<p>just curious: what site are you guys using to check up your stars??!</p>
<p>probably some astrology website</p>
<p>I live in Elmhurst Il... York High School, how bout you (sorry I didnt respond, I was visiting Wash U... nice campus btw)</p>
<p>I live in Park Ridge and go to Maine South. I'm not rich or a druggie tho, like most ppl in this community lolz. Btw, York PWNS all schools in cross-country. Trust me I know- I'm on the MS Cross country team and york OWNED in the many of the state-wide meets. Anyhow, at least MS is going to state in class 8 football. Go hawks!!</p>
<p>uh oh, this is turning into a private conversation.
quick, someone write something witty.</p>
<p>The first person to write something witty gets an auto-admit into Stanford.</p>
<p>Witty aye...</p>
<p>I'd KILL for a Nobel Peace prize...</p>
<p>or how about</p>
<p>There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't</p>
<p>thats about all I have for now...</p>
<p>ps... York does own at CC... I think after this year our program is going down the hill</p>
<p>What a witty conclusion to a witty thread. :)</p>
<p>purrli...you thought i was serious about the stars thing?</p>
<p>So am automatically accepted then!!!!</p>
<p>Wolffy - I didn't that that was witty as it was ironic.</p>
<p>good point... good point... but if nobody can beat it...</p>
<p>True and youll get accepted for that. :D</p>
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<p>oh yes :), and it wasted me an entire evening googling for 2005 astrological predictions...</p>
<p>there is a girl in my dorm who runs track and field... she found out she got into stanford sometime in october of last year.</p>
<p>the same month, stanford funded an all-expenses paid visit for her</p>
<p>the perks of being an athlete, i guess</p>
<p>when will the ED/A decision come out?</p>
<p>haha, i checked the horoscope in my school newspaper - im the editor, so it was a bunch of other seniors and me, laying it out minutes before the deadline...</p>
<p>turns out this smart ass junior decided to make a joke of all the seniors' stress. i only read mine, but he had worked it into all the signs. little bastard. </p>
<p>these young'ns. no respect for our temporary insanity.</p>
<p>its looks as though my thread is about to die...</p>
<p>I hope it unstressed you guys out a bit...</p>
<p>Actually, I am more stressed, I am attempting to finish up (and write essays for) 7 apps this weekend... can it be done... I think so</p>
<p>look at this
<a href="http://www.hypothetic.org/ccstanford/?pagename=Main.SCEARoster%5B/url%5D">http://www.hypothetic.org/ccstanford/?pagename=Main.SCEARoster</a></p>
<p>Could I possibly get in?
do I have a shot at brown?
SATs: (2nd time around) 770 V 650 Math 770 W
SAT IIs: Lit 730, taking Math IC in december, will probably get from 600 to 650
Average: 95.2
Classes: AP Lit, Advanced Statistics, Advanced Biology, Feminism, Peer Leadership, Senior Institute/Senior Thesis, Gym</p>
<p>Awards:
NSAA International Foreign Language Award
New Youth Connections Essay Contest Winner
Poem Published in American Anthology of Poetry (book)
Academic Commendation at my HS all 4 yrs
Elected as Peer Leader in my school</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars: (I want to be a child psychologist)
Therapeutic Activity Assistant with 3 and 4 yr olds with severe disabilities- 11th grade
Peer Leader in my high school - 12th grade
Assistant ESL teacher -10th grade
Model UN ; 10th, 11th, 12th grades
Junior State of America: 10th, 11th, 12th grades
Tutor for East Harlem Tutorial Program -12th grade
Psychology student at community college
political science student at community college
teacher/tourguide at children's museum of manhattan</p>