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frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#1476: Sep 10th 2011 at 8:38:50 PM

Ah, ok, so where are you living then? Just curious...I always did figure it was mostly a commuter school, is that what you're doing?

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Firebert That One Guy from Somewhere in Illinois Since: Jan, 2001
That One Guy
#1477: Sep 10th 2011 at 8:39:22 PM

U of I has plenty of famous alumni listed here.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#1478: Sep 10th 2011 at 8:43:13 PM

Man, that's cheating!

TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME.

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annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#1479: Sep 10th 2011 at 8:45:37 PM

Frog: I live in Southington and just commute there.

For junior and senior year I'll have to move to Storrs, though, because I can't complete my Bio major in Hartford.

edited 10th Sep '11 8:46:00 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
Firebert That One Guy from Somewhere in Illinois Since: Jan, 2001
That One Guy
#1480: Sep 10th 2011 at 8:50:00 PM

@Hungry Joe: It gives you some sense of pride to see so many famous people from your university that it merits a Wikipedia page, doesn't it? (not that it ensures my fame or anything like that, unfortunately tongue)

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annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
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#1481: Sep 10th 2011 at 8:52:25 PM

I don't recognize any names on this list.

edited 10th Sep '11 8:53:24 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#1482: Sep 10th 2011 at 8:52:46 PM

Someday, my name will be here.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
#1483: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:12:40 PM

Well, I doubt anyone would recognize anyone on this list. Well, maybe. There's a few names that some people may recognize. Not a whole lot, but a few.

frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#1484: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:22:03 PM

@Anne: Ah, I see. Not to seem creepy or anything, but since Joe is also from this general part of Connecticut (Right? Or am I getting your area wrong, man? Eh? Surely you're seeing this post.) we really should consider a mini-Tropermeet when we're all not busy with school.

Jumping on the Wikipedia bandwagon...go ahead and see, but I doubt you'll find anyone too famous. Except for the ones I already listed.

Flora Segunda | World Made By Hand | Monster Blood Tattoo ^You should read these series.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#1485: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:29:04 PM

I'm from Norwalk, that's down on the coast in Fairfield county. (By the way, there's a Web Comic Convention happening there in October. [1]

I kind of doubt I'd be able to slink away from my Grandfather's house up in Farmington during a visit.

I'm presently in Pittsburgh, so when I go home for breaks I fly. I don't know how much I will be able to do things during that time, Thanksgiving's a write-off. I dunno about Winter, Spring break, etc.

Maybe during the summer, but I'll to fight my sister for the car now.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#1486: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:29:21 PM

Surewhynot.

Fairfield county's pretty far, though.

edited 10th Sep '11 9:29:52 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#1487: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:31:17 PM

Town map of connecticut.

I live in Southington. My school is in West Hartford.

It takes me about a half hour to get to or from school on a good day.

edited 10th Sep '11 9:31:53 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#1488: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:38:25 PM

Just saying, to both of you, West Hartford actually has some awesome places for just hanging out. Namely Blue Back Square, which has multiple food options and Barnes and Noble. And also the library, for what that's worth. (You may know this already, I have no idea...)

And, uh, yeah, forgot about the Norwalk. I think I was remembering you had contact with Farmington, but that wasn't very helpful because I forgot the context. We should perhaps seek out a certain GMH, it seems like he was somewhere in Hartford county during the whole hurricane thing, at least...

(Should this have its own thread or something?...)

edited 10th Sep '11 9:38:52 PM by frog753

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#1489: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:39:38 PM

It's 45min-1hour from my house to my Grandfather's in Farmington, super close to the UCONN medical center.

Not insurmountable, but I don't know how long a leash I'll be on.

I honestly worry about what things are going to be like when I get home.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#1490: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:43:57 PM

I follow the policy of always having at least one friend with me when I meet somebody I know from the internet for the first time, which may make things a little difficult because none of my really close friends have any reason to go to West Hartford.

-shrug-

edited 10th Sep '11 9:44:28 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#1491: Sep 10th 2011 at 9:52:07 PM

I was going to say the same thing, and I have a friend who goes to University of Hartford but is actually from Tolland of all places, a lot closer to Storrs. But doesn't mind driving all that distance. And seems to really love West Hartford center, mostly I think because her sister went to Kingswood-Oxford right behind it.

