YES!!!!!!!!!!! Finally, the week I've spent the last three months waiting for has finally arrived! <3 Now with a tiny bit of free time I can finally fill you all in on what has been going on in my life (and trust me, it's a LOT). So hopefully I'll remember everything, so, in an attempt to do so, I will do it in the order of it's ruling my life. :P Ie: college, social life, and then school (that last one is a funny joke ;D).
So colleges! First off, apparently I'm amazing. I mean honestly, I cannot believe it; I was so worried that I was not going to get in anywhere that I could actually afford and that I'd be living with the parents for four more years but here's what's really up!
Colleges that are out:
For sure I'm not attending the University of Pittsburgh and New England. Still way too much money (only $10000 and $18000 respectively).
Probably out:
Fordham university has recently moved to this list for the pure fact that, even with free tuition, $15000 is too much for room and board. PLUS: they don't even have my major. Case Western is almost in the out list. For one thing, I'm still a little sore about not being accepted to the pre-proffessional program. Also, the $30000 scholarship still didn't even cover tuition. :P
Waiting on:
I'm still awaiting decisions from the big league! Harvard and Johns are still a mystery, but I got some really REALLY good news saying that I'm a "likely" candidate for Columbia, and that I should expect "favorable" results! <3 SO PSYCHED. I mean, I probably still won't be able to afford it, but even an acceptance is amazing.
Possibles:
University of Arkansas- Still just a backup school, but this weekend I went to the fellowship interviews. I only went in for the essays on Friday and then on the second day for a interview (which was only like 10 minutes long instead of 20), but I still got the highest and most distinguished award! Kind of crazy huh? They must have already really liked me. :) I had good odds though since they only pick 10 out of the hundreds that applied and 5/6 get the award. So now I won't have to pay, but that means I stay in state.
University of Michigan- I thought this one would be way too much money, but I got nominated for this special scholarship that I will have to go interview for at the end of the month. That'll cover room and board, as well as $15000 towards tuition. Plus, I got $20000 for just being nominated, so it really is an option!
Ohio State University- So here's the really big news: I GOT A FULL RIDE!!! Oh my goodness, I freaked out! I am so extremely happy! Only 10 people were awarded out of the 80 that interviewed and the 3000 that applied! I was really worried about it. See, when Ohio said the interview was at 1:40.....they meant 1:40 EST. O.O Luckily, I had gotten on nearly an hour early to be prepared, so I was only a few minutes late. Still, they had to switch me and the next interviewer (which I was still really worried). Right now as everything stands, it is my first choice because I won't have to worry about anything and Ohio seems like a good college experience. :)
So, doing some math, my scholarships added all together for four years amount to at LEAST $700000! Pretty legit huh? I could buy a nice house with that ;).
Socialness time!
Well last weekend was certainly crazy! Not only did I have fellowship things, but my bestie Animal Cracker came! Ahhh, it was great! I had an absolute blast! We chilled and watched the first whole season of the Walking Dead plus some other movies. (By the way, I just love Glenn!)
Okay, so I had something that kinda threw me of happen the other day. Math sponsored a pie eating contest for donations to UNICEF on pi day (3/14) and at the very end, one of the contestants was talking to me. At the end of the day, he showed up again and he was flirting with me, which I mean is nice and all. It's a compliment. The next day, he's waiting for me again outside the buses and he walks me, not only to my class but comes into my first period and sits next to me to keep talking to me. Then things go too serious way too fast. Then he gives me a note saying he's seen me around for a while now and that he's always wanted to talk me (kinda stalkerish but ok), and in the note is a necklace. O.o Yea. Just got creepy. I'm sure he was just being nice and all but uh NO THANKS. I have a boyfriend <3.
Otherwise, the rest of my friends are cool. :D Matilde just laughed at me at the situation above .-..
For lent, I gave up Fanfiction (it makes me want to cry when I think about it, I miss it so much!). As a result, I've gotten even MORE into Anime, Manga, and iPod apps. Right now I've added Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (I watched all of Fullmetal Alchemist with my parents) and Mushi to the series I watch already. As for manga, I'm really into Dengeki Daisy. <3 I seriously LOVE it! As for my iPod apps I've gone through a few obsessions including Draw Something and iAssociate 2, but right now it's Adventure Bar Story (which is a lot like Harvest moon and Final Fantasy stuck together!). As a result, I still haven't reading the Fountainhead. :P I did read the Awakening which wasn't all that great.
School:
Senioritis is in FULL swing. Really, I doubt I care that much. This last week ESPECIALLY! The hour change has thrown me off terribly. So, instead of fixing it, I have stayed up extra late :D. Still, I don't need to do much to do well anyway. X) I think the teachers are pretty much accepting that the disease is running rampant. ^^'
I'm sure there's been lots more, but I'm going to go enjoy my spring break!
Hasta Lluego!
~S~
