Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Cherry Blossoms
Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2004 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
Once upon a time, during my senior year in high school, my classmates and I all applied to the University of California at the same time. UC asked me to look at their list of scholarship categories and list the five I thought I was most eligible for. I remember codes for "first person in family to attend college," "descendant of Union veteran of Civil War," and, of course, "Jewish orphan studying aeronautical engineering." Who can forget "Jewish orphan studying aeronautical engineering"? Well, if I kill my parents and convert....eh, I don't really want to be an engineer.
Then, around this time of year, everyone in the AP English class got rejections and acceptances at the same time. What a tense morning.
