<p>tieeris - i still have a page to write from my macbeth paper…they are huge distractions that don’t seem to be disappearing until i get that letter. haha</p>
<p>aww hah thats nice wait random but was his name tom? hahahahahahah</p>
<p>oh and i have been reading the same page on Buddhism for 20 minutes just sayingg</p>
<p>Nah, his name was Shane. I gotta say that I really appreciate you guys’ being here. Upon looking it up, one person in the last five years has applied to Swat from my school. It’s nice to know that somebody out there appreciates the school as well. (-:</p>
<p>All that said, though, I have class in 7 hours and really ought to be, well, sleeping. Goodnight!</p>
<p>I don’t even have any work to do and I’m still up hahaha</p>
<p>okay yeah… i should go to sleep or actually study or something? hahah
4 tests tomorrow wo0o0o</p>
<p>i’ll probably talk to you guys tomorrow when i find out when exactly theyre mailing the letters
…ending the mystery</p>
<p>Swat - I am the first person from my school to ever apply to Swat! (to my knowledge, my school seemed to not really know about it…so)</p>
<p>oh and just so you know tom was another guy who said he was kind of mean to his spec because his spec acted like he smoked all the time and took one hit and like threw up or something? hahahahhaha
fav story i heard that couple of days</p>
<p>Kaithags definitely let us know! I’m still counting on Thursday though.</p>
<p>My school has had two apply to Swarthmore over the past 6 years I think and both were accepted.</p>
<p>i have a page left to write, so until i’m finished with that…i’ll be up!</p>
<p>Wow, hjohnston. A trailblazer! (That’s really cool, actually!)</p>
<p>And that one person who applied from my school?</p>
<p>2400 SAT
4.4 out of 4.5 GPA
6 AP Courses
Minority Status
Founder of an independent newspaper that had to fight its way through the Board of Ed in order for its free press rights to be recognized.</p>
<p>None of that gives me much confidence… (Except, perhaps, for the fact that I’ve got 7 AP classes. It appears my adversary and I have one thing in common–masochistic scheduling habits.)</p>
<p>haha this week is a really light week for me(although next weeks gonna be hell). maybe its meant for me to spend so much time being anxious about swat this week!!! because if i had a lot of work to do, i would be screwed, period. hahaha plus, tomorrow i have a half dayy:) ahh so excited</p>
<p>swat - something like that! haha.</p>
<p>tieeris - how come you have a half day?</p>
<p>good luck!
someone in my school got in last year b/c of baseball
…wishing i could still run hating liiife hah i would have totally been in but whatever</p>
<p>i dont know of anyone who applied before then</p>
<p>haha my district has like 4? of those half days every year…i dont even know why. haha its not really “half” though, since school ends at 12 45…but im still excited.</p>
<p>The two from my school were totally different. One was a TOTAL genius who was valedictorian and basically perfect at everything. The other got 1900 on her SATs, is a minority and was pretty average, I think… well average for Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Which leads me to ask… honestly, how much do you think being a minority affects your chances?</p>
<p>i think if youre hispanic or africann american you have a much better chance in getting in.</p>
<p>i wish that we had random half days!</p>
<p>Hmm okay. I asked before just because I’m listed as “European descent and Choctaw”. None of my friends or teachers have given me a straight answer about whether or not this helps me in any way. So, I just wanted some opinions haha.</p>
<p>a solid 60% of Swat is a minority (HUGE difference with US demographics - 25% minorities) so basically the “majority” in the United States is somewhat of a “minority” at Swat hha</p>
<p>plus being a girl makes your chances go down too. Guys:girls applicants according to someone earlier is 2:3</p>
<p>add in some middle class ness and you have one really screwed white girl hahaha</p>
<p>(please dont be offended i’m just kidding)</p>