the break

well over thanksgiving break i was supposed to finish a whole lotta stuff. needless to say i got caught up with friends and got barely any done.

so here is the major news( i apologize if any of this is a repeat):

i am no longer applying to the UCs because i do not want to go to either of them and it was too stressful, especially in addition to...

my early action to MassArt which is due tomorrow. but hey, i literally JUST finished it. barely got it to UPS by 4:30 pm to send it.

i am also no longer applying to Wash U. instead i am applying to a liberal arts school in boston, probably lesley university which offers a plethora of opportunities, including an art college within its boundaries (although this college, the art institute of boston, was erased from my list early on).

there is the news in sum.
college applications are hard and stressful and take way more time than one expects. writing specific concise essays are harder and less enjoyable than my statement of purpose for MassArt which i wrote to give a sense of who i am as a whole and what i dream to have in my life. doing this let me just write happily and more freely about myself instead of stressing about it being perfect and to the point and prompt that the UC essays asked for.

to celebrate i will go get a massage this weekend, hooray!

another thing i realized and need to share about the college process. don't forget this! it feels like the pivotal point in your life, it feels like the end, the deciding crown of glory. but it's not. this is just out first chance to go to college and to a certain extent it is a huge deal and the best time to decide on where and what you want to do. but there is such thing as transferring and changing schools or taking a year off. so us kids need to chill, it's okay, we have plenty of time to figure our life out. so stress to a point where it will get you to work, but when it feels hopeless remember it's not, because it so isn't hopeless, there are so so so many options. not being in the right spot the first time is not the end of the world.