I used to go for nsw but I just can’t relate to the narrative. I love an underdog and have started going for Queensland despite being born and raised I. New South Wales. I love Queensland so much. Qoinslander!!!! I have a quick question for you Queensland boys. I’m selling up my three Sydney properties (two already sold) and have used that money to buy two in upper my Gravatt. Looking to buy a house to live in Northside. What’s the cafe and scene like there any good cycling groups around there?

I'm 18 and male, I've been going through this for a couple months (3 months/at most 4), back in late November I had surgery because of a sudden lung collapse on my right side (I don't use drugs) and been feeling the side effects ever since. Those side effects have been shortness of breath, constant bloating, and constipation. I went back to the doctor in January to get my constipation treated and all they gave me was dicyclomine (bentyl) which was for the rest of the month. It did help me a little bit of February, but early March I felt that my veins have been reducing blood flow and been having fatigue, which only brought back my constipation and I didn't want to go back to the doc and just been relying on fiber gummies for the duration of Feb-May. But as of recent it has gotten worse where now I have chest pain (mostly on my upper left chest area) headaches, and my constipation hasn't gotten away, as well as having a feeling where my veins just throbbed out of nowhere (I don't know how else to described it) around my back calf, upper forearm and toes and having little to no sleep as my shortness of breath wakes me up in the middle of the night. Yesterday afternoon I collapsed walking out of my bedroom and my family thought it was of because of low blood sugar, but I'm scared that it may be something else. Should I go back to the doc to be checked or just stick to alternatives like fiber and prebiotics?

Abs not showing as much is circled here: https://i.imgur.com/mNh2xwM.jpg
The two rows past the upper abs are more prominent on my person.
So I am at 15% bodyfat dieting down to 12% and maybe 10% if I feel motivated to do so once I hit 12%. I generally do ab machines as heavy as possible for 15 reps and these machines generally target the middle of my abs. I read that since abs are one muscle, it's an all or nothing approach in terms of hypertrophy. So all 8 rows grow or none do.

In the years before the 2008 banking crisis, more and more people announced that the system could not continue. Months before the collapse, most bankers agreed that it could not continue. But they did nothing effective about it. They did not know what to do, so they continued as usual hoping that someone would bail them out. Maybe the Fed would do something.
And the Fed did eventually bail them out. The Fed did not bail out the public, only the banks.
Now bankers tell us that the system cannot continue, that there will be a crash. There is every reason to believe them. The Fed does not know what to do. It has already bailed out the banks as much as it can.
Our economy will crash.
This is post is about what we can do.
What can we do to prevent the crash?
We can’t. It’s far too late. At a minimum, we would have had to make drastic reforms to our financial system at least 30 years ago. We would have needed to organize politically, in ways that the political parties of the time did not allow.
Why did it happen?
There are a lot of reasons. Likely, historians will argue about it for centuries. Basicly, we paid for the Cold War, and for costly wars since. There isn’t enough oil and gas, and supply depends on unstable nations in unstable regions of the world. There’s plenty of coal but it’s increasingly expensive and hard to use. There isn’t enough fertilizer for farmers. Climate change is disrupting weather patterns making various supplies uncertain and expensive. Bad trade decisions have left the USA a giant debtor nation – we have run up debts far bigger than any other nation would be allowed. Etc.
And for decades the USA has papered over the problems instead of making any serious attempt to solve them. With Carter, we reduced our foreign debt somewhat by persuading foreigners to invest in the dot.com boom, and when the market collapsed they lost their money. With Bush, we reduced our foreign debt somewhat by persuading foreigners to invest in US real estate, and they lost more money. Since then we haven’t done as well at cheating foreigners, and the vultures have started circling…. One of the fundamental things that went wrong, is that our broken financial system has shifted our resources into unproductive activities, and stopped us from investing in actual solutions to our problems. While pretending that things are basicly OK, they threw the lower middle class under the bus, and then increasing parts of the regular middle class. With the coming crash the upper middle class will also be scarifriced.

