"We're glad to inform you that you've been accepted to..."

I really wanted to do a post in between the series posts, but I didn't have the time. So, I'm sorry if this look sorta of unorganized and ugly, you know, with two posts kinda of similar (although, really different at the same time). Oh, and I also apologize for not posting when I said that I probably would. Yeah, sorry about that.

In the past 2 weeks, I've applied to all of my California State Schools AND a few private ones. No, I don't know why I'm applying to the private ones, considering that the chances of me going to one is rare, but Jessica, Will's college counselor, is driving me crazy with the college apps, and telling me to apply everywhere (so, tip #1: although college counselors are one of the best things in the world, don't forget to tell them the exact places that you wanna apply, and don't be like me and actually say no when you don't wanna apply somewhere), but she is great and I would be completely lost without her. So, I started applying to some private schools that apparently wanted me (they will send you an email offering you a scholarship or a fee waiver or something), you know, the ones that I didn't have to pay for the application process, and now I'm enrolled in "The Common App," the website for all the applications for private colleges.

So, let me tell you something about college applications (for every single college). If you are like me and live in California, there are three websites that you need to go. "The Common App," if you are applying for a private school; "CSU Mentor," for all of the California State Schools; and the UC (University of California) website which I do not know, because I'm not applying there. All of the college websites are really great, because all you gotta do is fill out one really long form, and then, the next school you apply to, all of your information will already be there waiting for you to click "next." If you, like me, want to go out of state, make sure to check the school's website and apply there (like what I'm doing with Arizona State University, per example).

Oh, if you are applying for a private school, don't forget to write your personal statement, which should talk about you and an event/person that define who you are. And, if you are applying for private schools, you need to get a recommendation letter from a teacher or a counselor, so make sure to get on that. I didn't know that I was applying to a private school until today, so on Monday, I need to go talk to my high school counselor and ask him to fill out my recommendation letter (which Drexel University already provide me with, but I was dumb enough and threw it away. *sight).

Ok, enough about private schools. For the California State Universities, I applied to Northridge, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, San Jose, and San Francisco, all for the journalism major and the English minor. I did not expect San Francisco State to be as demanding about journalism as they are. They expect me to know a second/third language (thank god I know three), have worked with journalism before, write a journalism essay, send them a copy of an article that was on the newspaper,... It's funny though, because San Francisco is supposed to be my safe school, and it's turning out to be one of the hardest to get in. Ironic, isn't it?

Well, that's all I've done for now. Next week, I think that I'm gonna send my ACT scores to all of the schools that I've applied. Ugh. Being a High School senior is not easy. Whoever said that this is the best year of high school was seriously under the influence.

(PS: Sorry about this super long post. I'll try to make the next one much shorter!)

Well, everyone always talks about how college is fun and etc, but no one really speaks up about everything you have to go through to get there. Well, this is about to change. There will be about 6 or 7 posts titled: "Confessions of a high school senior," and in each post I'll be talking about whatever I had to do for college (personal statements, college applications,...). maybe I'll even do a video blog about it.. who knows?! ;)

(PS: This was supposed to be post # uno, but I still need to check a few things with my counselor, so I'll start doing my college applications on friday, so as soon as I'm done with that, I'll come back here and tell you guys everything I learned from that experience, the colleges I applied,... - not that you guys care at all, or that anyone reads this haha I just wanted to share, like I always do, about the struggles that we, seniors, always have to go through.)

"We're glad to inform you that you've been accepted to..."

I really wanted to do a post in between the series posts, but I didn't have the time. So, I'm sorry if this look sorta of unorganized and ugly, you know, with two posts kinda of similar (although, really different at the same time). Oh, and I also apologize for not posting when I said that I probably would. Yeah, sorry about that.

In the past 2 weeks, I've applied to all of my California State Schools AND a few private ones. No, I don't know why I'm applying to the private ones, considering that the chances of me going to one is rare, but Jessica, Will's college counselor, is driving me crazy with the college apps, and telling me to apply everywhere (so, tip #1: although college counselors are one of the best things in the world, don't forget to tell them the exact places that you wanna apply, and don't be like me and actually say no when you don't wanna apply somewhere), but she is great and I would be completely lost without her. So, I started applying to some private schools that apparently wanted me (they will send you an email offering you a scholarship or a fee waiver or something), you know, the ones that I didn't have to pay for the application process, and now I'm enrolled in "The Common App," the website for all the applications for private colleges.

So, let me tell you something about college applications (for every single college). If you are like me and live in California, there are three websites that you need to go. "The Common App," if you are applying for a private school; "CSU Mentor," for all of the California State Schools; and the UC (University of California) website which I do not know, because I'm not applying there. All of the college websites are really great, because all you gotta do is fill out one really long form, and then, the next school you apply to, all of your information will already be there waiting for you to click "next." If you, like me, want to go out of state, make sure to check the school's website and apply there (like what I'm doing with Arizona State University, per example).

Oh, if you are applying for a private school, don't forget to write your personal statement, which should talk about you and an event/person that define who you are. And, if you are applying for private schools, you need to get a recommendation letter from a teacher or a counselor, so make sure to get on that. I didn't know that I was applying to a private school until today, so on Monday, I need to go talk to my high school counselor and ask him to fill out my recommendation letter (which Drexel University already provide me with, but I was dumb enough and threw it away. *sight).

Ok, enough about private schools. For the California State Universities, I applied to Northridge, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, San Jose, and San Francisco, all for the journalism major and the English minor. I did not expect San Francisco State to be as demanding about journalism as they are. They expect me to know a second/third language (thank god I know three), have worked with journalism before, write a journalism essay, send them a copy of an article that was on the newspaper,... It's funny though, because San Francisco is supposed to be my safe school, and it's turning out to be one of the hardest to get in. Ironic, isn't it?

Well, that's all I've done for now. Next week, I think that I'm gonna send my ACT scores to all of the schools that I've applied. Ugh. Being a High School senior is not easy. Whoever said that this is the best year of high school was seriously under the influence.

(PS: Sorry about this super long post. I'll try to make the next one much shorter!)

Well, everyone always talks about how college is fun and etc, but no one really speaks up about everything you have to go through to get there. Well, this is about to change. There will be about 6 or 7 posts titled: "Confessions of a high school senior," and in each post I'll be talking about whatever I had to do for college (personal statements, college applications,...). maybe I'll even do a video blog about it.. who knows?! ;)

(PS: This was supposed to be post # uno, but I still need to check a few things with my counselor, so I'll start doing my college applications on friday, so as soon as I'm done with that, I'll come back here and tell you guys everything I learned from that experience, the colleges I applied,... - not that you guys care at all, or that anyone reads this haha I just wanted to share, like I always do, about the struggles that we, seniors, always have to go through.)