<p>I do MUN at my school, We won Best Small Delegation at the WEIMUN conference over the summber and Outstanding Small Delegation at the Yale conference this year @LAMuniv</p>
<p>@XxCountdownxX Congrats! I never really got in to MUN, having been completely indoctrinated into mock trial in the first couple weeks of my freshman year :P</p>
<p>@XxCountdownxX A FELLOW MUN-er? YAY! I think we won Best Small Delegation @ Davis MUN in 2012… and so far, I’ve gotten three awards. Never a gavel, though - that’s what I’m aiming for with my last high school conference! ;)</p>
<p>Where’s WEIMUN??</p>
<p>International China Conference @jackson61</p>
<p>Anyone here do any Olympiads and/or Science Olympiad?</p>
<p>@matrixsurgeon I wept for humanity when I heard them say that. It was… painful. And oh Lord EVERYONE should know about Lafayette! The American Revolution/the Declaration of Independence/his friendship with Thomas Jefferson are the REASONS why he supported a constitutional monarchy in France during the First French Revolution!</p>
<p>@XxCountdownxX Cool! Congratulations on your awards :)</p>
<p>@jackson61
Glad to hear of someone who appreciates the integrity of historical events! I always try to set things straight about historical events and such if I hear something mentioned that is off or not right. One of the reasons the American public has been so extreme throughout history’s important events is that the right information was not spread!</p>
<p>@matrixsurgeon And that is why I’m a History major! Thinking of either becoming a lawyer or a college professor :)</p>
<p>…no way
you guys are so awesome
fellow history nerds are the best nerds</p>
<p>@roxy481 We are the GREATEST. You gonna major in History too?</p>
<p>wow I am loving this history enthusiasm! Happily I was fortunate enough to go to a history obsessed school, where our curriculum was designed to start with ancient mythology in grade 4 and move all the way through to 2000 by the end of Year 12</p>
<p>If something magical happens and I’m admitted, I am planning on double majoring in Global Studies and Ethics, Politics and Economics</p>
<p><strong><em>JEALOUS</em></strong></p>
<p>@SummerAus
WHAT!!! You have tasted developmental education of the development of history! Lucky…</p>
<p>( 
See what I did there? )</p>
<p>I am totally lost with all this American history talk though! (American citizen but born and raised in Melbourne, Australia). we didn’t do ANY American history at school until Year 11. I did some independent projects on American History and my extended essay for my IB diploma on the New Deal and we studied the Cold War in HL IB history (best class of my life- my teacher was American actually) but anything earlier I know practically nothing</p>
<p>if any of you have any reading recommendations to catch myself up that would be awesome! Also, have you guys read The Uses and Abuses of History? Short read and I would highly recommend it to any history lover</p>
<p>@SummerAus
Read all three books of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follet, filled with credible and accurate information and provides for a view on the life on all sides of WW1, WW2, and the Cold War. The third book doesn’t come out till this Fall though. I think you will love it! </p>
<p>The socialist I am, I would recommend Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. (You should probably read some more general works first, though, as Zinn writes from a different perspective than what most historians (that I’ve read) do.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness. So much history discussion. I like history, but I like to do it at my own pace. I’m not history buff, but I think college history classes will be much more interesting than my high school ones. I like discussion, and in high school, it’s just read, take notes, and take tests.</p>
<p>I’m a math person. It comes naturally to me. I love problem solving.</p>
<p>waiting for decisions is like waiting for godot</p>