the life and times of a small town suburbanite

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#thesinkingfearthatyouarenevergoingtogetoutofthisplaceandbeingstuckseemsunbearable

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#thefeelingyougetwhennothingisworkingouthowyouhoped

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#thefeelingyougetwhentheysayyes

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#thefeelingyougetwhentheysayno

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First of many college applications officially sent!!

..cue squealing and minor freak out..

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T-minus 17 hours till deadline number one on college applications...have my parents filled out my recommendation or councilor report yet?? NO!!

..cue nail biting and hyperventilating...

#homeschoolproblems

..isn't being an adult swell..

[smalltownsuburbanite]

what do you do when you hand a rough first draft of you college application essay to your proofing source and they hand it back and basically say in not so many words 'it sucks'.

you have a mild panic attack

of course they word it as 'it just sounds like your talking to someone. you should be more formal'

which translates to.. 'it sounds really immature and if i was the admissions officer i would not offer you a place at my school'

so it's back to the drawing board. trying your hardest to sound 'formal' which just means using a lot of big words and not very many contractions. because if your wearing a top hat then you obviously would not use the word wouldn't

then the proofing source gets it back for critique number two and tells you you need more detail.

cue frusteration and nail biting...

so you sit back down and read over the comments they have added to your paper and take another shot at it..and as you read through it you realize you sound boring and completely unremarkable

cue very large panic attack..i mean i'm talking breathing-into-a-paper-bag-shaking-mess-of-tears panic attack

people always say be unique, show your personality, don't let them forget you.

who is going to remember someone who talks like they have a stick up their but and way too much starch in their shirt..no one.. no one is even going to give them a first glance. they're a party pooper!

[smalltownsuburbanite]

Why can't college applications just be seeing if you can say the ABC's backwards while standing on one foot?

Although I'm probably not very good at that either so...

Really I suppose they aren't so bad..just tedious. At least that's what you think till you get to the essay question and writing supplements. Then you just want to go to Target and fill your cart with Kleenex, deodorant, and the entire cookie isle. Maybe a nice bottle of wine too, just don't get into the line of someone who can't ring up alcohol or you'll just spend your wait eating all the cookies and then you'll have to go back and refill, and well, vicious cycle.

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