College, Procrastination, and The Future.

So here I am, supposed to be working on Jeopardy for AP Bio. I have to write about...120 questions and answers. This is ridiculous. Also, this is due monday. Also, French exam is monday. And I have a bio TEST on TUESDAY because my teacher is absolutely nuts.

For one thing, AMHERST DOESN'T EVEN TAKE CREDIT so the scores don't matter...but they do because I paid close to 300 bucks to take these silly things so I should pass.

Okay.

When people talk about college, it...amuses me. Firstly, most of the juniors..or supersmart top ten in their class juniors, are aiming for Ivy Leagues. Which is cool, and awesome, as Ivies are seen as the premier education you can get...but I feel the need to remind them that the Ivy League is a SPORT league. The schools are excellent, but in my opinion, somewhat overrated. No, this is not because I got rejected from Brown...30,000 people applied ( I think partly because of Emma watson) and that was expected. It's just that at Ivies, like cornell/harvard etc, you still have huge classes and professors who want to work on their research more than help you. At liberal arts colleges, there are no graduate students, and there are small classes. win, win situation, right?

My wrist is hurting, rawr.

My future.

I'm looking at the major of Law, Jurispudence, and Social Thought. It's kinda like putting law in the context of a liberal arts education...you get a little bit of history, a little bit of psych, some sociology, some film...it's pretty cool, and the main professor is awesome-i went to a class session with him. his name is prof. sarat. I'm also looking at the art and history of art major...Photoographhyyy<3>

It may be too early, but I'm looking at after school, too. I'm semi-drawn to Law School...maybe UChicago, or, (ironyironyirony) Yale or someplace. Now, I'm being very unrealistic here, but yknow it's nice to dream. Duke is pretty good too.

But before then, I'd like to do Teach for America. It's a program where you spend two years teaching at a low-income school with other recent college graduates, live with them, and get paid a teacher's salary...it sounds like fun/a good opportunity. i was thinking about peace corps, but figured i should fix things here first, yknow?

kayso this is just a very abstract plan. if this blog exists four years from now, I can come back and see how different/similar my plans are..but I'm absolutely sure they'll be different.
Maybe I'll be an astrophysicist?

....

Nahhh.

COLLEGE!

I am going to be a Lord Jeff this fall! Haha..Lord Jeffs...funny.

Weird how things turn out...I wasn't even expecting to get into Amherst, so I didn't look up anything about it. When I got in, I freaked, then I researched, and found out about the open curriculum/amazing dorms/rigor/prestige/location/5 college curriculum and I was convinced...also, I was rejected from Brown. Amherst=mini Brown, essentially, but better, because you can take classes for free at Mount Holyoke, Smith, UMASS, or Hampshire! Plus, financial aid isn't half bad...not as much as Kenyon, but Kenyon is in the middle of nowhere :/ and diversity there sucks :/ Amherst...40% minorities. SO yeah, I'm so excited!

I've been reading the Student Blogs for hours now...looking up the a capella videos (the zumbyes are AMAZING) and just came back from visiting (13 hour car ride..we left friday at 2 a.m) Even though I only spent like...4 hours on campus, I'm pretty sure I'll be there this fall...loan free FA + open curriculum + amazing campus = ^_^

I'm Cool.

A: you're welcome! Blogging is good for the soul...(like chicken soup sans the chicken soup part)

M^2 = the tennis twins...both of their names start with M. (I don't want to give out people's namesss) And you can never be replaced! everr!

Today: Impromptu trip to The North, cancelled due to not enough time/don't know all my choices yet

Rescheduled for next weekend, possibly flying up to Boston

Trip to Europe: probably not happening (on my own volition, though) I decided I should get a job and save up for college and then study abroad junior year...I'll have plenty of opportunities later on to go to Europe since I have so much of my family over there! At least half if not more...anyways, I'm a bit sad, but in the long run it's a better choice, non? 2,500 extra bucks will go a long way when I become a starving college student :3

Job searching: called about 20 places, two are hiring, harris teeter and ace hardware. ohyeah.

Life:

It is GORGEOUS outside!

Today: at 6p.m i'll know about Brown

okay that's all

HAPPY JOUR DE POISSON