Yale Class of 2016 RD Discussion Thread

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<li>Rice and Stanford :)</li>
<li>I broke two toes; not a very impressive story…running on the wet kitchen floor, tripped and fell.</li>
<li>I speak Arabic, and Spanish. :)</li>
<li>Hmm…</li>
<li>Gandhi the Giraffe. Has a nice ring to it, right?</li>
<li>Walk through New York City, handing a dollar to every tenth stranger I see until I’m out of money. A thousand different people, a thousand different stories.</li>
<li>European History</li>
<li>I’m decently attractive. Not very attractive; but attractive enough to get by.</li>
<li>Trying to save someone in a burning house.</li>
<li>Basketball, football, baseball.</li>
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<li>Oberlin? </li>
<li>Never</li>
<li>I have no sense of smell :slight_smile: and I’m white, but since I lived in Latin America for awhile I speak fluent Spanish :D</li>
<li>I’m a picky eater and I have a phobia of trying new foods.</li>
<li>Albuquerque? That was the first thing that came to mind. </li>
<li>Either save it or accidentally spend it all on little things</li>
<li>Chem, probably. And @waitinganxiously/others with the same opinion, sorry to be biased!! :smiley: Our school doesn’t have IB yet, so I always forget about it, though that sounds terrible. No offense or superiority intended.</li>
<li>Very average. Not pretty, not ugly.</li>
<li>Posing after being covered in concrete</li>
<li>Anything athletic, relaxing, and putting on makeup</li>
<li>Talking to people, sightreading (music), and learning foreign languages.</li>
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<li>Harvard, Princeton, Oxford</li>
<li>Have not broken one yet</li>
<li>I really come alive on stage</li>
<li>I’m actually bad at keeping secrets. Yes, that’s a secret.</li>
<li>Barley Kensington</li>
<li>Fly to and from Paris. Tix are cheap now!</li>
<li>Well I only take AP Calculus, so I’ll say IB French V</li>
<li>My personality is attractive, and that is what counts</li>
<li>Getting killed by Chuck Norris</li>
<li>Flirting, eating my vegetables, and sports I’ve never played</li>
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<li>Vanderbilt (already got waitlisted) and Stanford</li>
<li>I broke my tailbone. I used to do figure skating and I fell during a jump. Seriously painful.</li>
<li>I’ve had 3 organs removed.</li>
<li>I eat mashed potatoes with ketchup :)</li>
<li>Henrietta</li>
<li>Save for college!</li>
<li>Statistics! </li>
<li>Eh.</li>
<li>Probably like as a Roman gladiator, or some kind of ancient warrior. Like Brad Pitt in Troy <3</li>
<li>Chemistry, crocheting, and playing video games, haha.</li>
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<p>Just for fun: responding to others’ posts!
@ribalto: love the giraffe name
@littlepenguin: you have a SCAR from SLEEPWALKING?! do tell!
@lolToasty: nice way to die XD and you can’t talk yet about the Yale thing :slight_smile:
@takashisaito: bummer about UChicago… the oatmeal thing is funny, though, my mom eats spaghetti raw
@dariceguy13: number nine made me laugh
@RUKidding: you remind me of this guy at our school (not trying to assume your gender or anything :slight_smile: ) who got accepted to the Naval Academy-- very respectable. I like the positive question you added :slight_smile:
@alexcuad: based on #10 alone, I now have a picture of you as being adorkable.
@NorwegianFish: Hooray! Well, I’ve never heard of someone who didn’t enjoy their time at Yale. thanks for reading our thread! :smiley:
@waitinganxiously: awwww best of luck on 4. :slight_smile:
@musiclvr: I watched all of Total Drama Island. so no sweat.
@Brownford: what do you like to photograph? anything particularly?
@qcassidy: I am <em>terrified</em> of public speaking, and I also love calculus</p>

<p>I’ve decided that I am going to respond to everyone, 'cause I need a distraction :slight_smile:
@perry772: amen to #8
@DrumMajor: …3 organs!!!</p>

<p>This is so fun!!! Thanks ermsypermsy for starting the game:)</p>

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<li>Columbia, Stanford, Princeton, Brown (too many?)</li>
<li>Nope! </li>
<li>i take notes of what movie i’ve seen for 3 years and i’m about to hit 400</li>
<li>I’m incredibly obsessed with the show Friends and I’ve watched every episode of Friends at least 4 times. (my friends know i like it, they don’t know how obsessed i am)</li>
<li>Fluffy</li>
<li>online shop</li>
<li>Calculus (i like math…)</li>
<li>sometimes</li>
<li>die old
and lastly, </li>
<li>speaking french, dancing, hiking</li>
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<ol>
<li>Dream schools other than Yale?
Dartmouth or Harvard… I’m fairly undecided!

