<p>Are you sure, assign? I thought they could stay on the short ones, you know, the long weekends.</p>
<p>I’d go home for christmas ( I mean who wants to impose on someone during christmas…) but it just isn’t practical for the short breaks.</p>
<p>Oh right neato, students could stay on the long weekends. Thanks for correcting me 
. What I meant was that during major breaks which are under 3 weeks (i.e spring break), students have to leave school.</p>
<p>They don’t celebrate Christmas in my country, so it would be much more fun if I stay at a local family during winter break, but then again who wants to impose on someone during christmas.</p>
<p>If I’m accepted (very very hopefully), I will not even go home on Christmas holiday…perhaps only long summer hols :)</p>
<p>Of course, sorry I wasn’t thinking. I can’t imagine spending christmas with strangers but having a friend of mine spend christmas with me wouldn’t bother me. Forgive my ignorance but what is the dominant religion in china if at all? i could google it but I’m lazy.</p>
<p>I know in Indonesia it’s predominently Muslim right?</p>
<p>I come from neither Indonesia nor China. To answer your question, China is predominantly Buddhism.
EDIT: BlueRaven1, I thought you were asking me but in fact you were asking Monochrome. Anyway…whatever</p>
<p>Where do you come from assign if you’re willing to share?</p>
<p>I don’t want to give out my information on here, but if you really want to know, I’ll PM you. I’m very proud of my origin so you’re welcome to ask any question about my country .</p>
<p>I get that… You’ll notice I never state where I come from on CC.</p>
<p>SSRS</p>
<p>I didn’t know a thing about private schools until the 7th grade. I just happened to be lucky and live near a great school that ends in 9th grade and gives great help to it’s 9th graders. It’s like going to one of these high schools, their reputation is on the line if they can’t give good matriculation to top high schools.</p>
<p>@MonochromeAddict But English is your second language, right? That makes your application way stronger than mine, I’m only studying Japanese!</p>
<p>Man, I wish I had maids.That would be so awesome. XDDD</p>
<p>It’s actually pretty annoying… I don’t like people being in my personal bubble 
I’m a private person (guess who’s going to apply for a single?)</p>
<p>I’m so excited for a roommate! It’s like a BUILT-IN BUDDY! Sleepover every night! Sharing clothes! Talking about guys! Asking for advice! Watching movies! Doing homework together! Dancing like idiots to girly music! Being a shoulder to cry on! I’m not even kidding, that’s one of the things I’m most excited for!</p>
<p>However, according to my father having a roommates sucks and chances are we’ll hate each other. Apparently one time his freshmen roommate waited until my dad was asleep, then he started burning pot under his nose in an effort to get my dad high.</p>
<p>…yeah, I hope I don’t get a roommate like that.</p>
<p>There is that of course, I can totally get why you’re excited but I mean you’re already living with people 24/7, personally I need a private place to retreat. I am aware of course that singles are hard to get 9th grade year and having a room mate would have good aspects.</p>
<p>Look at me, talking as though im going, when statistically it isn’t likely… Where is my normal pessimism. My philosophy is expect the worse and you can only be pleasantly surprised.</p>
<p>I wish I had your philosophy, Blue. XDDD I’m a very hopeful person by nature, so it’s been very hard to keep myself grounded throughout this process. I think I’m doing well, though!</p>
<p>I know what you mean about the private place thing. Not to mention how awkward having a fight with your roommate would be. But I think you could find a secluded place outside for some privacy, not to mention some time with nature that I’m sure we’ll all miss with the work assigned at BS. And you could use that time to figure out a way to smooth things over with your roommate.</p>
<p>One of the main reasons I like the idea of a roommate is that it does give you that “automatic friend” deal. It takes me a long time to make friends - no joke, every one of my best friends have told me that they hated me/thought I was weird when they first met me, then we ended up friends. I actually kind of like that quality about myself, to be honest - it makes me feel like some sort of hidden treasure, not to mention it shows that the friends I have truly like me for me, not some ulterior motive. But it will be scary going in there all alone, I’ll feel like a total outsider. I’m afraid everyone will be all stoic and serious, and I won’t fit into that at all. No one will want to talk to me, I’ll eat my lunch alone in the bathroom, my backpack will tear in the middle of the crosswalk and no one will help me gather my papers… all these terrible scenarios keep playing in my head on rewind, and it just makes me terrified of the thought of going in there alone. Having a roommate will at least give me someone to talk to in the beginning, you know?</p>
<p>Yeah totally! Someone you can trust at least at first and rely upon not to dupe you … I don’t make friends easily either so having a roomate would stop me being isolated… My philosophy is handy at times I guess but it can be incrdibly depressing much of the time! Even with it sometimes I catch myself daydreaming of BS or metaly making a supplies list. Where are you applying again? I"m sure you’ve said but I don’t remember</p>
<p>Just Exeter. I’m totally wishing I applied to more, especially now that March 10th is coming up, but I guess it’ll be okay in the end.</p>
<p>In music appreciation, our current assignment is to bring in a song that makes us cry. I’m set to present my song on March 10th, and this is the one I’m choosing - [YouTube</a> - Suddenly with Lyrics](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaipqVSwZqA]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaipqVSwZqA)</p>
<p>It quite honestly embodies every emotion I’ve felt throughout this whole application process. That, and it’s a good reminder that no matter what the admittance decision is, it’s all a part of God’s plan, it’s all going to be okay. I swear I’m going to break down when I have to explain why this song makes me cry, especially since it will be March 10th (could my teacher pick a worse day)?</p>
<p>Wow, that’s going to be hard. I don’t envy you particularly seeing as music isn’t one of my talents (it always anoys me when people say musical ability is a key indicator of intelligence. That’s not to say very music people aren’to ften very bright but the assumption that if one is not overly musical then they are dumb annoys me. Sorry for the tangeant, someone bought this up today in class and I’m still fuming.) Good Luck though! I hope you A) get into Exeter and B) do a great job on your song!</p>
<p>It’s not a talent of mine, either. However, I love listening to it and creating it, no matter how awful my finished work may be. I’ve been in choir for four years, and I have every intention to stay throughout high school (that will look so good on my college app! Eight years of choir)! That, and most of the songs we listen to are classic rock, my favorite genre. We watched a documentary on the history of rock, and I don’t believe I’ve ever before been so enthralled simply watching a screen (I hate TV. It’s so unbelievably boring I can’t remain still long enough to watch pretty much anything. Some movies or educational shows are worth sitting down for, though).</p>
<p>I disagree with what your classmate said. However, I do think a lot of intelligent people who have the potential to be a great musician too often don’t give themselves the chance to develop the ability. I wish I had stayed in piano as a child, since developing that ability now is terribly difficult, especially without a teacher.</p>
<p>What schools are you applying to? Which is your top choice?</p>