Let me give you some more context
I’ve been with this employer for only two months.
Three weeks in I got Covid and was required to not return to work for 5 days. My supervisor told me “only bitches take time off for Covid, if you use the Covid pay the company provides you’re a bitch.” This was our first altercation.
Fast forward a few weeks, he notices I have a week off. He scolds me about taking time off being so new, I explained that this was a vacation I had planned and paid for prior to working here and it was already approved by my manager and upper management. Strike two.
Fast forward to today, my first day back from vacation. He aggressively takes me to the back room, scolds me about how it “hurts the business” by missing so many days, that I am lucky I’m still employed because they “accommodate my schedule” because 2 out of the 4 days I work a week I have to leave at 5:30AM instead of 6AM because that’s when my wife leaves for work and I have to be home to watch my two children, this was my availability when I was hired and I was hired with that availability.
He was screaming at me like a child. I was in the middle of speaking and he literally yells at me and says “IM FUCKING SPEAKING TO YOU SHUT UP.” After I explained that he has no right to hold any of this against me he told me I need to find a new position or get another job and that I need to go home.
I told him that’s alright, I’m not working for you any way. I’m not going to be bullied for 1. Getting Covid (went to the doctor to get tested since my at home test was not “valid”) 2. My availability which was accepted upon being hired. 3. Taking an approved vacation that I was not paid for.
This guy constantly bragged to me about how he’s “fired” so many people & to me it seems like he’s the one hurting the team more than anyone. I understand the frustration about me getting Covid but, it’s not like I meant to & it was proven by a doctor that in fact, I had Covid.
Am I in the wrong here? Or is the giga chad want to be drill sergeant of stocking groceries in the right?
I am going to be open minded to all comments, I need some advice.

This is largely me just sharing the results of a stream of thought this evening sharing my appreciation of how some of the best fighter pilots in Legends excel at their jobs, but very importantly, they often do so in very different ways. Most importantly, they're so damned good at what they do, that even pilots who use the Force can only on occasion keep up with them.
Obviously, we should start with the best: Wedge Antilles. What is it that makes him the best fighter pilot in the galaxy? His reflexes, his hand-eye coordination? No - most Force-using pilots can beat him on those fronts. His sheer level of experience in combat? Only a qualified no here, because while I don't think this is the root of what makes him the best (and there are certainly other pilots with similar hours in the cockpit), it's still an important component to his greatness. But the root cause of Wedge being the best is his tactical brilliance, how his mind moves a parsec a second at inventing, analyzing, and executing novel tactics. We see this over and over again in Legends, but one of the best examples comes from the New Jedi Order book Rebel Stand, where we see Wedge on the fly invent tactics that allow him to first defeat a Vong armored column on the ground and then defeat an entire squadron singlehandedly.
Contrast this with Wedge's best friend, Tycho Celchu. I think the best insight regarding how his mind works comes from the novel I, Jedi. There we get Corran Horn's POV as he flies against Tycho with Tycho not knowing who Corran is, so while Corran is slightly holding back in their duel and only using his ion cannon to keep from accidentally killing Tycho, Tycho isn't holding back at all. Corran at this point is a fairly well-trained Jedi and uses the Force to read Tycho's intentions to gain the upper hand... but finds that very difficult to do because of how Tycho's mind works. He doesn't invent new tactics on the fly the way Wedge does, but instead his mind works like a chess computer, instantly analyzing possible moves by his opponent and coming up with the best ways to work his opponent back in front of his lasers in a very step-by-step manner. Even with the Force as an advantage, even after managing to knock Tycho's shields down, Corran disengages the moment he has the chance because, I quote, he "knew better than to stick around", and at the time considered flying against Tycho the most difficult thing he'd ever done even with his advantage as a trained Force-user.
While Soontir Fel is largely credited as being at the same level as Tycho and Wedge, the books I've read don't give us much insight into the root of his skills. Fortunately, the same is not true for his son, Jagged Fel. Where Wedge is a genius tactician and Tycho is a human chess-bot, Jagged is instead the ultimate anticipator - where a Jedi uses the Force to sense what their opponent's next move is to be, Jag does it by a combination of experience, logic, and intuition. Through the NJO, but especially in the Enemy Lines duology, Fel's ability to anticipate what his enemy is going to do is consistently presented as the key to his success.
As for the best pilot who doesn't usually fly a fighter, it's unquestionably Han Solo - and that man survives because the Force wills it so. Trying to explain how he's gotten through so many impossible situations through any other means is futile.
Obviously, there are other exceptional pilots in Legends: Luke Skywalker, Jaina Solo and Corran Horn are perhaps the most notable that I didn't list above. The reason I didn't do so is that despite how much time we get with them in the cockpit, I don't think there's a specific talent that they are ever shown to truly excel at compared to other pilots - they've just got the natural reflexes and hand-eye coordination plus Force precognition and battle awareness, which results in them being top-tier. But Wedge, Tycho, and Jag? In each case, and in different ways, it's their intellect that makes them the best at what they do.
I hope you've enjoyed my stream of thought regarding some of my favorite pilots, and if you'd like to share your appreciation of others, I'd be happy to read it. Cheers.

