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Look Forward to Smelling the Roses

Look Forward to Smelling the Roses

A student shares her college application experience.

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Kristin Drew

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Salutations! My name is Kristin Drew. I am currently a high school senior in Jacksonville, Florida. I was born in New Jersey, but my family moved to the glorious sunshine state when I was four. Hence, I am truly a Floridian at heart. As for my family, I live as an only child with my mom and dad. In Jacksonville, I attend The Bolles School, which is a private college preparatory school educating students from kindergarten to 12th grade. I was very pleased to join the Bolles community in eighth grade after I moved from Orlando. The nurturing faculty has challenged me to reach my highest potential with my rigorous academic courses. Furthermore, we carry a top-tier athletic program, as demonstrated by our state championships in swimming and football. Last year, Bolles celebrated its 75th anniversary where the Bolles community honored its commitment to academic, athletic, and communal excellence. My interests include music, mathematics and debate. When I enter college, I hope to double major in math and literature while studying music. As a self-proclaimed "opera-nerd," I adore classical music and study voice as a Soprano I. With daily voice lessons, I study arias written by Mozart, Handel, Puccini and many others. As an ardent math student, I participate in Mu Alpha Theta, the math club. I always look forward to their convention in April where I compete for Bolles and literally watch nerds flock into one huge conference room. I also pursue my love of debate in the debate club, which I helped pioneer, as the Bolles captain, founder and chair. In my spare time I love to read, listen to music, or cook. My favorite pieces of literature are "The Great Gatsby," "The Metamorphosis," "The Tempest" and "Tartuffe." I usually enjoy tuning in to classical music or alternative rock. My favorite musicians are Muse, Sissel, The Strokes, Siouxie and the Banshees, Operababes and Radiohead. As a culinary cognoscente, I enjoy creating gourmet dishes and currently have a fetish for French and Cuban cuisine. I am ecstatic to articulate my vacillating experiences as a high school senior and hope you will savor my words to come!
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June 05, 2007

One morning, a credit card in hand (and Handel’s “Halleluiah Chorus” playing in my mind), I gleefully clicked the ”Submit” button for my Common Application. After I paid the application fees and filled out the school transcript forms, I was finished with the whole process. The thing I was wondering about ever since I was six had reached its completion.

As the foliage changes color this holiday season, I can sense a change in myself as well. I am a little surprised at my reaction because I thought that I would agonize over which college will enroll me. Rather, I find myself calmly doing other things and thinking other thoughts.

In reality, school work has consumed my thoughts and my time for practically my whole life. Ever since the first day of gym class I knew that I would get into college with my brains instead of my pitiful brawn. Hence, I never really found time to enjoy life or smell the roses. I spent too much time planting them.

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While I still don’t have as much free time as I hoped for, I am nevertheless relieved to lift an enormous burden off of my chest. I can go watch a movie and not feel guilty about allotting more time for ACT practice. Christmas shopping no longer carries a time burden. . I find myself enjoying my culinary and musical hobbies once again. Furthermore, my academic life is back to normal.

With that thought, I still need to keep up with school. Many colleges check student progress during the school year. The application process was not difficult in respect to the forms and essays. Rather, I found it hard to balance schoolwork and college applications. While I don’t need to focus on college material as much, I still need to stay on track with homework and tests. The planting is not complete.

As I work and wait for school to boil down to its last few months, I think of new hopes and dreams. I want to enroll in my top-choice school, but I also find myself looking into graduate school, visiting Paris, and pondering potential career opportunities. These exist in the far-fetched and not-so-distant future, yet maybe I am beginning to look to the moments where I can hope to smell a few sweet roses along the way.

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    Budapest

    over 1 year ago

    The greatest thing about college is that you can make so many friends. The only thing you have to watch out for is to be popular right from the beginning. I find it hard for people to overcome an overall bad first impression... - Budapest

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    Lissabelle116

    over 1 year ago

    College of william and mary, great teacher was graduate and is close to relatives

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    raqueyah123456789

    almost 2 years ago

    i want to go to suny ulster but i dont know if they have a culinary department what should i do ?

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    jmoney1390

    over 2 years ago

    I want to go to the Arts of Institute for culinary arts

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    missi44

    over 2 years ago

    I want to go to State University of New York in Cortland, or in Potsdam.

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    LeannaR35

    over 2 years ago

    I want to go to Colorado State University [:

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    Dichon

    over 2 years ago

    i want to go to tennessee st. you?

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    WhitneyP212

    over 2 years ago

    I WANT TO ATTEND UAB IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. YOU?

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    KKAYLA12

    over 2 years ago

    WHAT COLLEGE DO YOU WANT TO GO TO

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    BruceW9

    over 2 years ago

    I agree with this article when applying to college I found myself becoming a little consumed, but luckily I found out about my college selection quick.