Of All The Stars by Ally B

Author:Ally B [B, Ally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Valley Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-08-20T05:00:00+00:00

Triangulum

The Triangle

“So, you’ve applied to Princeton, where else are you considering?” Graham asks as we continue working on the slides in Government.

“Princeton is kind of it for me,” I confess, scribbling observations onto my lab paper.

“What other schools are you applying to?” He asks.

“Syracuse, University of Chicago, Stanford, Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia, and Boston University.” I rattle off.

“California schools?” He asks.

“Max is going to Stanford.”

“Isn’t it still too early to know?” He asks, scrolling to the bottom.

“Yeah. He’s just always known. Ya, know?”

“Is blind optimism a New York thing or just a you thing?” He asks.

Blind optimism? Optimism in general? Not my strong suit.

“Not blind optimism. Strategic planning.”

“Strategic planning?” He raises an eyebrow.

“Everything I’ve done since I was thirteen-years-old has been about getting into Princeton. The classes I’ve taken, where I’ve volunteered, my clubs, and activities. Strategic planning.” I explain, and it’s true. The astronomy class was added because I’d bothered my guidance counselor so much about it and somehow managed to convince Miss Salazar she wanted to teach it. The short-lived astronomy club was my idea. All of my classes were chosen by year based on what I thought I needed grade-wise. After Jack graduated, mom wanted to move to Blue Valley, but I begged to stay. Emerson is the best public high school in the region—rated so for five years in a row—so of course I wanted to stay. Princeton would see that I was top of my class at a competitive high school and take me. “Yale, right?” I ask him.

“Or Duke. Or anywhere else. Whatever happens is going to happen, right.”

No. Whatever you’ve been planning for half of your life is what’s going to happen. “Yeah,” I nod, returning my focus to the screen in front of me.

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