Hi! Anybody else get the sensation of a tension or squeezing feeling in the upper abdomen and lower ribs? It has been goinf on for almost 3 months now after I lost my beloved pet. I think the trauma from the event triggered it. Any advice would be helpful! I just want this gone😭

After the Ascension of Christ His disciples stayed in Jerusalem and in one room at the Zion frequently gathered and together they prayed the Lord awaiting impatiently the promised Comforter, The Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father. Matthias was voted in to replace Judas among the twelfe. On the Descent of the Holy Spirit they all were together, when bluster of wind fulfilled the house and tongues of fire appeared and fall upon the apostles. When they came out on the roof of the house, they talked and preached to the gathered people in languages they had not known before, hence all gathered, even the Jews and persons of other faith could understand them. Three thousand people believed on this day the preaching of the apostles and then baptized. This day is considered as the day when the Church of Christ was born.
Even if Pentecost is the privileged feast of the Holy Spirit, the afterfeast and Pentecost Monday stress the importance of the Holy Spirit and its participation in equality as one of the three persons from the Holy Trinity. The importance given to this Monday of the Holy Spirit increased in times when there were wrong ideas being taught about the Holy Spirit and its nature, as if the Holy Spirit was not one with God, not God himself, as he is in the Father and in the Son.
In the New Testament there are many manifestations of the Holy Spirit. During the passage of Pentecost when the apostles took refuge in the Upper Room where they had the Last Supper with Jesus, before his entrance in Jerusalem and death on the cross, they suddenly saw tongues of fire descend upon them. As they left the room they spoke in foreign toungues, considered to be gifts from the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was, and is itself, the promised gift from Jesus, the one that would come as the comforter after his death. After the Resurrection of Jesus, the Orthodox Church’s Pentecost is second in importance alongside eleven other Great Feasts that include the nativity of Jesus, baptism of Jesus, and the ascension and transfiguration.
Pentecost Monday is celebrated religiously in the same way as Pentecost. It is the continuation of the celebration of the feast of Pentecost, and it is the first day of the afterfeast of Pentecost. During the entire week after Pentecost, fasting isn’t permitted.

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Needed: Product suggestions for hooded eyes. I notice most eye products wont let you put the product on the upper eye thats droopy or whatever word might work best for that because I guess droopy would indicate an age thing and hooded eyes are an issue from birth. I'm starting to wonder if there is no fix, I've tried several things and right now I'm giving Sunday Riley autocorrect a chance because it says it reduces poppiness in your lab to put it in the contour of your eye (I think it's called contour but under the eyebrow is what I mean)
Do any of you have suggestions of products you or someone close to you with hooded eyes has used that have actually worked?

So my players went down the deep end, and long story short are now in a high level, high CR encounter with lots of archons, and angels decending upon them.
I always run ambient music in my game, but for the real first time I can't find what I am looking for. A choir something heavenly, but wrathful. Think angry halo theme?
Something that shows these holy creatures are pissed, and intend to enact the wrath of the upper planes.
Any ideas?

