<p>haha! well i go 5599 which has oldly pleasing symmetry. I want 6699… 
(now its liek old times) lol!</p>
<p>Ooh, 6699 looks like a nice number haha. It’s somehow always blown my mind that 6 and 9 are merely rotations of each other…</p>
<p>Haha… it has ‘blown’ a lot of people too. ;)</p>
<p>lol! Are you done with your apps?</p>
<p>YES, thankfully. I just have to take care of the Midyear Report sending later on, as well as the CSS Profile…</p>
<p>I have no idea on what to wirte for the intelectual vitality essay. Any helpful ideas would be appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>Since I already sent the CSS to Stanford, I just need to send it to the other schools that will require it. My GC already submitted the mid Year report with my first trimester grades before the break. </p>
<p>So its Stanford Update form and MIT mid year report remaining. I’ll do them in early feb… :)</p>
<p>You mind helping me above ^</p>
<p>@ Optimist
Anything that you are interested in learning/improving. Sorry we can’t help you with the topic choice because its about your interests and in the applications it should be genuinely you. Good luck!</p>
<p>I wrote about reading.</p>
<p>[Collegewise:</a> Tips for Stanford University applicants: you need a little panache](<a href=“http://www.wiselikeus.com/collegewise/2009/11/stanford-university.html]Collegewise:”>Tips for Stanford University applicants: you need a little panache)</p>
<p>Read that… 
n fyi I wrote about tying ties. :)</p>
<p>[Collegewise:</a> Tips for Stanford University applicants: you need a little panache](<a href=“http://www.wiselikeus.com/collegewise/2009/11/stanford-university.html]Collegewise:”>Tips for Stanford University applicants: you need a little panache)</p>
<p>Read that… n fyi I wrote about tying ties. :)</p>
<p>Tying ties? Hahahaha that is great! On the other hand I think I wrote about something a little more intellectual :P</p>
<p>Haha, mine was actually pretty intellectual. but quirky at the same time… it was me :)</p>
<p>I wrote my intellectual vitality essay about my own personal experiences with synesthesia (see: [Synesthesia</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia]Synesthesia”>Synesthesia - Wikipedia)) and how I eventually learned to use it to my advantage (i.e. learning, visualizing things) instead of seeing it as an annoyance. I also used an extended version of this essay as a supplement for some of my other colleges (e.g. Harvard, Princeton).</p>
<p>P.S. Kimathi, that was a very interesting link that you shared. After having read it, I’m thinking that maybe my short essay responses were a bit too “serious” by that article’s standards haha. Then again, I really wasn’t trying to pretend. I actually do read the New York Times and various other online news sources (e.g. The Economist, National Geographic) for fun. :)</p>
<p>fledgling, (if you don’t mind me asking) what type of synesthesia do you have? A close friend of mine has sound to color synesthesia, and hearing about it has always fascinated me!</p>
<p>Haha, Fledging at the end of the day being GENUINE is the best advice for college applications. It ensures that whatever college you end up in will have thae evers o elusive ‘fit’ (ps. i have alway seen you as a Harvard girl myself )</p>
<p>woah, I didn’t know any of you guys were still posting on this</p>
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<p>I also have sound-to-color synesthesia, but I also mentally assign different shades of color to letters and numbers. Chinese characters are… rather interesting in my mind 
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<p>And awww thanks Kimathi! What makes you think I’m a “Harvard girl” though? :p</p>
<p>Not to obsess about the rejection, but the common app supplement never changed from “submitted” to “downloaded.” Does that mean they never looked? Anyone know?</p>