Please UCSB accepted students please tell me your gpas and SATS! I’m so nerevous! PLEASE :)
I have an 3.9 weighted and 3.4 unweighted. ive taken so many ap classes and for my senior year im planning to take 5 APs. i will take the sat later on…….. can i make it? :(
You sound fine to me! The average GPA for the incoming class of 2015 this year was 4.1, so you’re pretty close (I know people who got lower than a 3.9). The AP’s should help, and as long as you wrote a decent statement/have good extra curriculars/get a 1950+ SAT I wouldn’t worry.
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
I finished this book last night. I had asked for it for Christmas, on account of good reviews, but was worried it might be a bit pretentious. Or at least slightly disappointing, because most things don’t live up to their hype.
And I was disappointed, to a degree. Not because it was a bad book, but because it didn’t really tell me anything new. “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” only said the things that I had already been thinking about. Miller was insightful, but not innovative.
But there was one aspect of the book that I liked. Even though it seemed redundant, it did put all of my recent thoughts and worries into words. Everything I had had trouble explaining to myself was in this book, in sentences and paragraphs that I had failed to come up with on my own.
Essentially, it focuses on creating a “good story” with our lives—making sure that we stand up to conflict, be people of action, and most importantly, seize the day. There’s also a religious angle involved, but I won’t get into that.
Anyway, just a short little review on something that has gotten me thinking recently. I think I want to make this my New Year’s resolution, too. To live a better story.
Kauai, Hawii: Pictures!
Two One Zero Two
New Year’s 2012 was a success! We triple dated at Walnut Creek on Ice with Chloe, Max, Ian, and Alyssa, and then headed up to Fish Ranch to watch the fireworks. It was a beautiful night, so we really lucked out (the last time I was up there, it was so foggy you couldn’t see a thing). We had a great view of the SF firework show, sans the heavy traffic and hoards of drunk people.
I can already tell it’s going to be a good year. Bring it on 2012!
Dim Sum!
Spent yesterday morning in Oakland Chinatown eating dim sum. We walked around for a bit afterwards, and then my mom and I went to Target and Michael’s. I ended up spending two hours in the store and buying over $100 worth of art supplies. Maybe I can motivate myself to actually draw something now?
I’m looking forward to tonight. Christmas was so busy that I honestly kinda forgot about New Year’s, and now I’m rushing around trying to figure out resolutions. Any ideas?
Baby It’s Cold Outside
Break is going by way too fast—it’s already over half-way through. Boooo.
Christmas week was fantastic. Everything went smoothly with shopping and cooking and what-not. The only real hiccups were that my mom already owned the book I had gotten her (she bought it for iPad), and Chad’s iPhone case didn’t come in until two days after Christmas. Ah well.
Christmas eve, we had a fancy little dinner and watched It’s a Wonderful Life afterwards. Come morning, I got everyone up at 8am (since I’m the youngest, it’s my informal duty wake up wide-eyed and bushy-tailed), and we proceeded to open stockings. Then came breakfast with gingerbread waffles, grapefruit, and bacon. And then presents!
Mom: Bose headphones, iPad keyboard, some other stuff
John: table saw, Armani watch, sinful things
Grandpa: laptop
Grandma: digital photo frame
David: money, laptop battery (his old one died)
Me: new camera lense, jewelry, art supplies, and a SHOPPING SPREE :D (my grandparents are incredibly generous people)
So it’s been a busy week of shopping for me, as well as seeing friends and hanging out with the boyfriend (who has been kind enough to drive me around while I shop, and buy me flowers on top of that) and my family. Still on a holiday high.
The Week in Baking
(Pictured from top to bottom: vanilla chai spice cookies, egg nog fudge, Christmas popcorn, gingerbread waffles, candied citrus peels, Oreo truffles)
So. Much. Food.
I went on a cooking/baking frenzy the week before Christmas. Some of the things not included in the pictures above: sweet onion dip, hot crab dip, slow-cooker mac & cheese, cheesy-bacon-ranch pull-apart bread, butternut squash soup with herbed crostini, and salted caramel Italian hot chocolate. There was red velvet fudge made sometime in between all of that, too, but let’s not talk about that…
I Want to Make Art
I’m getting antsy because I haven’t drawn anything for a while. I can’t do anything digital, either, since I won’t have Photoshop until I go back to school.
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Night Out in the City
Oh, I missed SF! Especially around Christmas time. Call me a sucker for holiday decorations.
Chad, Gloria, Thomas and I walked around trying to find a place to eat for a bit until we stumbled across a cute alleyway with a row of Italian restaurants (I promise it’s less sketch than it sounds). We eventually stopped at one of them, but the food was kinda eh. Nevertheless, it was fun trying something new.
This week has been busybusybusy. We got the last of the holiday shopping done today (I hope), and now there’s just lots of wrapping and baking left. Three more days!
Aloha, Hawaii
Just spent a wonderful week in beautiful Kauai! Experienced my first luau, met some of Chad’s family, and went tubing down a river on Mount Waialeale—the rainiest spot in the world. The only downside was when Chad and I had to spend all of Friday night heaving over a toilet bowl due to a stomach virus (we’ve officially seen the best and worst of each other). Other than that, though, it was a pretty good vacation.
Photos to come!
