<p>For once, I actually do agree with Jym. Filling out the Common App would not take me that long. I finished all my applications really early last year. However, having to deal with my high school and get transcripts, school profile, etc will be a pain especially since I’m not there anymore. If you knew my high school, you would know why. I could ask the two professors for recommendations today, but it’s break, so they probably won’t start them until January. </p>
<p>The financial aid process was actually the real hard part. My dad is self employed, so we had to wait longer to fill out the FASFA and Profile. Knox doesn’t require the Profile, thank God. The whole financial aid process was such a huge mess. However, I helped my dad fill out both, so it may be harder for me to get him to fill out both out earlier when I’m not here. I went to our tax lady with him and had to explain it, and she updated it for us. Our estimated package’s were all way off when my dad did it the first time. </p>
<p>There is always so much nagging one can do when they live hundreds of miles away. I know for returning students at Knox, the financial aid deadline is later, so he can still wait until April and not have to rush it. There is also the stress on waiting for acceptances and financial aid packages. For me, it would be hard to “forget” about it. So, in my case, the financial aid process will be a lot worse than the application process. Either way, the transfer application process will still take more time than the six weeks I’m home (five weeks now). If I apply to just five college’s, a lot of these schools charge $60 per application, plus I’d have to send SAT scores in from College Board, pay $25 for the hs transcripts, pay for college transcripts, etc so it could be costly, and I’d probably be paying it out of my own checking account this time around.</p>
<p>I really do think I should be focusing on Knox, my school work, and getting a better social life. It was not a fun feeling crying in my dorm room on a Friday night, while I heard drunk kids outside my window lol. I’m really torn. Because deep down, I do not want to transfer, but I also know this will be my only opportunity to transfer, since I won’t consider it junior year. At the end of January, I could reevaluate, but then I’d probably have to rush all my applications. I also don’t want to deal with another stressful admission process. I will note though senior year was my best year academically (rose my GPA from a 3.389 to a 3.521), so the admission process certainly didn’t hurt me academically or socially for that matter.</p>
<p>I am still not getting the whole big deal about the Survivor video. My parents have seen it ,and they like it. Actually pretty much everyone I know has, lol. And I know for a fact that a lot of them genuinely love it. Yes, I know some people at Knox/CC made fun of it, but everyone gets haters. </p>
<p>I’m a huge Big Brother fan (more of a Survivor fan of course), and I loved Ian! It’s funny how on BB you have to be 21 to try out and on Survivor you use to be 18 (use to be 21, but they changed it). Survivor is so much harder physically than BB, so it doesn’t make much sense. It’s probably just because they drink on BB, and not really on Survivor (maybe on one or two reward challenges). I’d try out for BB too, well when I’m old enough. A lot of CBS casting is recruitment, and sometimes people try out for one show and get put on another. Parvati, from Survivor, tried out for Amazing Race, and ended up on Survivor. I have a feeling I’m going to be picked. I know it deep down inside. It’s seriously my lifelong dream :)</p>