Wowzers

So it's completely official. I'm going to Caltech. I sent off my papers a couple days ago and have rejected everywhere else. It's slightly frightening to realize I'm actually going to college but at the same time I'm so ready to be done with high school. I'm almost done with AP Chem (one more "practice" AP tomorrow and then we should be done done done), I'm done with math, psych never was a big deal, and APES has chilled down a ton. So that really only leaves me with a huge humanities project and my senior recital. Oh my recital. It's proving to be a ton of work, though most of the time I feel like it really will go pretty well. I need to finish up my piece (I'm halfway through) and run through stuff with my accompanist. Meaning... YES I got an accompanist... small miracles happen. What else? I applied for a job at Staples so that I can bring in some money this summer so that I can pretend to afford college. Other than that, life is starting to chill off. I mean, I'm still busy but less insanely so. Like I went to bed at 10 last night.

I MADE A DECISION!!!

Okay, awesome. I'm going to Caltech. Yesssss... it was 77 degrees today. Okay, no, that's not why I chose it. But it just seems like a terrific way to spent the next four years of my life. I mean, I'm going to die, but I will enjoy dying.
Anyways, now that that craziness is done with I suppose I should justify my reasoning. In a school, I was looking for a place that I could graduate in four years with a BS in ChemE and be employable. I was looking for a school with really strong academics. I was looking for a school where the social scene was not dependent on alcohol, unless I was doing an orgo set. I was looking for a school where I could play bassoon. Caltech has all these things. I think I got too interested in the whole "majoring in bassoon" thing and really lost track of what my future held. I couldn't drop the idea.. I'm not really sure why. In the end, I realized that there was a decent chance that I would not be able to juggle the double degree with any amount of success and that future employers wouldn't get that I got a C in Thermo because my junior recital was the next day. At first, this felt like I was making a huge compromise, but I think I'm okay with it. I should have fun over the next four years and learn so much more than I have in high school. Plus, this means I don't have to take AP tests, which means that I can totally chill. That just made my May so much more awesome...
Anyways, life otherwise is pretty sweet. School is chilling out. And I have a date for my senior recital. EVERYONE SHOULD COME. May 11th at 7:30 in the auditorium. BE THERE.

FML

So I'm not ready for college. At all. My math grades indicate that. Which means I'm definitely not ready for MIT or Caltech. Gah. I don't know where to go...
Other than that my grades are good. So I shouldn't get rescinded. But still. It's frustrating when you know that you could do better and yet you just can't. Poo at life.
And my parents are going through all the college financial aid offers today and are telling me what might be financially feasible and what might not be. I really wish money just didn't matter, but it does so I need to deal.
Umm yeah. So there really was no real need to blog. But whatever. Spring break is a week away which means SOWMYA'S COMING HOME. Which is awesome.

DONE

Okay, so I'm officially done with math. Finally. And I will retake multivariable next year and will actually understand it with some degree of clarity. Awesome.
Anyways, I had a pretty sweet day today. Meaning except for the three hour math test. But other than that. I ended the term in chem with an almost decent grade (not an Asian fail) even though my test average was a 67. Ugh. Mrs. Kurzman. WTF.
In any case, I can now start to practice again. And other fun stuff. I need to schedule my senior recital officially and I'm having trouble deciding on a date. But whatever. It'll get figured out. Hopefully before someone takes the multi-purpose room on that day. Hmm, maybe I should figure that out...
College is making no headway. My mom talked to the bassoon teacher at Northwestern and he was supposed to call me Tuesday night and didn't. I was... not too pleased. Like, at all. grr... Anyways, I have no idea where I'm going next year. I'm almost up for saying screw it and going to Drexel. Or MIT. Or UIUC. Because the fights about money are just not worth it with my parents. Because they're just not fun. Gah.

Les Champions

So I gave up French last year (best move ever). But in any case, for the second year in a row, Bedford won math team states. And this time it was a complete win. No ties or nothing. Pretty awesome. Be jealous. AND to make it even sweeter, Lexington didn't win. Awesome to the max. In any case, Yongyi got an 18 (grr), Christie got a 15, and I got a 13. So the seniors did awesome. Shreyas got a 7, Victor got a 4, and Will got a 2. Mm a two. And we got a 12 on team. 71 total. We beat Winchester by 8 and Sharon by a lot. So alls we need to do is BEAT CHOATE. And we will. And it will be epic. And Nipunn and Marissa will actually pick up their phones this time.

Where do I go?

So I got in everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. Which means I owe Sowmya ice cream. Bummer.
But now I need to figure out where I'm going. So here's the list (please vote):
JHU/Peabody double degree
Northwestern
Caltech
MIT
Drexel
WashU St. Louis
U. Illinois at U-C
USC

Don't bother voting for any of the last three. I doubt I'm going. Or Drexel for that matter. But anyways...
Life has been nuts. All-state was amazing. Our conductor was an awesome person with a heart of gold and a love of bassoons. Which made the experience really enjoyable. And Alisa, Ruby, and I roomed together which was a party. And Michael Goldberg is the shiz at donkey sounds. ANYWAYS...
Life is slowly chilling off again. Not yet the seniorness I had been promised, but that's okay. It's better than junior year. Everything is better than junior year...