<p>Hey, this proves that we’re HUMAN.
You probably wrote an essay about moving so much though, right? (or in that extra section asking to explain anything on your common app).</p>
<p>Anyway, having perfect scores and transcript really doesn’t mean anything in life. Having the necessary social skills equipped with understanding in academia is what truly defines a person with potential for success.</p>
<p>GRRRR. Now we’re being like those other early threads. This is making me so nervous now.</p>
<p>haha @EmPaige, I agree. No real use in discussing scores, considering we can’t do anything to change our application.</p>
<p>No. I wrote about my real name and how much it bothered me when I was little =D
The Common App like requires you to explain education interruption situations
And I worked my butt off junior and beginning of senior year to secure stable leadership positions in clubs…you don’t know how relieved I felt when I knew I didn’t have to move end of junior year and that I could continue my EC’s
@EmPaige21 - okay then let’s talk about something more cheerful like clothes or food! I ate stinky tofu and roast duck at a Chinese restaurant yesterday…yummm…Philadelphia has a great Chinatown…it’s one of the reasons why I want to go to Penn!</p>
<p>@sweetcookie- congrats, though, on your lovely stats. You’re just too wonderful and it’s nerve-wracking.</p>
<p>I just ate homemade pumpkin pie, and I’m drinking a V8, so I’m feeling pretty good. Philly has a lovely health foods and locavore movement, which is another reason I love Penny Penny bo Benny.</p>
<p>Sometimes I wish I lived on the east coast…the people seem so friendly over there!!! plus, I love cold weather lol</p>
<p>Me too. As much as Southern California is AMAZING, I can’t wait to try something new on the East Coast and have a fresh start.</p>
<p>I love cold weather too, but today on the good ole East Coast (well in Maryland, at least) it’s a whopping 70 degrees. I’m not a fan. And people are mostly friendly (until you go to New York City).</p>
<p>^SAME!!! I will miss the beach though. If I get in to UCLA, then I’ll probably stay here. That is, if I don’t get in to Penn…</p>
<p>@mandypandy, which part of california are you from?</p>
<p>@EmPaige21: hahahaha gotta love New York City!! I’ve only been there once, and all I really remember is that I couldn’t sleep at all in my hotel room because the lights outside were too bright…</p>
<p>Also, what schools (if Penn doesn’t work in our favors) are you applying/ have you applied to?</p>
<p>hey guys
I feel pretty left out at school these days b/c I’m like the only person applying to Upenn(I’m in canada u see). Everyone’s like ‘wth why are you applying to the states???’ I just feel like face-palming alone in my room. </(
I cannot thank everyone here for being such enthusiastic CC users. You guys really help me bear this painful time of the year…</p>
<p>@accordingtome: LA area, sort of, in the middle of nowhere! :)</p>
<p>@EmPaige21 - You’re a pretty intimidating applicant yourself. I was pretty obsessed about the SAT but now that it’s over whatevs. CC is a good place for a reality check.
I can sense that you’re slightly a health nut, non?
I live in the South right now, and I’d die to go to the East or West Coast. I was born a city girl!</p>
<p>@accordingtome: what about you?</p>
<p>@mandypandy: oh we aren’t that far from each other then. I’m from Orange County, like 15 minutes away from Disneyland.</p>
<p>@tjehddus - I’m Canadian too! Used to live in the Toronto region…but I went all over the place for high school so now I’m in the South. I heard Penn likes us Canadians though, so that’s good.
People in the US still mistake Penn for Penn State. I told this one guy that I would love to go to Penn and he replied: “Oh really, you must be a big football fan then?” Facepalm moment there.</p>
<p>@sweetcookie- Me? A health nut? What on earth could have given you that impression? 
I just love food. But I’m also very wary of genetic modification and pesticides, so I try to stick to closer-to-the-ground foods. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love some sweetcookies every now and then!</p>
<p>Also @tjehddus- Your post is the cutest, most darling, nicest thing I’ve ever read. I’m glad you feel better, and I wish you the BEST of luck. What part of Canada do you live in?</p>
<p>@EmPaige21: I am applying to the UC’s and I already got accepted to Drexel. I know it’s not that great of a school, but I got a huge scholarship for the accelerated program I applied to. And I love Philly :D</p>