<p>I took Princeton and Pomona off my list because I could not really figure out any distinct reason for why I was applying to them. Except the fact that I like the food clubs at Princeton, but somehow that did not seem to be enough.</p>
<p>I took Princeton off my list because the people who go there from my school are the most stuck-up, bratty rich kids. That’s probably not a good reason, but hey, it’s a reason to eliminate a reach!</p>
<p>I deleted schools first that I wouldn’t attend even with a big merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Deleted:</p>
<p>JHU - crap aid
WUSTL- tries too hard, can’t show interest, low probability for merit
Duke- low probability, in the South, seems ‘sporty’
Brown- may re-add but crap aid (I’m not paying 50k for a UG degree) and it’s super hipsterish
Harvey Mudd - low merit possibility, not great research opps (for me, at least), apparently its ugly
Dartmouth - drunk frat boys (but it has decent aid so may readd) and I don’t get greek
Northwestern- Greeky, no merit, likely bad FA
Vandy - Greek, south</p>
<p>I decided not to do the UNC-CH app since Canada has its own selection process and I can apply if I get selected as a Moorehead Cain scholar.</p>
<p>Deleted from Canada:</p>
<p>UofToronto- it’s cold and I’d have to start over w/o connections for a so-so education. </p>
<p>As an aside, I keep forgetting my CA login password. Maybe its a sign…I save my password on my laptop but when I login on the computer I use at work, I forget and change it and forget it on my laptop. Ugh.</p>
<p>Right now, I have 12 essays to write.</p>
<p>If I were to take off colleges, I’d take off:</p>
<p>UChicago - Not a big fan of the environment (Chicago, “where fun goes to die”), Also, that’d kill off a stressful essay</p>
<p>Cornell - Also a school that I’ve heard has a stressful environment. Plus, it’d kill of an extra essay. Also, I hear there’s heavy Greek life there, and I’m not a big fan of that</p>
<p>Northwestern - Don’t really have a reason for applying there other than it being Northwestern.</p>
<p>haha Cornell… at my school people make fun of it so bad. I asked “So what is Cornell good for? I’m curious” and then the answer was “It’s a really good school for suicides. You know, the gorges just call to you?”</p>
<p>Deleted:
Clark
Dartmouth- no real reason for applying
Lehigh- greeky
Wake Forest- greeky
Kenyon- middle of nowhere Ohio</p>
<p>I deleted:</p>
<ul>
<li>NYU (god awful aid)</li>
<li>Harvard (lol)</li>
<li>USC (I just wasn’t feeling the school and the aid doesn’t seem that good scholarships aside)</li>
<li>UMich (I was only going to apply here out of peer pressure tbh)</li>
<li>Williams (The school is nice but the isolation honestly frightens a city kid like me)</li>
<li>Wesleyan (the queer culture was my only reason of applying there, not a good reason)</li>
<li>UPenn Wharton (Unrealistic and I rather go here to get my MBA anyways)</li>
<li>Vassar (same as Wesleyan)</li>
</ul>
<p>I took off JHU, and am thinking about taking off CMU.</p>
<p>I might get rid of CMU depending on my visit in October.</p>
<p>Today was a good day. 8 mile run followed by a day of watching college football with the highlight being my Horns massacring the (other) Aggies.</p>
<p>I’ve got 14±2 schools on my list at the moment. I guess the ratio of reaches/matches/safeties would be something like 8/3/3, but the line between “reach” and “match” schools can be a bit blurry at times. My “match” schools are probably also safeties in terms of admissions but not scholarships. I know really need to trim down the list, but I really do like all of these schools so it’ll be difficult.</p>
<p>Holy crap, 8 miles?</p>
<p>Did anyone get a super cool looking MIT package thingy? I think I’m going to pick my senior quote from one of the quotes they used.</p>
<p>I went on an 8 mile run yesterday…it’s really not that far.</p>
<p>Yeah I got a silvery package from MIT.
Also I agree, 8 miles is not that bad.</p>
<p>I’m a horrible college applicant. I put Princeton back on my list. <em>feeling guilty</em> I guess this could be considered as an investment in my future for an extra $75???</p>
<p>I might put Princeton back on my list if I get stellar grades this semester, but I did absolutely nothing last summer (2012) so I don’t want to write that short-answer essay lol.</p>
<p>Traveling counts as doing something. Did you go anywhere exciting?</p>
<p>I spent a weekend hiking in the Rocky Mountains, which was fun but I don’t think I can milk a short essay out of that. The rest of the time I was either at baseball games or at home. :/</p>
<p>I’d have to focus on the stuff I did this year. Oh well… I hope it doesn’t count much for admission.</p>
<p>That’s a fine summer. Fancy internship stuff isn’t required. They just want to know how you spend your time.</p>