I just made a simple API with a post request. The problem is, when I tried to test it with POSTMAN I get the error localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "". I did not have a psql user with that username in the error message. I tried creating one but the error is still there (in the error message the username is in upper case, psql username seem to only be allowed to be lowercase".
How do I tell postgres to use the username postgres instead? Or is there another way to solve the problem?
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this is what my pf_hba.conf looks like
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# PostgreSQL Client Authentication Configuration File
# ===================================================
#
# Refer to the "Client Authentication" section in the PostgreSQL
# documentation for a complete description of this file. A short
# synopsis follows.
#
# This file controls: which hosts are allowed to connect, how clients
# are authenticated, which PostgreSQL user names they can use, which
# databases they can access. Records take one of these forms:
#
# local DATABASE USER METHOD [OPTIONS]
# host DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD [OPTIONS]
# hostssl DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD [OPTIONS]
# hostnossl DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD [OPTIONS]
# hostgssenc DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD [OPTIONS]
# hostnogssenc DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD [OPTIONS]
#
# (The uppercase items must be replaced by actual values.)
#
# The first field is the connection type:
# - "local" is a Unix-domain socket
# - "host" is a TCP/IP socket (encrypted or not)
# - "hostssl" is a TCP/IP socket that is SSL-encrypted
# - "hostnossl" is a TCP/IP socket that is not SSL-encrypted
# - "hostgssenc" is a TCP/IP socket that is GSSAPI-encrypted
# - "hostnogssenc" is a TCP/IP socket that is not GSSAPI-encrypted
#
# DATABASE can be "all", "sameuser", "samerole", "replication", a
# database name, or a comma-separated list thereof. The "all"
# keyword does not match "replication". Access to replication
# must be enabled in a separate record (see example below).
#
# USER can be "all", a user name, a group name prefixed with "+", or a
# comma-separated list thereof. In both the DATABASE and USER fields
# you can also write a file name prefixed with "@" to include names
# from a separate file.
#
# ADDRESS specifies the set of hosts the record matches. It can be a
# host name, or it is made up of an IP address and a CIDR mask that is
# an integer (between 0 and 32 (IPv4) or 128 (IPv6) inclusive) that
# specifies the number of significant bits in the mask. A host name
# that starts with a dot (.) matches a suffix of the actual host name.
# Alternatively, you can write an IP address and netmask in separate
# columns to specify the set of hosts. Instead of a CIDR-address, you
# can write "samehost" to match any of the server's own IP addresses,
# or "samenet" to match any address in any subnet that the server is
# directly connected to.
#
# METHOD can be "trust", "reject", "md5", "password", "scram-sha-256",
# "gss", "sspi", "ident", "peer", "pam", "ldap", "radius" or "cert".
# Note that "password" sends passwords in clear text; "md5" or
# "scram-sha-256" are preferred since they send encrypted passwords.
#
# OPTIONS are a set of options for the authentication in the format
# NAME=VALUE. The available options depend on the different
# authentication methods -- refer to the "Client Authentication"
# section in the documentation for a list of which options are
# available for which authentication methods.
#
# Database and user names containing spaces, commas, quotes and other
# special characters must be quoted. Quoting one of the keywords
# "all", "sameuser", "samerole" or "replication" makes the name lose
# its special character, and just match a database or username with
# that name.
#
# This file is read on server startup and when the server receives a
# SIGHUP signal. If you edit the file on a running system, you have to
# SIGHUP the server for the changes to take effect, run "pg_ctl reload",
# or execute "SELECT pg_reload_conf()".
#
# Put your actual configuration here
# ----------------------------------
#
# If you want to allow non-local connections, you need to add more
# "host" records. In that case you will also need to make PostgreSQL
# listen on a non-local interface via the listen_addresses
# configuration parameter, or via the -i or -h command line switches.
​
​
​
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
​
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all scram-sha-256
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32scram-sha-256
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 scram-sha-256
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
local replication all scram-sha-256
host replication all 127.0.0.1/32scram-sha-256
host replication all ::1/128 scram-sha-256

Hey all!
I was diagnosed with mild antral gastritis and mild erosive esophagitis via upper endoscopy. In Feb ‘22 I was diagnosed with SIBO and did a round of antibiotics. Maybe 7 months later I did another round because symptoms came back. Again, few months later and more symptoms so I got the endoscopy.
Likely my cause is anxiety and stress. I’ve upped my antidepressant 2 weeks ago as well to try and help, along with other lifestyle changes.
My gastro told me to take a PPI for 4 weeks (I took nexium 20mg). It gave me some annoying symptoms, like (bad) gas and constipation.
I’ve been off them for 3 days and I still have quite bad gas, bloating, and starting to feel a mild burn in my esophagus (which wasn’t happening while I was on them).
I have an appointment in 2 weeks but I’m wondering if I should go back on some sort of acid reducer until then?
Pls helpppp!