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<li>Ever broken a bone? / Got a cool story about it?
Thankfully… no. :)</li>
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<li>Something interesting about you
I’ve been to the largest MUN conference in the world.

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<li>A secret. It doesn’t have to be major. But remember that none of us will ever know who the others are.
No one at my school knows I applied to any other ivies besides Yale.</li>
<li>If you had a pet giraffe, what would you name it?
Theo</li>
<li>You just got a thousand dollars. What do you do with it?
I would probably donate it to cancer research.</li>
<li>Favorite AP course.
Chemistry without a doubt! I love calculus, but it isn’t AP at my school.</li>
<li>Do you consider yourself attractive?
Eh… Moderately at best.</li>
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<li>What, in your opinion, is the most macho way to die?
Finding the fountain of youth and not actually dying.</li>
<li>Three things you’re terrible at
Frisbee, Singing, and Art.</li>
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<li>Brown, maybe Princeton</li>
<li>Nope</li>
<li>I make great Buffalo wings</li>
<li>I like annoying people sometimes and I do it on purpose.</li>
<li>YOLO, except I would say the whole saying every time I call it as in: “you only live once, stop eating that tree!”</li>
<li>Buy 2 Ritter Sport chocolate bars maybe a nice outfit and shoes and put the rest in the bank. Gotta be savin dat monay. Ya feel me?</li>
<li>Calculus AB</li>
<li>“I like what I see when I’m looking at me when I’m walking past the mirror”</li>
<li>Idk</li>
<li>Drawing, and hiding my facial expressions.</li>
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<p>hahaha thanks, DorytheFish! :smiley: I’m procrastinating, and I like talking to people, it helps me calm down :slight_smile:
you can’t have too many dream schools, I’m totally torn if I don’t get into Yale. and wootwoot, calculus!
@swimfreak001: in response to 6, you are a very generous human being :D</p>

<p>@Sprinter246 haha #4, that’s kinda what I’m probably doing right now, I’m getting neurotic and just being like I’LL TALK TO EEEVERYONE!!</p>

<p>@ermsypermsy thanks :). My life has been touched by cancer a lot :/. I lost a very close friend to leukemia at 10, and my mother had breast cancer… But thankfully my mom had it removed and is a okay now!</p>

<p>Figure it’s as good a time as any to stop lurking and actually post ;)</p>

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<li>Princeton.</li>
<li>Broke my ankle after being chased by a boy. How things change…</li>
<li>I am atrocious at compartmentalizing.</li>
<li>I read atrocious, cliche, overdone romance novels … and manage to enjoy them anyway. </li>
<li>Oh man, I’m awfully uncreative … Jake, I guess, because I’m boring :(</li>
<li>Donate half to charity, buy a nice dress or two with the other. </li>
<li>AP European History by far. </li>
<li>Lol no. </li>
<li>Going to have to agree with Darice here haha </li>
<li>Waiting, waiting for three months, and waiting for three months for college decisions.</li>
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<p>@xlivelovelaughx: soooo true on #10, I’m going to be happy when this is done</p>

