<p>Am I the only one excited about college and the application process? I think it’s fun and exciting to look at schools, see what they offer, what you like, don’t like, and see what your future is going to be like. I love to plan, so, maybe that’s why? A lot of my other friends enjoy it as well though. (The smarter ones anyway) I really like to research schools and I have had great experiences visiting schools and I can’t wait to visit more. In the end it will come down to the FA though like @TinnyT mentioned. I just can’t wait to apply and find out where I get in.</p>
<p>I’m excited to get it over with. I can’t wait for around this time next year when all I have to do is just wait (unless already accepted into schools).</p>
<p>Hey guys! I’m a 2013 kid just popping in. Don’t take this time for granted, this time next year (well September - January) is going to SUCK with the apps and then the waiting is the worst. What I did, which may work for some of you, is apply EA to all of my schools ( the ones I was actually concerned with) I knew where I was going before Christmas :)</p>
<p>@Dancer: I did all of that my freshman and sophomore years. Now reality has set in and I’m beginning to realize that my life is about to be drastically uprooted, which terrifies me because, not gonna lie, I like high school and all of the moments that I’ve had because of it. I’m not really one for change, lol. A good number of my friends are seniors and knowing that, realistically, I’m not going to see any of them on a regular basis again after June breaks my heart. Next year is just going to be 1093409348x worse.</p>
<p>^^ I have a lot of friends who are graduating this year, too.</p>
<p>I don’t really care that my senior friends are graduating because so many people in my school move anyway. I think probably only 25% of my graduating class was here as a freshman.</p>
<p>Don’t worry, you’ll always make new friends next year! :)</p>
<p>@Rob: Yeah, I guess that’s true…</p>
<p>@Kids Taking AP Chem: When are you going to start studying for the exam? Or have you started already?</p>
<p>I’m definitely going to miss my Senior friends! it’s going to be so weird being the oldest in the school. I plan on applying EA though so, that I can find out earlier.</p>
<p>@mreg I think that’s why I wanted to visit this spring break or summer because you get a feel for the school and you’ll have this gut feeling about whether you can see yourself there. And at least you visited before you wasted money applying there</p>
<p>I got 99% on my AP Chem test today. Grade inflation ftw. </p>
<p>(Not that anyone actually says “for the win” anymore, but I like it.)</p>
<p>I’ve been planning on applying to Stanford REA for a while now. I also just happened to receive the form letter from QuestBridge. So, I’m still a little confused as to how QB works. Does QB have an application deadline even earlier than Stanford REA? I’m confused.</p>
<p>Questbridge’s application opens up in August, I believe. The application for Questbridge is due around the end of September and beginning of October. Then they figure out if you become a finalist or not. If you become a finalist you now can participate in their College Match. So now you rank schools you would like to be matched to, in order of preference. For you, Stanford would be first. Then you submit your Questbridge application to all the schools you ranked, you still have to send those schools transcripts, test scores, recs, etc… </p>
<p>So to answer your question, yes, the Questbridge application is due earlier than Stanford REA, but you if you get into Questbridge you can apply for Stanford. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>@Hannah, ouch tough situation. I personally would do the internship, as it’s a way to get a nice LoR and a chance to immerse yourself into the field. If you can leave 3 days early and just return to present on the last day, I’d do both.</p>
<p>Haha, too bad my school doesn’t really lose many people -> not many new kids. I’ll have my friends from lower grades too so it doesn’t actually bother me too much. </p>
<p>I want to do Priority Review for University of Rochester.</p>
<p>My freshman and senior friends ></p>
<p>I detest the sophomore class for many reasons.</p>
<p>Every class under mine is extremely ghetto. Admittedly, my class is kind of ghetto too, but not terribly so.</p>
<p>The only problem with younger grades at my school is they become more and more obsessed with going to Ivy-leagues. They are increasingly saying, “oh yeah, should I do this to get to Harvard?” except for some exceptions that don’t talk about college at all with me.</p>
<p>Ugh I hate group projects. We have to do a group research paper. And the outline is due tomorrow and we barely started. I would have started earlier but I needed the group member’s consent before doing some things. I don’t want to be THAT control freak who does everything without asking the other members, but I might have to in order to get this stuff done.</p>
<p>^ Sorry to hear that. I don’t really know what else to say. I’m kinda awkward when it comes to stuff like this…</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I just found out last week that I’m slightly autistic so that probably explains why.</p>
<p>Aww. My brother is slightly autistic. He doesn’t know it yet and he probably wouldn’t care if he knew. Don’t worry quidditch, it’s not that big of a deal. You lived so long without knowing, don’t let it change you. :)</p>