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azurite'Shmuck' is such a fun word. But don't go around saying it, because it's bad! And if you can't do it with a proper Yiddish accent, you just sound stupid, anyway. I would know. ^^; It reminds me of Smuckers Jam, though... yumm... Jam...
Okay, so I'm back from AHS, and it was actually a very productive day! I'd say, anyway. So Dad pretty much plopped me into the college and career center... which I like SOOO much more than Wash's. Don't get me wrong, Wash's Mrs. Lupis was NICE and all... but Ms. Irvine, though intimidating, had the attitude that I needed to actually get me WORKING, rather than procrastinating. Heh. One thing I love about their Media Center is that it has this cool program called Choice, where it's like taking the ASVAB, a career placement test, and doing a college search-- all at once. You specify the kinds of things you're looking for in a college, the types of majors you want available-- there's so many choices to narrow it down, plus they have descriptions of everything, how much of a degree is offerred, blah blah... it was great! ^_^
So one of the colleges on my narrowed down list was (please don't kill me, Eva) University of Southern California. Dad wants me to stay "local," you see, and local to him is in California. He knows how badly I want to get away from Mom --San Francisco, at the least-- so I'm applying all over SoCal-- and then there's Rutger's. Obviously it's a weighted decision; any school in SoCal, I can live with my Grandparents for free room and board, and simply commute to wherever I go. CSUN is my #1, USC as my #2, and Rutger's as my #3.
Turns out my Grandfather went to USC and got his Pharmaceutical degree there, so I have legacy rights or whatever-- which could mean $$$. Which would be GREAT for a school whose tuition is upwards of $40,000! ;_; I don't know much about their programs, but they DO offer Print Journalism as a major, and Japanese language and literature as a course. Which are two of my "requirements" for any school I attend; I'd especially like a school with a study abroad program, where I could go to Japan for a while, maybe even work at a paper there! That would be such a dream...
Anyway, so that gives me a bunch more to do-- and a lot more money to spend. Thankfully, Grandpa gave me $100-- so $65 is going straight to USC for the application fee (once I get it filled out...) and $15 or so for the CSS/PROFILE from CollegeBoard. It'll be another $13 for my transcripts (ugh, I have to go back AGAIN!) from CCSF and SFUSD... I NEED to have the CCSF credits, even if they screwed me over for SFSU, because I'm aiming for the February transfer student deadline. And I finally emailed CSUN about the foriegn language waiver. So I might hear from them on that, now that I've explained my situation/circumstances in more detail.
O_O This is paranoia! I finally finished with all the Rutger's stuff, and now this! Plus, at the end of the month, taxes and the FAFSA! I have to make it to my next pay period on Very Little Funds, since I have something like 50 cents in there now. I have no idea how it got so low, as I *have* been keeping track of my spending, but still... *wince* The next paycheck will have to go to sending out my SAT and AP scores *again* which is another $40-something dollars.
USC Expenditures (is that the right word?)
* $65 - application fee
* $23 - CSS/PROFILE fee
* $29.50 - SAT scores (rush)
* $10 - CCSF transcript
* $3 - SFUSD transcript
* $23 - AP scores (rush)
TOTAL: $153.50
I don't think I left anything out. But geez, that's a lot for pre-college stuff alone. *sigh* The rush feature always costs extra, but so many deadlines are coming up, so I can't take the chance of being denied based on a postmark. :P
There's still much to do-- finish the application, think about what to write for the personal statements... I'm kinda glad I finally get to write one! The thing I wrote for Rutger's wasn't even that long... hardly very personal, at all. I think I wrote a personal statement in Senior English, but for the life of me, I can't remember what it was about. I'm pretty sure I kept the best of my school papers, so they're in my room somewhere (oh yeah, like THAT'S helpful). I *do* have work tomorrow from 11-615 (BOX!!! ;_; WHYYY???) and I am tired... still, I should find an hour or so tonight to work on my room-- make my bed, at least, put the few clothes I *don't* have in my hamper or the Black Bag of Dirty Laundry of Doom in my dresser... yadda, yadda. I have much to get rid of, too.
Maybe I can find some helpful papers. I should try and get like, a whole week off to get some of this stuff done, but I have a feeling I'd just procrastinate, watch Yu-Gi-Oh and play video games all day. It's what I've been wanting to do for a long time now...
