I'm at home right now, trying to be productive, but it's really hard to care anymore. I'm IMing my brother and trying to convince the director to let me Skype the cast today. I'm really sad that I'm going to miss out on Guild today, especially since I felt like there was impending awesome today, and when I jumped out of bed I was in such pain that I withered back into the sheets. I didn't want to deal with another pointless day in school (when really all we need to be working on is the Research Paper now) when I was feeling shitty. Besides, this whole college thing is severely stressing me out.
The 4 colleges I got into (so far) are:
Curry College (Milton, MA)
I asked a friend of a friend who attends Curry for some insight on what goes on there over Facebook after I got accepted with a scholarship. I haven't heard ANYTHING good about it from anyone that applied last year, or this. It's definitely a fall-back safety in my case. Regardless, I gave it a chance. Maybe it's the pretentious BLS student in me, but reading the horrible grammar and spelling in the kid's reply kind of edged me away from it. He's nice enough, I just hope that he isn't reflecting the school as a whole. Another huge thing with me is, it'd be too close to where I live now. Milton is a skip away from where I live, and I just don't like the idea of seeing all of the same for 4 more years. I think I'd feel leashed. I'm not going to rule it out just yet, though. I figure it's worth visiting since it's so close.
Wells College (Aurora, NY)
First off, I got $11,000 as a scholarship from them, but the tuition alone is $32,180 and rises frequently. I'm not too afraid of the cold there, especially since it'd be a cold foreign to me. As long as it's not the same thing I've known, I'll give it a go. The thing about this school that I'm not keen on is the fact that it's a tiny, tiny school. A graduating class can be as few a 90 kids. I don't like the idea of it being an everyone-knows-everyone kind of deal. And since there isn't a whole lot to do around Wells besides to commute to other real colleges, I imagine people get stuck in their initial group of friends. Sounds kind of like a continuation of high school. The programs offered are interesting, and the woman I've been in contact to went to Northeastern for Grad School. The academics are decent, I'm definitely interested in this school despite the social limitations (I feel so mature for keeping that concern on the back burner, haha). Aside from that, they have some neat clubs. Unfortunately, there aren't any Improv Groups at all or theatre kids that do it just for fun. But I could start my own.. Also, I kind of wanted to start Ice Hockey in college since I'm a pretty solid skater. They don't offer that either. They do field hockey, though.
St. John's University (Queens, NY)
They gave me $19,000 with my acceptance, it has good programs and plenty of people to get to know, is pretty close to NYC which would be pretty cool, but has a reputation of being a high school experience. Everything I've read about St. John's, I've really liked. I'm going to go on a visit soon with my mother, probably. It could go either way, but as it stand right now, there aren't any condemning flaws. If I get the financial assistance and I like the school, this may be where I end up :)
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Yeah, yeah. "Party school." Thing is, every school has parties, college is what you make of it. I think I could be extremely successful at ASU, even though some people may be overwhelmed with distractions that are there. I don't really have a huge problem with missing ONE party to finish a paper, I buckle down when I know I need to. There are a TON of people there, and I don't know exactly how I would operate with that being a factor. Watching the video of the beautiful people there I can't help to think, "Damn, I'm gonna be such a wallflower dweeb there." But then I remember that I'm hilarious as fuck and fun which, to guys/girls that are worthwhile, outweighs giant boobs, fake tans, and bleached hair. Anyway, ASU offers a good psychology course and TONS of other majors and minors. They have every club you can imagine, tons of events. My mom thinks it's too far, and too hot. But I adore heat. I know that it's easy to fall into ASU's social scene, especially as a freshman, but I don't have a doubt in my mind that I can successfully avoid that kind of crowd and be intellectually RIPPED. Although ASU isn't a likely first choice for me, and it probably won't be easy for visit in April, but it would be a major change in my life. And why not? I can always transfer if I'm miserable.
Colleges I'm waiting to hear from: Boston University (Boston, MA), Clark University (Worcester, MA), Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC), UMass Amherst (Amherst, MA), UMass Boston (Boston, MA), University of New Haven (West Haven, CT), Northeastern University (Boston, MA), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC), Suffolk University (Boston, MA), Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC).
Although I'm wicked excited to start the college experience, I'm worried I'll be leaving Boston/Boston Latin School with "unfinished business." I don't really know what, haha, but I'm afraid that I'll be stricken with "What-If" post-high school syndrome. I wonder what's stopping me from being all kinds of ridiculous.
