<p>I took this from the University of Chicago thread because it seemed like the posters were enjoying it!
Seniors/class of 2009 only please!</p>
<p>What is your:
Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Intended major/academic interests?
Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
Guilty pleasure?
Favorite music genre?
Greatest accomplishment?
Greatest failure?
Favorite nonacademic past time?
How high is Stanford ranked on your list? Be honest.</p>
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<li>Marine biologist/writer/model</li>
<li>Human biology; science and english</li>
<li>Francesca Lia Block, T.S. Eliot, e.e. cummings; wayyy too many Indie flicks, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine on a Spotless Mind, Blood Diamond, Requiem for a Dream. ect.</li>
<li>~5 =)</li>
<li>Gossip Girl and Twilight. Oh jeez.</li>
<li>Hip-hop, acoustic, classical and indie are my favorites</li>
<li>Expanding my creative writing and learning to take risks with it. Surviving the IB program, thus far. >(</li>
<li>Letting my creative/artistic energy slide for a while because school took over my life.</li>
<li>Spending time with friends, and shopping, bahah</li>
<li>#1!</li>
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<p>Feel free to add other questions or anything else you want to share. Let’s lighten up this thread. =)</p>
<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant? Mathematician-Theoretical</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests?Physics, MAth</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies? Erm Fav Book; Malcolm X, Fav movie; The River runs through</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?10</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure? fencing and archery, yes they are fun</li>
<li>Favorite music genre?Classical; more contemporary</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment?Brahms Etude on a work by Paganini</li>
<li>Greatest failure?Oprah</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time? reading books? lol</li>
<li>How high is Stanford ranked on your list? Be honest. top. period.</li>
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<p>primarily, the hell is the matter with st. aegis?</p>
<p>anywayyyyyy
oncologist
medicine!!!
David Sedaris, Jane Austen, Middlesex, Life of Pi, The Crucible, Moulin Rouge, Titanic, Paris, je t’aime, In the Heat of the Night, The African Queen, Amelie
probz a 7/8
food.
showtunes, pop, jaz, whitney and stevie
valedictorian <3
i gained 25 pounds over the summer (but don’t worry i lost it all again!!!)
eating, watching movies, sleeping
probably 1st, but i MIGHT choose columbia over it if i get in (but probably not)</p>
<p>Dearest Oprah! & st. aegis,
May you someday be roommates.
Much love,
MisterMax :)</p>
<ol>
<li>actor/film scorer</li>
<li>prolly English/business/music? we’ll see.</li>
<li>The World According to Garp, The Outsider/John Irving/Garden State, Hocus Pocus, Rear Window, Into the Wild, American Beauty, Mean Creek, Mean Girls</li>
<li>(3^2)+(i^4)</li>
<li>Entertainment Weekly and Mean Girls. and Hocus Pocus.</li>
<li>indie and not so much. Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Architecture in Helsinki</li>
<li>lots of little things, no biguns.</li>
<li>lots of little things, no biguns.</li>
<li>whistling. i’m a prodigy.</li>
<li>NUMBAH WUN!</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant? Politician </li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests? Economics, Chemical Engineering</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies? Alexander Dumas, Blood Diamond</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10? 3-6, really depends on how you define nerdiness</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure? Naruto</li>
<li>Favorite music genre? hip hop </li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment? Having the dream and taking action to build a preschool</li>
<li>Greatest failure? Grade 10 academically but it was a turning point in my life </li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time? Watching movies, playing soccer and chilling with friends</li>
<li>How high is Stanford ranked on your list? Be honest. STANFORD IS MY TOP DREAM SCHOOL</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant? Politician, Philanthropist (although I’m not sure that counts as a career lol), Start-up Entrepreneur </li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests? Chemistry, Political Science, Economics, Literature</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies? Alexander Dumas, Tolkien, Ludlum, Shakespeare! there are many more though lol</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10? 7 lol</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure? Eating sorbet and reading</li>
