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Terry Thomas
Outdoor Track 10, JV Volleyball 9, LaSallian Youth
Group 9-12, Chorus 9-12, Black History 9-12, Drama
Club 10, 12, SADD 9-12
Alicia Marie Tisdell
JVVolleyball 9-10,V Volleyball 11-12, Girls Tennis 11-
12, LaSallian Youth Group 10-12, Chorus 9-12, Eric
Tmst 11-12, Drama Club 9-12, Foremsics 10-11, SADD
9-12, Amnesty Int. 9-12, Ski Club 9, Yearbook 9-10,
Teen Institute 11-12, NHS 11-12
Some find refuge in the
great outdoors. Dan
Chizzonite and Christie
Benson take a rest on a
tree stump.
Application
Procrastination
Why apply to college? Why can’t we just pick a school we want
and take the classes we want? Applications are a pain. Hours of
meticulous printing or typing, weeks spent on some essays, min­
utes on others, postage fees, transcript request forms — it’s an
endless hassle. At one point, I almost threw my applications in
the trash can and set them on fire.
Sure, it’s easy for all you industrious, hardworking, dedicated,
determined students. “Oh God!” you say, “What if I don’t get into
(insert your favorite Ivy League school)!” You had your applica­
tions in by October and your acceptances on the wall by Decem­
ber.
You can’t even begin to imagine the tremendous pressure, wor­
ry, stress, and even physical illness that college applications can
give the rest of us. Every day we ask ourselves, “Why do it tonight
if I can do it this weekend? Why do it this weekend if I can do it
next weekend? Why do it this month if I can do it next month?”
By the time the rest of you students had gotten your acceptances
At the end of a long day,
some find refuge in the
guidance office. Jen
Evans and Matt Hennes-
sy stop here to take a
break.
back, we hadn’t even gotten around to
procrastinating about our applications yet.
Eventually, we got everything done,
though. If we’re lucky, maybe we’ll get in­
to a few good schools. Then we can put
off deciding where to go until the deposits
are due.
Geoffrey T. Silkey
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