I’ve been accepted to RPI.
I’ve been accepted to RPI.
I just received a big envelope from the lovely little college in Easton and I’m happy to say I’ve been accepted to Lafayette College.
That is all.
According to my calendar, it’s been four days since I’ve had my ear surgery. Although I didn’t anticipate that I’d need to, I took both Thursday and Friday off from school. I wouldn’t have been much of a productive student anyway; this experience has taken me for a ride.
As of now, I’m not feeling too well. I cannot balance well, I have zero ability to hear out of my right ear, I’ve lost my ability to taste much of anything, and I cannot concentrate. The first two symptoms, I imagine, are from the nature of the surgery itself. I believe the last two are side-effects from the anesthetics I was on during the procedure.
My entire body feels odd – thrown off course. As I tried to go to sleep two nights ago, I could not shut off my brain. Thoughts, or rather, fragments of thoughts, kept flying through. It’s terrifying to lose control like that, and I certainly hope these feelings wear off soon. I miss my body and my mind.
It’s unfortunate that the timing of this procedure and my lack of preparedness has thrown my New Year’s Resolution Experiment off course. To catch everyone up, I resolved to make twelve monthly resolutions rather than one large yearly resolution. February’s goal was to treat my body better, which I did. I was on a good course and I plan to continue it once I’m allowed to exercise physically again.
Coincidentally, it’s supposed to take me about a month to heal from my operation. I’ve decided to dedicate March to healing. I’m going to be absolutely religious about doing everything I can to help my body heal. This means continuing in a more healthy lifestyle, but unfortunately, taking it easy when it comes to physical activity.
March is shaping up to be a huge month for me. I’ll be healing from my surgery, I have a DJ event lined up, and I’m expecting news from my colleges soon. As always, I’ll keep you posted.
I have an interview with an MIT alumnus on January 9th.
Advice? I’m talking personal advice, not anything that I could get from Google. But really, I’d be grateful for anything, really.
Last Thursday night, I submitted all of my college applications. I’ve been too sick and busy Christmas shopping to make the post with the good news. I plugged in the last piece of information, my SAT chemistry score, checked them over, and pressed submit.
I now wait.
Originally, this post simply read:
750
That’s the score I read when I woke up this last Thursday morning at 5:05 a.m. and checked the CollegeBoard’s website. I was exhausted and sick, due to a terrible cold I’ve been dealing with, but had the presence of mind to make that simple post. Now, some analysis.
750 is 50 more points than I anticipated from my practice tests. I’m very pleased with the score, and have to again thank my friend Mike and my high school chemistry teacher for their help. They helped me study for a test that corresponded to a class I had not completed yet. It’s an interesting story, and I hope it has a happy ending…
This is only the beginning.