I'm going to Vassar!

First, though, Chicago was extremely awesome and I had an amazing time visiting there. Part of it was because I spent a lot of it hanging out with my friend Henry, who went out there with me, and then with Katie, who's a Freshman there now, and they're always fun in general. But then I also sat in on a couple classes and met some more really cool people, one of whom showed me around their theater space and asked me to come to a show she was in later, which I did, and that was lots of fun. (I dragged Henry and some fellow admitted students we met with me) The dorm I stayed in was also really nice, and since you can basically request which dorm to be in, that was sorely tempting.

But eventually I decided that Vassar fit me better. I like the small liberal-arts college feel in general, which Chicago definitely doesn't have. And even though Vassar's Classics department isn't world-renowned like Chicago and Brown's, if I do stay with Classics as my interest, such places will still be there for graduate school. And Vassar won't.

So that's that. I'm pretty excited about it now.

Also, there are APs next week. US, English literature, and Calculus BC for me – and then collegeboard was stupid and sent us the wrong Latin exam (we're Catullus; they sent us Virgil), so instead of just fixing their mistake, they're making us take the (correct) exam on the make-up day. A week later.

Which is the same day as Strawberry Breakfast (this school tradition thing) AND the second night of Little Shop of Horrors. Ally and I are going to have quite the day.

And speaking of Little Shop, it's coming along well. I finished the posters for it earlier this week, now we're putting them up everywhere to attract audiences... it's going to be -so cool-.

~ ToM