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<p>LOL. Now I know you’ll really give her what she wants and more!</p>
<p>I interviewed for Wooster, Rochester and Knox. email interviewed for Kenyon. I love Kenyon!</p>
<p>Yes, be myself. Easier said than done when its me we’re talking about. ;)</p>
<p>Cheese, I almost applied to Knox, I wonder why I ended up not. Sent SAT scores and all. Lol, so many colleges I ditched for no good reason whatsoever. Whats your first choice, cheese</p>
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<p>I regretted this the moment I pressed submit. :D</p>
<p>It was Oberlin. Now its Kenyon. I love Kenyon. I will give her whatever she wants.</p>
<p>EDIT- except dough, coz there is a shortage with the recession,</p>
<p>Oberlin. Wonder why I didn’t apply there either. Sigh, I guess we’ll never know. </p>
<p>But Kenyon. Why Kenyon? Sorry, just asking cause I didn’t even research this school, I did research Oberlin and DePauw and all.</p>
<p>Kenyon has beautiful buildings and an “intellectual” environment. They also have an awesome English program. Did I mention the buidlings?</p>
<p>I kinda dislike Knox for not having beautiful buildings or else its perfect as well.</p>
<p>Omg now I remember why not Knox! It was the half-tuition scholarships, not enough. Almost, but not quite. </p>
<p>But Knox is one of that Colleges that Change Lives thingy. Never really got that, btw.</p>
<p>Colleges that Change Lives is just a cheesy name for a book on off-beat, moderately selective colleges that are an “alternative” to the ivies. The author relentlessly bashes on the ivies in that book. Its amusing.</p>
<p>I’m watching bones then sleeping! Bye guys!</p>
<p>Kenyon has a whole ton of smokers. Negative points from tetris’ side :p</p>
<p>Oberlin is really cool! You guys should have applied there. I have! </p>
<p>Plus, you guys are all bores. </p>
<p>PlusII: I just emailed the word snowmageddon to an admissions officer. I am insane.</p>
<p>But I was planning to apply to Oberlin!</p>
<p>Snowmageddon? You’re cool, yo.</p>
<p>I did apply to Oberlin! ED! Damn rejection!</p>
<p>Aal izz well, cheese.</p>
<p>Worst. Interview. Ever.</p>
<p>I was right in that she was a serious, no-nonsense type of person. From the moment I sat down, she just started. I was freaked out, nervous, and thus stammered through the opening parts of our interview.</p>
<p>Let me take you through a play-by-play.</p>
<p>Why you? What extraordinary thing have you done/attributes you have?
Stammer stammer. <em>gains confidence</em> talks. Manages to score a few well-placed points about determination and leadership. <em>Asks for example</em> Gives example. All is well.</p>
<p>Why P?
Knocks it out of the park. I know, overconfidence, but when I asked her later what the best part about P was, she said what I had said. </p>
<p>Why you (again)? What awards have you won?
WT F? <em>mumbles shi t</em> <em>is more expert than Sarah Palin at giving non-answers</em>.</p>
<p>The ENTIRE interview, she did NOT smile once. Even at the lame little jokes I make to ease tension.</p>
<p>Only when its over and I start asking questions did she relax. Smiled, laughed a bit.</p>
<p>Asked about my essay, so I kinda had to come out. Was normal and non-judgemental (I’m starting to like US grads). Discussed a bit about Malaysia and religion and politics. Smiled, laughed a little. </p>
<p>Here’s the clincher though, while she specified our interview time as an hour, it lasted a grand total of 35 minutes. 35 minutes. I’m serious. What the eff. My previous interviews with Yale and Middlebury lasted 1 1/2 hours and 2 1/2 hours respectively. She hated me, I think. </p>
<p>■■■.</p>
<p>P.S. Its okay, Cheese, Stanford (effers) rejected me too.</p>
<p>I would’ve been scared out of my pants, but looks like you were battle-ready. Good on you for that :)</p>
<p>Why would you have been scared?</p>
<p>Yeah, I was ready but it was still pretty unnerving.</p>
<p>She made some really weird, sweeping statements that made me uncomfortable. (Middle America can be racist, they’re less educated than the people on the coasts, when the Asian Americans at Princeton complained about racism, they were being too sensitive, Americans in general are terrible at tasting freedom, they drink excessively, and I don’t like that, its a waste of time) I mean, there might be some truth to her statements but since when did sweeping generalizations help anyone?</p>
<p>Was your interviewer Caucasian or Asian? Asians tend to be bigoted.</p>
<p>^Um, I’m Asian. That’s kinda mean, but I guess it does have some truth to it. </p>
<p>She was Malay. I don’t know if that’s Asian. Is it? Probably.</p>
<p>I would’ve been scared because she seems rather imposingly bigoted!</p>
<p>Maybe I misinterpreted. I mean, I did ask her about racial segregation at Princeton so maybe she was just trying to reassure me…? It was weird though.</p>