I was already having nightmares about like I forgot specifics but it was definitely about supernatural shit in general. just off-putting creepy stuff. I start conjuring and thinking of past shit that used to scare me. creepy art and creepy pastas and some cryptic videos online.
I wake up and I'm sweating so I'm like let me change positions and try this again obviously my mojos off so I'm laying face down I attempt to move but it's really god damn hard. I sleep on the far end of my full sized bed not near the headrest place (just weird quirk) so my head is like facing the room when in my laying face down position. at this point I can barely fucking move and I'm delirious as shit, tired, and scared as hell. I sleep in low light with my LEDs and I was panicking, just still not in the right mind due to my nightmares and still thinking of creepy shit. I see a god DAMN SHADOW FIGURE standing INCHES IN FRONT OF ME. I don't see his face but I see his legs kind of since my bed is low. I hear an awful ringing and the more I was pushing my body towards his direction the more louder the ringing was. I was unsure of what was happening but I kept positioning my body in his direction and I felt my eardrums about to burst. I swear. it hurt so I stopped trying to move as moving toward his direction was just gonna make the ringing louder. I shoved my face down in my pillow and kept trying to breathe and calm myself down. after a minute I grab my phone off my bed and snap the hell out of it.
this was my first ever hallucination ringing moment, I don't know if it's really sleep paralysis since I could still inch my way. my legs obviously didn't work but my upper torso and head could move slightly. literally just centimeters of slow movement. I'm hoping it's sleep paralysis because if it isn't then I have some issues I'll be needing to work out

I have never understood this mentality. Indians esp upper middle class and above try their best their children learn english and other foreign languages to migrate to christian majority countries. Trash Talk Indian content and music while praising English Songs (which are infinitely more sexualized). Would rather consume western movies while looking down on Indian movies (which will also cause indians to be attracted to western people rather than Indian people). They try their absolute best to move to the US. Then the same people are surprised when poor people see this and make the connection America [the hub of english content as well] is Christian so we should become christian as well... If you really really want to prevent conversions like truly, first learn to have pride in your own stuff (movies, music, language). Then a huge number of conversions will be stopped. Just like West completely failed to convert Japan because Japanese take huge pride in their culture, language.
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Language esp is extremely interlinked with religion, there's a reason why christian converts are taught english quickly and Andhra Pradesh is ditching Telugu for English. I am yet to find any rich hindus who push for hindi/tamil/bengali medium over English medium. Why shouldn't a poor person convert to Christianity and live up to the fantasies of the urban rich who went to force them to attend hindi medium....
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All everyone in upper class does is fantasize the west and is surprised when lots of Indians adopt the western religion...

Forearms are often overlooked, yet they play a crucial role in many everyday tasks such as lifting, gripping, and carrying. Strong forearms not only improve your overall grip strength but also enhance your overall upper body strength and aesthetics. how to get bigger forearms? there are several exercises and techniques you can use to achieve your goals.
In this article, we'll explore some of the best exercises and tips for building bigger and stronger forearms.

1. Grip Strength Training

Grip strength training is the foundation for building bigger forearms. Your grip strength depends on the strength of your forearms, and thus, it's essential to train them with a variety of grip exercises. Some of the best grip strength exercises include:

• Farmer's Walks: This exercise involves holding a heavy weight in each hand and walking for a distance. It's a great exercise for strengthening your grip and forearms.
• Deadlifts: Deadlifts are one of the most effective exercises for overall strength and muscle building. They also target your forearms, especially when performed with a double overhand grip.
• Plate Pinches: Plate pinches involve gripping a weight plate with your fingers and holding it for a specific period. This exercise is great for improving your grip and finger strength.

1. Wrist Curls

Wrist curls are one of the most effective exercises for building bigger forearms. They target the flexor and extensor muscles of your forearms, which are responsible for wrist movement and grip strength. To perform wrist curls:

• Sit on a bench with a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing up.
• Rest your forearms on a bench or your knees, letting your wrists hang over the edge.
• Slowly curl your wrists upwards, keeping your palms facing up, until your forearms are fully contracted.
• Slowly lower the weight back down to the starting position.

