<p>:O roam, no way! You had Freakonomics, Blink, and Stumbling on Happiness on your booklist TOO? Dang! That’s awesome. </p>
<p>lol, I’ll bet that’s why we got in! XD</p>
<p>Eeeee I had Freakonomics and Blink, too.</p>
<p>Side note: Is anybody else applying to be this “Volunteer News Editor” thingy? Because I totally am! Sounds like fun 
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>They make it sound so cute I hope I get it! So much fun! Looking up articles! Being cool! Checking out threads! (Sounds like what I do on a daily basis :P)</p>
<p>Wait! Nobody else apply. It’s MINE. I WANT IT.</p>
<p>Haha. Just kidding, of course. Well, no. But honestly, what’s life without a little bit of competition 
</p>
<p>Lol. I just realized that when I spent my days and hours on this thread, I was competing with all of you for spots 
Like, you guys could have stolen my TASP spot, potentially. How scary. Why did I talk to you guys again?</p>
<p>Hahaha I’m hyperrractive right now.</p>
<p>Hey!</p>
<p>I still have a month to go, too 
School doesn’t get out for me until the 20th of June… so jealous of all you people who get out early! You guys are so lucky :)</p>
<p>A question about the PubSpeaks… do they have to be a presentation, like include a Powerpoint and visual images and such? Or is it just a 15-20 minute lecture?</p>
<p>lol pubspeaks</p>
<p>sooo glad i got rejected now
interning on the hill = work 9-5, partay 5-5
yesssss</p>
<p>tako, you’re so cute with your newspaper! XD</p>
<p>You know, you should go and be the editor of New York Times or something, it totally suits you!</p>
<p>So I just spent the last hour and a half perfecting my “News Editor” Application. I’m afraid to press the submit button, lol. SO SCARY. It’s like sealing the envelope for my TASP application; it could potentially determine the fate of my life (okay, I guess it’s not so extreme. Still.)</p>
<p>This is my favourite sentence:</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>It is probably true :P</p>
<p>And perhaps I shall join the New York Times and be an editor. I think I’d rather be an editor than a reporter/journalist, although I wouldn’t mind being both. Being a page designer would also be pretty darn amazing. Life is pretty darn amazing.</p>
<p>So should I go into secondary school education, or journalism, or something else? Why is life full of choices?</p>
<p>LOL, they so will accept you tako! Heck, you’ve got 1161 posts with awesome writing on all of them. If they don’t accept you, we’ll go on full-revolution-mode and just post stuff all over the site. We’ve already dominated the summer programs board, might as well flood the entire forum!</p>
<p>Plus, they can’t possibly reject you! Even Harvard thinks twice before it dares to (gasp!) reject (gasp!) a TASPer (major gasp!). ;)</p>
<p>Haha, we’ll see, Mintie.</p>
<p>They’re only taking one person (so far, at least), so I’ll be competing with the best of the best! Hopefully nobody else applies so they’ll HAVE to choose me. Except I think one other person may have applied already. And I’m sure they’ll be more, especially since it’s a featured thread on the front page!</p>
<p>Oh well! I gave what I thought were good, honest answers. If CC decides they don’t like me, well, obviously it wasn’t meant to be (now that I think about it, it really is obvious. What a pointless sentence). </p>
<p>And full-revolution-mode sounds awesome. I almost want to get rejected just to see us in full-revolution-mode. Except not, of course.</p>
<p>I think I use “Except not, of course” too much (It may very well weaken my arguments).</p>
<p>Speaking of weakening arguments, my journalism teacher said that the use of parenthesis makes a writer look uncertain, and thus detracts from what they say. Then I retorted by saying that I used parenthesis to convey my sarcasm and wit (or at least, attempted sarcasm and wit). She then reconsidered and said that was fine in colloquial papers, but not in academic essays (we were talking about AP English Language). Then I was afraid to tell her that I used parenthesis quite a few times in my AP Lang essays, and even more afraid to tell her about my TASP essays. Not that she cares much about TASP, seeing as she hates me since I didn’t attend JCamp.</p>
<p>But yes. Everybody appears to be hating on parenthesis these days, for some reason. I mentioned that in my application, warning whoever reads them that I would use parenthesis when I posted no matter what because it was how I wrote. (I wonder if they go back and check what posts you post. That would mean they will see this post. Interesting.)</p>
<p>Good thing I use proper grammar and spelling. But honestly, it’s quite annoying whenever people type “ya lik rly me 2.” That deserves to go on the “Top 10 List of Things Humans Should Never Be Subjected To See.”</p>
<p>Aww tako! </p>
<p>lol, I like parenthesis too, though I like the whole (-) thing better - you know what I mean? It’s so awesome yet it doesn’t get used nearly as much as it deserves. Poor dashes.</p>
