Yale interview!

That's right, my first step to becoming a world changer is to try to get into college, and an Ivy League school no less. I've already had an interview from Harvard, but I don't feel that it went as well as my interview today. It was a lot of fun. First Cara (that's the interviewer) asked me the obvious question: why do I want to go to Yale? I had an awesome answer ready. Besides the fact that it's an Ivy League school, and it has an amazing curriculum, throughout history Yale has been on the leading edge. Not only in science and technology, but in government and politics as well. It was the first school to admit woman into it's graduate and undergraduate program, in 1895 not less. It was also the first school to racially integrate. Admittedly it was a Chinese person and not a black person, but that is still a big step, since Chinese people were basically slaves for a large part of American history. Yale has historically been on the leading edge and I want to be part of that edge!

I guess I sounded like the government part was important to me, because Cara's next question was whether I wanted to be in government. The answer to that question is actually no, although I considered it for a while. I want to be a chemist. She asked me what I want to research or prove. While it may sound crazy, and I know no one is going to listen to me, I want to prove that electricity is bad for us, and that it is actually the main cause for cancer.

She asked, and I'm sure you're wondering, how did you come up with that theory? Well, it's actually something my dad came up with. First you have to understand that my dad is schizophrenic. That means that he can't tell the difference between our reality and the reality in his head. He already believes that electricity is bad for us, and he explained it to me once. I thought nothing of it, that it was just him being crazy, but I started taking AP chemistry not long afterwards and realized this was something that could actually be happening. I'll explain. First, all atoms have electrons that orbit around them. They orbit in different rings around the atom, and in order to move from one ring to another there must be an input of energy. The electrons are only supposed to move at certain times. Well, electricity is a form of energy, and it is around us leaking from wires constantly. This is causing mutations in cells. I know it sounds crazy, but research has been done that shows that plants and flowers that grow around power plants and electrical poles are more stunted and have more mutations than control plants. So this is a completely viable theory.

Cara seemed impressed, and asked me what made me decide that I wanted to be a chemist. I said that, besides all the research, which I love to do, I think I decided to be a chemist the day I lit my hands on fire. No, it was not on accident. It was an actual expirement that my teacher, Mrs. Thompson, had done. Before, when she had done the demonstrations for the class, I that been to nervous to do it. That was the first demonstration that I vollunteered for. That is still by far my favorite demonstration out of all of them. The other reason that I gave, and the one that I like best is this: being a chemist is like being a witch, except stuff actually happens when you throw things in the pot!

Cara seemed to be done with the subject, and asked the next predictable question: what sort of things do I liked to do outside of school? The answer is lots, but I told her reading, knitting, singing. She asked me what made me want to learn how to knit. My mom decided that she was going to knit, and I learned from her. I make all sorts of things. Scarves, hats, gloves, blankets, but I've never sold anything, although I totally could if I put my mind to it, but I just don't have enough time. What with school, debate, vocal lessons, work, and homework, I barely have enough time to get everything done during the day. And I have to eat and sleep at some point.

She seemed to be done with the questions for me, and asked if I had any quesions for her. Boy, I did! I found out that choir is just about the biggest extracurricular program they have, which is awesome, because I love to sing. She didn't know anything about their debate program, but I know they have one. I also asked about their study abroad program, because I plan on moving to europe at some point in the future. It seem to be pretty big. I used to want to go to Harvard more, but after talking to Cara, I'm actually more excited about going to Yale!

My First Post

That's right, I'm going to change the world. I don't know how yet, and I don't know when, but I will. This blog is going to be a chronicle of my journey doing that. And here's another thing: I'm not going to tell anyone about it. Any followers that I get are going to have found this site by themselves. And for finding this site I applaud you. Welcome to my life!