Get to know each other better survey thing...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>I know that there have been a few posts about getting to know each other better if you are going to attend in the fall/winter of next year. But I figured I'd post one up w/ specific questions.</p>

<p>You can use this to get to know your classmates better, start making friendships, potentially find a dorm roommate, etc. So lets get this thing on the road.</p>

<p>Name:
Hometown:
High school:</p>

<p>College Accepted to:
Going to pledge?
Honors college student?
Sports you play/intend to play:
Joining any organizations:</p>

<p>Party?
Drink?
Smoke?
What’s your perfect weekend?</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to):</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?):
Favorite food:
Favorite drink:
Favorite place to visit:
Favorite place to be:
Favorite activity:
Pet Peeve:</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before?
Night owl/early bird?
Do you snore?
How important are your grades?
Mind having people in your room, late night?
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room?
Do you bring the drama?
How often do you talk on the phone?
Do you have any unordinary habits?
What do you consider clean?
Do you consider yourself clean?
Outgoing or shy?
Active or lazy?
Do you know a lot of people going here?
Do you know a lot of people that already go here?
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!?</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you'd like other people to know:</p>

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<p>Name: Avi Saini
Hometown: wont say, yet
High school: same answer for hometown</p>

<p>College Accepted To: John Muir
Going to pledge? Most likely not
Honors college student? No.
Sports you play/intend to play: Tennis, Basketball
Joining any organizations? Most likely</p>

<p>Party? Not too much, but a bit
Drink? No
Smoke? No
What’s your perfect weekend? Probably sleeping in, playing tennis, and hanging out at night</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason): Wont say</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): Most anything but country or screamo
Favorite food: Too many to list
Favorite drink: Water
Favorite place to visit: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Philadelphia
Favorite place to be: At home
Favorite activity: Playing tennis
Pet Peeve: I dont really know</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? No
Night owl/early bird? Night Owl
Do you snore? No
How important are your grades? Pretty Important
Mind having people in your room, late night? Not really, so long as it isnt REALLY late
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? No
Do you bring the drama? No
How often do you talk on the phone? Hardly, if I get a call I’m usually done within 2 minutes
Do you have any unordinary habits? Not really, but I tend to keep things in order
What do you consider clean? Things not lying all over the place and being able to find something when I need it
Do you consider yourself clean? Most of the time
Outgoing or shy? Both
Active or lazy? Active
Do you know a lot of people going here? A bit too early to say, but most likely yes
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? Yes
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? Really pumped</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know:</p>

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<p>Name: (:
Hometown: (:
High school: (: </p>

<p>College Accepted to: ERC
Going to pledge? maybe
Honors college student? no
Sports you play/intend to play: umm not really into sports
Joining any organizations: yeah sure</p>

<p>Party? moderately
Drink? yes
Smoke? no.
What’s your perfect weekend? it depends on my mood. some days I like to go out; other days I like to stay home & watch dvds</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to): christian. though not a very devoted one at that</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): I <3 concerts!! I like every type of music except country
Favorite food: everything&anything :slight_smile: I prefer desserts over food though.
Favorite drink: Black Tea Latte or Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks.
Favorite place to visit: anywhere
Favorite place to be: depends
Favorite activity: dependss
Pet Peeve: I can’t think of any off the top of my head.</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? yes
Night owl/early bird? both. I wake up pretty early and I stay up pretty late.
Do you snore? nope.
How important are your grades? important enough that I would work first, play later.
Mind having people in your room, late night? nope! I love company. Although, I like to have moments to myself often.
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? umm … kind of
Do you bring the drama? I would hope not.
How often do you talk on the phone? Not a lot. I prefer texting & aim.
Do you have any unordinary habits? umm no
What do you consider clean? uhhh … in terms of my body? or my working space?
Do you consider yourself clean? Clean, but unorganized.
Outgoing or shy? both
Active or lazy? it depends. I have my lazy days.
Do you know a lot of people going here? yea, a lot of people from my school are attending
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? no
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? Hahahah … I’m moderately pumped :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know:</p>

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<p>hahaha i like how you started the thread and then wouldnt answer some of the questions</p>

<p>Name: Tom Hudson
6’1 white boy
Hometown: Wichita, KS (born there) Coppell, TX is really my hometown
High school: Coppell HS</p>

