<p>angryschnauzer (great name, btw ;)), I had no idea they actually do have a sort of formula for these things....they always flout the fact that they supposedly don't, but....<strong>gulps</strong> thanks mucho for the info!</p>
<p>geraldpoopy - we're supposed to be the best public school in the state, but that's only going on test scores and such - and not even sat or anything, we take a "LEAP" test and the GEE, etc. etc. Every once in a while someone from the state comes around to evaluate teachers, and they ALWAYS give the highest ratings to the teachers who do everything by the book, make you show your work, are tight with the people in the Office, etc., while the really good teachers sit at the back and empathize with us students about how the school is going down the drain. (We have a new administration.) And every year the (extremely unlikeable) principal comes on the intercom to tell us that we have the highest score in the state again, yadda yadda, congratulations on achievements, blah blah blah - like the school's actually done something to improve us. But the truth is, we only get good scores because students have to test to get in to the school in the first place. So obviously we won't be at the bottom of the scale. (Not that they care, as long as the school looks good - back me up here fellow Frankliners)</p>
<p>oh wow nat'l vp of mu alpha theta!
::bows down::
haha i'm j/p, but really, that's pretty cool, i didn't know they had national student positions for MAT =) (we have a pretty good MAT @ our school)</p>
<p>"angryschnauzer (great name, btw ), I had no idea they actually do have a sort of formula for these things....they always flout the fact that they supposedly don't, but....<strong>gulps</strong> thanks mucho for the info!"</p>
<p>hey thanks! </p>
<p>you've probably heard of cheat sheets/reading cards that they use to condense all the info about an applicant into one page. they're basically the ratings i described + brief comments on the essay, extenuating circumstances, and nicknames. as you know, the most memorable ones tend to be assigned a label: world class singing ballerina champion or something like that (as cheesy as that may sound).</p>
<p>Hehe, just be glad you don't go to Lafayette where our esteemed principal, "Commodore" Leonard, keeps making announcements about how we're the "flagship school of the South." Ugh, complete bs, but I guess it's kind of funny.</p>
<p>I know I'm having fun pretending college apps don't exist (although I've recently become a CC addict)...I don't wanna go!!!! They can't make me!!! ;_;</p>
<p>haha...I still lurk but people like YOU and CINDY who get into college need to spend less time on CC and more time enjoying "senioritis" (LOL...generally one night of not doing "extra" fizzix probs doesn't count...but exceptions can be made!)</p>
<p>Wow you have the same birthday as me. I'm sorry to sound rude, but stop being paranoid about your scores. I applied to MIT with a 1350 and a 3.6 (yes, I know i'm not getting in). Remember that there are many many people in the world inferior to you, such as myself. Be glad you actually have a chance and aren't just hoping the admissions officers are in a drunken rage during the admissions process (plz, plz at MIT).</p>