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Things I Will Miss from California
Am I seriously leaving in twelve days?What's strange is that I haven't really grieved over the end of high school. I've always felt so ready to move on that graduation and saying goodbye to friends never had the greatest impact on me.I'm starting to realize what I'm going to be losing come August...
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Published 7 months ago

Fashion Blog
I started a fashion blog, tada!Needless to say, I will be looking out for well-dressed people once I get to campus. I love winter fashion! Though, I suppose I actually love autumn fashion because, apparently, on the east coast, winter fashion requires multiple layers of coats (which I imagine...
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Published 7 months ago

Childhood is Over?
Thanks a lot YDN. Now my parents are definitely going to cry when they drop me off.
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Published 7 months ago

Bloglovin
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Published 7 months ago

Residential College Madness (and classes)
The unspoken law of residential college assignments demands an almost primal birth of loyalty to whichever college one is randomly assigned to. A pre-frosh might rant for hours on her deep-embedded fears of being assigned to one of the ugly colleges (*cough* Morse and Stiles), but, upon opening...
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Published 8 months ago

Senior Luncheon and Blackberry Bold!
Ridiculous. I graduate in three days.The end of the year seems to come with a never-ending chain of events: Senior Project presentations (YEAH last bit of work I'll ever have to do for CSU), Alumni Induction Ceremony (I will never give these people my phone number...), and, yes, the fabled Senior...
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Published 9 months ago

Why I (begin to) love Yale:
1. My email address is a********.***@yale.edu. Sexy.2. Using said email address, I contacted and received a reply from Diana Peterfreund aka Yale alum class of 2001 aka author of the chick lit 'Secret Society Girl' series that (yes) I read because it is set at Yale (and induces rampant college...
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Published 10 months ago

College Visit Fun
So, where am I going to college? It's May 1st, so I've obviously clicked the button somewhere. Let's talk about my two college visits before we get to the final verdict!Days 1-3: YaleAha! We arrived in New Haven by questionable propeller plane and took a taxi (driven by a very cool Nigerian...
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Published 11 months ago

T-shirt Mutilation
Whenever I start a new blog, I'm reminded of how much fun it actually is to (procrastinate) write about random stuff. But since this blog is supposed to be about my life in relation to college, I'll try to preserve relevance.What better way is there to start cultivating college pride than...
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Published 11 months ago

The Minute Before
Hi, my name is Alex. To give a brief biography of myself: I live in Palo Alto, California (right in the middle of Stanford Land), I'm eighteen (as of February 17th, 2009), and I am starting this blog in preparation for my entry into COLLEGE in the fall of 2009!Though I am still choosing between a...
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Published 11 months ago