<p>So many of us are starting to write our essays and filling out our applications, gathering last volunteering hours.. and such..</p>
<p>What is your to do list? What have you accomplished so far?</p>
<p>Lounge/regenerate from the school year
Abuse free soda policies at work
At least look at/get familiar with the Commonapp and Stanford supplement
Get letters of rec from teachers
Write my novel</p>
<p>As for accomplishment:</p>
<ol>
<li>Duh.</li>
<li>Duh.</li>
<li>No.</li>
<li>Barely.</li>
<li>1/40 of the way done</li>
</ol>
<p>finalizing the colleges im going to apply to
starting essays in the next couple weeks
working on internship with UMich professor 
getting rec letters</p>
<p>Get A’s in both of my Classes @ Carnegie Mellon U.
Prep for my SAT II’s (to be taken in Oct.)
Read the 3 books required for AP Eng. Lit next year
Do the 10 chapter outlines and quizzes required for AP Bio. next year
Start working on my college Applications</p>
<p>Finish the calc work I have to do for BC -in good shape
Start my webassign for AP physics- one problem done
read all 5 books for ap lit- about 2/3 done with 2 books
earn lots of money- i hate my job
volunteer- yup</p>
<p>Calc 1 Course (1/6 of the way done)
Full-time 9-week internship (For all of you who have 20-25 hours-per-week internships, I hate you. 7 x 40 hours-per-week = 280 long, long hours to go)
ED + EA Applications (Ha. Ha ha ha. Well, I LOOKED at the applications; does that count?)
Newspaper Column (my editor must be p**<em>ed off by now; my latest article’s almost a week late and I’m deliberately not looking at my e-mail)
SAT II Prep (Ha. Silly myself, that requires having free time and not wasting it on web comics and CC)
Volunteering? … *crickets</em> …
DRIVER’S LICENSE - Heck yeah! Well, I got ONE of my summer tasks done.</p>
<ol>
<li>Write my college essay</li>
<li>College Applications</li>
<li>Host a Battle of the Bands</li>
<li>Print Phone books for my high school</li>
<li>Do all my summer work</li>
<li><p>RELAX! Beach everyday</p></li>
<li><p>Done :)</p></li>
<li><p>Started..</p></li>
<li><p>Aug. 2nd :)</p></li>
<li><p>Ugh..in the making</p></li>
<li><p>I’ve only started Calc</p></li>
<li><p>Check Check Check Check</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Get a job</li>
<li>Write 1st drafts of college essays</li>
<li>fill out all the basic info for my common app (the easy part!)</li>
<li>get my AP calc summer homework done</li>
<li>get some sleeeeeeep for once!</li>
<li><p>party</p></li>
<li><p>yes, but they dont give me enough hours! grrr.</p></li>
<li><p>about 4 false starts. choosing a topic is proving difficult</p></li>
<li><p>done</p></li>
<li><p>1/20th of the way through. I filled out all the problems I knew how to do. Now i have to call my cousin the astrophysics major to explain the rest to me
5.working on it</p></li>
<li><p>obviously</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Do college apps/essays
Do Extended Essay (AHHHHH!)
Do writing for community service
Study for SATs and SAT IIs</p>
<p>AMCIW, just remember,</p>
<p>A lot of work wouldn’t get done if it weren’t for the last minute!</p>
<p>My d has already made that the mantra of her young life!</p>
<p>Get a job (check)
Read book for AP Gov and write essay about it (check on the book part)
Read book for AP Econ and write essay about it (I’ve read 3 pages…)
Read five books for AP Lit (haven’t even bought them yet)
Work on college essays (check…ish)
Visit the rest of my colleges (check)
Sleep for extreme amounts of time (check)</p>
<ol>
<li>volunter</li>
<li>Write 1st drafts of college essays</li>
<li>fill out all the basic info for applications</li>
<li>get my AP Eng Lang, Span Lit, US, Econ, and regular humanities (english for slackers)<br></li>
<li>summer school for required credit.</li>
<li>SAT I CR and grammar study</li>
<li>work out</li>
<li>college interview</li>
<li>SAT II Math I</li>
<li>AMC/ARML prep</li>
<li>Sleep</li>
<li><p>Relax.</p></li>
<li><p>50 hours so far, boo yah!</p></li>
<li><p>Done with main essay, the short description, & 2 supplemental essays (thank god most of my schools use the common app).</p></li>
<li><p>Haven’t come out yet. Plan to do by hand.</p></li>
<li><p>Heck no. That’s 5 research papers, 3 literary analysis essays, and one criticism in Spanish! Not to mention 6 books and a 30 page play in Spanish.</p></li>
<li><p>half way done. taking finals right now</p></li>
<li><p>4 practice tests so far. Improved by about 30-40 points.</p></li>
<li><p>1 hour a day.</p></li>
<li><p>not yet.</p></li>
<li><p>No need to study.</p></li>
<li><p>30 minutes a day.</p></li>
<li><p>8 hours a day.</p></li>
<li><p>Never, this is so stressful. :)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Bulk up on volunteer hours
AP Lit summer homework
College Essay
Common App and Supplements
Learn harmonica
RELAX</p>
<p>Accomplished:
- Yep. Volunteered at film festival, over 100 hours. Fun fun fun.
