How to get through the College Admission Process

2004-01-03T11:55:00.000-05:00

today I submitted my last application to st. johns! Who would've thought that it would be the last of seven, as opposed to the last of four. I'm sorry, but when my friend Laura - who has a 94 average, is an equestrian of however many years, and a swimmer, and a photographer - told me she didn't get accpeted to SUNY Cornell, I woke up and realized, the chances of me getting in anywhere were very slim. I'm very smart and I got one of the highest SATs in my school, but I felt that even with my vast academic improvement of the last two years, the admissions people at all those schools would only see me as a very smart person who is a slacker. Hopefully, they won't see it that way, but I know the truth - I'm an intelligent person with a great amount of potential that I have not uitlized fully throughout the past four years. My goal now is to utilize the the tools that God has given me to the fullest extent and to make all the students of color that I come in contact with who don't take their academics seriously, realize the importance of quality education.

2004-01-03T11:40:00.000-05:00

today i submitted the applications for pace and fordham. The funny thing is, when my mother walked in and I told her I just submitted whatever application I was finishing at the time, she asked "What, NYU?" She forgot that she had already seen last week the very one that she had encourgaed and forced me to submit, get submitted. At that moment, I thought to myself "I could've just told her I submitted it and used the $60 application fee to buy a little something for myslef online, and she wouldn't have even known the difference." I didn't give much follow-up to that thought though, because in the end I was glad I submitted the NYU application, after all, there's no harm in trying.

2003-12-18T23:25:00.000-05:00

i tried to tell my mom to just forget about me applying to Columbia, Barnard, and NYU, but she refuses to listen to me. I tried to tell her there's a greater chance of michael jackson not being attracted to little boys than me getting into those schools, i even went on the websites to view the admission statistics. "Numbers don't lie", I tried to tell my mother, but she just continues to hold steadfast to that infentisimal chance that I might get in. Instead of arguing, I just finished them up today and submitted them online. Can't wait to see how quick those rejection letters come!

2003-12-08T19:09:00.000-05:00

constance, daugher i got up early on saturday morning, while you were out at pathmark, gleefully grocery shopping in the blizzard, and went online to fill out more of my applications, and the rest of my weekend, i spent following my bliss- watching The Power of Myth with Joseph Campbell and Heritage:Civilization and the Jews on PBS. Who cares if I only spent a fraction of my weekend doing college-related work; I'm a newly proclaimed existentialist who is indifferent to universe and life and the college admissions process and realizes that all those things are indifferent to me too.

2003-12-08T19:03:00.000-05:00

sharon. mother: did we do any college related work this weekend? The deadlines are coming fast!! You know that I'm looking for high schools for your sister, and middle schools for my students. Plus I'm finishing up my semester at grad school!!

2003-12-08T19:00:00.000-05:00

sharon. mother: why cant i type what i want to type? are you yawning Constance? Don't yawn, it's only 7:00p.m., we still have to look at Everwood, I mean look for scholarships on-line.

2003-12-08T18:43:00.000-05:00

Lookin at king of queens instead of looking for scholarship sites, but then if the college sees this what will they think?