So today was yet another college tour, bringing the total number of colleges I have seen my Junior year of high school to eight: (U Maine Orono, NESCOM, Husson, U of New England, St. Joseph's of Maine, U Maine Presque Isle, N. Maine Comm. College, and U Maine Fort Kent).
All in all, UMFK (affectionately called UM-FuK or UM-FoKt by myself) was a decent school. The fact that the campus is LITERALLY 20 feet from my current school makes me dislike it a little bit, but eh ... what can you do? It's cheap as heck, with a total year's worth of financing around $12,000 or so (depending).
It's definately worth it, but I want to venture out somewhere. Colby is still my #1, but making a surprise grab at my #2 spot is University of New England in Biddeford. Since Colby will not accept me (most likely) given my 3.2 GPA and lack of extracurriculars (only on maybe 5 clubs overall), I am doubtful. SO, with a 70% acceptance rate, I look toward UNE. I mean ... it's at a beach.
At #3 is my beloved Earlham, a small Quaker school in Richmond, Indiana. I like everything about this school ... well, i mean it IS in Indiana. But hey, whatever. In #4 is Northeastern in Boston, and at #5 is Western New England in Springfield. My #6 is a great little college called Furman in Greenville, SC. Most of my colleges happen to be small, private, liberal arts schools that have low acceptance rates. Jeez ... hopefully I get in somewhere.
Aside from the college scare, as I call it, I've had a good week - mostly. Geometry has brought on nightmares I can't even begin to explain, but I'm happy that after a zero grade on a homework assignment (didn't pass it in) and a 73 on a test (juniors missed the review for our "FUN DAY"), I didn't go down - maintaining my shameful, disgraceful 80. To anyone with a lower grade than 80, im sure you're not as upset as i am with my grade. but i recently realized, if colleges don't like my GPA, they're not good enough for me. that's a neat spin on things.
But ya, Iron Man was a good movie overall, maybe even close to GREAT. So that pretty much sums everything up. Tomorrow we start Trigonometry, and only Jehovah knows what horrors that entails.
[Author's Note]: The use of the term Jehovah above was not for comedic affect. Though I am not a Jehovah's Witness - several of whom I have met and know, and whose religion I am very fond - I use the term Jehovah with the utmost respect. If ever I use "Jehovah" in school, it is not to be offensive or rude - it is to indicate my belief that Lord God has a name, and it is Jehovah. In case you're curious, Jehovah is derived from the Hebrew Yahweh*, which is the name of God. In fact, Yahweh is so sacred a word, it cannot be said aloud - only written. Also in Judaism, they do not write God the way most of us do, but rather as such: G-d. They are very respectful. As such, I believe in Jehovah, but I do call Him God more often, mostly from habit, having been raised by Pentecostal parents who do not accept any other name than God.
*spelling may be incorrect
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Spencer! I just checked my grades on PowerSchool. You know those worksheets that we had to pass in? I got a 39 on them. And the papers she passed back today were 47's and 55's. I was like. Oh. My. God. But I still have a pretty decent grade. Phew. And Trig really isn't as bad as I thought it was. I haven't started the homework yet though. So I dunno.
Haha. I just got your other comments too.
And yes. It is pathetic. Iron man was the best movie. :P
And yes. The shit literally hit the fan :P
You know, you can always use google to check your spelling :)
UMFK isn't terrible, but it's not great. With a few exceptions, most of the professors I met there are about as organized as a shit fight at a monkey house, despite the fact that they're very nice people. Their education programme could probably be condensed into 4 months without any serious damage to its content.
In short, I'm pleased that you know you can do better.
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