This morning, I realized that November 1st is only two weeks away. That means I have only two weeks left to finish my Yale application.
I guess the immediacy of that deadline didn't hit me till now.
I'm kind of freaking out.
Just a little.
I still have to complete my Common App essay (draft!!) and finish a few short takes before I can send my application out. I also need to cut down on the words for my supplement essay - it's stuck at 674 words, which is still 174 words more than the limit.
I'm not okay with this. I wanted to have all my applications in a month before the deadline. (Clearly, that was too optimistic. And now I know that it's because I didn't take into account how much work school itself would be.) If not that, I wanted them in at least two weeks before! But now even that is hopeless. I still haven't submitted all my materials for the UT honors app, which is due tomorrow.
What is my life.
People tell me that I'm pretty far ahead on my applications, but honestly? I'm not. This isn't just false humility, either. I don't think people realize this: I'm applying to so many places that in the grand scheme of things, having 3 apps completed isn't a big accomplishment. At all.
EDIT: I just realized my Yale supplement essay is actually not more than 100 words over the limit. It's only 35. Thank goodness! I can work with that.
Anywho, though. Today in thesis I gave Mr. Correa one of my UT essays to read and he gave it back to me at the end of the day. I also got Mr. Templet's edits as well as my mom's. Hopefully now I can sit down with all three versions, edit my real one and submit it tonight.
I also looked at the INROADS internship thing Ms. Marberry emailed us about. I tried to register, but I'm not sure exactly what happened. I think it saved my information, but then it wouldn't let me log on. Maybe it's because they have limited positions for high school students? I'm not sure. Either way, though, I'll just let it sit there and see if they contact me in the future.
But seriously, deadlines. Too soon.
I guess the immediacy of that deadline didn't hit me till now.
I'm kind of freaking out.
Just a little.
I still have to complete my Common App essay (draft!!) and finish a few short takes before I can send my application out. I also need to cut down on the words for my supplement essay - it's stuck at 674 words, which is still 174 words more than the limit.
I'm not okay with this. I wanted to have all my applications in a month before the deadline. (Clearly, that was too optimistic. And now I know that it's because I didn't take into account how much work school itself would be.) If not that, I wanted them in at least two weeks before! But now even that is hopeless. I still haven't submitted all my materials for the UT honors app, which is due tomorrow.
What is my life.
People tell me that I'm pretty far ahead on my applications, but honestly? I'm not. This isn't just false humility, either. I don't think people realize this: I'm applying to so many places that in the grand scheme of things, having 3 apps completed isn't a big accomplishment. At all.
EDIT: I just realized my Yale supplement essay is actually not more than 100 words over the limit. It's only 35. Thank goodness! I can work with that.
Anywho, though. Today in thesis I gave Mr. Correa one of my UT essays to read and he gave it back to me at the end of the day. I also got Mr. Templet's edits as well as my mom's. Hopefully now I can sit down with all three versions, edit my real one and submit it tonight.
I also looked at the INROADS internship thing Ms. Marberry emailed us about. I tried to register, but I'm not sure exactly what happened. I think it saved my information, but then it wouldn't let me log on. Maybe it's because they have limited positions for high school students? I'm not sure. Either way, though, I'll just let it sit there and see if they contact me in the future.
But seriously, deadlines. Too soon.
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