East Meadow High School - Resume Yearbook (East Meadow, NY)

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 They ask such relevant questions as your mother's grandmother's eye color or the last time you visited Russia. THE WAITING GAME Thank heaven we have to go through it only once! College applications — infamous words in a senior's vocabulary. The memory of this inhumane torture period remains ingrained in our minds forever This must be what purgatory is like an eternity of filling out those forms and waiting to find out whether you get acc epted The seed is first implanted in our junior year on College Days.” We are given a chance to speak with representatives of various schools, gather up literature for a rapidly growing pile at home, visit, and eventually apply. The knowledge gained from these sessions is usually limited. The person you speak to is either not familiar with the program you are interested in or he hands you a pamphlet and says everything you need to know is in there. HA! Those slim eye-catching booklets are filled with generalizations and color photos, but not much else The next step is receiving and filling out the application For the most part, you need a college education to fill it out! Some warn that every single query must be answered or the form will be annulled. They ask such relevant ques- tions as your mother's grandmother's eye color or the last time you visited Russia Then comes everyone's favorite part, the essay. Here is a chance to really show off. or a chance to slit your throat. There is the everpopular If you could invite one person, living, dead, or fictional, to a dinner party, whom would you invite, why, and what would you serve? Or, Make up a word, define it, and show how it will come into common usage. And the worst one has to be. Write something that tells us about yourself Well, if you write about your cat, and the person reviewing your application just hap- pens to be terribly allergic to felines, you could really be out of luck. 26 College Applications

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I another car, your mother begins to clutch the seat or push the brake that is not there. The next time, she sends your father; and if he's not clutching, he's yelling. What is the use? Don't forget that piece of paper Driver's Ed. finally ends, and now it is time to take your road test. The car is checked, you have done three parallel parks in a row, and you are scared to death. You start the car and pull away from the curb, and in the middle of the road it stalls. So what if you hit the curb during the parallel park? The inspector never saw you go through that stop sign. It does not matter if you fail the first time. Yes. it does! (Remember that piece of paper) Make another appointment Prac- tice a little more. Eventually, you pass. You obtain that little piece of paper, but most importantly, you get to use the car.

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