<p>College Accepted to: ERC! jacobs enginerd
Going to pledge? if they are clever, cool, and catastrophically crazy
Honors college student? well aren’t we all at ucsd
Sports you play/intend to play: Im a runner…i’ll be on the xc and track teams
Joining any organizations: probably something with recycling?</p>

<p>Party? all night
Drink? all day
Smoke? im a runner…
What’s your perfect weekend? waking up at 4am to go win a xc race, then in the wake of our victory eating scrumptuos food all night with friends</p>

<p>Religion: logical agnostic…more of a moral scholar than a religious person</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): i like chill music like bob marley and music that makes you wanna wake up and live…usually rap and rock
Favorite food: pasta
Favorite drink: 7-11 cherry coke slurpee :smiley:
Favorite place to visit: india
Favorite place to be: an ice bath after a long run
Favorite activity: …running?
Pet Peeve: i dont like the sound of people eating</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? with 2 dogs
Night owl/early bird? owl on the weekends and bird in the week
Do you snore? nope</p>

<p>How important are your grades? id rather learn than pass</p>

<p>Mind having people in your room, late night? man, u can stay all year
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? why not? u only live once haha
Do you bring the drama? N
How often do you talk on the phone? i prefer text but if you have a really good story that you just have to tell me…we can go hang out and get coffee haha
Do you have any unordinary habits? not really…unless working out every day is seen as unordinary</p>

<p>What do you consider clean? it wont make me sick if i ate off it
Do you consider yourself clean? myself? yes…my room? maybe, its just unorganized
Outgoing or shy? of course ill be youre friend
Active or lazy? very active followed by periods of hibernation</p>

<p>Do you know a lot of people going here? i think im the first person ever from my town to go here
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? 0
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? ill be pumped if you guys come watch me run track!</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know: um im in bioE so thats pretty cool, and i fear sharks but ill def be in the ocean all day haha…i guess just hit me up if you wanna hang out this coming september!</p>

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<p>You guys should be doing this on the UCSD class of 2013 Facebook group lol. At least thats what we did.</p>

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<p>Name: Christian Wu
Hometown: Tijuana, Mexico
High school: Montgomery High School</p>

<p>College Accepted to: 6th. Jacob’s School of Engineering</p>

<p>Going to pledge: Maybe</p>

<p>Honors college student: No.</p>

<p>Sports you play/intend to play: Rock Climbing, Swimming, and Tennis.</p>

<p>Joining any organizations: APSA and some other orgs.</p>

<p>Party: I do not like them, but I do not mind attending.</p>

<p>Drink: No. Emphasize on NO.</p>

<p>Smoke: ^</p>

<p>What’s your perfect weekend: Hanging out with friends at a bon fire in the middle of the night making smores and talking about past and future and how to get girls as well as keep a healthy relationship going. And getting yogurt and boba down the line!</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to):</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): Asian Music!</p>

<p>Favorite food: Spicy, EXTREMELY spicy tofu.</p>

<p>Favorite drink: Water.</p>

<p>Favorite place to visit: Hong Kong.</p>

<p>Favorite place to be: Friends @ the beach.</p>

<p>Favorite activity: Rock Climbing and tennis!</p>

<p>Pet Peeve: I dislike people who “beat around the bush” and people who cannot deal with other people just because of race, gender, and mentality.</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before: Yes</p>

<p>Night owl/early bird: Both. I sleep late and wake up early.</p>

<p>Do you snore: When I am exhausted yes, normally, never.</p>

<p>How important are your grades: Very, but having fun is why I am going to college, Academics first, but not TOO much emphasis, I still need a social life!</p>

<p>Mind having people in your room, late night: Nope.</p>

<p>Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room: Yes.</p>

<p>Do you bring the drama: No.</p>

<p>How often do you talk on the phone: Only when parents call. I do not normally make calls, I always text :).</p>

<p>Do you have any unordinary habits: I shuffle my hair a tremendous amount. I am quite self-conscious about my hair, once you know me, you will understand why! I am eclectic and like to speak net lingos a lot. Also I have abnormal hobbies :). Get to know me and you will find out!</p>

<p>What do you consider clean: Someone who is very hygienic and very organized.</p>

<p>Do you consider yourself clean: Extremely. I’m a bit germaphobic. And I am very organized!</p>