- HAHAHA. No.
- Yes. Editing.
- Uh… sort of…
- Playing it as I type. Yes. I’m talented.
- I’ve done little else… My parents are worried.</p>
<p>Get a job
Get better at guitar
Make more movies
Study for SAT
Study for the SAT2
Do well in my Precalc Course
Complete Summer Homework
Sign up for the right college classes next year
Get volunteering positions for next year</p>
<ol>
<li>I contacted the person yesterday…hopefully he responds soon!</li>
<li>Practicing every day</li>
<li>Not yet…I REALLY REALLY want to enter a festival this year.</li>
<li>Kindasorta…gonna take it more seriously now</li>
<li>Not at all. I should fix that.</li>
<li>Doing really well. 98% so far</li>
<li>Not even started. I’ll prob start today.</li>
<li>In the process right now…hopefully!</li>
<li>Yep! I’m pumped.</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Get a job</li>
<li>Study for SATs</li>
<li>Fill out common app</li>
<li>College essays
5.. Fill out apps for those stupid state schools that don’t take common app</li>
<li>Summer homework</li>
<li>Schedule things for Interact</li>
<li>Write stuff. Like stories and poems and stuff</li>
</ol>
<p>Accomplished (cough cough):
- I had one for two days. They fired me.
- Ha. But seriously, but first scores were horrible. I need to.
- Done
- Well. I have the UMich essays completely done. And I’ve done the supplement essay for Providence College. That counts for something, right?
- Done for Michigan State, not even out yet for UMich.
- Haha. No.
- Pretty sure no one realizes I haven’t done anything yet.
- I’ve written posts on CC. That counts. I think.</p>
<p>I was supposed to go college visiting.. but that hasnt happend YET</p>
<ol>
<li>Take two online required courses for school.</li>
<li>Study for SAT/ACT (both in Oct.)</li>
<li>Do summer homework for Lit and Bio</li>
<li>Band Camp</li>
<li>All State Marching Band Band Camp</li>
<li>Think about possible essay topics - just run ideas through my head</li>
<li>Plan out my extracurriclars for the year</li>
<li>Start to fill out the common app</li>
<li>Think about who I want to write recs for me</li>
<li>Begin studying for SATII’s in Nov (Math2 and Bio)</li>
<li>Practice Spanish with Rosetta Stone since I had to skip a full year last year</li>
</ol>
<p>Accomplished:
- Just finished both courses. Got A’s.
- Been studying strategies and reviewing material. I’m going to start doing practice tests now (the bulk of the practice).
- I started reading one of the books for Lit; I barely started the Bio.
- Been going to Band Camp. I’m Clarinet Section Leader now.
- Been going to practices. I have a parade two Saturday’s from now.
- I’ve been reading 2 books on essays. I have a pretty good idea of my essay topics now.
- I know what I need to do for ec’s next year.
- I filled out everything that wasn’t Academic honors/extracurriculars.
- I know two people I want to write rec’s for me; I still don’t know who I should ask for my math/science rec.
- Once I get my Bio prep book in the mail today I’m going to start studying for Bio.
- Just started practicing with Rosetta Stone.</p>
<p>1.Study for October SAT(primarily vocab)
2.finally visit colleges
3.finish common app
4.finish essays
5.work on gold award
6.work out
7.sleep alot
8.summer reading for english honors
9.AP Spanish work
10.go shopping
11.go to the beach
12.get license
13.look for scholarships
14.worry about not getting into any college</p>
<p>Accomplished:
- need to get more into it but I am reading my prep book
2.starting to-only visited 2 so far.
3.probly 3/4 way done
4.no…
5.a bit, not as much as I should
6.um i need to kick it up more but i have been for about 45 min/day
7.hell yea - i read one of the three books so far-the other two are short though
9.yes, but I’m still behind
10.yep!
11.only twice so far
12.YES!!
13.working on it
14.UNFORTUNATELY YES!</p>
<ol>
<li>Learn how to longboard</li>
<li>Win $2000 in online poker</li>
<li>Study for October SAT</li>
<li>Complete my internship</li>
<li>Get good at soccer</li>
<li>Read everyday</li>
<li>Read 8 books total</li>
</ol>
<p>Accomplished:
- Getting there, only fallen 3 times so far
- Apparently it’s “illegal,” so no >.>
- Studying a little bit every day or so
- Started 7/1, and ends 8/15 (or 8/18, not sure)
- In progres..
- Might have missed a day or two
- Gotten through 2 and a half so far</p>
<ol>
<li>Study SATs</li>
<li>Volunteer</li>
<li>Workout / run</li>
<li>Read more</li>
<li>Self-learn physics</li>
<li>Get better at math contests</li>
</ol>
<p>I’m in the process of doing all of them, except for 5 and 6.</p>