So, basically...

I've had blogs before, but I've always censored myself. Kind of. Haha. If you've read my other blogs, you'll understand why that's funny. But if you haven't, well, that's probably because you a) don't know me or b) I didn't like you enough to let you read it. :)

Anywho, I've decided this is going to be my uncensored blog. I don't care whose feelings I hurt, whose egos I squash, or who gets offended. This is me and my thoughts. Uncensored. It's going to be a bumpy ride, 'cause let me tell you, if I always said what I thought, no one would like me. Except maybe Lucy. She's kind of a glutton for punishment when it comes to brutal honesty. Oh, and since it's because of Lucy that I'm here, I'll try to keep up with the whole name-alias things. But I doubt if I'll be able to. If we happen to be talking about the same person, I'll use her alias. But if it's someone she's never talked about, I'll use their real names. Yay!

So, here's the overview:
I'm a senior in high school and I've been dying to get out of CA to go live on the east coast where all my family lives. I applied to only east coast schools (except one in AZ, but that was a fall-back school, anyways), and I've visited my top 3 schools: Elizabethtown (PA), Sweet Briar (VA), and UVA-Wise (VA).

I'm not really sure what it was about Etown that made me fall in love with it. I mean, the campus was absolutely GORGEOUS, first of all. Like, it's ridiculously pretty. Breath-taking, almost. Second, the PEOPLE. Oh my God. Everyone there was so hospitable! My dad and I were a little late to the open house in November, but when we walked in, we had about ten students and faculty around us giving us coffee, breakfast foods, and information packets. It was amazing. And then I met the volleyball coach. He was awesome! He definitely reminded me of Bert in that he was so laid back and easy to get along with. He set me up with free dinner with half the volleyball team and sent us on our way for the campus tour. Since we'd been talking to the coach for so long, we kinda missed the tour times, so we asked this random guy to give us the tour. Turns out, he's part of the improv comedy group on campus, so the tour was hysterical.

Now, before I explain why I decided it was my top school, there's one thing you must know: I'm a Harry Potter FREAK. I've read the books so many times that I know them inside and out. I search online for info not given in the books. I listen to MuggleCast religiously. I have a PiPa account. And I listen to wizard rock. I have more wiz rock than any other genre in my iTunes library. My favorite wrock band is called The Moaning Myrtles. Lauren and Nina are just amazing. Lauren happens to go to Etown. I was never really interested in the college, to be honest, until I got a card from them and an email from the vball coach. I decided to do a little studying and, while screwing around on facebook, I realized that Lauren went there. I asked her about it and she totally got me interested.

So, my dad and I are in line for food (which was SO good. Best food EVER.) when I look over and I see this girl who looks a lot like Lauren. But I didn't get a good look, so I didn't say anything. We get our food and we walk out to the tables and chairs and I see her sitting by herself. OMG. I flipped out. I dragged my dad over and I asked, "Hi, are you Lauren Fairweather?"
She looked up at me and smiled (because she's just the type of person who will smile at a perfect stranger) and said, "Yeah, that's me."
I told her I was the girl from facebook who had asked her about Etown and she invited us to eat with her. We talked about wrock for a bit, then my dad got involved with the conversation and asked about important things like the college and classes and everything. Basically, she was the most amazing person I've ever met. Like, seriously. She's so sweet, and sooo freaking nice! And she didn't think I was weird for fangirling her while she was trying to eat. Haha!
That was probably one of the best days of my life. Ever since, I've been determined to go to Etown.

And guess what?

I got accepted today!!!!! :DDDDDDDDDD I am unbelievably happy! I opened up the letter and the first thing I saw was a giant postcard saying 'YES' in huge letters. It didn't really register with me at first, 'cause I was really nervous about what the letter would say, and then I opened the letter and saw: "It is with great pleasure that I write to inform you of your admission to Elizabethtown College!"

And I started crying. My hands were shaking and the significance of the giant 'YES' finally hit me. I immediately called my BFFLs Lucy and Reesa and I ended up talking with Lucy for 2 hours and 17 minutes. Haha. It was amazing. I'm sooooooo happy! And relieved! I've been silently stressing about this for weeks. I haven't really told anyone how nervous I was about all this. Like, it was so uber important to me that I couldn't even verbalize it.

:)))))))

Happy, happy, happy. With a side of cyanide.

That's it for tonight!

Yours in Harry Potter nerdiness,
Ms. Weasley (aka Kat)