juz got off talkin to my uncle who lives in illinois. it was regardin my university admissions essay. he said we'll talk more tomorrow, but the highlight of the conversation was that my permanent residence status does come into very gd use.

colleges has two kind of tuition fees, one for in-state students, that refers to those students who are studyin in the same state that they lived prior to going to college, and out-of-state, for those who used to live in different state prior to college. now, the thing is, some states allow residents to be considered in-state residents after 6 mths, 12 mths, 18 mths, etc. it depends from state to state, but if thats the case, then i might be payin lets say US$15k for UT-Austin, and maybe after a yr, i'll only hav to pay US$8k! tt's like half the fee for a gd college! man, i'm lovin this.

now i gotta check out renssaeler, duke and couple of others for background info.

this sucks. on top of my A's revision (i juz started organic chem, imagine!) i gotta handle Carnegie Mellon application that's due in a week's time. i've got one that i can choose topic, another to explain y i chose a particular program and elaborate. i can sound v optimistic n bright, but i dun hav time to go in-depth. argh. n i gotta do the california ones that's due by Dec 1.

y, y, y...

o while i am studyin, i've been downloadin that 70's show episodes. i love Fez's accent n his jokes. i watch the episodes when i'm takin a break, etc. now i've got the whole season 1 n 2. goin on to 3. damn, i can hav the complete set by start of A's i think.