<p>Outgoing or shy: A mix of both. Though leaning towards the shy part.</p>

<p>Active or lazy: Active in academics, a bit lazy in physical activity unless it’s fun!</p>

<p>Do you know a lot of people going here: One.</p>

<p>Do you know a lot of people that already go here: Yeah! Thanks to admit day, which, by the way, was INSANELY fun!!! </p>

<p>Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!?: HELL YEAH! I am STOKED!</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know: I will most likely be the weirdest Chinese person you WILL ever meet :)</p>

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<p>OoPurestOo… Its funny you should say that. I actually did try to start it up on the facebook group a while back but for some reason my post was delted just as soon as it went up. Thats why I put it here. But I see that its back up. Thanks for the notification.</p>

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<p>Name: N_____ (:
**Hometown:<a href=“East%20Side”>/b</a> San Jose, CA
High school: ESUHSD!</p>

<p>College Accepted to: Muir, baby!
Going to pledge? Pwee?
Honors college student? ?
Sports you play/intend to play: I might play badminton…for fun.
**Joining any organizations: **A community service club, Japanese club (maybe), etc. I’ll see when I get there.</p>

<p>Party? I’m not much of a “party”-er, but I do go to a lot of family gatherings… ;O
Drink? No.
Smoke? No.
What’s your perfect weekend? Sleeping in, hanging with friends, shopping, etc. NO HOMEWORK.</p>

<p>Religion: Buddhism… (:
**
Favorite music (go to concerts much?):** K-pop, J-pop, Indies, etc. I like most genres.
Favorite food: Italian and spicy food. <3
Favorite drink: Vietnamese iced coffee~
Favorite place to visit: Monterey Bay Aquarium! Though I haven’t been there since third grade…
Favorite place to be: Strolling on the beach in the evening. <3
Favorite activity: Biking, walking to stores, etc.
Pet Peeve: A lot of things, including people who look down on you because they think they’re intellectually superior. A classmate of mine started talking to my friend only after she found out my friend got into MIT. <<strong>< Oh, and I hate the “Last edited by __</strong><strong><em>; </em></strong> at _____.” thing. :P</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? Yes. Sleep-overs with my cousin/BFF. (:
Night owl/early bird? Depends. Mainly night owl though. :stuck_out_tongue:
Do you snore? Nope. (:
How important are your grades? Important, but I don’t obsess over them…
Mind having people in your room, late night? Depends on who and how many people…
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? Same as above.
Do you bring the drama? No?
How often do you talk on the phone? Not that much.
Do you have any unordinary habits? Can’t think of any now.
What do you consider clean? Won’t make me sick.
Do you consider yourself clean? Yeah.
Outgoing or shy? A little on the shy side but I’m trying to change that. (:
Active or lazy? Lazy… :[
Do you know a lot of people going here? No.
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? No. ):
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? YEH YEH.</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know: I don’t have a Facebook… ): And I wish I was taller.</p>

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<p>These “No’s” to alcohol will most likely be reversed in college. Just a heads up for you guys lol.</p>

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<p>@Christian Wu: woot fellow Sixth! I’m in Jacob’s School of Engineering as well! I went on admit day too haha, it was fun!</p>

<p>Name:
Hometown: currently living in Ontario CA
High school: ALHS</p>

<p>College Accepted to: Sixth
Going to pledge? meh maybe
Honors college student? No
Sports you play/intend to play: i don’t really play sports =/
Joining any organizations: for sure</p>

<p>Party? sure
Drink? no
Smoke? nope
What’s your perfect weekend? sufficient sleep, hang out with friends, have tons of fun</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to): not gonna say</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): i like all kinds of music from all over the world! Yeah, concerts are <3
Favorite food: all kinds, i love to eat!
Favorite drink: fruit drinks are yummy
Favorite place to visit: the mall, yes i love to shop
Favorite place to be: home with family
Favorite activity: play video games, watch tv/movies/anime/asian dramas, read manga, go out and have fun
Pet Peeve: close-minded people, people who don’t like to try new things, neon colors, cats
Have you ever shared a room before? yes
Night owl/early bird? depends
Do you snore? no
How important are your grades? very important
Mind having people in your room, late night? well, it depends. if I have an exam the next day then yes. but mostly no.
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? No
Do you bring the drama? eww no. drama is one of the things I hate about high school.
How often do you talk on the phone? hmm, not often, but ill probably call home a lot once I start living in the dorms.
Do you have any unordinary habits? i tend to be in front of the computer a lot. i smile a lot. i tend to laugh randomly when I think of something funny. i giggle a lot (which gets kinda annoying probably)
What do you consider clean? if looking at the place doesn’t give me a headache then it’s clean enough
Do you consider yourself clean? most of the time, yes
Outgoing or shy? tend to be both
Active or lazy? depends on my mood
Do you know a lot of people going here? i know one person.
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? no… i’m gonna have to start from scratch and make new friends :smiley:
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? super excited</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know: I talk about the most random things. I’m pretty weird… :P</p>