<p>Weaking your arguments… LOL, you should read some of my essays. I have sentences that are approximately the size of a single paragraph without it being a run-on. Like I just tack on a billion little phrases on it, lol. I’m working on trying to cut my sentences down, but there’s so much to say! :D</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>LOL, that is SO TRUE. </p>
<p>By the way, when do you find out you’re assuming the volunteer position? (I KNOW you’re gonna get it!)</p>
<p>Haha I actually use quite a few dashes too. My journalism teacher was like - if you’re ever going to use parenthesis, use dashes instead. But…it’s not the same…I mean, I understand the merits of using dashes, but there are just some times when you NEED to use parenthesis or else it simply doesn’t have the same effect.</p>
<p>And I have no idea when I’m going to find out. They just put it up on Thursday, so I expect it will be some time. A couple weeks, maybe. And somebody with more posts than me applied! Oh noes! Well, hopefully my application was amazing. I thought it was decent. We shall see. I hope I don’t obsess over this, because I can’t afford to right now with projects and SAT IIs and such.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>LOL, you know what you can do though? Since there seems to be still sometime left, go all out and just post like crazy on here. It’ll make it heck of a lot easier for us to reach 500! YEAH! </p>
<p>And you’re just so cute worrying about this position - most people wouldn’t even apply given the fact that it essentially means more work. ;)</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and we TOTALLY beat RSI (our not-nearly-as-good-rivals) thread like mad… and pretty much everything else. XD …I actually don’t think there’s any thread with as many entries as ours in the entire CC community. :O</p>
<p>But that…defeats the point of posting. You can’t post more than once in a row unless you have a legit reason. Two times in a row is…ehh tolerable at times. Three times in a row is a big no-no, and more than three times is just overboard.</p>
<p>And this position sounds fun! Hehe. I wonder if my title (under my name) gets to be changed to “News Editor.” How exciting. Okay I need to stop thinking about it. Or not, it’s not like I have anything better to do. I’m so lazy this weekend. Silly three-day weekends.</p>
<p>And I agree about us pwning the RSI thread and pretty much the entire CC community. I don’t think any thread has more than 400 pages (except maybe a few of those crazy ones in the CC cafe. But realize that these 427 pages are from a select few people…probably less than 10 posters make up the bulk of the thread.)</p>
<p>Amazing!</p>
<p>GASP! You know what I think would be the perfect way to increase you posts? Chance threads! Post something like this:</p>
<p>Ehh… your ECs are a little weak - I don’t see what your “passion” is. It looks like a laundry list to me. Your stats are okay, but not spectacular. I suggest you retake. You have 29.8% chance of getting into HYPS.</p>
<p>Seriously, people will SO believe you if you did it. XD (I’m joking, of course, but goes to show how stupid those threads are).</p>
<p>And I’m such a dork for posting so much on here. 
And dude! If you get “News Editor” under you name, that will be awesome!</p>
<p>Lol. 29.8% chance of HYPS
XD</p>
<p>I’m a dork too, then, Mintie.</p>
<p>Oh my gawsh Corey is only thirty-ish posts behind me on this thread! I lost an awful lot during journalism production week when I had to stay at school until 10 every day and then came home and slept, grr.</p>
<p>And that’s an excellent idea, Mintie. Perhaps I shall go post in the Chances forum. Actually, I don’t like to visit that forum because it undermines my self-esteem, especially when I see posts like this:</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>And then people post:</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Then I’m just like :O</p>
<p>lol, that’s hilarious! My goodness, that’s the funniest chance thread by far. You should post it for the heck of it (making it slightly more realistic, of course, lol!)</p>
<p>I especially like</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>XD If anyone’s like that, they should seriously consider joining the Harvard faculty instead of actually attending…</p>
<p>And…</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>WHY is TASP after RSI tako? You should exile yourself for doing such a thing. TASP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RSI (as can be seen by post count)! And governor’s school? Psssssssssh, those are for wanna-be’s. ;)</p>
<p>Haha. I fiercely admire that person, especially for his/her Apparating skills…attending RSI and TASP at the same time is a pretty incredible feat :D</p>
<p>But…tako…I love to post two times in a row…</p>
<p>I know, AND governor’s school, too! It’s quite amazing that they are somehow able to attend 3 summer programs at the same time.</p>
<p>Oh, sorry for making TASP after RSI. I should indeed be exiled. :P</p>
<p>Haha I would love to post a thread like that, except I’m afraid that people might just post </p>
<p>
</p>
<p>And then I will really have absolutely no self-esteem whatsoever.</p>