When i first started applying for summer programs, i was set on going to YSP. and i also applied to SSTP because it seemed like a good program too, but not as prestigious as YSP.
If i got into both, i would choose YSP.
i got into SSTP. i got wait-listed for YSP.
they asked if i wanted to stay on the waiting list for YSP, and i haven't emailed them back yet. i was just going ask if i could stay there til may 25th or so, but i might just ask them to keep me there, and if i get accepted, just decline. thing is, there's not that good of a chance i'll get in.
however, in light of recent events, i don't think i really want to go to YSP. no offense, but mostly because my friends are going and i'll already know people there.
SSTP i'll get a clean start. no one will know me, and i won't know anyone (that i know of yet). the idea feels refreshing to me. it's not that i hate my friends or anything, it's that it's nice to have a clean slate with people. new friends, new perceptions; you can create what people can perceive you as.
also, if i'm having a good enough time with the people there, that i'm with, i don't really want to think about anything else. that's a nice feeling too. i usually don't like change too much, but right now, it's almost perfect. (of course, there's always the possibility of me hating it and wanting to keep in contact with you guys the entire time.. but i hope that's not the case.)
the other factor is, YSP is more known. it seems a little more prestigious to be accepted into. if i'm allowed in, it would be more highly looked upon than SSTP, it seems. and also, it's what i've been hoping to get into since last year. (although i think mrs brumage sent in my 10th grade PSAT scores rather than my 11th grade ones. and my 11th grade ones were 30 points higher than 10th grade. yeah, biiig difference. oh well though)
that's why i'll just go ahead and do SSTP. i still want to know if i could get into YSP though. But, they seem like similar programs, and i feel i can get more out of the "residential" part with SSTP. might even be better for me.
i really hope this summer is good. last one kinda sucked. also hope i have at least some rest time in there. (apart from lit required reading and starting to look at colleges...)
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i know what you mean about the whole wanting to start with new people. of course i love hanging out with noli and patrick (okay sometimes for him) but what if something happens and i don't want anybody to bring it back into the school year? haha. well hopefully nothing scandalous will happen. ;-)
i agree. last summer wasn't too great. but i think you'll have fun at whatever camp you're going to...seriously. ANN = FUN. i can't think of a single time when i didn't have fun with you. maaaan all those kids at UF are going to be so lucky to spend the summer with you!
oh. and UF? SO much better than FSU. i'm kinda jealous.
wow this comment ended up a lot longer than i expected.
Any summer program is better than no summer program. Also from what I have been told from people YSP (the one at FSU) the program is a joke.
Well if you are ever free and I'm on campus I guess I could think about hanging out with you (really more like you hanging out with me and my friends). Oh and the "start over" thing is not really true, you'll understand when you get there.
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