Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2013, Page 83

Description:	IflG As snown In tne t,mene below, it can lake months of preparation and patiencefor high school students to apply and (hopefully) be admitted to college.Withnellapplies toIndianaMMGalvin submitsapplication toPrinceton ear1applicationsWithnell isaccepted toIndianaUniversityNOVEMBER 1EARLY DECISIONFOR MANYCOLLEGESGalvin acceptedto WabashCollege/deferrefrom Princetonswley submits, plications toMIT andPrinceton.JANUARY 1CrowleyIREGULARDECISION FORiANY COLLEGEwriting two or three drafts per essay.However, he was just never verystressed about it and made sure thatthe deadline was never what I wasthinking about, never the focus,because it was so far away. Galvinbreathed a sigh of relief when he wasaccepted to Wabash right afterChristmas.In contrast to Galvin, seniorCaitlin Withnell only applied to onecollege: Indiana University. Withnellsent in her application in October, andshe did not wait long for anacceptance letter. Withnell washappy I applied early [because] itallowed Indiana University to get backwith me sooner.With one of the longestapplication to-do lists, senior ConnorCrowley applied to a staggering 14colleges. Crowley selected schoolswith reputable engineering programs,such as Purdue, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology, Harvard, Yale andPrinceton.To apply for each of thesecolleges, Crowley, like Galvin,completed the Common Application,which required around two essays aswell as additional supplementalessays. Although Crowley workedsteadily throughout the year, he stillfound himself in a bit of a crunch,finishing essays on Christmas day. Heexpected to hear back from theuniversities in late March. Among thefourteen possibilities, Crowleypinpointed one standout: I would liketo go to MIT, he said.With their futures at stake, seniorsfelt the crunch of deadline season.However, after all of their hard work,they could only sit back, cross theirfingers and hope for a letter bearingthat one glorious word:congratulations.- LAUREN LESLIEIf it aint broke, dont fix it, wasthe Goodie-two-shoesbackpacking motto: Why bring abackpack to class and risk aprivate session with one of theassistant principles? Surely hecould find time to stop at hislocker between classes and rotatebooks. Yes, he did not have everysubject at his disposal, but it isagainst the rules, so whats thepoint? asked freshman SamuelSmith.1. Senior Connor Crowley reviews his college board, whichoutlines basic information about each of his fourteen collegepicks. Crowley worked with a college counselor, who firstadvised him to create a chart in order to clarify all of thestatistics. 2. Senior Conor Galvin logs onto his CommonApplication account to edit essays. The website was used bythe majority of colleges and universities and provided asimple, streamlined way to apply. PHOTOS BY ELEANOREFUQUAot?Members of DanceMarathon vote fortheir favorite aspectof Red Hot for Riley.Poll taken by 40 students on February 4, 201 33. Seniors Carleigh Fell, Abigail Karcherand Sydney Hall, and junior AdalieScherschel dance to the musical actsfeatured at the event. 4. Seniors SarahHoffman, Margaret Holahan and FaithGroff play Wii games. Attendees couldalso partake in ping-pong or hacky sack.5. Senior Christiaan Broderick crowdsurfs during his performance. Broderickdebuted a few new original songs at theevent. 6. Maria Sarah Lysandrou, sisterof juniors Padraig and HelenaLysandrou, sings for the crowd. Sheperformed many covers, particularly ofAdele songs, for the event. PHOTOS BYELEANORE FUQUA *,
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