UC apps, Harry Potter and.. Oh yeah, the Doctor!

This is the time I should be using to write my UC personal statements (which I totally will after I finish writing this, watch more Garfield & Eisenberg interviews, Harry Potter interviews and watch this week's Glee and 30 Rock.)

Hmm.. funny how when you write it out it seems like a completely bad idea, but it sounds ok in your head. Damn.

Thursday night I attended the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (dressed up as a fellow Gryffindor, robe and all), and it  was FANTASTIC. I'm not embarrassed to admit that I was totally like this:

I'm sure many people hold Harry Potter in their heart. It was my childhood, it's what made me fall in love with reading and my imagination went crazy with this wonderful world JK Rowling created. During middle school I was bullied (but when was I not) about my weight, and Harry Potter is what kept me strong. (FYI I used to believe I was a wizard!)

Zoom to present day Steph and I still believe in some sort of magic. Well, HE is magical (and by he, I mean the Doctor). He's not real, I know that, but I'd love for him to come and ask me to travel with him in his TARDIS (I guess I'll always be a kid at heart). I'm sure I'd be scared as hell, but I'd know the doctor (Matt Smith I'm looking at you) would save me, and give me the tender kisses he gives Amy to reassure her (I'm talking about series 5 ep.3 for all you Whovians).

A few days ago, BBC America announced that they will air the Doctor Who Christmas special

  ON CHRISTMAS DAY at 9 p.m.

At first I was like..........

and then I was like....

... after it hit me that I'd be watching freaking Doctor Who on Christmas Day, just like all the British folks.

Oh snap, it's late. Ok, skipping the whole watching TV and just diving into my UC personal statement. Priorities.

Where Do I Go (to college)?

Lately my dreams have been lacking unicorns and rainbows. Instead, they've been infested with the daunting thought of (wait for it) college applications. Where will I go? Who will accept me? Who will I live with, what will I be studying? (Ok the last one is easy: Communication)

Applications start in November, and although that seems far away, that gives me 9 months to convince colleges that I'm the one they want. I have to sum up my life in a generic college app and multiple essays with compact word limits. Thankfully, I've limited down my college choices. So where might this blogger attend in the future?

Emerson College - Boston, MA

Why? It's Boston, the college town. Emerson is primarily a communications school, with a good rep & right in the heart of Boston's theater district.

Why Not? It's mighty expensive, with average 86% average percent of need met; the majority in loans.

UC San Diego 

Why? Tuition is low, great city. La Jolla Playhouse is located ON CAMPUS! 

Why Not? Not on the East Coast. Campus is so big, they have their own shuttle system.

Boston University - Boston, MA

Why? It's Boston. Great school.

Why Not? I'd be a small fish in a big pond.

The Rest: Fordham University, Ithaca College, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, Loyola Marymount

I'll be calling one of these campuses home. Which one? Who knows. Although I whine about college apps, the other part of me can't wait to embark on this journey and begin my professional career.