*SHHH!* It's a secret!

I am typing this out because everytime I open my mouth I jinx it "( . 

I know! I know!

It sounds crazy but I swear it is true!

And I really need to say this or get it down at least.

Or else I will end up talking about in school

then it wont come true.

 

Ok so I keep changing my top schools. First it was University of Connecticut, then is was Howard, and now it is *drum roll please!!!!* Spelman. I really want to go there now. I have not been notified of a decision from any of these schools yet. But the deadline for Spelman to notify me of admission is New Years Eve. And the dead line for Howard to notify (that is if they received my stuff by then, which is a whole other story) is Christmas Eve. And UConn's is February 1st. 

But anyway. I really want to go to Spelman. I live in CT so it is a far distance from home but my mom promised she will fly me back and forth if need be. I have done a lot of research on this school and it has great professors, students there walk away with an amazing education and benefits and they also get a lot out of it. I even searched on Tumblr and some amazing pictures and blogs came up about it and I thought it seemed like a cool place to be.

I can honestly see myself at Spelman. I just really hope that I get in. I meet their SAT requirements and everything the only thing that I am worried about is the fact that they admit no more than 39% of their applicants. 

I really hope I find out really soon. The deadline for early action was November 15th and they received all of my materials by the 27th of October. So hopefully my application is close to the top so they could give me a decision faster. I figured people who applied for early decision would get their applications first and they would be informed first and the deadline for them to find out is December 15th. So starting the 16th hopefully they will begin to mail out the decisions for early action applicants. 

 I feel much more relaxed :] 

First College Acceptance Letter

Yesterday on November 3, 2011 at 8:11 am I received an email informing me that I have been accepted to University of New Haven! It is my first ever acceptance letter!!! Even though that it is my safety school and last choice as of the moment I am extremely excited because right now no matter what I am going to college :) . So even if I get declined by somewhere, which I'm sure I will, I still have somewhere to go. Now I am just waiting on my top four choices to let me know. Right now they are Howard University, University of Connecticut, Temple University, and Spelman College!

College Made me Think

Ever since I graduated from my Yale program my family have been talking to about college. I don't mean my mother and sister when I say family because they have been talking to me about it since like elementary.. my mother at least. When I say family I mean my aunts like the the ones from North Carolina and ones that I only talk to occasionally from across state. My great aunt, my second cousins, great grandparents, older cousins, grandparents and it is all just so amazing to me. I never knew that all these people we excited and proud of me in the ways that they have been showing. 

It is crazy because I have been wondering what I'm going to do this school year once I'm settled with sending in my college stuff. Who would I become best friends with, what will I do during my free time. In school I have tons of friends don't get me wrong. But it's not like I try to hang out with them on a daily basis outside of school unless I'm going to some type of game or party. To top it off my best friends either live out of state far away, graduated and are busy in college, or work part time after school.

During the past three years of high school I was busy trying to be friends with people who would either use me, didn't care, or I built relationships that wasted my time. 

All of this college talk and applying made me realize something. This is my last year in high school, my last year being a kid, my last year that I will spend everyday with my family. And the last chance I will get to spend a lot of time with the people who love and believe in me the most. That is what I'm going to do this year. I'm going to use up every minute I have. If it has nothing to do with school or college I'm going to spend it with my family. But don't get me wrong, because I am still a teenager, I'm still going to parties and games with my friends from school. But I'm going to be more wise and thoughtful of my decisions.