College Applications: The Musical

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<p>While waiting for news from college adcoms, let’s try to distill the whole process of visiting, selecting and applying to colleges in a musical. Since SoozieVT’s D will need to stay off her feet for a while, and since she is so gifted in MT, I propose that she become the musical’s producer. Feel free to suggest acts, scenes, cast members, scenery, costume, lyrics, etc… There may be as many alternatives as we can think of.</p>

<p>College trip:
On The Road
Are We Having Fun Yet?</p>

<p>College Tour:<br>
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side.</p>

<p>Interview:
Veni, Vidi. Vici.</p>

<p>The Most Rigorous Curriculum:
Everything I Know, I Learned in Kindergarten.</p>

<p>Where to Apply?
Decisions, Decisions.</p>

<p>The College Essay
Lost in Translation</p>

<p>The Transcript:
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics</p>

<p>ED or RD?
The Readiness is All.</p>

<p>Intended Major?
To Be or Not to Be.</p>

<p>Contemplating FAFSA:
If I Were a Rich Man</p>

<p>Waiting for News:
Hey. Mr. Postman</p>

<p>Further suggestions welcome. :)</p>

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<p>Will it be CC adults in it, or our kids, or famous people, or a combo, or ? I need to know if my PSYCHIC HOOK will be of any value. :)</p>

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<p>All who are involved in the process (including adcoms, alumni interviewers) are in it!
If you want to use your psychic hook, what about Alice Through the Looking Glass?</p>

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<p>Marite,
How about these songs?</p>

<p>After being rejected from the first choice school: Breaking up is hard to do</p>

<p>What parents want during the process: Respect</p>

<p>What the kids should sing after sending in their acceptance reply forms in May: You got me, Babe</p>

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<p>Campus Social Life:</p>

<p>Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll</p>

<p>The Other Student Body:</p>

<p>Gypsies,Tramps and Thieves</p>

<p>Significant Others :</p>

<p>I will follow him</p>

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<p>Fafsa: Money, Money, Money from Mamma Mia (that’s a lot of m’s) I love that song</p>

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<p>Ode to the Fin Aid Director:
“Wind Beneath My Wings”</p>

<p>What all of the students will sing on 3/31:
“Tomorrow” (annie)</p>

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<p>In getting all the paperwork together for financial aid for 8 quirky schools:</p>

<p>“Try to Remember”</p>

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<p>Deciding between paying $160,000 for the ‘dream school’ or a free ride at a ‘mere mortal school’-- “If I were a Rich Man”</p>

<p>Waiting List Lingering- “Will I See You…in September”</p>

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<p>Great suggestions!</p>

<p>Filling in the Application:
The Winter of Our Discontent</p>

<p>College selectivity:
The Survival of the Fittest</p>

<p>High School Band:
Come Blow Your Horn</p>

<p>Expressing interest to colleges:
I Sent a Letter to My Love</p>

<p>Frats and sororities:
Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus</p>

<p>Competitiveness in college:
Sun-Tzu The Art of War</p>

<p>College Dating:
Sentimental Education</p>

<p>Hmm… my ideas are more literary than musical.</p>

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<p>On April 1st: “Mr. Postman” (with doo-wop girls in the background singing:</p>

<p>Mr Postman look and see. Is there a letter in your bag for me?</p>

<p>Soloist (with big hair) in front singing:</p>

<p>Ple-eease, Mr Po-wo-wo-wo-wostman!!! DEEE-LIVER THE LETTER!! THE SOONER THE BETTER!!!</p>

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<p>Chruchmusicmom:</p>

<p>That’s exactly the lyrics I was thinking about!</p>

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<p>Apparently you don’t just do church music…</p>

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<p>Finding the right fit:</p>

<p>There’s a place for us, somewhere a place for us…"</p>

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<p>That is very correct. Right now, I mostly stress about college app stuff…and all the other “refrains” that come with having kids…teenagers in particular!</p>

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<p>Garland–one of my favorite songs from my favorite musicals. I’m adopting it right now as the theme song for my sophomore daughter. Right now, have NO Clue as to where she will end up!</p>

<p>How about this one on getting rejected from that dream school–“It sucks to be you”–perhaps the rejection letter could be a singing telegram.</p>

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<p>First semester freshman: Born to be Wild</p>

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<p>Next two weeks: Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s “The Waiting”</p>

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<p>For my son’s standing his ground to the GC in his effort to leave this state for a college career farther from home–from “Defying Gravity” (Broadway musical “Wicked”)</p>

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<p>Subjective time before decision letters arrive: 525,600 minutes</p>