December Update

Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I've been extremely busy with school and final exams. Thank god those are over!
On the college front, I got into Presbyterian right before Thanksgiving, which made me extremely happy that I will have choices come April to be able to pick from to choose the perfect college for me. Presbyterian has offered me a merit scholarship of $16,000 a year with an invitation to compete for their full-tuition scholarship in the spring. So awesome!
Birmingham-Southern also offered me $16,000 a year with an invitation to their scholarship competition in February. I'm so proud of myself with all these scholarships!!!
I should hear from Centre and Rhodes by the middle of January about my admissions decisions at those schools. However, I won't hear from Furman, Davidson, and University of Richmond until April 1st at the latest. Uggh...I really want to know if I got in or not!!!
On the personal side, I am finally eighteen and a second semester senior!!! I am so excited for the next step...and second semester is supposed to be a blast, so I can't wait!!!

October Update

I am officially going to college!!! I got accepted into Birmingham-Southern College!!! My first of hopefully seven acceptances! I am so happy that I know that I will be going to college somewhere.
I have one more essay to write for Davidson, and then I am done with college apps. Thank god. But I have been thinking about this essay for weeks and still have no clue as to what to write about. I really need to write that one.
I should hear from Presbyterian soon about my application there. I did early action (non-binding) and learned that my admissions counselor had passed it on to the admission committee and that I would hear from them in a few weeks. I'll let you know how that application works out.

Update

Well, Emory is definitely not on my list anymore. I just don't want to go to college in Georgia. I visited Presbyterian and did an overnight at Davidson last weekend. I liked Presbyterian; it had a very nice campus and good academics. I stayed overnight at Davidson because I was trying to figure out if I was going to apply early decision or regular decision. Even though I still like Davidson, I am just not ready to apply early decision and make that commitment so soon. I am heading to Furman to do an overnight there today. I'll let you know how it goes.

Rhodes

So yesterday I did a phone interview with my admissions counselor at Rhodes College. She was very nice, and I loved what she told me about Rhodes. This phone interview was especially great because my mother has decided that we are not going to go look at any more colleges until the spring--after my acceptances roll in. But the conversation I had with my admissions counselor was so casual and easy. When I first heard the term "phone interview," it kind of freaked me out. What is a phone interview and can it impact my admissions decision? Questions like these kept running through my mind. But then I forgot about it until my phone rang at 4:30. It wasn't my admissions counselor, but it reminded me into getting freaked out about the interview. But after talking with my admissions counselor, I don't really have more doubts about getting into Rhodes even though I haven't seen the campus. She seemed really impressed when I told her what my scores were on my SAT and ACT. So, hopefully I won't have any problems getting in there.

And speaking of testing, I caved and decided to call College Board to get my AP scores. It cost me eight dollars, but it was so worth it once I found out from a computer that I got 5's on both my AP Government and AP Chemistry exams. I was so excited and pleased that I had done so well.

Oh, and Hendrix is no longer on my list. I decided that Arkansas was just too far away, so I now have room on my list to add a Georgia college, so I've decided to add Emory to my list.

Testing

My summer standardized test scores just came out. After taking the SAT twice, the ACT twice, and three subject tests, here are my results:
SAT:
Jan. CR: 670 M: 710 W: 660
March: CR: 710 M: 680 W: 720
ACT:
Feb. Overall: 31
English: 30 Math: 30 Reading: 35 Science: 28
Jun. Overall: 33
English: 34 Math: 30 Reading:35 Science: 33
Subject Tests:
Chemistry: 750
Math 2: 670
Spanish: 660

I am just so glad that the only other standardized test I need to take in the fall is a retake of the math 2 subject test. I need to be in the seven hundred's so that I am more competitive for my top schools. I was considering taking another ACT or SAT, but my college counselor says that I don't need to take another one after my ACT score of 33!!! Now I'm just waiting for my AP Chemistry and US Government & Politics scores. I should get those sometime next month.

Speaking of colleges, I did not get to see Presbyterian on Thursday. My mother decided on Wednesday night that she did not want to drive that far. So, I made her call Presbyterian and cancel. There was no way I was going to get stuck with doing that!

Summer!

Sooo...life has been great!!! I am finally done with taking standardized tests until the fall! I went to my school's honors banquet and got Gold Eagle, a UGA certificate of merit, AND the Dartmouth Book Award. Even though I don't want to go to Dartmouth (too cold), it was nice to be recognized. It was like that time when I got a letter from MIT in the mail without signing up for their mailing list. Didn't want to go there, but it was nice to get the letter. Well, I am going to look at Presbyterian on Thursday. It's in South Carolina, so it should be a relatively short drive (THANK GOD!!!!). After my five day college road trip with my mom over spring break, four-five hours in the car (round trip) won't be as terrible. I'll keep you posted on Presbyterian.
On another note, I am leaving for England in a month!!! I'm so excited to be participating in the Cambridge College Programme this summer. Three weeks in England!!! It's going to be my first time in Europe!

WOW!!!

I'm extrmemely excited today! I got a letter in the mail yesterday from Centre College telling me that my college counselor had nominated me to be a Centre fellow and that I was accepted. They'll waive my application fee, and if I get accepted, I'll be offered, at minimum, $12,500 in scholarship money a year for the four years of college!!! I never thought that I would be being offered merit scholarships in my junior year! It makes me hope that I'll be offered money from the other schools that I'm going to apply to.

My final list of colleges as of this moment:

Davidson College

Birmingham-Southern College

University of Richmond

Furman University

Presbyterian College

Rhodes College

Hendrix College

Centre College

(which are not ranked in order, by the way!)

-S