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Does the United States even have orphanages anymore?</p>
<p>I’ll probably just be working at McDonald’s and volunteering locally and taking community college classes this summer. Mostly because I don’t feel like filling out applications for programs I probably wouldn’t get into anyway.</p>
<p>HAM stands for hard as a mother<em>expletive</em>. It was more popular like a year ago, but I still use it every once in a while.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t live there, so I wouldn’t know… why wouldn’t it?</p>
<p>lol… ham… wow… good info there… haha</p>
<p>I feel like my perception of myself as an applicant is so incorrect that I’m in for a big surprise. Whether it be a good surprise or a bad surprise. Hopefully the former.</p>
<p>LOL… I dunno WHAT i stand to be as an applicant. haha… really, I feel like I’m just gambling…</p>
<p>The admissions process is like gambling lol. You pay money to see what the outcome will be.</p>
<p>I know right! especially in U.S… GOD!!</p>
<p>@Chet You’re my favorite person today because you used HAM, haha</p>
<p>I applied to MITES. If I don’t get in, I’ll be working and maybe doing some volunteering. Need to save up money for Europe & cross-country expeditions with some friends at the end of senior year.</p>
<p>haha, well, I’m kinda good at poker… though I doubt that will translate into my college admission chances. I applied to 20 programs, if I don’t get into ONE I will be really ****ed.</p>
<p>I’ve applied to NSLIY and should hear back in the next month about that. :S I really really hope I get the scholarship; It would mean finally doing something with my summer for once. </p>
<p>If I don’t get that, I’m going to Girls State, typical horse shows and county fair with 4-H, and hopefully volunteering/interning at an art museum/senator’s office/literary museum downtown. As well as working. Funny how I never think I do anything until I write it all out…</p>
<p>Dang yall are impressive. I’m just trying to get an internship to do research at UT Austin.</p>
<p>Quick question: SAT II’s in May right before APs and finals, or after school in June?</p>
<p>@Kongo: I’m doing them in May. You might forget stuff by June.</p>
<p>@Anyone who’s bored/feels like being helpful: Check out my thread? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1470885-so-math.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1470885-so-math.html</a></p>
<p>I’m taking a college class or two. That’s about it. I might volunteer somewhere. My mom keeps shooting down all my college plans, so I’m just like -__- I might do some college visits if I’m lucky. </p>
<p>New tentative schedule:
AP English Lang & Comp
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Honors Calculus
Honors Speech
Ceramics
Study Hall </p>
<p>Not what I wanted but it will do, fingers crossed for this getting approved. Also whose school offers a Sociology class? I would love to take one, but my school doesn’t offer it. Ugh…sometimes I wish I went to a suburban school.</p>
<p>We have a dual enrollment Sociology class. The teacher is like almost a college student herself, so its rediculously fun. That reminds me that I have 2 college midterms to study for :(</p>
<p>^ I envy you.</p>
<p>We’re about to start course planning for next year at my school, but my dream classes are looking something like this:</p>
<p>Gov/Econ (No AP or honors of this at my school :C)
The Novel/Senior Writing Seminar (Again, no ap or honors)
AP Calculus AB
AP Stats
AP Spanish 5
AP Bio
Internship with UC Davis Botanical Conservatory for practical art credit</p>
<p>Online:
AP Comp Lit
AP Environmental Science</p>
<p>Community College:
Hopefully classes in psychology or bio.</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Job with a Non-Profit Environmental company
Starting Environmental Club at my school and implementing a more accessible composting system
Hopefully getting solar panels on my school</p>
<p>Its gonna be a busy year, but I’m so excited. How do you guys cope with the stress that comes with having a busy schedule? Anybody else a yogi here?</p>
<p>@theradiostar The only way I can handle all of the work associated with my schedule is by not sleeping some nights.
And I’m doing a similar thing with the Environmental Club, except from the ground up. Are you using a nonprofit to finance it? I applied and am having trouble financing the deal with them.</p>
<p>^havjng trouble finalizing the deal with them.</p>
<p>@DukeHopeful2014 I actually was hoping to fundraise the money to get some portable bins around my school. See, the problem isn’t that we don’t have a compost pile, because we do. The problem is that it’s very inaccessible and not convenient enough for students to use frequently. I want to make it more convenient for students to compost and therefore reduce the amount of compostable waste that we contribute to landfills. Plus, if we get the compost pile nice and hot then we’re also helping our school garden club 
Good luck with the non-profit, though. I’m going to work with mine to see if we can get solar panels on my school too.</p>