This year I am finally a senior after 3 long years of high school. One more year of high school and then onward to college, where everything is new. I am extremely excited for high school to end and for college to begin with everything being new: friends, location, and education. If i get into my first choice college (which i hope i do), a year from now I will be walking the streets of the quiet city of Pasadena.
The college that I am interested in is the California Institute of technology, otherwise known as caltech. It is one of the top tier colleges in America, ranking fifth overall. Everything about this school is great, and by everything I mean everything. The food is great, the campus is great, the weather is great, everything is great!
Since caltech is a top tier college, the application is extremely competitive. To increase slightly my chances of getting in I am having a miserable high school life which will last through first semester. Go to school, go to research, get home and do homework, write essays, look at scholarships, work on the application, rinse and repeat.
It is miserable but I am hoping all this work pays off. I want first semester to be done and over with, like now.
I'm very jealous that you're taking off to the West Coast for college. I always wished that I had ventured farther.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear that I don't have to worry about senioritis kicking in for you, at least not until second semester. I think it's really admirable that you're so fully dedicated to your goal.