<p>@Philo - you must be really, really bored cx</p>
<p>I already got into one 
But… I don’t really want to go there. Waaaaay too sportsy for my taste.</p>
<p>I think what happens is, after you graduate, you work at admissions offices as an underling, and are offered your way up to be an officer.</p>
<p>And I think it’s almost essential for admissions officers to be young, cause they know what the school is like currently and what type of students will fit in well. Either they should be young or very in touch, very, with campus life.</p>
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<p>I think I’ll read a book. I heard Life of Pi was awesome.</p>
<p>Philo… compute my critical mass. The rest is up to yale, I’ve done all I can, my next four years may very well be in the hands of a 20-some tall copper-toned guy who hopefully has the best cup of coffee in his life before opening my app.</p>
<p>Philo, Life of Pi is honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read.</p>
<p>It was very good - a bit overly philosophical, of course, but I read it sophomore year at the recommendation of my English teacher, so perhaps I was too young to understand it fully?</p>
<p>It also helped to shape my spiritual and religious beliefs, too, but my family is nonreligious so that may not happen to everyone haha.</p>
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<p>I’ll need a list of schools you are interested in, sans the safeties (well, I can chance you for those, too, if you want).</p>
<p>And your stats…including state of school, public or private, and if on par with others/best in area/nationally ranked.</p>
<p>PM it.</p>
<p>“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo made a huge impact on me. I’m also non-relgious so maybe thats why, but the ideas in that book are beautiful</p>
<p>hm, any other book recommendations? I won’t have time until winter break, but at least I’ll know what to put on my Christmas list.</p>
<p>Life of Pi it is, then. My English teacher adores it.</p>
<p>So far, the best book I’ve ever read is Victor Frankl’s Man’s Quest For Meaning. You can just feel the psych and the philosophy touching.</p>
<p>“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo made a huge impact on me. I’m also non-relgious so maybe thats why, but the ideas in that book are beautiful.</p>
<p>I read a lot of quotes from that one. The prose seems really didactic for a novel.</p>
<p>The language in Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck is absolutely gorgeous. I’ve been reading alot of autobiographies lately, the one by Langston Hughes is really interesting, he was an African American poet who was poor most of his life. The richness in his life came in the form of the people, places and experiences he encountered. He arrived in Paris with only 7 american dollars, and was a sailer for may years. You should also read Tracks by Louise Erdyche, it was a mandatory read in class but the language and storyline there is also powerful, </p>
<p>On a side note, has anyone seen Amadeus? I keep meaning to watch it…</p>
<p>Yeah Philo the language is not the most poetic but it was translated so maybe thats why</p>
<p>Amadeus is an awesome movie. It’s very comical.</p>
<p>redboldx i’m canadian too! :D</p>
<p>I second “The Alchemist”. Easy read, stellar ideas. Such an idealistic book but it still is amazing at the power of it.</p>
<p>And watch Amadeus! It’s great. They do not portray Mozart in a positive light if you’re a huge worshipper, but he deserves it :P</p>
<p>they showed my music class Amadeus in grade 7…it was scarring</p>
<p>Canadian party!</p>
<p>break out the beaver hats and maple syrup</p>
<p>canadian2013 where are you from (:</p>