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Well, I somehow survived. Paper turned in on time (though my TA hasn't e-mailed me back about how to get comments). I got my portfolio in exactly ten seconds late, but I was the only one who noticed that, so it doesn't matter. Of course, I'm not entirely happy with it, but... not really anything I can do about it now. And goshdarnit, I worked on it for 18 hours, so... whatever. Most of the prints were okay, so I'll just live with it. I wish it hadn't been so rushed, but everything's been rushed the past three days or so. It's scary that I feel like it's relaxing that I've got six pages plus corrections on seven more due by tomorrow night (technically, Thursday afternoon, but my mom's coming to visit and she gets here Thursday morning. I refuse to ditch her for poetry).
My current random annoyance, though? (Aside from my horrible lack of sleep.) It seems the UofC has gone and actually switched over to accepting the common application. Which wouldn't be an all-out sell-out move if our application wasn't pointedly called "The Uncommon Application". So, unless we're judging applicants on whether, in a choice between Common and Uncommon, they pick the right one, that's just plain silly and hypocritical. Oh, and stupid. This year I feel like all of a sudden the UofC's decided to start trying to be like the Ivies or something. But the point is that we're different, in an obscure way. The point of the Uncommon Application wasn't the essay questions, which the administration says we're keeping as a supplement to the Common App. Those were important, but it's what the Uncommon App stands for. Other schools have unusual essay questions, let's face it guys. I'm sure, at the least, Reed does. And though they're on the Common App, they've already got self-selecting down pat since they refuse the ratings. Come on, UofC. You move up a few spots because you can't do your taxes right and suddenly you get greedy and want more?
Needless to say, lots of students are in an uproar. There was even a well-attended protest. I mean, seriously, one of the excuses the admin is giving us is that the common app will make it easier for low-income people to apply. ... Because it's paperwork standing in their way, not the fact that we're one of the most expensive universities in the country.
Oh, and last I saw in the press release, there was a grammatical error. What is this place coming to? It abuses me for four years, and now it's trying to change its image to attract lazy front-running applicants (probably so they can reject them and decrease our acceptance rate which, at 30-some percent last I checked (four years ago), looks like we're easy. Until you do your homework and see our average scores). Sigh. For seriously, UofC, now is not the time for an identity crisis. I'm going to be stuck with the reputation you develop for the rest of my life.
My current random annoyance, though? (Aside from my horrible lack of sleep.) It seems the UofC has gone and actually switched over to accepting the common application. Which wouldn't be an all-out sell-out move if our application wasn't pointedly called "The Uncommon Application". So, unless we're judging applicants on whether, in a choice between Common and Uncommon, they pick the right one, that's just plain silly and hypocritical. Oh, and stupid. This year I feel like all of a sudden the UofC's decided to start trying to be like the Ivies or something. But the point is that we're different, in an obscure way. The point of the Uncommon Application wasn't the essay questions, which the administration says we're keeping as a supplement to the Common App. Those were important, but it's what the Uncommon App stands for. Other schools have unusual essay questions, let's face it guys. I'm sure, at the least, Reed does. And though they're on the Common App, they've already got self-selecting down pat since they refuse the ratings. Come on, UofC. You move up a few spots because you can't do your taxes right and suddenly you get greedy and want more?
Needless to say, lots of students are in an uproar. There was even a well-attended protest. I mean, seriously, one of the excuses the admin is giving us is that the common app will make it easier for low-income people to apply. ... Because it's paperwork standing in their way, not the fact that we're one of the most expensive universities in the country.
Oh, and last I saw in the press release, there was a grammatical error. What is this place coming to? It abuses me for four years, and now it's trying to change its image to attract lazy front-running applicants (probably so they can reject them and decrease our acceptance rate which, at 30-some percent last I checked (four years ago), looks like we're easy. Until you do your homework and see our average scores). Sigh. For seriously, UofC, now is not the time for an identity crisis. I'm going to be stuck with the reputation you develop for the rest of my life.
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