French Club Started today...
Yea...so...today started French Club. It was so weird not having Nikki there!! I really want to run for an office, hopefully historian, but I'm not really sure. (note "hesitant" mood.) I really want to win the election. People in French club reading this, vote for me! I really need to get like a leadership position in some kind of extracurricular activity junior year. So someone talk me into this please...

On another note, I have seriously started thinking about college.
Laerengathawae: hehe, thought it was UF for you?
Beagle1427: I thought so too..
And I did. I just at this point do not feel like closing out my options. Also, I'm kind of...no, REALLY getting sick of being Will's shadow. Believe me, "Aren't you Will's little sister?" questions get old real soon. I do realize that since UF has like 35,000 kids, and that we would be doing different subject areas, this would not be asked that much up in Gainesville; however, it's still the same principle. I'm just getting really sick of following whatever the hell he does. Ok, I'm stopping writing about this now so that I dont go all out about it when this thing is being published. I'm sure that you get the picture from what I've already said. Anyway, to make a long story short, I have pretty much moved my #1 choice school to the University of Pennsylvania, and here's why. It's an ivy league school, which for those of you at pope, is GOOD. (I'm just kidding guys! dont hurt me!) It does have most likely the best veterinary school in the country. If the question "why does that affect Lauren..what, does she wanna be a vet or something?" is running through your head right now, this journal is probably not your choice reading material. Anywho, when it breaks down, the better undergrad you go to, the better vet school you get into. The better vet school you get into, the better internship you get. The better internship you get, the more job opportunities you have, etc. This also makes Penn good. And I really feel like Penn is something to strive for. I was just kind of growing complacent with the "settling" for UF. I mean, I realize that UF is a really good school and also has one of the best vet schools in the country, but it's just kind of given that I will get in no matter what I do, as long as I do IB. I'm kind of getting sick of that. At this point, with my advanced case of junioritis, I need an actual reason to do IB. It needs to get me somewhere that I would not get just taking AP classes. While I realize that IB probably won't get me anywhere that just AP classes and decent SATs will, just let me have my moment, ok?!

Getting back to the real point of this part of the journal, there are very few things that I see wrong with Penn for me. On top of the list I just wrote out that are pros, Pennsylvania is where I wanted to end up anyway, although most likely not in inner city philidelphia. However, those few things that are bad are significant. There is the money issue. While the undergrad school you go to is important, it may be better to go to UF for free, get better grades than I would at Penn, actually get credit for the IB crap I'm doing now, and save that money for vet school. I'm still throwing this around in my head as I am frantically searching for any and all scholarships I can find that would pertain to me. This is a lot harder than you would think, because, after all, I am a white girl from Boca with two parents. This is one of those times that that is a disadvantage.. The second issue of going to Penn is it's a BITCH to get into. Come on. It's a freaking ivy league school. I just do not know right now if I can get in.. But I do have some advantages in this area. #1. My dad worked at the university for a few years. #2. He has connections from having worked there for a few years. #3. My grandfather graduated from Penn. This is huge.. Not only does it give me an advantage getting into the school, but my interest in going to the school my grandfather went to makes him like me more. lol. So...where was I? Oh yes...still on the getting in part. One of the main issues that I am trying to deal with immediately is the lack of many AP classes for me this year. I think I was really stupid to have taken Chem II. I think that another AP class would really give me another advantage as far as admission goes. It would just look better.

Just for some background, here's my rationalization for having chosen chem 2 in the first place. The course does have another month of teaching than AP chem. I basically took that as a good time to learn good-er than I would in ap. Think about it. If it's basically the same course except a little slower, then I figured that my understanding of the material would be much better, which would be good, due to the UNGODLY AMOUNT OF SCIENCE I WILL HAVE TO TAKE IN COLLEGE. ugh... But it will all be worth it, since I really like zoology and whatnot. Second on my rationalization for taking chem 2 was that I did not actually take a step back and look at my schedule as a whole in terms of what classes I'm taking until I got my schedule a little before band camp. I know this sounds so stupid, and it is, but I had no idea until school started that with chem 2 I would be taking only 2 ap classes. All that I had been going off of was everyone's tales of junior year from hell. I figured that having one less ap class would significantly reduce the stress level at the end of the year, which it will. I just do not know that 3 ap tests will send me over the edge. I seriously think I can handle ap chem now, so I think that that's justification enough for me to switch into it.. Maybe? See, this is more of the hesitant mood. I am so unsure at this point of anything. So confused.. Anyway, I'm making an appointment with Ms. Kelly tomorrow and also talking to Ms. Swanson after school. The one thing that's really holding me back into chem 2 is that I like my schedule, but in the long run, I dont really think that that should determine this kind of a thing, especially when it could have direct influence on my college acceptance. I'm hoping to figure this all out with Ms. Kelly and/or Ms. Swanson tomorrow-ish, but any and all suggestions you guys make in the comments will really help. I'm just at a really confused time right now. This would be when I need massive amounts of ideas and suggestions from my friends, not counting Kristen not wanting me to leave her in chem 2 alone w/ danny. Thanks guys, I appreciate the help now.

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