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<p>College Accepted to: Warren
Going to pledge? dunno yet
Honors college student? no but who cares D:
Sports you play/intend to play: ultimate FRISBEE
Joining any organizations: photo club, maybe a christian club, guitar club (if they have one)</p>

<p>Party? sure
Drink? no
Smoke? no
What’s your perfect weekend? hanging out, going out for food, laughing and going crazy with friends until you have no idea why you’re still up but still having fun </p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to): christian…kinda</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): rock, alt rock, some rap/kpop/krap
Favorite food: CHIPOTLE
Favorite drink: pepsi, squirt
Favorite place to visit: pretty places? amusement parks? -_-
Favorite place to be: anywhere im comfortable
Favorite activity: guitar, photographing, gaming sometimes,
Pet Peeve: when the bathroom is really dirty, when people get the lid on a ketchup bottle all messy and nasty</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? yeah, not for a long time though
Night owl/early bird? night owl, i can wake up early if i want to though
Do you snore? don’t think so
How important are your grades? I like to say important…but I like taking things easy
Mind having people in your room, late night? don’t mind
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? sure
Do you bring the drama? naw
How often do you talk on the phone? not much
Do you have any unordinary habits? I bite my nails?
What do you consider clean? uhh…huh
Do you consider yourself clean? i do’nt like being messy
Outgoing or shy? both
Active or lazy? both
Do you know a lot of people going here? a good amount
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? a few
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? pretty pumped </p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know:</p>

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<p>Name: hello there…
Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA
High school:home of the firebirds</p>

<p>College Accepted to: SIXTH :smiley:
Going to pledge? depends
Honors college student? hopefully
Sports you play/intend to play: hahaha im a complete klutz
Joining any organizations: FOR SURE!!!</p>

<p>Party? why not
Drink? ew rather have juice please
Smoke? NO…hate the smell and ew lung cancer
What’s your perfect weekend? random life talks with best friends</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to): eh catholic</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): Everything! hahah yup worked at concerts
Favorite food: sushi, chipotle, moms cooking<3, in and out, fruit.
Favorite drink: WATER. haha umm juice > soda
Favorite place to visit: vietnam. SAN DIEGO hahaha umm anywhere.
Favorite place to be: anywhere with friends or just alone in my room to think bout stuff
Favorite activity: going out. helping people. shopping. tv shows. reading. eating.
Pet Peeve: smokers. umm not much can bug me…</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? yup
Night owl/early bird? hahah both the day and night just isnt long enough.
Do you snore? no but i can move around a lot in my bed right b4 i go to sleep
How important are your grades? important but its not the only thing.
Mind having people in your room, late night? nope but if im in study mode then yes
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? no they can stay just not for like a week
Do you bring the drama? no i settle the drama
How often do you talk on the phone? umm not much but when i do then it’s for a long time
Do you have any unordinary habits? i laugh a lot. i can talk hella gangster and all that hahah
What do you consider clean? organized
Do you consider yourself clean? somewhat. minimal cluttering… an organized mess. i clean once a week…
Outgoing or shy? depends mostly outgoing
Active or lazy? active socially but i procrasinate a lot
Do you know a lot of people going here? like 2 or 3
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? know of but not know know
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? yeahh especially after admit day :] but gahh kinda scurred</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know: hmm idk ask me and ill answer</p>

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<p>@ Jelly: Really?! I was hoping on seeing some other peeeps at 6th college, but when I went it was empty lolol. I was there for the overnight program too, were you?</p>

<p>Man!!! I could have met a fellow CCer! Haha!</p>

<p>Did you like admit day?</p>

<p>@purest: i highly doubt it haha, i dont mind other people doing those things as long as I’m not doing it haha!</p>

