Hey y'all. Happy new year!

Just wanted to say hi and see what's been going on with you guys (what has it been, like 2 years)? There's a reason why CCD just popped in my mind now and I came back on this forum.

This year (2017, actually), I've been writing my university applications because I'm in senior year. Anyways, in the US process (not sure if this is the case in Europe), you've gotta put down some extra-curricular activities and talk about them. Now, I talked about a whole bunch of things, but among them was CCD - my time as moderator (for leadership roles, they love that stuff), and modding. Anyways, that's not the interesting part. You have to write essays for each universities. There's one university in particular which had this prompt (among others): "Fans of the movie Sharknado say that they enjoy it because “it’s so bad, it’s good.” Certain automobile owners prefer classic cars because they “have more character.” And recently, vinyl record sales have skyrocketed because it is perceived that they have a warmer, fuller sound. Discuss something that you love not in spite of but rather due to its quirks or imperfections."

I basically talked about the traffic in Lebanon, which is chaotic and completely unstructured, and contrasted it with the very well organised strcture of traffic that I worked with in CCD. I noted that they both functioned, so I asked rhetorically: can chaos work? (I also talked about how the financial sector will soon be disrupted due to the emergence of new technology and other things, but that's not interesting).

That university happened to be the University of Chicago - and I got in! (for you non-Americans, it was ranked #3 this year in US News & World Report. Daviod02 should know it since, as I last recall, he lives in Chicago). I got the news on the 18th and I've been too busy celebrating Christmas in Lebanon to come on here earlier!

So I got in early action, which means that technically I don't have to go there. So I've also applied to Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton (also did MIT but already got rejected lol) and will wait to see if I get in in March. I probably won't get in though, so I'll most likely be going to Uchicago.

Anyways, just felt the need to post this on here. Had it not been for this amazing community, I would have almost probably never spent so much time on CCD and written about it in my university essay (which I think played a big role in my admission). So anyways, I wanted to thank you guys for helping me in what is probably one of the biggest achievements of my life (so far!).

Well to wrap up, merry Christmas, happy new year (again), and best of luck to all of you in 2018!

P.A. Spoutnik

Congratulations! Welcome back.

Congrats on getting into UC! That's a sweet campus and a fantastic school! My dad actually went there for law school, that's how we ended up in Chicago.

Welcome back!

Congratulations, Spoutnik!

Welcome back!

Happy new year to you too

Congratulations, and I wish you all the luck!

Thanks all!

@Kas: I also wish you good luck in uni !

@David: lol what a coincidence! Both of my parents did Northwestern graduate (my dad did Kellogg business school, and my mom did law). Youre starting your uni applications (grade 11) next year right? Or the year after?

Spoutnik wrote: It'll be next year, Northwestern and the University of Michigan are my top two right now.

I got deferred from MI (school of engineering), and I applied regular decision to Northwestern but I'll probably withdraw my application because there's no point in wasting their time (also I'm double legacy so it would look a bit douchebaggy to reject them if accepted).

You wanna study law right? Or I might have gotten you mixed up with somebody else..

Spoutnik wrote:
Thanks! I'm in the second year now, doing Engineering as study now

Spoutnik wrote: I did for a while, but I'm leaning towards political science or public policy now.