<li>Favorite music genre? Classical, some of everything though </li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment? Rayado</li>
<li>Greatest failure? Losing my Concertmaster position because I was too confident and didn’t practice</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time? Gaming - any gaming at all (board, sports, computer)</li>
<li>How high is Stanford ranked on your list? Be honest. At the top with Harvard.</li>
</ol>
<p>michele we would be best friends!!! lollll. guilty pleasure, twilight Chumm YEAHHHHHHHHH. i was supposed to see the midnight showing last night like 40 of my friends all went but i passed out when i went home. DID YOU SEE THE MOVIE??? what did you think? i heard it was hysterical but really cheesy but htat robert pattinson looked yummy. and gossip girl while i watch it it kinda irritates me cuz its based off my school and it gives us a bad rep but its still good tv. although, my guilty pleasure is lipstick jungle NOW that is bad tv.</p>
<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant? Non-for-profit Management (w. a focus on universal education and reducing U.S. and International sex-trafficking)/Director of science outreach organizations such as the Dana Foundation that provides the public with knowledge on current and past neuroscience research/editor-in-chief of popular science magazine</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests? Science, Technology and Society Major with a Social Change concentration </li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies? Rebecca, To Kill a Mockingbird, I, Claudius, Clueless, 10 things I hate about you, Its A Wonderful Life, The First Wives Club, Mrs. Dalloway, Fools of Fortune, Proust was a Neuroscientist, Rome</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10? hmm, well i’d say im not nerdy at all, but im really intellectual–I kinda hide my nerdiness and only let it show with my best friend the rest of my friends dont know im a closeted nerd. so prob an 8 in reality but a 2 on the surface.</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure? chocolate, peanut butter, lipstick jungle, TWILIGHT, perez hilton (god im embarrassed i read this site) and TRUE BLOOD THE BEST SHOW ON EARTH SO GOOD </li>
<li>Favorite music genre? alternative and indie rock</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment? I have two that im most proud of. Writing a professional critique of an established researcher’s study and getting it approved by a panel of post-graduates and top researchers in my field and designing and conducting my encephalography experiment on my own without a mentor–thereby, being the first researcher to study auditory visual integration in synesthetes (individuals who experience a crossing of the senses–I studied individuals who experience color sensations in response to musical notes.) Two, establishing a scholarship program in Cambodia for girls in Rantanaki Province that annually sends girls to a high school to avoid being sold into child-marriage, but what I am more proud of was my perseverance over the obstacles I faced, as I tried to put my idea into action. </li>
<li>Greatest failure? eating disorder in 8th grade. </li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time? going to concerts, going out to new restaurants, going to museums, watching tv, hanging out with friends, going to flee markets and vintage stores downtown in soho. </li>
<li>How high is Stanford ranked on your list? It is my dream school; to me it is a paradise.</li>
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<ol>
<li><p>Dream career, if money were irrelevant? Umm, NBA player (that won’t happen so…Quantitative Analyst).</p></li>
<li><p>Intended major/academic interests? Statistics/Finance/Business/Economics</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite book/author(s)/movies? Iron Man, Harry Potter Series, Lord of the Ring Series, Dante’s Inferno, (haven’t seen The Dark Knight yet…I know, I’m pathetic).</p></li>
<li><p>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10? I’d say a neutral 5</p></li>
<li><p>Guilty pleasure? Avatar…lol</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite music genre? Rap/Hip-Hop/Pop/Techno</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest accomplishment? Applying to Stanford…lol; actually, winning 1st State Number Sense.</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest failure? Not starting on Varsity Basketball…</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite nonacademic past time? Basketball and Chess</p></li>
<li><p>How high is Stanford ranked on your list? Be honest. Let’s just say if I don’t get into Stanford, then I’m going emmo maybe not be that’s how much Stanford means to me.</p></li>
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and Mean Girls. and Hocus Pocus.</li>
maybe not be that’s how much Stanford means to me.</p></li>