yes... USC is done... the brochure that I received some time ago really entices me to be a Trojan, but USC bein a private uni, the tuition fees will b rather steep. but i've got a cousin there, so gettin about wont be a prob.

technically, three more to go. but two of em are just simple essays, one talkin about my academic interest n how i would fit into wisconsin - madison, and the other two 250 word essays about general stuff. so that actually means 1 more uni left coz those two schs i can clear pretty much in the next few days.

but wat stumped me was university of texas - austin. i thought there was only two essays. the prob wit texas common application is that u cannot proceed to the next page until ur current page is complete. so there were like 9 pages and they were already askin for credit card number by page 5, which led me to think tt the rest was printin forms to be signed n all by mr mannan n keyin in the essay. i found out that now there are three more essay to do. i was like wth. most schs in texas dont require essays, some do. n austin, ironically, the one which would b best for me, now requires 5, not 2. and the three new ones are not simple ones either. for college of engineerin, they want some scientific experience out of the laboratory and some essay talkin bout a belief i had previously but due to an incident, i no longer believe in watever tt was. n also wat bk i would recommend to my 15 yr old siblin, one which would b life-altering. seriously, wat the heck man...

but i guess austin is gettin pretty popular. its the next brain-gain city, estimated hub of creativity in the next few yrs. good ol' texas, where bush roams from. cheap houses, lotsa cowboys, plenty of places to drive n chill, which is wat i really fancy. urgh. guess gotta settle ann arbor, madison n start gettin ideas n inspiration for austin essays.

so one more to go!