<p>Everybody at my school applies to UIUC and they accept about 95% of us, so UIUC is actually a safety for most people at my school. The counseling department tries to convince us that UIUC is not a safety, but most kids still treat it as one. But the kids at my school are like half CC’ers and half regular people. The CC’ers use schools like Northwestern as safeties, while they apply to every ivy school. It’s really funny actually the CC’ers at my school apply to mostly ivy league schools but they usually end up going to UIUC, UIC, or DePaul, except for the occasional Harvard or Yale admit. </p>
<p>Also I still had school today, despite the snow. I didn’t go though.</p>
<p>I don’t want to make it seem like I dislike my school either though. I don’t have to be in the classroom with the kids that don’t care, since they’re in regular classes and me and the kids that do care are in honors. I like going to an average school just so there are less egos and people are more down to earth and all that. That’s not to say all smart kids at high ranked prep schools are overly competitive and not down to earth, but I think the vibe at elite schools is probably much more intense than the one at mine.</p>
<p>I would consider my school an elite prep school, I mean it’s ranked pretty high and has the most ivy admits out of any school in Chicago. The vibe at my school isn’t filled with egos or condescension, it’s mostly filled with modesty actually. Kids who score 35s on the ACT make themselves seem like it was all luck and that they actually aren’t smart. Same goes for the kids with 4.0 gpas. Actually the kids with the egos are usually the basketball players who will probably only get into college through recruitment. Dear God, I loathe them.</p>
<p>My school is a public school, and 90% go on to four-year schools. ~40% get into at least one ivy, and end up going there because a lot of people are rich (so, like, a 100k salary is NOTHING)… There aren’t that many sports people but when there are they are like international level. hue hue. </p>
<p>My grade has a lot of arrogant people who think they can get into ivys by doing this: wake up, eat, go to school, eat, go home, eat, watch kdramas, do homework (while listening to kpop), eat, sleep, repeat xforever. They might play piano or do art but that’s it. They don’t even practice. They’re like “studying is cheating… what’s practice?”
I don’t understand…</p>
<p>My grade is the worst grade in my county. We have been since middle school, apparently. Many of my classmates don’t have enough credits to have even passed 9th grade. they are rude and don’t even try to do any work or anything. our vice principle is always breaking up fists fights and breaking people up. it sucks. the schools heating system is always broken, the higher ups don’t listen to the students or the teachers and its a really crappy school system.
and yet the few smart ones in my grade carry on, just waiting to get out of there.</p>
<p>^Last Year…
Once my school system turns on the heating, it stays on for at least 3 months, more if required- yeah, our winter is short.
Anyways, one cold week in September and they turned on the heat. Up through half of October, it it stayed 80s and 90s, with a few 70s every now and again. And the heat stayed on.</p>
<p>LOL I do that. I’m listening to SHINee right now actually. I used to watch K-dramas. I kind of like your classmates. We run on similar schedules, the only difference is I don’t expect to get into an ivy league school.</p>
<p>Has anybody heard Bunny Style by T-ara? I really hate jpop and ccm… I feel like t-ara really should be doing more mature concepts but the goddamn japanese have a thing for young-looking girls.</p>
<p>Oh yeah. I’m listening to Younha. Any other good k-indie, peeps?</p>
<p>^ouch, but i do kind of see your point… AKB48 is super annoying, as is Arashi. I listen to kpop in japanese so I understand it but I’m not totally obsessed with it like my peers are. I can’t listen to that kind of music - it gives me a horrible, throbbing migraine headache. Sorry. Too bad my peers don’t buy that. Can’t wait til college.</p>
<p>I’m not aware of anyone at my school that listens to kpop. Tons of kids are wannabe gangsters and listen to Wiz Khalifa and the like though. Even worse are the wannabe rappers that create their own musical garbage.</p>
<p>@Muta I listen to k-indie Also, I haven’t heard the Bunny Style yet, I have no interest in it really, I’m not a huge fan of T-ara or cutesy stuff.</p>
<p>I’ve got all A’s, but that’s nothing special. Can you say grade inflation? And I’ve never heard of any of these people/artists…can I get a yee-haw for country?!</p>
<p>I heard Bunny Style, it’s garbage but kind of catchy. I like only 3 T-ara songs, so I don’t pay much attention to them. I love K-pop, especially the female groups. I only like a few male groups. I always feel a certain way when listening to it. I don’t listen to much J-pop but I love Koda Kumi, Namie Amuro, and Utada. I’m fine with not understanding what they are saying, it adds a mystery to the song. I can imagine the song to be about whatever I please.</p>
<p>I’m into a lot of different kinds of music, none of which include country or kpop though. Right now I’ve been listening to MGMT and Passion Pit. And Macklemore, one of the few rappers I like (he has WAY better songs than Thrift Shop).</p>
Also, I haven’t heard the Bunny Style yet, I have no interest in it really, I’m not a huge fan of T-ara or cutesy stuff.</p>