WoWP: A Rant on "Alex vs. Alex" (@ 3AM)

I might have mentioned it before, but WoWP was like my special TV series in high school.  I started watching it as a freshman; appropriately, it ended the year I graduated.

WoWP has also been there for me these past few nights while I've been suffering from insomnia.

Anywho, I just finished watching the movie special, "Alex vs. Alex."  And as a fan, I feel a little ripped off >_<

Justin Russo didn't appear AT ALL.  REALLY, NOW!?  You can't just cut out my favorite character like that!!  Bah, curses!  *shakes fist*

Furthermore, when Dominic the nemesis delivers a message in Justin's stead, and when Justin's voicemail picks up when Alex calls later on, we the audience start to wonder if Justin's okay.

I mean, you can do whatever the hell you want, but leaving plot threads in the OFFICIAL FINALE SPECIAL kinda pisses me off -_-*

Also, it would have been nice to have a follow up on Justin, now that he's head of WizTech and all.  *pouts*

....and no, the fact that I'm going to be 20 y.o. this year does NOT mean I'm too old for Wizards.  You're never too old for WoWP ^^

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I'm Baaack~

Wow, I've been absent for a while, haven't I?  Here's a brief recap of what happened these past few months:


STAGE 1: The Wait
(March 1 - March 25)
I wait for college decisions while trying not to freak out.  I research ways I can improve my chances.  Despite not being religious, I pray piously at least three times a day that Mount Holyoke will accept me.  I start stalking my college admissions officers.


STAGE 2: The Decisions
(March 25 - April 3)
I try to cope with the fact that not one freaking college accepted me during Stage 1.  I contemplate this complete and epic fail, but manage to stay fairly optimistic thanks to my early acceptance to Willamette.   Any disappointment I still feel about my multitude of rejections disappears when I unexpectedly receive a waitlist letter from the University of Rochester on April 3.  (O_O WTF!?)  This proved that I am secretly a genius!  *dramatic music* I spend the next couple days basking in my awesomeness ^^ 


STAGE 3: Oh, the Humanity!
(April 5 - April 23)
        Willamette gives me no financial aid.  Well, actually they did give me financial aid, but the remaining bill (after taking out max federal loans, grants, etc.) was equal to my household's entire annual income -_-"  Loyola U in Chicago (the only other college that accepted me) gave me even worse financial aid.  I submit a financial re-evaluation for Willamette, but although the financial adviser I talked to on the phone agreed that Willamette would be financially impossible if I didn't receive more aid, she cautioned me against getting my hopes up due to budget reasons (urrgh...).
        This prompted me to try really really hard to get off Rochester's waitlist.  Then the admissions counselor at Rochester tells me that they're actually expecting to be over-enrolled and doubts Rochester will go to the waitlist at all this year.  This leads to PANIC, because OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!!!!!!  I loose >5 pounds due to stress.
        My psychiatrist expresses mild concern about my weight loss and also asks about my college stuff.  I confide in him.  He expresses empathy and offers advice and brainstorms ways he might be able to help (T^T *sniff sniff* I was touched by this act of kindness).
        I take his advice and look at applying locally (so at least I'll have a loose plan in case Willamette doesn't work out) and spend a great deal of time looking into what actions I can take to get a better financial aid offer from Willamette.  There aren't any, so I stress over my inability to solve "Problem: Willamette Fin. Aid" in any conceivable way.
        On the evening of April 23, Willamette finally emailed me, only to inform me that they had not increased my award by a single penny.  (So much for their "great financial aid"...)


STAGE 4: Adrenaline...It Gives You WINGS!!!
(April 23 - May 20)
        There's no time to cry about Willamette.  I realize that I need to do something RIGHT NOW if I want to go to college at all.
       So, BOOM!  I research more colleges!  I write essays!  I submit fee waivers!  I apply to 7 colleges in 2 weeks!
        Because of the fact that I can now do something instead of just sitting there like a duck gives me a huge mood boost.  I feel suuuuuper successful...so much that it matters little that I'm writing an essay at 5AM and haven't slept or eaten or showered in days!!!  I mean, who needs caffeine when you have adrenaline!? 


