<p>So it would seem, maybe us kids aren’t as interesting as we used to be. More interesting than my calculus homework, certainly.</p>
<p>haha, I am currently diving head first into wonderful world of scholarships… which is quite terrifying because no one in my fam can help with this.</p>
<p>I hope this thread sticks around for awhile. At the moment, I have no questions that need answering - but I’m sure that will change soon. </p>
<p>Danielle, good luck with your search for scholarships - I’m sure you can get loads of info/help on CC. I wish I could help you out, but we haven’t reached that stage yet.</p>
<p>here comes one, based on another thread on this board - do any of you know of, or have any friends whose parents have basically filled out their college applications and/or written their essays. If yes, what do you think about it?</p>
<p>I’ve known parents who have filled out some of the basic personal information, on occasion–things like address, siblings’ degrees and years, etc. Though I think students should try to do that stuff for themselves if they can, I don’t have much of a problem with it.</p>
<p>I don’t know of anyone who has had essays written by their parents or anything on that level. It’s a sad statement for all concerned, though.</p>
<p>I do not know of anyone whose parents have done this, yet most of my friends applied to only schools that did not require essays… except for my best friend whose schools include stanford and UCLA and she will not take help from anyone, lol. Actually with one exception. I know this girl who had like a 3.7uw gpa but could not write an essay for the life of her. Her sister later told me that she wrote it for her.</p>
<p>If the app is done for the child, then good luck to him or her when he/she arrives at college.</p>
<p>But then again, when California’s educational system is rated I believe 48th in the country, can we really blame our peers for their inadequacies??? Maybe if I went to school in New York I would know how to spell.</p>
<p>I have a friend who told me that one of her acquaintances had his mother write his application letter. He now has his girlfriend write his english papers. She reported both of these things to the University and didn’t even receive a response. I think it’s pathetic and irresponsible for parents and students to violate the honor code before the student even applies.</p>
<p>My parents read and provided feedback on my essays, as did my friends, teachers, and brother, but every single word was my own.</p>
<p>Ninja, I have a question for you!
I am considering purchasing an ipod… which would not be for awhile as it would come after paying for the mailbox, paying to get my brakes fixed, and purchasing everyone’s xmas present…</p>
<p>Anyway, if you were to create the best playlist ever, what would it consist of?</p>
<p>You have always had interesting opinions thus far, I am quite interested in your response.</p>
<p>Oh my, what a difficult question. While I can’t say it’s the “best ever” playlist, I’ll post the tracklist of a recent mix I made for a friend of mine that’s fairly representative of my taste. I listen to a massive amount of music. So much music in fact, that I have spent $900 on my home CD player, headphone amp, and headphones. I enjoy a lot of sample based music like DJ Shadow and Amon Tobin. I also listen to indie rock (The Unicorns, Belle & Sebastian, Beck) and some heavy electronic music (Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares, Kid Koala). Justice, Interpol, some mixed up rap in there too. Oh, and I’ve been on a big mix-tape jag lately, Now, Listen Again! by DJ Food & DK. And the classics (Disraeli Gears by Cream, Revolver by The Beatles). Rap: El-P, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Aesop Rock, old Nas, old Wu-Tang Clan, I’m rambling, I’m sorry. My current list of albums to buy is 126, of varying importance. The top few include Tricky, Joy Division, Radiohead (the new one), Yo La Tengo, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Pavement, and Kaito.</p>
<p>Winning Style - Propellerheads
Sabotage - The Beastie Boys
Girls - The Prodigy
Mastermind - Deltron 3030
In Space - Royksopp
The Test - Chemical Brothers
Sea Legs - The Shins
Human Interest - Hooverphonic
A Higher Place - Royksopp
This Strange Effect - Hooverphonic
At the End of the Day - Amon Tobin</p>
<p>Not going to lie, have not heard of most artists you have suggested yet I intend to listen and keep a very open mind.</p>
<p>Haha, for AP brit lit I have to let the responses speak to me as I read a series of questions and write reflectively for as long as I feel inspired… I am going to go inspire myself. Thank for your response to my question, and have a wonderful night Ninja. Oh wait. One more. What colleges are you applying to?</p>
<p>I’m from NC so I’m applying to UNC-CH and Davidson (bro attends) and then Carleton College. I got a likely letter from UNC and I’m visiting on Friday for the day. We’ll see how it goes. What about you? For both music and colleges, of course.</p>
<p>The musical influences on my life? I love alternative stuff and most of my favs are mainstream because I do not rock at life with my originality skills. Let us see, I love john maher. I realize that may fall under heavy critisism, but what can I say? He makes me happy. Feist, Relient K, jack johnson (I am talking love affair status), robin thicke, the first cd of maroon 5 (and I still listen to it often and sing it in my shower), the almost, the decemberists, Muse, Set you goals and buck cherry.</p>
<p>Colleges, UCB (lol, way reach but everybodys doin it!), Santa Clara University, St Marys college of California, University of San DIego, U of San Fran, UCSB, UCSD, and haha cal luteran because it was like $10 to apply and in case NO WHERE wants me.</p>
<p>Apply to college in California!</p>
<p>UNC-Asheville is my safety. Have a great night! Don’t stay up too late now…except that it’s <em>not</em> late over there. I’ll consider it, my dad’s been riding me to apply to Claremont McKenna because he likes their color scheme. No joke.</p>
<p>Haha, apply to a school in california!! (my govenator told my i had to do my part to improve our economy)</p>
<p>Lol, but ninja you were doing such a good job distracting me from my reflective writing.</p>
<p>okay I’ve got a good question. </p>
<p>Break it down for us, percentage wise, because I know it can mean both. When kids say “hooked up with” how many mean “had sex with” versus “made out with”?</p>
<p>SBmom – I’ll give you the 21-year old point of view. But note that this definition differs between age groups and geographic locations.</p>
<p>For my group of friends, I’d say “hooked up” means “had sex” about 25% of the time; and “made out with” 75%.
[When I was in high school these numbers were more like 2% sex and 98% making out.]</p>
<p>Saying you hooked up often brings the followup question: “Did you HOOK UP hook up, or just hook up?”</p>