u/Pillowz_Here

93.59 gpa unweighted (idk how to put it on a 4.0 or 5.0 scale??? not even google is helping) BUT thats being dragged down by 9th grade laziness and 10th start-of-year sickness, finished 11th with a 98.77, maybe i could argue proof of improvement???

APs:
5 on APWHM
5 on AP Lang
5 on APUSH
will take Physics C Mechanics, Physics C electromagnetism, Lit, German, calc BC, and computer science A in 12th

tests:
SAT superscore 1500 (780 eng superscore, 720 math superscore)
ACT superscore composite 36 (36 math, 36 reading, 35 english, 36 science, 10 writing)

extracurriculars:
quizbowl (ny masterminds specifically) varsity level 9th through 12th, captained a bunch but that really does NOT mean anything for quizbowl so i dont think it counts
german national honor society 10th through 12th, secretary in 11th, might end up secretary in 12th as well depending on how elections shake out

i’m an mtf prospective student. i know PA varies county-to-county in terms of trans safety, and last i heard Swarthmore was in a pretty good place, but i want to hear it from people who’ve actually lived it.

how are the dorms set up? are they split by agab, or identified gender, or are they gender neutral?

is there a larger queer community on campus i can go to for support?

i’ve already heard a lot of advice telling me what NOT to do for my essays, which is helpful, don’t get me wrong, but i still don’t even really know what i SHOULD do.

this is especially bad for the personal statement, since i really don’t even know how to talk about myself comprehensively, or even what the personal statement is meant to be

At their core, both issues are the result of the profound “breakdown” (not sure what word to use, exactly) of the mind. Both are ultimately just extreme responses to people being broken by outside pressure(s). And, often enough, enough to be non-negligible, the two coexist in a person suffering from either.

So then, why are there so many more suicides than homicides? It’s probably easier to cope with the idea of taking your own life than taking someone else’s, for the simple fact that you can consent to taking your own life.

Bit of a topic shift here, but to me this also explains why things like Columbine happened (using them as an example because it’s what I’m most well-versed in). This is, of course, an extreme example, but extreme examples are the ones which allow people to grasp the gravity of the topic. Eric and Dylan went into it with the intention of dying during it. It was as much a suicide as it was a mass killing. They couldn’t have one without the other. They finally broke after years of exclusion and mistreatment and (MOST IMPORTANTLY) not receiving any help.

I am of the firm belief that both suicidal and homicidal ideation should be treated the same way, and that people should not be shunned for suffering from or seeking treatment for either. The lack of available help for homicidal ideation and the way it’s considered so “unthinkable” and/or “cardinal” of an act is only making it worse. This is not meant to excuse or encourage either act; I’m only calling out the lack of support.

i remember it being SOMEHOW associated with a$ap rocky, but i’m getting precisely nothing when including him in my searches, which makes me think it’s a general hip-hop/rap thing and not JUST related to a$ap rocky

it was either 3 or 4 stages, but i’m leaning towards 3

i know this really is NOT much to work from, but it’s been bugging me all day and this is all i remember

like in spanish, french, and italian, there are articles like el, le, il, la, etc… how did all of them come about and why are they all so similar, especially when latin didn’t have articles?

it isn’t gonna be fancy and we aren’t going anywhere, it’s our first date and he’s just coming over for a few hrs

i’m really scared bc it’s my first date ever but he’s dated a bunch and like what if im lousy???

we both rly like dr who so maybe we’ll watch some together but like idk if thats too basic or if im supposed to do anything and im just khskdjwmdjdh

help PLEASE

that is all. also sowwy for disappearing

i don’t see why not, but i’ve just never seen nor heard of it and think it would be really cool. moreover, i wanna see it in person at least once, so are there any places where it would be more likely to happen?

so anyway uh there might be more kathyposting in the future!!

a lot of the places ive looked have had case definitions that are too good for me to understand. i understand nominative, vocative, and i think genitive pretty well, but can someone explain the difference between accusative, dative, ablative, and locative? tbh i’m really struggling more with when to use which one than how to decline words (for now)