To be honest, I'd mostly do that to make my parents more comfortable, since I am 99.9% certain that there'd be no risk to this. So cool, it'll be a pretty sizeable group, by which I mean at least four. Ok, that's not actually that big, but whatever.

Winter break would be the best time, I don't really have much leeway around Thanksgiving.

And um yes, right, the problem described there...well, I would semi-jokingly argue that a person doesn't really need much of a reason to go because good food that's a break from the norm is always a reason to go somewhere in my opinion. But that's just me. And being presumptuous about other people's friends isn't very nice.

edited 10th Sep '11 9:54:23 PM by frog753

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annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#1492: Sep 10th 2011 at 10:22:09 PM

My friends have little to no taste in food.

Then again, Amy will drive all the way to Berlin for Burger King just because she's too lazy to make her own lunch (even though there's a grocery store only a couple streets away), so who knows?

edited 10th Sep '11 10:23:57 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#1493: Sep 11th 2011 at 12:46:31 AM

Amy doesn't sound like she takes cost effectiveness into account very much.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#1494: Sep 11th 2011 at 2:25:29 AM

Hey, everyone! As a noob to college (read: freshman) I shall be joining this conversation thingy!

Marisashana from West of NYC, East of LA. Since: Oct, 2011
#1495: Sep 11th 2011 at 6:02:02 AM

High school noob question:

Does a lack of extracurriculars up until sophomore year look bad to colleges?

edited 11th Sep '11 6:05:20 AM by Marisashana

well, maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee, and never ever watch the ten o'clock news.
Bellacide trigger warning: bitch from Texashire Since: Apr, 2012
trigger warning: bitch
#1496: Sep 11th 2011 at 6:04:19 AM

I've heard that a bunch of extracurriculars done mostly in your senior year sends up a red flag to colleges, but I haven't actually heard of anyone getting rejected because of lack of extracurriculars or because a college was suspicious.

I think as long as you have things to include on a resume or transcript, it shouldn't be too bad.

edited 11th Sep '11 6:04:37 AM by Bellacide

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Marisashana from West of NYC, East of LA. Since: Oct, 2011
#1497: Sep 11th 2011 at 6:10:49 AM

Whoops, I meant sophomore year. *fixes*

The problem is, I was out of school most of my sophomore year with big anxieties and depression. My grades were fine that year, but I didn't do a single extracurricular. And I only did one in my freshman year: Cartooning Club. Which isn't exactly spectacular. This year I plan to join Key Club, Peer Tutors, and French Club, but I don't know if it'll be enough.

well, maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee, and never ever watch the ten o'clock news.
Bellacide trigger warning: bitch from Texashire Since: Apr, 2012
trigger warning: bitch
#1498: Sep 11th 2011 at 6:13:07 AM

You should be perfectly fine : )

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frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#1499: Sep 11th 2011 at 6:14:14 AM

I will just say that if you happen to have excellent grades and are confident that your essay and other stuff they asked you to write is good, then extracurriculars, while important, are not the most important thing, and don't have to be super-abundant.

Most people don't have the grades to pull that off, though, and/or are not so stupidly limited that they never embraced and enjoyed a large amount of extracurriculars....obviously I'm only really any good at giving advice from experience, and my college application experience was kind of unusual.

OOPS: I think I've been ninja'd...that will definitely be enough.

edited 11th Sep '11 6:15:42 AM by frog753

Flora Segunda | World Made By Hand | Monster Blood Tattoo ^You should read these series.
Marisashana from West of NYC, East of LA. Since: Oct, 2011
#1500: Sep 11th 2011 at 6:21:06 AM

All right, thanks. :) Though I don't have the most rigorous classes (that is, not 100% or even 50% AP), I do have a tough schedule, so as long as I persevere it should be good.

I'm hoping to apply to places like Johns Hopkins, Amherst, and Tufts, which is why I'm especially nervous. >>;

well, maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee, and never ever watch the ten o'clock news.

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