> > Did you do the Duke University TIP? (Talent Identification Program)
>
> It was an affiliated program in Kentucky that was cheaper (money was
> an issue because my parents were both high school teachers). I went
> there in the summers after 7th and 8th grade, and then in high school
> I started applying for the elite state-run all-expenses-paid program.
> The first time I tried out was in studio art; I made it to the finals,
> but ultimately didn't get accepted. The next year, I tried out in
> math, and easily got in. I'd have gone back, but you're only allowed
> to do it once (and you can only do it the summer after your sophomore
> or junior year).
>
> I just realized that I have absolutely no idea what I did the summer
> after 9th grade! (Senior year summer was spent teaching math and
> English in a special program for...um, delinquent...middle schoolers.)
I blame the heroin. That, and the crack.
> > You definitely have me beat on number of organizations, though! But
> > you left out one: chess club! Surely that was just an oversight,
> > right?
>
> No chess club. We didn't have one. :-)
> > > I did play varsity tennis though, so I wasn't a total nerd!
>
> > I, too am well rounded.
>
> > *looks down at stomach*
>
> > But working on it!
>
> Haha! Thankfully, that hasn't been an issue for me. Not yet.
>
> Nathan
Xan
Xan
