<p>Englishivy, I'm a prospective art history major as well! Which painting was it?</p>
<p>I'm an ED applicant, but I wrote about signatures people leave in old books. Which seems kind of random, but I made it work.</p>
<p>Belle123, it was Symphony in White No 1: The White Girl by Whistler</p>
<p>Aaaaahhh...it's finally.</p>
<p>This whole application process was so crazy for me. When I was working in NYC this summer, I had my interview at Barnard. (I think it went really well.) Anyways, after leaving, I decided that I LOVED</p>
<p>Aaaaahhh...it's finally.</p>
<p>This whole application process was so crazy for me. When I was working in NYC this summer, I had my interview at Barnard. (I think it went really well.) Anyways, after leaving, I decided that I LOVED Barnard and was probably going to apply ED.
Yet, my parents strongly discouraged ED, so I didn't apply. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go or not until Dec. 30th when I realised that I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to go to Barnard. SO I bashed out my supps, and wrote a completely new essay...we'll see where that takes me...
Oh, god, I'm kind of freaking out.</p>
<p>Supps:
barnard: my mother, visiting, Barnard authors
routine: my favorite part of shabbat services
character: howard roark
issue: raising the drinking age in france (why it's a bad idea)</p>
<p>Eh the whole thing about the essay needing to be thought out etc..
is a load of crap.
well at least for most of the people i know..
i was told by my college counselor to write about my grandmother and her life blah blah blah which was fine..it just seemed kinda dry.
and then the day before the deadline for like..essay advice i just sat down and wrote about waxing. turned out pretty fabulous</p>
<p>Hey! I made a facebook group so we could all meet each other!</p>
<p>Barnard</a> CC | Facebook</p>
<p>I kind of want to join it...but I'm also kind of scared that doing so will jinx me. UGH DILEMMA.</p>
<p>It's for CCers, not necessarily those accepted! So it can't really jinx you. I don't think.</p>
<p>I joined the group, and I don't think it would jinx you. I mean, your application is already sumbitted -- what you do now is irrelevant (unless you flunk a class or something). Actually, I think it's better to have the group, so that we can match screennames to faces (not in a creepy way, but I don't know...pictures and networks with '09 just make it more real).</p>
<p>You're right, I guess. I joined. :)</p>
<p>Also, may I please discuss how much I hate my sister for telling me all the time that I'm not getting in? Because I do.</p>
<p>Yay. </p>
<p>Ignore her. It's just a sister thing. I was talking to my sister about the colleges I applied to, and she was telling me that I didn't do enough research, so I wasn't making good choices and all this other stuff, which is ridiculous because I put so much thought and effort into the whole process. I think part of it is that she doesn't want me to feel bad if I don't get in, so she's using weird psychology on me (she's a psych major). Even if your situation isn't similar to mine, her opinion doesn't matter. She isn't part of Barnard admissions.</p>
<p>I'm kind of similar. For one, my sister doesn't want me to get into good schools. She's a business major at our state flagship and is convinced that if you are not a business major, you will either teach or live in a box for your entire life. Also, I think she's kind of jealous that my parents are ultimately going to spend more a year on my education than they will spend on all four years of hers. She's really big on being even with how much our parents spend on us, which I will never understand. Third, she's jealous of me and won't admit it. So she finds ways to make me feel inferior and tell me I won't get in places. And I know that if I don't, she'll laugh at me while I'm crying.</p>
<p>I'm so stressed out and this week is going to suck for me.</p>
<p>Ah. That's a little closed-minded. I think when she gets into the real world she'll see that people that weren't business majors survived. But anyway, don't let her get to you. You're great as you are, especially since you know what you want to pursue and are going for it (even if it isn't business :p).</p>
<p>Just try to relax. Breathe. It'll be fine. Picture a vacation spot or something. Oh, and something that works for me is to think imaginary daggers into things I don't want to think about. So, when I think of stressful things, I just mentally push them from my mind in one blow. Does that make any sense?</p>
<p>Is anyone else going to be screwed come midyear report time?</p>
<p>I might be screwed come mid-year report time. I haven't taken midterms yet, but it seems likely that I'll have quite a few B+s (like three or four) and maybe a C (in a stupid elective class). The elective is a class where you have to go to competitions in order to get a good grade, but my teacher didn't let me go to any this quarter. Well actually, one was during the ACT and one was during a wedding I had to attend so I signed up for the one I could go to and she said no. So I have an A from last quarter and God knows what from this one. I'm freaking out.</p>
<p>BTW--When are midyear reports due?</p>
<p>I'm not really sure how my grades will turn out. Some of my low As might become Bs, but I'm just trying to be relaxed about it.</p>
<p>When do you guys have finals? I have two weeks of class left and then finals. </p>
<p>mp, I don't think there's an actual due date; it depends on when your grading period ends.</p>
<p>I definetly mentioned that in my app. Finally submitted everything the first week of december! But I'm excited if I get waitlisted ill still be happy! My test scores were HORRIBLE...so I hope that doesn't count too much against me but I'm so nervous..& I thought applying ED would be beneficial too because my bff did & she got in...& its not even her first choice...GRR! But anyway, good luck ladies! I can't wait until April no matter what the results are. What's meant to be will be : )</p>
<p>Yay for Barnard love! :) Good luck!</p>
<p>But a part of what you said confused me -- your friend applied ED but it wasn't her first choice?</p>
<p>I joined the facebook group :)</p>
<p>My friend just told me that midyear reports never hold much weight because schools know that they're applications put a lot of stress on us, so I hope she's right.</p>