Speaking of which, I still need two strategy guides for existing games, maybe 3 if there's one for Persona 2: EP, and X-2. *dr00ls* I want my next paycheck...
Okay, so I'm back from AHS, and it was actually a very productive day! I'd say, anyway. So Dad pretty much plopped me into the college and career center... which I like SOOO much more than Wash's. Don't get me wrong, Wash's Mrs. Lupis was NICE and all... but Ms. Irvine, though intimidating, had the attitude that I needed to actually get me WORKING, rather than procrastinating. Heh. One thing I love about their Media Center is that it has this cool program called Choice, where it's like taking the ASVAB, a career placement test, and doing a college search-- all at once. You specify the kinds of things you're looking for in a college, the types of majors you want available-- there's so many choices to narrow it down, plus they have descriptions of everything, how much of a degree is offerred, blah blah... it was great! ^_^
So one of the colleges on my narrowed down list was (please don't kill me, Eva) University of Southern California. Dad wants me to stay "local," you see, and local to him is in California. He knows how badly I want to get away from Mom --San Francisco, at the least-- so I'm applying all over SoCal-- and then there's Rutger's. Obviously it's a weighted decision; any school in SoCal, I can live with my Grandparents for free room and board, and simply commute to wherever I go. CSUN is my #1, USC as my #2, and Rutger's as my #3.
Turns out my Grandfather went to USC and got his Pharmaceutical degree there, so I have legacy rights or whatever-- which could mean $$$. Which would be GREAT for a school whose tuition is upwards of $40,000! ;_; I don't know much about their programs, but they DO offer Print Journalism as a major, and Japanese language and literature as a course. Which are two of my "requirements" for any school I attend; I'd especially like a school with a study abroad program, where I could go to Japan for a while, maybe even work at a paper there! That would be such a dream...
Anyway, so that gives me a bunch more to do-- and a lot more money to spend. Thankfully, Grandpa gave me $100-- so $65 is going straight to USC for the application fee (once I get it filled out...) and $15 or so for the CSS/PROFILE from CollegeBoard. It'll be another $13 for my transcripts (ugh, I have to go back AGAIN!) from CCSF and SFUSD... I NEED to have the CCSF credits, even if they screwed me over for SFSU, because I'm aiming for the February transfer student deadline. And I finally emailed CSUN about the foriegn language waiver. So I might hear from them on that, now that I've explained my situation/circumstances in more detail.
O_O This is paranoia! I finally finished with all the Rutger's stuff, and now this! Plus, at the end of the month, taxes and the FAFSA! I have to make it to my next pay period on Very Little Funds, since I have something like 50 cents in there now. I have no idea how it got so low, as I *have* been keeping track of my spending, but still... *wince* The next paycheck will have to go to sending out my SAT and AP scores *again* which is another $40-something dollars.
USC Expenditures (is that the right word?)
* $65 - application fee
* $23 - CSS/PROFILE fee
* $29.50 - SAT scores (rush)
* $10 - CCSF transcript
* $3 - SFUSD transcript
* $23 - AP scores (rush)
TOTAL: $153.50
I don't think I left anything out. But geez, that's a lot for pre-college stuff alone. *sigh* The rush feature always costs extra, but so many deadlines are coming up, so I can't take the chance of being denied based on a postmark. :P
There's still much to do-- finish the application, think about what to write for the personal statements... I'm kinda glad I finally get to write one! The thing I wrote for Rutger's wasn't even that long... hardly very personal, at all. I think I wrote a personal statement in Senior English, but for the life of me, I can't remember what it was about. I'm pretty sure I kept the best of my school papers, so they're in my room somewhere (oh yeah, like THAT'S helpful). I *do* have work tomorrow from 11-615 (BOX!!! ;_; WHYYY???) and I am tired... still, I should find an hour or so tonight to work on my room-- make my bed, at least, put the few clothes I *don't* have in my hamper or the Black Bag of Dirty Laundry of Doom in my dresser... yadda, yadda. I have much to get rid of, too.
Maybe I can find some helpful papers. I should try and get like, a whole week off to get some of this stuff done, but I have a feeling I'd just procrastinate, watch Yu-Gi-Oh and play video games all day. It's what I've been wanting to do for a long time now...
Speaking of which, I still need two strategy guides for existing games, maybe 3 if there's one for Persona 2: EP, and X-2. *dr00ls* I want my next paycheck...