1. Reverse Wrist Curls

Reverse wrist curls target the extensor muscles of your forearms, which are responsible for wrist extension and grip strength. To perform reverse wrist curls:

• Sit on a bench with a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing down.
• Rest your forearms on a bench or your knees, letting your wrists hang over the edge.
• Slowly curl your wrists upwards, keeping your palms facing down, until your forearms are fully contracted.
• Slowly lower the weight back down to the starting position.

1. Hammer Curls

Hammer curls are a great exercise for building bigger forearms and biceps. They target the brachialis muscle, which runs along the outer edge of your upper arm and helps to support your biceps. To perform hammer curls:

• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing inwards.
• Curl the weight up towards your shoulder, keeping your palms facing inwards.
• Slowly lower the weight back down to the starting position.

1. Pull-Ups

Pull-ups are one of the best exercises for overall upper body strength, and they also target your forearms. They involve pulling your body weight up towards a bar using your arms, back, and core muscles. To perform pull-ups:

• Hang from a bar with your palms facing away from you and your hands shoulder-width apart.
• Pull yourself up towards the bar until your chin is above the bar.
• Slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position.

1. Fat Grip Training

Fat grip training involves using thicker grips on your weights or equipment. It increases the demand on your forearms, making your grip strength and forearm muscles work harder. Some ways to incorporate fat grip training include:

• Using thicker grips on your dumb

Demographics: Asian (maybe pacific islander too I've seen filipino both considered as asian or pacific islander, for malay i dont really see any conflict ab it online but for the malay people ik some identify as pacific islander, others as asian) Female, Upper-middle income (family has 4 dependents if that plays into anything), georgia, legacy at UIUC and UChicago (idk if they consider it tho)
Intended Major(s): Biomedical for most colleges and either bioengineering or mech engineering at UGA
ACT/SAT/SAT II: Taking ACT in July but based of practice so far I'm expecting anywhere from 31-33, SAT is currently a 1390 superscore (reading score is probably gonna go up after June SAT tho, rn 720 bc i had to skip a couple questions bc proctor accidentally used a broken clock so time management was rly bad, math prob not going up, if anyone has advice on sat math please lmk i keep practicing and i do so much better on practices (700s) vs the actual sat (600s) so im kinda confused on what i might be doing wrong bc usually i feel like the sat went just like the practice and boom bad score)
UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0/4.0 UW, 4.2 W, 45/825 (top 5% at school and the state)
Coursework: All Honors/Gifted courses throughout HS, 7 APs by end of HS: APHUG 5, Bio 5, Chem (awaiting score, expecting 4), USH (self-study, awaiting score, expecting 4-5), Calc BC (senior year), Phys C (senior year), US Gov (senior year), Macroecon (senior year), maybe self-study either ap lang or ap lit senior year as well idk which one will be more worth it tho
Awards:
2nd in state TSA Photographic Technology (national qualifier)
4th in nation TSA Digital Video Production
9th and 4th respectively in state TSA Engineering Design (national qualifiers) - developed designs for a moldable bioplastic (competed at the national level for this, club advisor forgot to tell us how we placed, def not in the top 10 tho) and a solar-powered nanocrystal radiation detector (also qualified for nationals with 4th but couldn't go due to club financial difficulties and not enough people eligible to compete to make the fees worth it)
Honorable Mention in county science fair - developed a moldable bioplastic to address the concerns of current-day bioplastics
Academic Letter: 9, 10, 11, expecting to letter senior year as well
Orchestra Letter: 9, 11 (took orchestra for one sem only in 10 to fit in a language and 2 sem was required to letter) expecting to letter in senior year as well
Certificates of merit: one from the state, another from the county for achievement bc of placing 2nd in a state competition
Extracurriculars: pretty good but idt their considered exceptional for many of the schools I'm applying to
TSA - Secretary (12) - for anyone that doenst know what this is, its a club based off of competition events around STEAM topics and careers; i kept track of all meetings, organized files and paperwork, in charge of creating/handling forms and sign-ups, filled out some paperwork, Event Lead (11) - organized and led meetings for several competitive events by facilitating stuff like conversation and cooperation among team members, served as a student advisor for certain events, roles from this role will be maintained as secretary
Green Team - Co-President (12), VP (11), Head o. Communications (10), Shadow Officer (9) - in charge of organizing and planning meetings and various events, managed communication between officers and sponsors through emails and social media, as of rn me and co pres are in charge of finding a new sponsor
Crochet Club - Co-President (12), VP (11), Founder (10) - same duties as listed with Green Team, helped teach members how to crochet and gave out advice on crochet
Crochet - tutored others in crochet, had a crochet business in 9-10 grade (had to stop in 11 because it got in the way of school), have a passion project for crochet in the form of an instagram account documenting projects and my crochet journey, potentially might start a non-profit but still figuring out details for if its plausible for me
Viola - played for 7 years so far, highest level orchestra class, section leader (we didn't really count section leaders as just first and second chair in my class), private lessons, alternate position at Emory Youth Symphony (one of the top state orchestras), tutored viola for 3 years (unsure if continuing next year because new orchestra teachers)
Photography - self taught myself photography, been doing it for 7 years, passion project in the form of a private senior year dump on insta comprised of various pictures from the year, designed to showcase the chaos and ups and downs of the senior year experience with pictures for everyday until graduation (styles ranging from professional to looks like a toddler took this), entered my work into several competitions, am currently working on reviving my school's photography club
Creative Writing - write poems in my free time sometimes, had a work published in my schools literary magazine
Work (Paid) - cashiebarista at a boba place
General member for NHS, Beta, AASO, and SWENext
100-150 volunteer hours (could be more could be less but the lady in charge of hours at my school has not responded to the last 5 emails i've sent over the year asking about how many I have)
Essays/LORs/Other:
Common App Essay - solid 7/10 averaging the ones i've started, language arts teacher last year told me I'm one of the strongest creative writers she has and she's very tough on writing. I have what i think might be good topics (might be generic tho in terms of my demographic), I've started on multiple essays for my strongest topics: red and the multiple meanings it carries (i.e. culture, events, people, memories, objects), being torn between my passion for the arts vs academics (as my ecs lean heavy on the arts so that addresses that a bit) and how that divide affects my relationship with those, or my tumultuous history with instruments and my cultures effect on that relationship
LORS:
11th LA teacher - she's my school mom and I love her sm, she's seen me really grow in my writing (and as a person) and has helped me to be able to get more creative with it as well. Whenever I need god advice she's one of the first people I turn to and she's probably my most trusted adult at school; I can ask her about pretty much anything and she won't judge (i'm able to talk with her ab my mental health and how school's been affecting it which I can't really talk ab it to my parents because they don't really believe that much in mental health if its not something obvious), we're pretty close and i even got the chance to write something for her wedding as well, she's definitely going to be a teacher that I'm gonna visit a lot senior year
ap chem teacher - she's seen me really grow as a person over the year and out of all my teachers, she especially can testify to my curiosity, drive to learn, and my determination/dedication as she knows i've stayed up late many nights so i could get good calculations and pre/post-lab questions (i'm surprised i didn't drive her crazy with the sheer amount of stuff i asked too), we're pretty close and i also tie-dyed a onesie for her upcoming baby
Note: my schedule got really messed up in junior year so I wasn't able to take many aps then so trying to make up for it with senior year (considering the self studied ap i did, I'm around 2-3 aps behind most of the top students at my school so my ranking is thus a lot lower than it could be, school offers around 20 aps but many are blocked behind prereq classes), schedule resulted in me taking senior year science in junior year as well an additional credit of Chinese instead of another AP (now at 3 years of Chinese, conversational level)
Schools: going for the ivies and JHU are considered me shotgunning I'm pretty sure considering my ecs lol
Idk which admission path yet so if anyone has any advice on deciding which admissions path would be most beneficial for me, that would be greatly appreciated: JHU (idt its legacy but i have several aunts and uncles that have attended), Cornell, UIUC (legacy, leaning towards EA), UChicago (legacy from grad school, admission path and if i even submit an application is hinging on how creative the writing prompts are gonna be), UPenn
EA: UGA, Georgia Tech
RD: MIT, UMich, Georgia State University, Kennessaw State