<p>If you think about it, all of the world's greatest writers, artists, musicians, and thinkers have been crazy in one way or another. Clearly, this means that only AWESOME people are crazy :)</p>
<p>I miss Barnard :( Also, can I just say that I love venting on here and then everyone makes me feel better. You guys--ahem, girls--are AWESOME.</p>
<p>No problem. I'd love to welcome other people (hinthint)</p>
<p>Seriously, that's completely correct. I don't think sane people can really match up to our crazy insane brilliance ;)</p>
<p>Yes! I agree with your last part -- a huge thank you goes out to all the girls on this forum. I don't know how I'd cope with anxiety otherwise.</p>
<p>etched- I definetly understand- I can't wait to find out but at the same time I'm dreading the notifications! April is going to be a very hectic month in my school-- I can already feel it!</p>
<p>Good luck ladies! & Don't forget; we rock just because we're women! lol :)</p>
<p>I know this is kind of a random question, but did anyone else send supplementary materials to Barnard? (I sent a photo portfolio, and I was just curious)</p>
<p>I don't know if it counts (probably not) but I sent my evaluations from this summer. And an extra rec. I wanted to submit a writing portfolio, but thought they might hate my writing so much that they would flat out reject me.</p>
<p>OH MY GOSH PEPPERIMPS, I'M IN THE SAME EXACT SITUATION AS YOU! one of my really really good friends just got into FIT and we both really really want to go to new york together. sorry, random, but such a coincidence!</p>
<p>and amartin, I submitted an arts supplement! they sent me a cute email back to let me know they had recieved my emails. hahah, it made me feel really happy when I saw the email because it seemed somewhat personalized :)</p>
<p>For extras I sent a copy of my evaluation from PCP, my resume(which included all the 'other' stuff that didn't really have a spot on the common app), and I had an extra letter of recommendation sent from the head of the department I intern under my local art museum. I sent athletic supplements to some of my D3 schools but not to Barnard because D1 Ivy League is a bit too intimidating for me haha</p>
<p>amartin12- i sent in some stuff too! phew! I thought i was the only one. Around April vacation earlier this year a couple teens and I won this national competition among Girls Incorporated, which if you're not familiar is a non-profit organization that inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold, after completing this long process of designing a business which entailed a pre-application, a display board, actual products, a 30 page business plan and we were named finalists. Our prize was an all expense paid trip to NY for two weeks! There, we spent the whole week meeting corporate women on Wall Street; we also got to meet the two men of Google! (so exciting; there such big nerds! (lol) and the interesting thing about their success was that a WOMEN helped them with their idea of making money from the site google. That was when I met one of the women who attended Barnard at the time and decided to give my teammates and I a tour & I fell in LOVE with the school! So I explained that in a letter of description about my supplemental material which was the business plan we created ( a shorter version) and a portfolio we distributed to several Goldman Sachs Representatives of New York's Corporate Executives. I also sent an extra recommendation-don't know if that was a little too much but I'm excited; especially since my scores were (poop) lol. Hopefully it strengthens my application! (lol)</p>
<p>brandnewstate - That's awesome that we're in the same boat (in a really non-awesome, nerve-wracking way, heh)! Here's hoping we all get in and live those dreams of ours! :)</p>
<p>And I thought about submitting a writing supplement, but I wasn't entirely sure what to send in and how I'd structure it, so I decided against it.<br>
superwoman - That sounds like a fabulous project! I'm sure it will make up for scores - you learn so much more from big, hands-on projects like that than you can show on any standardized test, and I know that Barnard is concerned with the woman behind the stats!</p>
<p>pepperimps- Thanks! I was getting a little worried there (lol). I hope we all attend Barnard and continue to shine our awsomeness! :)</p>
<p>Part of me kind of hopes Barnard is reading this and seeing how much we love their school. Part of me doesn't, though, for obvious reasons.</p>
<p>Superwoman-Yeah, I know the feeling. I'm in the same boat with my standardized test scores. I'm hoping that my photo supplement will (help) make up for that.</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone!</p>
<p>Yea that's so cool! But hopefully it does help. Good luck to you too!</p>
<p>Oh wow. I wrote about brushing my teeth, too. XD</p>
<p>How I learned: my dad was an assistant professor at Columbia once upon a time.
Character(s): the animals from the kids' book Shady Glade.
Issue: money allocation at our public schools.</p>
<p>My personal essay is about my experiences in Mexico with poverty and how it put the rest of my life in context.</p>
<p>firefly16842- haha. That's cool! I wrote about looking in the mirror and telling myself "I'm strong, smart, bold, and beautiful" (which if you know about the non-profit organization Girls Incorporated, in which their mission is to inspire girls to be "strong, smart, and bold") I added beautiful and explained how being strong, smart, and bold is able to form a beautiful person beyond the external factors. </p>
<p>how i learned: corporate camp in new york city over the summer.</p>
<p>character (s): I used superheroes & wrote a little bit about Crime & Punishment (ironic that my name on here is "superwoman" (lol); I mostly spoke about women superheroes & how the average mom is a superhero. (also included some of my language (Haitian Creole)(if your familiar with that language) I used it to start off with a common proverb about doing "too much")</p>
<p>Issue: the power of youth voice; and how youth really have the power to change the world if they were worked together!</p>
<p>& my personal essay was about growing into a youth leader, not only in my own city but my entire state!- the thing I wanted to stand out the most was that my development from a depressed teen to a youth leader was in an environment that was ALL FEMALE. (i.e. Barnard is too) which I hope worked. (crossing fingers)</p>
<p>& aww Mexico. I wish I could go there, I heard it's beautiful! & My uncle who is completely fluent in Spanish went there and loved it! he told me about the "spirit of me-ji-co" (lol) </p>
<p>Hopefully we find out about admissions soon! (because I'm dyiing to know!)</p>
<p>firefly, yay for brushing teeth! I definitely thought that supplemental answer was my best; it showcased my eccentric personality brilliantly.</p>
<p>But yeah, I want my decision already! Last year, people started receiving decisions on March 22nd, so since it's January 18th, that's only about two months away. Considering I submitted my app on December 26th, I don't think this one month-ish wait has been that bad, so it's practically 1/3 done. Sorry for my rambling; I kind of think that if I ramble, time will pass more quickly ;)</p>
<p>exactly--that's why we're all posting, ne? ^^</p>
<p>Definitely.</p>
<p>I didn't type anything for about two minutes because I was just a shaking ball of anxiety. I think it's bad when one can't say anything, but is only absorbed in anxiety. Heh.</p>
<p>I'm someone who gets anxious easily, but waiting has been the most stress-free part for me. It was completing the application that was a nightmare.</p>
<p>Well, it goes both ways for me. Currently, I just don't know what to do. I keep thinking that I should do something (studying for finals would be a good thing to do), but then I keep thinking, "Barnard!" and it gets me sidetracked and nervous, with nothing accomplished. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>Also, I remember you talking about possibly going to Obama's inaguration. Are you going?</p>