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<p>@christian: i went pretty early (8:00 ish) and left pretty early too (11:30 ish). didn’t get to go to the jacob’s school of engineering thing, since I was pretty tired (didn’t get enough sleep). I was wearing a black turtleneck, a yellow shirt with a belt, and boots just in case anyone saw me :stuck_out_tongue: Yeah, it was pretty fun! The res hall tour was kinda weird since we toured the guys’ res halls and there were guys wearing speedos running around. How was the overnight program?</p>

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<p>Name: Mika
Hometown: Fremont, CA
High school: WHS</p>

<p>College Accepted to: Sixth
Going to pledge? Gah, I don’t know what that means. I’m guessing not?
Honors college student? If this means Regents Scholar, then yes.
Sports you play/intend to play: n/a
Joining any organizations: We’ll see.</p>

<p>Party? No.
Drink? No.
Smoke? No.
What’s your perfect weekend? Wandering around aimlessly and wasting copious amounts of time.</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to): born Buddhist, ‘practicing’ Atheist.</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): Fishtank Ensemble; Oakland, CA
Favorite food: tai yaki
Favorite drink: water
Favorite place to visit: ocean
Favorite place to be: ocean
Favorite activity: wasting time
Pet Peeve: being late</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? My sister.
Night owl/early bird? Early, mostof the time. Night owl on occasion. :wink:
Do you snore? No.
How important are your grades? VERY. Not for themselves, but for the fact that I’d like to study in order to actually learn something, not go through the motions.
Mind having people in your room, late night? It depends on whether I like these people nor not.
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? No.
Do you bring the drama? No. Too lazy for drama.
How often do you talk on the phone? Almost never.
Do you have any unordinary habits? Oh, assuredly.
What do you consider clean? I don’t care what my roommate does, but I’m OCD about my own things.
Do you consider yourself clean? Yes.
Outgoing or shy? Shy.
Active or lazy? LAZY. Though on occasion, overactive.
Do you know a lot of people going here? Relatively; around ten, maybe. XP
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? One.
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? A little disappointed I didn’t get into any privates, but YES. Super psyched to be going to UCSD! ^^</p>

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<p>^ LOL importance of being earnest?</p>

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<p>Name: Paula
Hometown: Inglewood, CA
High school: City Honors High School</p>

<p>College Accepted to: MUIR!!!
Going to pledge? Nope.
Honors college student? No.
Sports you play/intend to play: Maybe softball.
Joining any organizations: For sure.</p>

<p>Party? Once in a while.
Drink? Sometimes.
Smoke? Never.
What’s your perfect weekend? Hanging out with friends maybe catching a band play live or something like that.</p>

<p>Religion (in case it matters for some reason dont have to say if you dont want to): Agnostic.</p>

<p>Favorite music (go to concerts much?): Mostly everything, but country. & I LOVE concerts.
Favorite food: Italian
Favorite drink: Coffee
Favorite place to visit: Hollywood
Favorite place to be: Hollywood
Favorite activity: too many to list.
Pet Peeve: Being late.</p>

<p>Have you ever shared a room before? With a family member, other than that…no.
Night owl/early bird? Night Owl
Do you snore? Nope
How important are your grades? Very
Mind having people in your room, late night? Not at all.
Mind having people visit from home and stay in the room? Nope.
Do you bring the drama? No, I’m very easy going.
How often do you talk on the phone? Not much.
Do you have any unordinary habits? Not that I can think of.
What do you consider clean? When you can see your floor (hahaha!)
Do you consider yourself clean? Yeah, but I can be a bit messy sometimes.
Outgoing or shy? Both.
Active or lazy? Both.
Do you know a lot of people going here? Not even one.
Do you know a lot of people that already go here? Nope.
Are YOU hugely pumped to go here or What!? Pretty much. Admit Day convinced me. Everyone at Muir was so friendly :)</p>

<p>Anything else about yourself that you’d like other people to know:
Political Science Major.</p>

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<p>Should have matriculated when I was a Muir OL last year haha.</p>

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<p>@Jelly lol i think i saw u. Not sure! haha!</p>

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<p>^ lol rly? yeah, if the person you think you saw is short, has black hair, and looks kinda asian, then that’s me.</p>