2011-03-24, 11:47 PM
Rick Wrote:Willis I know all about the college application process in America. I talked extensively about it with Harrison when he went through it. The bottom line is you had not a hope of getting in to some of the schools you applied to (yes, I know your scores, have read your essays and everything) even if somehow the entire round of current accepted were wiped out. Why do you set yourself up for failure?
Why shouldn't I? Even though those schools were expected/10 for rejections (or simply hard to get into, which there's good reasons why they are called far reach/dream schools in the first place), it was still enough that I would have a sliver of chance to try applying - and get accepted - into it.
I had nothing to lose, basically. If I get rejected, I get rejected. Oh wells. So why not just apply and see what happens, even though there's a great chance I could be rejected?
Of course, there were some of the higher-tier schools - better than the dream schools that I had applied to - which my parents wanted me to apply to, but I chose not to because I would be going on a suicide mission, basically.
On a lighter note...wow Rick, you know way too much about me.
