u/thinkingvelvet

I love both music and literature equally. I will never give up either. But I'm wondering: which should I pursue more seriously? Or, at least, how do I decide? I'm heavily inspired by people like Lou Reed, Ian Curtis, and David Bowie who blended literature into their music. But even those people are first and foremost musicians. However, I feel that writing comes a bit more naturally to me. I'm young so I have time to decide but the clock is ticking. Any advice would be great!

I have always adored sculptures and grotesques and the like. I really want to start sculpting, but how? What materials do I need? I heard something about monster clay or something like that. Is that good?

Are there any tools I need? What about resources to learn (books, Youtube channels, etc.)? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

I am a rising junior and want to attend a top philosophy PhD program. Could someone make a college list for me of top feeders into excellent philosophy PhD programs that I could likely get into with my stats, as well as some reaches and like one safety?

If you have any additional advice, that would be much appreciated, as well!

Here are my stats and extracurriculars:

uw gpa: 4.0
weighted gpa: 4.4
preact score (without studying): 32/35

Freshmen Year:
\\- junior varsity golf
\\- girls lead program 2025
\\- saturday scholars program
\\- interact club
\\- creative writing club
\\- tri-m honor society
\\- ethics bowl
\\- turnup youth activism intern for 2 months (june 2 — august 4)
\\- school cello private lessons scholarship 2025 recipient
world language department academic excellence award in french
\\- karate

Sophomore Year:
\\- junior varsity golf team captain
\\- superintendent's student advisory board
\\- tiger team (give tours around school)
\\- started a substack blog
\\- saturday scholars program
\\- creative writing club
\\- tri-m honor society
\\- ethics bowl
\\- all-district cello
\\- started a substack blog
\\- karate
\\- scholastic art and writing awards gold key (belin-blank center)
\\- youngest person to be published in school magazine in 13 years (x2)
\\- regional journalism conference: 3rd place, copy editing
\\- journalism sectionals: first place, copy editing
\\- hostess at local restaurant
\\- volunteering with local library
\\- journalism state: second place, copy editing

Additionally, I am taking 4 AP classes (APES, APUSH, AP Lang, and AP Pre-Calc) next year and 3 my senior year (AP Micro/Macro, AP Lit, and AP Calc BC).

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

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I am going to be a junior next year and I am so scared about college admissions.

\*\*What are the best things I can do to raise my chances of getting into the schools listed below? Am I on the right track, or should I aim for slightly less competitive schools? I intend to do a double major in philosophy and English.

Here are my stats and extracurriculars:

uw gpa: 4.0
weighted gpa: 4.4
preact score (without studying): 32/35

Freshmen Year:
\- junior varsity golf
\- girls lead program 2025
\- saturday scholars program
\- interact club
\- creative writing club
\- tri-m honor society
\- ethics bowl
\- turnup youth activism intern for 2 months (june 2 — august 4)
\- school cello private lessons scholarship 2025 recipient
world language department academic excellence award in french
\- karate

Sophomore Year:
\- junior varsity golf team captain
\- superintendent's student advisory board
\- tiger team (give tours around school)
\- started a substack blog
\- saturday scholars program
\- creative writing club
\- tri-m honor society
\- ethics bowl
\- all-district cello
\- started a substack blog
\- karate
\- scholastic art and writing awards gold key (belin-blank center)
\- youngest person to be published in school magazine in 13 years (x2)
\- regional journalism conference: 3rd place, copy editing
\- journalism sectionals: first place, copy editing
\- hostess at local restaurant
\- volunteering with local library
\- journalism state: second place, copy editing

and here is my college list:
1: columbia university
2: new york university
3: brown university
4: bryn mawr college
5: swarthmore college
6: vassar college
7: smith college
8: wellesley college
9: wesleyan university
10: fordham university
11: rutgers university — new brunswick
12: uiuc
13: pace university
14: montclair state university

Additionally, I am taking 4 APs (APES, APUSH, AP Lang, and AP Pre-Calc) next year and 3 my senior year (AP Micro/Macro, AP Lit, and AP Calc BC).

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

I am going to be a junior next year and I am so scared about college admissions.

**What are the best things I can do to raise my chances of getting into the schools listed below? Am I on the right track, or should I aim for slightly less competitive schools? I intend to do a double major in philosophy and English.

Here are my stats and extracurriculars:

uw gpa: 4.0
weighted gpa: 4.4
preact score (without studying): 32/35

Freshmen Year:
- junior varsity golf
- girls lead program 2025
- saturday scholars program
- interact club
- creative writing club
- tri-m honor society
- ethics bowl
- turnup youth activism intern for 2 months (june 2 — august 4)
- school cello private lessons scholarship 2025 recipient
world language department academic excellence award in french
- karate

Sophomore Year:
- junior varsity golf team captain
- superintendent's student advisory board
- tiger team (give tours around school)
- started a substack blog
- saturday scholars program
- creative writing club
- tri-m honor society
- ethics bowl
- all-district cello
- started a substack blog
- karate
- scholastic art and writing awards gold key (belin-blank center)
- youngest person to be published in school magazine in 13 years (x2)
- regional journalism conference: 3rd place, copy editing
- journalism sectionals: first place, copy editing
- hostess at local restaurant
- volunteering with local library
- journalism state: second place, copy editing

and here is my college list:
1: columbia university
2: new york university
3: brown university
4: bryn mawr college
5: swarthmore college
6: vassar college
7: smith college
8: wellesley college
9: wesleyan university
10: fordham university
11: rutgers university — new brunswick
12: uiuc
13: pace university
14: montclair state university

Additionally, I am taking 4 APs (APES, APUSH, AP Lang, and AP Pre-Calc) next year and 3 my senior year (AP Micro/Macro, AP Lit, and AP Calc BC).

Thank you for taking the time to read this!