round 2 anybody? - Page 2

BrendanSH · 12-21-2005, 08:20 PM

I hope that I am going to end up in the same situation as you, Ben. No phone call, and I still haven't gotten anything in the mail.

Why can't the postal service be more efficient? I'm dying here!!!

oli_ · 12-23-2005, 12:12 PM

I got a letter (and not the good kind) on Tuesday...

BenSnyder · 12-23-2005, 02:42 PM

Just out of curiosity, what did you all write about for your essays?

For me:

1. Basically a history of my life. I wrote about the impact music, a gifted and talented program, math, and sports, and service had on my life. I spent most time on this essay, because I felt it probably carried the most weight.

2. A overview of the mathematics behind the Harter Heighway Dragon Curve.

3. I made it clear how badly I wanted to go, and focused on the the three pillars. I spent the least time on this essay, figuring that most people who apply to DS want to go for the same reasons.

shivers256 · 12-27-2005, 10:57 AM

I don't feel like going into depth with what my essays were about. But I'll say this: the first one didn't answer the question at all. That being said, I thought it was quite a fine essay.

I read in last year's batch of College Confidential talk that people found out in late february if they got in. I know it said april in the packet that I received, but do you think that that's just a formality? That could spare the walls a couple of months of me bouncing off them.

IzzyJ · 12-30-2005, 05:25 PM

A classmate of mine last year got to Round 2 of Deep Springs but unfortunately (after flyin' to the U.S. from Romania in the winter of February or something to visit the campus) he didn't make the cut.

I will say to all of you good luck! I remember how he was moaning about the additional essays for Round 2, yet he was absolutely psyched about it.

ryanap · 03-03-2006, 04:52 PM

I am just a 10th grader but I am thinking of applying to Deep Springs. Does anyone have any suggestions or anything that you could have done better if you had two years to plan?

SpinDoctor · 03-06-2006, 10:48 PM

Read a ****load of classic, intellectual, and roundbreaking novella.

Kjoodles · 03-21-2006, 07:57 AM

Ryan- whatever happens, don't be lazy and waste time procrastinating.