<p>Haha. I haven’t been on since SCEA, so I thought i’d add to the fun.</p>

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<li>Dream schools other than Yale?
Hmm. Either Case’s or Rice/Baylor’s combined med programs</li>
<li>Ever broken a bone? / Got a cool story about it?
Nope - sorry nothing interesting to add.</li>
<li>Something interesting about you
If I could, I’d learn all the languages that ever existed, I’d travel to all the countries, I’d help every single person in need. But I can’t, so I can only do what I can with the limitations I have.</li>
<li>A secret. It doesn’t have to be major. But remember that none of us will ever know who the others are.
I sometimes wish I could fly. Feel the breeze in my hair. It seems so free.</li>
<li>If you had a pet giraffe, what would you name it?
Raffe… I’m bad at naming things…</li>
<li>You just got a thousand dollars. What do you do with it?
So if I didn’t save it for college… I’d use it to travel to Peru and work with their healthcare system. Maybe help save lives. I’d be doing what I love.</li>
<li>Favorite AP course.
Physics C - mainly because of the teacher and the fact that I’m the only female in the class. I look forward to it every day</li>
<li>Do you consider yourself attractive?
Obviously. Mila Kunis and Kim Kardashian attractive! Not. :stuck_out_tongue: I have so much trouble judging myself… so I’m not even going to try.</li>
<li>What, in your opinion, is the most macho way to die?
Honestly, I agree with RUkidding. For your country. I admire anyone who has the courage and strength (mentally and physically) to serve for the country. I have a friend who is going to the Naval academy and I have not seen anyone with more passion for our country. </li>
<li>Three things you’re terrible at</li>
<li>Staying away from someone in pain - It pains ME. I’d rather be hurting than see a random stranger pained.</li>
<li>Making quick decisions - I prefer to think things out.</li>
<li>Stepping away from an opportunity to make new friends/do new things. I know a lot of people are shy… but I love meeting new people and talking to people.</li>
<li>History. 'nuff said.</li>
<li>Three things you’re good at</li>
<li>I’m Passionate: I do what I love and I love what I do. There is no questioning that.</li>
<li>I am good exploring, finding new things: I absolutely love to discover new things, cultures, languages, people, places. It’s all so interesting to me.</li>
<li>Being busy: I pack my schedule with anything from ice skating to going to a movie with friends to research to… a ton of different things. I just LOVE to have things to do. I guess this really adds onto the previous two; I love being with people and doing new things, so I take advantage of all the time I have to do it.</li>
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<p>I apologize for the atrociously large post… Haha.</p>

<p>@ermsypermsy Yes, 3 organs… tonsils, gallbladder and appendix! Hahaha. My body seems to be purging itself of unnecessary body parts.</p>

<p>I could have sworn I saw tongue instead of tonsils. I was seriously puzzled.</p>

<ol>
<li>Dream schools other than Yale?
Columbia or Harvard</li>
<li>Ever broken a bone? / Got a cool story about it?
Nothing broken but bruised my ankle really badly (doctor said i would have been better off breaking it) when I walked off stage after a presentation not realizing how big the drop was…thankfully everyone had left the auditorium by then : )</li>
<li>Something interesting about you
I’ve lived in 17 different cities over the past 17 years</li>
<li>A secret. It doesn’t have to be major. But remember that none of us will ever know who the others are.
I love watching Arthur with my little brother</li>
<li>If you had a pet giraffe, what would you name it?
Jiffy the giraffe</li>
<li>You just got a thousand dollars. What do you do with it?
Donate it to charity to promote the education of young girls</li>
<li>Favorite AP course.
Liking AP Bio this year but loved AP Chem last year b/c of the teacher and the wild demonstrations he did</li>
<li>Do you consider yourself attractive?
I guess, can’t really judge</li>
<li>What, in your opinion, is the most macho way to die?
Saving your best friend/family member from a speeding car hurtling towards them at 90 mi/hr</li>
<li>Three things you’re terrible at</li>
<li>Saying no</li>
<li>Sports except badminton and dance (if you didn’t catch on from the username)</li>
<li>Waiting…seems like it’s all I’ve been doing for the past few months though </li>
<li>Three things you’re good at</li>
<li>Helping others/being reliable: Even though I have trouble saying no to people when they ask for help, whatever I do commit to I get it done</li>
<li>I’m curious: love to ask questions/wonder how this works and then figure it out…probably them best moment in the world when the light bulb goes off in your head after you figure something out</li>
<li>Cooking</li>
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<p>@benfranklin1: I know what you mean, I love meeting new people :slight_smile:
@DrumMajor: well dang! Hopefully you’re finished, uh, purging body parts XD
@dancer100: SEVENTEEN cities??? And what do you like to cook? ha, all I can do is blueberry pie.</p>