Today was a good day.

I did lots of different things in thesis today none of which involved writing college essays.

The first thing I did was look up Northeastern University to find out whether or not they took essays into consideration in the application process. According to the "What We Consider" section of their website, they don't, since nowhere on that page are the words 'essay' or 'writing' mentioned at all. I find that kind of odd, since they're on the Common App, and they'll receive my Common App essay anyway. So are they just not going to read it? Or are they going to read it and not factor it into their official admissions decision? Whatever it is, I'm happy. I can get into Northeastern, because they're not super duper selective (32% isn't that bad!) and they put a really strong emphasis on academic performance.

I also checked briefly to see if I could apply to Northeastern EA, but I can't because it's a private school and my heart is already set on Yale SCEA. Ah well, I'm okay with RD too.

After that, I called CollegeBoard and asked them about the AP free response booklet I requested a month ago. Four weeks ago, I sent a request to AP Services asking them for my AP English Language and Composition free response booklet (containing my written essays) along with the $7 check, but I never got any response from them as to whether the booklet was on its way or whether they'd even received my letter. Thankfully, when I got in touch with one of the agents she was able to pull up my file and find out for me. Apparently they'd received my request on August 29th, but I'll have to wait till the end of September for it to be processed. Then, it'll probably take another few weeks for it to actually arrive at my address. Ah, well. I'm okay with waiting; I just wanted to make sure they got my stuff so I wouldn't have to send another check and miss the September 15th deadline. (I don't know, but for some reason, I have a bad history with the things I send getting lost in the mail.)