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tl;dr
education: UOP > Davis > Irvine
fun: Irvine > Davis > UOP
UOP/Irvine = bio major
Davis = design major
After the whole Arizona State/UOP dilemma, I have another decision to make with the event of my appeal acceptances: UOP, Davis, or Irvine?
By the way, I don't feel as bad about turning away my scholarship from ASU after reading through student reviews. Apparently, it really is a party school; most of the students are rich, snobby, and superficial; and uhh lots of other bad stuff. whee. anyway.
- University of the Pacific (UOP)
Pros:
- pre-dental program
- available only to entering freshmen = once-in-a-lifetime chance
- possible early graduation = less time spent to acquire BA/DDS
- pre-dental advisers to help along the way; research opportunities available
- guaranteed interview for the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry (part of UOP) given good GPA and test scores - more leeway for UOP students because adcoms know the science courses are difficult there
- tough science program prepares students well
- honors program
- new biological sciences building
- small private university
- professors teach instead of TAs
- more teacher-student interaction
- five people I know will attend
- my dentist is a UOP alumni. Almost a surefire shot for internship/job/rec letter/etc.
Cons:
- EXPENSIVE: $28k/year with scholarship and grant ($47.5k total)
- location
- Stockton has a high crime rate
- not much to do in the surrounding area
- close to home, which can be a good thing, but I kind of wanted to get away for college
- possibly competitive in the sciences (based off of online student surveys; small sample size though)?? UOP is famous for its accelerated programs, after all
- no AP credit for Chem and Bio, and I have to get at least a 4 on my other exams for credit
- what if I end up hating dentistry? UOP is only known for pre-dent, pre-pharm, international business, law, and (surprisingly) music
- random tidbit: one of the tour staff I talked to during my visit actually told me not to go. "I've never actually told anyone not to come here, but based on what you've told me, UOP probably isn't the best fit for you. I mean, it's great if you do decide to come, but since you're not sure about dentistry..." something along the lines of that.
- UC Davis
Pros:
- cheaper: $19k/year with scholarship/grant ($26k total)
- excellent in sciences
- pre-dental club
- most popular university in terms of attendance for this year's graduating class: seven!
- fairly Asian. haha.
- college town
- seems very chill and relaxing
Cons:
- large public university
- large class sizes
- less teacher-student interaction = harder to get letters of recommendation
- location
- not much to do (but better than UOP)
- cows + hot weather = bugs and bad smells
- might not graduate in four years if I change majors/double major
- UC Irvine
Pros:
- location
- far from home
- SoCal, in the middle of everything! Lots to do.
- positive reputation in sciences (but more so in neurobiology?)
- seems very chill and relaxing
- Asians = majority :)
- feels like the place where I'd have the most fun...
Cons:
- ...but not necessarily the best education/preparation
- I don't have my financial aid package yet :(
- I only know two people going to Irvine; nearly everyone else switched to Davis after getting their appeal acceptance
- no design program, only studio art, and I read from a student survey that their fine arts program isn't that great either
- low school spirit?
hmm what else? I'll have to update and add to this later.
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| "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:6-7
The CCS girls soccer team made so much history this year, and today is another event to put down in the records. It's our first time in playoffs, I believe, but that's only because we only have four teams in the league this year.  However, we pulled an upset and earned ourselves a spot in the finals against CCC! Everything was near perfect today: weather, temperature, field size, etc. I'm so grateful that despite all the injuries accumulated by the individuals of our team, some (including me) recovered enough to be able to participate. Giving thanks to God that we all played our best out there today, and hopefully we will do so again in our next game.
I, unfortunately, have an AP Chinese exam that goes into the afternoon that day and might not be able to make it.  Well, this might be for the best, since my AP Art portfolio is due Friday, and I'm not even halfway done! *sigh* More time for me to work on it, I guess.
mmm also, we went to In-N-Out after the game.  yummmmmy. Second time I've been inside an In-N-Out. 
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| I had my second In-N-Out burger ever today. The first time, my cousin took another cousin and me out for lunch. I was in elementary school back then and was very picky about my food, so I didn't really eat much of the burger and didn't like it. Well, I haven't had fast food for months, and that burger tasted sooo good. mm-mmm. I still maintain that McDonald's fries are the best out there though.
yeah anyway I shouldn't be eating this stuff since soccer season's started... but hey, this is a special occasion (for me). 
ah, Xanga smileys. Classic.
um... I'm a second-semester senior! whoo! yeah? yeah. whatev. Not that special. Just slacking off now. Gotta pick up the pace.
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| aghhhhhhhhh college apps!
My first one (University of the Pacific) was due just a few minutes ago. I was in the process of writing my essay for that one but then 11:59 PM came and I panicked 'cause I couldn't possibly finish the essay, so I opened up my first draft for UC prompt #1 (because my second draft was too long, lol) and submitted it in its place.
Problem is I'm applying for UoP's pre-dental program and my essay talks about my desire to become a professional artist.
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There goes my chances for UoP. *sigh*
Well, for pre-dentistry, anyway. I'll probably be accepted for the alternate major I picked (graphic design), but UoP is, well, basically crap for anything other than pre-pharmacy or pre-dentistry according to hearsay. harhar.
At least there was no application fee!
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| lollercopter I came back from school, ate lunch, watched T.V., got tired of it and went up to take a nap. I woke up, looked at the time—7:18—just as my grandma came in and said, "Your dad told me to wake you up at six, but I was too tired to come up and wake you." I thought, "Nuts, I've slept through the entire day and haven't done ANY work at all!" So I quickly go take a shower, brush my teeth, listen to my voice mail (I had gotten several missed calls) and put on my lotion. Oddly, I didn't feel as fatigued as I normally do when I go without dinner. The T.V. was on in my parents room, which I thought was strange because usually my brother, Colin, is downstairs watching Curious George, not upstairs, so I shrugged it off and thought that maybe my parents were watching T.V. (which was also strange in and of itself because they don't do that either). Now it was 7:50, and thinking I had only half an hour before another day of school started, I rushed to my room and swiped out my homework, hoping I'd manage to finish at least the assignment from my first class, English; I could always work on Econ during breaks. Then my phone suddenly blared out my ringtone, startling me (I usually keep it on vibrate... y'know, for regular school days), and I saw that my dad was calling me... at this hour? He's the one who has been driving me to school lately, so I wondered why he'd call me when he could just go in my room and talk to me. I reasoned that he probably left early for work today and that my mom was going take me to school. Well, this made sense because he had told my grandmother to wake me up, too, when usually he'd take on the task. I answered the phone and he told me to hurry up and finish my homework. I got exasperated, as I always do, and thought in my head, Yeah, yeah, you're just wasting more time like this, and he tells me to let my brother on the phone, saying something about how calls weren't going through our landline and that Colin might have had something to do with it. I yelled out his name and said, "It's for you," and went back to my work. My brother walked out and I looked at the computer... 7:55 PM. I was freaking relieved, LOL.
Silly summer hours... tricked me into thinking it was morning!
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