STAGE 5: Conclusion
(End of May - Present)
...and in the end, I decided to take my psychiatrist's advice, go to the local state school, and try for a Smith transfer.  Which brings us to the present ^^

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Incompetence Of Colleges

I've spent all day emailing colleges.  Of course, the reason I had to do this today anyway is because nearly every single college I applied to has made a mistake with my application.  Like, a few colleges are missing one or more items, despite the fact that they downloaded these items in January directly from the Common App (ironically, my other materials that they downloaded that very same day are included in my file).  Other colleges have forgotten to send me my applicant portal information, so I can't check to see what materials they do and don't have.  Still others have mis-entered the information they put in my file, such as the one college that put me down as a transfer student despite the fact that it clearly stated "First-Year" on both my application and supplement.  Seriously, are you freaking kidding me!?!?!

And good luck if you want the colleges to point missing materials out to you.  Because apparently, colleges are too incompetent to even do that.  (One of the colleges I applied to last year was missing one of my required materials and I never even knew until I reapplied this year.  Makes me wonder if that was why I was rejected...)

I hate incompetence!! *bangs fist on table* ALL COLLEGES ARE INCOMPETENT!!!!!!!!!  It's so irritating!  Seriously, I'm completely scatterbrained every day of my life, yet even I typically make less mistakes than these colleges!  Am I just having bad luck here, or do all applicants experience this?

Oh, and some colleges also seem to have an inability to answer emails, and even though I emailed them today, I'm most likely going to have to eventually email and call these particular colleges EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY if I want a reply.  And yes, I've had to do that in the past.  In order to get a reply from some colleges, I have to basically stalk the admissions office!  This problem seems to have little to do with the application reading season; I've had some colleges repeatedly ignore my emails in October (and September, and November, and December...)

And eventually you just feel all, "WTF, I spent months dedicating my life to their application and stupid essay prompts and this is the kind of treatment I get!?!?!  Fuck them!"  But you don't actually say that because you realize if you do, all that time you spent on those essays was for naught.  So in the end, you pour even more time and energy into trying to correct mistakes that they made, even though you're probably going to be rejected in the end anyway.

You know, Scripps leaked my personal information last year.  Not to say that I've experienced all of the above problems with Scripps, but I shouldn't be having any trouble in reapplying to Scripps.  In fact, if I knew the names of the other people whose identity was also compromised, I would group sue and DEMAND admission and free tuition as compensation for putting me at risk for identity theft!!!!!!!

Is that even possible?  Whatever, it doesn't matter!  This is a perfect example of the incompetence of colleges!

ARRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (╯°Д°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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When Life Gives You Lemons

Grrrrr...I was rejected from Smith AGAIN!!!  I mean, seriously!?  After all the supplementary materials, all those hours spent perfecting every miniscule detail of my essays, all my undying passion, all the obsessive stalker-like calling, I was STILL rejected!!!!

It's not a complete surprise...even though I polished up my app so hard that it literally GLITTERED (trust me, if it's possible to turn a college application into bling, I have done it! *dramatic music*), my GPA and APs seem to have put me out of the running.  Understandable, I grudgingly admit, that one of the best schools in the country would rather accept the 4.0 student instead of the equally passionate but 3.4 student.

Whatever, it still totally pisses me off!!!! >:(
*Pause*
╥﹏╥ 
Really, I would have been great at Smith, if they had given me a chance...

But, life gives you lemons sometimes.  That doesn't mean I have to be happy about it!

*Inspired by Cave Johnson's famous quote. That's right, don't make lemonade; make lemon bombs!

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It's Hard To Write Quality Posts When You've Sold Your Soul To Colleges

After forcing yourself to write the "Why Us?" essay, again, and again, and again for each different college... 
...along with responding to countless other ridiculous essay prompts...
...spending hours contemplating how to respond to these prompts...
...forgoing things like fun, sleep, showers, and food in order to get everything done on time...
...devoting every waking moment to your college apps...
...and trying to summon every ounce of creativity you have in order to somehow inject it in these godforbidden essays...
...you finally realize something.
You have sold your soul to college admissions.

For a chance of being admitted.

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