5 is no joke… 15+hrs of college board stupidity… oof…
I did 5/semester junior and senior year. NOT fun. I literally spent more time taking exams in HS than I do now in uni 
EXACTLY!!!
My mental has been honestly kind of shit for the past 5? weeks. Ended with 2Bs (calc and e&m), eh. Pulled it together during test week, I feel like I rocked calc, mech and em, no idea what I got on lang or bio.
I feel like I’m back on top of things now - already have a draft of my commonapp.
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Yo!!! welcome back!
Great work finishing a tough semester!
lmk if you want some feedback on the common app thing. (I edited my little bro’s)
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I’ve never chimed in here, but I’m happy to help with college admissions stuff as well. I could give you my email address. While I think my high school experiences differ from yours, and I don’t know where you’re thinking of applying, I suspect that I have attended/currently attend schools at the caliber which interests you. Keep up the good work.
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Any help from people who’ve gone through the process is much appreciated
Thank you
I’ll probably hit you up in a week or so
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np! feel free to reach out whenever!
Quick reminder: E-mail addresses can be added to the About Me section of a profile, not posted on the forum.
Ah my bad. Forgot
If you want any of my input, you can temporarily list your email address in your profile, and I can contact you. No offense taken if you don’t think I can help.
How does one edit their profile, can’t seem to find it
I think you can click your profile picture in the upper right corner and select “Preferences” from the drop-down menu
Done, thanks
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Got it.
Back to consistently lifting
Past week (Intro week; easing in)
Push
Landmine one-arm push press 4x5 at bar+35 | banded dislocates
Overhead triceps 3x12 @ 25 lb bar
Face pulls
Pull
Meadow’s row (at 45° angle rather than 90°): 8,10,12 at bar+20 | Face pulls two bands 3x8
Light curls 2 sets
Outer upper back is really pumped
DL
Below 3 back-to-back | 5 sets
Deadlift @ way too light (135, 155) triples
Broad jump x 2
Leg lift hold 20 sec
Reverse / side lunges 2 x 20
One leg rdl 2x8 25 lbs
Banded hamstring curl one orange band 20/20/10
Squat
Circuit 3 sets
Explosive band rotation @ 2 orange bands, 10/side
Zercher squat @ 50 lb med ball, 8
Pike puships x 10
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Life updates … updated
[Copied from above minus the maybe mildly doxxy parts]
Last semester sucked for my mental health. If the last 5 weeks of junior year was a C, the following summer through Jan. of this year were a solid F. Regardless, 18 apps were submitted
On that note, Bagsy apologies for ghosting your email. Things picked up very quickly, and I don’t check that account otherwise.
I found a few other seniors on discord to suffer through the process with; I’ll be forever grateful for them.
Other updates in basically chronological order
- I’m 18 now :0
- My research class had an insane workload – I spent almost as much time on that class as I did on college apps.
- There was a long distance thing, not exactly romantic, that I fell into. It was frankly toxic because I didn’t know how to set boundaries, but man it was fun. And for that matter, they did a lot for me as well; I just should’ve ended it sooner
Sidenote: I’m very much bi. - Joined the track team as a thrower. I’m not good at throwing: ended with 27’5 and 56’ for shot and disc respectively
… LOL. It turns out keeping your balance while spining rapidly w a 12 lb ball isn’t that easy.
New
- I didn’t place how I wanted to at state for science Olympiad (I got lazy). However, our team had shown a drastic upwards trend, and I was an important part of that so I can leave happy
- Comitted to a uni I’m very happy with || I’ve made a few friends w people also going there in the last month as well. Ig things do have a way of working out; I got rejected from a lot of places
- Graduated!
I tend to crash hard during breaks due to a combination of “wtf do I do now” and lacking a sense of purpose. I’ve somewhat avoided that by making an active effort to go out
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Welcome back! Glad to hear that you’re happy with the college you’re going to - applications were brutal this year, lol. Looking forwards to keeping up with this log, assuming you’re planning on regular updates again. It’s impressive that you’ve been here since you were 13.
Slowly but surely, an army of queer teenagers is taking over this website
Welcome back!!!
Thanks!
Facts dude. Ik a lot of strong applicants that got WL’d from most of their reach schools
Hell yeah lol
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5/31 Explosive
“Mini hurdles” (bb, med ball, small plate, 2 sandbags) 10 sets | focus on minimizing ground contact time
Fast deadlifts 3x3 @ 135, 2x3 @ 155
Started w the hurdle jumps then decided to add the deadlifts in. I stopped when the jumps felt less poppy
6/1 Push
4 sets
One arm landmine push press x5/side; thin bar (~10 lbs) + 60 lbs + orange miniband on far foot
Banded dislocates x8
3 sets
Incline puships x14
Laterals x15; 5s
Ring inverted row x8
2 sets
Cirls
Banded overhead triceps; 1 orange
Happy pride month
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6/3 Recovery?
Front backpack weighted walk: 1.6 mi, +21.5 lbs
Maybe I’ll try to get my mile time to “not shit” over the summer too
6/4 Legs/conditioning
5 rounds
Overhead hold (played around w a few different things)
Zercher med ball squat; 50 lbs x12
Explosive band chop, 2 orange bands x5/side
Light wrist curls | my wrist flexibility is questionable atm
Peterson step ups 3x10/leg
Plank w plastic bag under feet 3x60 sec
I’ve spent 2 nights this week w the girl I’m seeing out past 04:00; I’m not sure if I’m doing the whole “don’t get too attached because there’ll be half a country between us in uni” thing correctly lol