It always seems strange to put my thoughts on paper (or, in HTML terms, on textarea) because it is futile to think that I can do them any degree of justice. Even when one clear sentence is somehow created, I feel that it can always be better. And so I make it better. Or is…Continue Reading…
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I was placed among the top 50,000 students of the 1.3 million who took the PSAT last October (I think). The National Merit Scholarship Corporation is offering a service they’re calling the “College Plans Reporting Service (CPRS).” It allows us to send information about ourselves to two colleges. Do you know anything about it? Some…Continue Reading…
It seems strange that students are actually competing with other students in their high school for admission to the top colleges. To get out of a high school full of high-achieving Asians, a family “moved 10 miles north to Keyport, N.J., where the average SAT score was 300 points lower and there were almost no…Continue Reading…
A good post written by Whitneylm at the CollegeConfidential.com forums. I’ve been thinking for a while, now that I’m finally past the college application process (and in the waiting part) and this one thought has been pestering me. I attend a notoriously successful school district full of high achieving kids who have high dreams and…Continue Reading…
Yep, it’s true, I’ve been accepted to the USC Resident Honors Program. It’s very exciting! The major I chose is “Computer Engineering and Computer Science.” I have until May 1 to make a final decision of whether to attend. I’m very happy to get accepted. Looking at the others, my grades and scores are not…Continue Reading…