<p>Driving is awesome, it feels so good to be able to get places without relying on other people.</p>
<p>I wasn’t upset on d-day: I have some great options, and am definitely leaning towards Williams (though i STILL dont have their FA package)!</p>
<p>prophet: I’d say go with Georgetown. Haverford’s nice and all, but it’s not the best LAC (like certain other schools I want to attend ;)) and Georgetown is rock-solid. And plus, Haverford’s obsession with their honor code was off-putting, I decided not to apply because of this overly scrupulous mentality of theirs.</p>
<p>driving is epic. i feel so epic at times when i’m cruising through the streets. lmao.</p>
<p>chandler – thanks for the thoughts. i know dude! that honor code thing is like so heavily focused i have this odd feeling about it. georgetown is in d.c. and it’d just be so baller. i don’t know. we’ll see.</p>
<p>on a seperate note, i’m thinking about taking my sat iis again so that (if) i ever feel like applying to yale as a transfer i won’t have a bad AI. but i have a feeling i’ll like wherever i end up going, but still – yale has blue and white bulldogs and nice coffee shops. lol.</p>
<p>I def agree, driving is the single greatest aspect of my life that screams INDEPENDENCE!!! more than anything. ;)</p>
<p>@prophet: Yeah Gtown is pretty baller, it’s right next to a major city so the nightlife and shopping/eating there is amazing. Internship opportunities are unparalleled, esp. if you’re interested in politics/law, but if you’re into science and biochemistry there is always NIH and NIST pretty close by. The only qualm I had when I stayed at Gtown for a week for a program was that their mattresses were crappy and their food in the dining hall gets a little repetitive after a while.</p>
<p>^ Lol, I like how you all are so hyped (HYPed, ehh? Ehhh? Get it? screw’em) up about driving…</p>
<p>I’ve driven (with an instructor) ONCE…(but she said I was preternaturally good, so that’s cool).
I think I might just not get a license…if I get in off the waitlist <em>tears up</em>, I won’t need a car, and if I don’t get in off the waitlist (and go to NYC for school), I DEFINITELY won’t need a car.</p>
<p>@prateek: Oh, come on dude, I’m not one of those…</p>
<p>Yeah driving!!!
It’s actually not that exciting anymore, but still, it’s cool.
I only get to drive on Thursdays… my ortho appts are always on Thursdays and I have music every Thursday night. So, I pretty much don’t drive for a week and then get BOMBARDED by it on Thursdays.</p>
<p>Oh man, No2EULA… at least I’ll see you at Cornell on the 17th.</p>
<p>Haha wowwww. Reading about this driving stuff has made culture differences evident! I’m from Oklahoma… everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) in my town gets their permit at 15 and a half, and their license at 16 (and most even have a motorcycle licence before that). If you want to go anywhere around here, you drive. Mostly because public transportation is non-existent. So I’ve been driving since a young age… and drive literally everyday… it’s pretty tedious really, I wish we had public transit… lol.</p>
<p>And hmm. So what all accepted student’s days are everyone going to?</p>
<p>Just Cornell and Williams, my two top choices!
I decided it’s too much of a hassle to go all the way out to Tufts when I’m not actually considering going there.</p>
<p>15 and a half, 16??? DUDE, that’s insane! Where I live, you can’t get anywhere without a car either, but we still have to wait a lot longer than that to be able to drive!
No wonder Oklahoma’s called the Sooner State. (Geography nerd, I am.)</p>
<p>Haha, just out of curiosity, what are the ages there for permits and licences? Oh and I didn’t actually say this… but here you’re also able to get your motorcycle license at 14 and a half (provided its a 250cc engine or below). But motorcycles are screaming metal death traps… not that I don’t love mine. But it’s true, they are. Haha.</p>
<p>And man I commend you for your Geography knowledge… I can barely remember my own state’s stuff (I remember our state “flower”–mistletoe-- mostly because I find it hilarious OK’s state flower is actually a parasitic plant…)</p>
<p>@No2EULA: But look at that state toy! The slinky! I don’t even think OK has a state toy… if so it is probably like the stick(which was actually recently admitted into the toy hall of fame, lol).</p>
<p>You guys are pretty funny.
This thread should not die!!
I will bump it till forever!
I thought certain places allowed people to have Driv Lc because they worked.
Like working the tractor, driving a truck and helping out…
Just something I heard, no offence if it is not true</p>
<p>Haha OK and Kansas both have those “farm/work permits” for work, available at age 14. You can get your regular, full license at age 16 however. No strings attached. :)</p>
<p>I still haven’t heard your licensing ages though!</p>
<p>I live in Maryland, and the age when you can get a permit is 15 and 9 months. Earliest age you can get a license is 16 and 3 months, because 6 months need to elapse after you get your permit. I got mine around 16 and 6 months.
…of course, it’s just a provisional license, which means I have a state curfew. People under 18 with a provisional driving license can’t drive after midnight. -___- and we can’t drive other teens (unless they’re direct family) until 5 months after getting a license.</p>
<p>Haha so here in OK we just had a “fun” tornado pass through my town… so what did I do as the loud “air raid/tornado” seirns blared? Well as a true oklahoman, I walked out into my front yard and looked into the sky, and caught a picture of the thing on my phone as it passed overhead. I love ok sometimes… haha</p>
