, and still tried to have some sort of social life while dealing with my dying grandfather (who lives in India so I can’t see him or say anything of use) and growing apart from my old friends from back two back moves (between 8th & 9th, and 9th & tenth) from state to state. </p>
<p>At least I’ve learned that I’m not superhuman and can’t win at everything. </p>
<p>I’ve factored in the stress level on my college search. I threw out UChicago and JHU based on just that- the level of unbalanced academic pressure is way too high for someone like me to survive in. I need to be somewhere where the academic pressure is counterbalanced by a bigger city with things to do in order to have some fun. </p>
<p>Still, I have old (and perhaps overambitious, now) aspirations that I hope will someday become true, not just in college admissions but in my future career.</p>