<p>Actually, I still have until Tuesday. Boohoo.</p>
<p>I got out yesterday, but I'm still pretty busy. I'm volunteering at Georgetown University Hospital between 5 and 8 pm for a month, and for three weeks (in addition to volunteering) I'll be working at riding camp at my barn between 8 am and 4 pm. I have a month to go before I can relax, and that's if you consider "sitting in the sun on the gorgeous Swedish coast trying your hardest to produce half decent college essays" to be relaxing. It'll be good. :D What are you guys doing?</p>
<p>The only school that I will be able to visit is Rice, and that is because it is close to where I live. This summer, I am working at the local YMCA at the daycare center from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. I'm taking some classes from the local CC. I'm taking dance classes throughout the summer. Going to dance camp in July for a week, and I am working on implementing a dance program at the YMCA. Next year, I will be teaching dance at the YMCA.</p>
<p>i live in NJ</p>
<p>Princeton in very nice. I've been to debate tournaments, and been inside all the buidldings. Its beautful. The biggest downside- the shops in the surrounding town are CRAZY expensive.</p>
<p>I got of school 15 days ago, and I go back September 6th. I can't wait until December 15. Hopefully that envelope from NYU containing my ED decision will be a big one and contain positive news. :)</p>
<p>I really hope that letter will start with:</p>
<p>Dear ______________,</p>
<p>Congratulations!!! I am pleased to welcome you to the Class of 2011 at the Leonard N Stern School of Business at New York University. blablablablablabla</p>
<p><em>crosses fingers</em></p>
<p>Besides hoping for that letter from NYU, I'm finishing the common app by the end of the summer.</p>
<p>I'm hopin' for a letter from Stanford . . . . it'll be one crazy summer/fall. That's for sure.</p>
<p>so guys, I have too much academic crap to do this summer. sucks I know. which means, visiting colleges . . . =. not lookin so good. basically, no time.</p>
<p>i mean, I'm not even sure where I'm applying, I have like 7 for sure, and then from there that list could easily expand to 30+. tsk. i hate how i do this to myself. procrastination . . for the lose.</p>
<p>is everyone visiting, will negative points be given to you if you don't visit??</p>
<p>wow i feel so behind, it's already almost july. oh my god, this summer will fly by. i think i'll enjoy myself AFTER i get into college . .</p>
<p>Okay so how about this technique, since I'm running low on time.</p>
<p>Research college/best fit later, and apply to all of the ones I have an "initial interest" in? And wherever I'm accepted, choose out of those . . will I regret doing this? I know people here say to not apply to too many, but I don't think I'll have enough time to fully research each college, call up their admissions office from time to time, visit, and THEN narrow down where I apply to. And since most use the common app. . . maybe this will work?</p>
<p>Because besides normal ec's, volunteering, I have 4 college classes, SAT I and IIs to study for, and an intensive online ap physics course this summer. and i'm already getting behind, which is why i'm up at 2 am now doing physics, on a freakin friday night. AND COLLEGE ESSAYS.</p>
<p>ugh . . can't wait till this is just all over. i'm so screwed.</p>
<p>That's pretty much how I did sarorah, I didn't really have much of an opportunity to shop around, so instead I based my apps on initial interest, which is why I ended up applying to twelve colleges, though for some reason I chose to have eight reaches, two matches, and two safeties, though looking back I was happier. Over the time period of waiting for acceptances/rejections, I researched and found the ones I was more interested in, and when I heard in April, I actually managed to visit the colleges, and environment was easily what did it for me when I chose, and though I don't really recommend this process, if this is all you can afford to do, I see nothing better personally.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering Tony, phew. okay so now that I know it's a tried and true method, I guess I'll just resort to that. excellent, making some progress :)</p>
<p>Hey we oughta change the title, perilous road is kinda intimidating. Maybe this won't be soo-oo-ooo bad =)</p>
<p>This summer I'm going to NJ Governor's School, taking a course for college credit at Harvard, and skipping AP Calculus BC because it didn't fit in my schedule.</p>
<p>I was thinking of doing a JSA symposium or debate camp, but I'd feel bad asking my parents to spend more money on me this summer.</p>
<p>I'm in the process of getting a research internship, though.</p>
<p>sarorah, breeeeathe.</p>
<p>i know it feels like you have 5 million and 2 things on your plate right now, and also know that such a feeling sucks. but trust me, it will only get worse if you approach it that overwhelmed/defeatist mindset. what you need to do is focus on whatever you are doing when you are doing it.. one task at a time. if you are busy thinking about what you have to do next, chances are you wont be satisfied with the job youre doing now.</p>
<p>youre not 'screwed'.. you sound like more of the norm than the exception to me. this is likely to be the first of many 2-am-physics-on-a-friday-night-ers (as it sounds frighteningly 'college' to me), so just look at it as a preparatory thing of sorts.</p>
<p>if you can't visit now, you don't need to. i applied to 12 schools, and by the end of my JR/SR summer I had only visited 2 of them (hah.. i forgot about that until now). applications have deadlines. testing has dates. visiting isn't bounded by these things, so don't rush or stress because your friends may be completing their grand tour d'colleges now.</p>
<p>i hope this helps. i have a nasty tendency to ramble. luckily, i learned to channel it into articulate rambling in my essays. (but I--like you--was up writing them at un-fun hours of the night)</p>
<p>ps, i applied to 11..... i lie</p>
<p>So anxious about Senior year.. all the application and ****..</p>
<p>Just hope the best outcome...:)</p>
<p>I haven't done any college visits for myself, I went to two or three with my sister 3 years ago.</p>
<p>And the school that I was planning to use as my safety is in the same city where I go to school, so I've done, like, states for Science Olympiad there and stuff. But I don't neccessarily need a safety if I'm doing ED at Columbia.</p>
<p>I should get a move on with my visiting.</p>
<p>My university counselor only wants me to apply to 8 or 10. My current list has 22. I can probably eliminate some, but honestly? The thought of applying to that few schools makes me uncomfortable.</p>
<p>(I'm a white nonathlete nonlegacy international [despite living in the US] financial aid applicant. I'm not taking any acceptances for granted, much less money.)</p>
<p>It seems as like any other students money is an issue, and you are easily going to be spending plenty of money on apps ($750 for 12 apps), so I would recommend if this is more your situation to request waivers to some schools to make it less of a burdern on yourself because if you stick to your numbers, you're pretty much spending more than your textbook money.</p>
<p>It's also a good idea to research which schools are free. For example, some don't require an application fee if you apply online.</p>
<p>Exactly, though I was completely a paper person myself.</p>
<p>Ugh. I need to get on college visits, too. Already did the west coast, now east coast is calling me...</p>