Yeah, I'm not very active anymore. But I'm still here...

So...I'm going to be a senior in high school this year. That means that I'll be applying to colleges...

Well, I'm 95% sure that I'll be applying Early Decision to the University of Pennsylvania. There's still the 5% that tells me that I'm just wasting my time in applying there...But yeah, hopefully I'll find out the good news in December - wish me luck! *crosses fingers*

Anyways, I'm still around. If anyone wants to talk, my AIM screenname is Koukris, my MSN is kfsun@klht.org and my email is Koukris17@yahoo.com.

Cheers to another year!

- Koukris -

Yeah, like the title says. I haven't updated this baby in about 4 months. So much has happened since August 17th. I've changed in so many ways...I feel so much more mature (although I'm really not heehee). I just need to write, so no need for anyone to really read this! Well...I took the PSAT's and did so much better on the math section than I ever imagined. Critical reading and writing sections were not so hot...yeah...But I am in the 94th percentile anyways. Pretty frickin' sweet if you ask me and quite an improvement from sophomore year.

I guess no one really cares, but I've always been carefree and laid-back, particularly about school. Quite different from most Asians. But now, I've really looked at myself. From the way I'm crusing along, I'll probably get into a decent college and live happily ever after. However, that is not the way the parents want it. (aka HARVARD! HARVARD! HARVARD! YALE! YALE! YALE!) But in terms of Asian parents, they really aren't that bad. In fact, I can go as far to say as that they will be happy no matter where I go - rather it is Harvard or community college. That's what strikes me the most - it is me that wants to go these schools and not my parents so much. So I realize that I have two choices: 1.) go along with my happy-go-lucky, carefree self and get accepted to a top 25 college or 2.) change my work ethic and get into a top 10 college. Of course, the decision might seem like an easy one to make. Right...like this is no big deal. This is such an easy decision! NO. It is not.

My whole life is based around this Henry David Thoreau quote: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." This is me. I can't imagine ever conforming into the basic Asian stereotype of get into the best college, get a job in i-banking or whatever. In fact, I've learned that most people who do that end up hating their lives. Every single moment of it. Personally, I can't imagine that. I'm having fun right now and I want to have fun in college and I want to have fun working. You'll find these are reasons enough to remain who I am. But I want to get into a good school. I know that I am just as competitive and qualified as everyone else who gets into Harvard or Princeton or Yale. But right now, because of my nature, I am not even in the running because I simply don't care. But I know that I deserve to be in the race, and I know that I have the potential and motivation to make it to the top. This is what tears at me - knowing that I have the ability to get into a great school and not taking that opportunity and possibly screwing up my whole life. In the end, whether I am happy or not, my natural competitiveness takes over me. I promised I would wait into the New Year to announce to myself my final decision. But right now, I have more than enough conviction.

My early New Years resolution: I will get into the best damn college possible.

Okkk...so today is the 17th. What's so special about this day? Why, it's my DA anniversery of course! dA and I have been together for 2 years now. Ahh...how quickly the time passes...so, now a personal update. I passed my driver's test and am now a proud owner of a liscense. Haha, watch out for Koukris on the road!

from 5138 pageviews to 10,557 pageviews
from 55 deviations to 82 deviations
from 122 watches to 186 watches

I hope that next year will be as successful as this year! I've grown so much since I've first started out as a timid freshman entering high school. Now, I'm a junior getting ready for college...yikes! Well, wish me luck for the following years to come! Luv ya all...

A GREAT BIG AND TO EVERYONE!!!! I you guys!!!!


And these are the people that started it all. And now, I have an apology to make. I'm sorry for everyone that I lost touch with during these months. Without these people, I wouldn't have become the person that I am today. Thank you and sorry...I hope we can become friends again.


Friends and People That I Admire and Worship:

My little sister:

My bestest DA friend ever!!!! Why?

and my little sister

I am a Aqullion supporter!

August 15 = my driving test!!!

Gahhhh...I'm sooo nervous. 3 point turns, backing into a space, parallel parking...ahhhh!!

I'm just posting this list to remind myself in case my computer crashes. Just a list of possible colleges. Any information on those colleges or any others - please please post whatever you've heard!!! I need all the information I can get before I narrow down the choices!

California
California Institute of Technology
Occidental College
University of California, Riverside
Scripps College
Stanford University
Pomona College
UC Berkeley
UC Santa Cruz
UCLA
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Southern California
Claremont McKenna College
Harvey Mudd College
UC Davis

Connecticut
Trinity College
University of Connecticut
Connecticut College
Wesleyan University
Yale University

District of Columbia
Georgetown University

Florida
New College of Florida
University of Florida

Georgia
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology

Illinois
Illinois Wesleyan University
Northwestern University
The University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Indiana
University of Notre Dame

Maine
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Colby College

Maryland
St. John's College
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Johns Hopkins University
The University of Maryland

Massachusetts
Amherst College
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Clark University
Hampshire College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Holyoke College
Smith College
Tufts University
Harvard University
Wellesley College
Williams College

Minnesota
Carleton College
St. Olaf College
University of Minnesota, Morris
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

New Hampshire
Dartmouth College

New Jersey
Princeton University
Rutgers

New York
Bard College
Barnard College
Binghamton University
Colgate University
Columbia University
Hamilton College
Hartwick
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
New York University
Pace University
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute
Sarah Lawrence College
Skidmore College
Stony Brook University
Union College
University of Albany
University of Buffalo
University of Rochester
Vassar College
Cornell University

North Carolina
Davidson College
Warren-Wilson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Wake Forest University
Duke University

Pennslyvania
Bryn Mawr College
Carnegie Mellon University
Dickinson College
Franklin & Marshall College
Gwynedd-Mercy College
Haverford College
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
University of Pennsylvania
Rosemont College
Swarthmore College My #1 Choice
University of Pittsburgh
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Villanova University
Bucknell University
Penn State

Rhode Island
Brown University

Vermont
Middlebury College
The University of Vermont

Virginia
The College of William & Mary
University of Virginia
Washington and Lee University