English
Starting off my english project, I figured out what categories I would compare the colleges on. The categories I decided on were tuition, size, location, if there were specialized clubs and activities, specialized majors, the atmosphere and culture, admission rates and requirements, and the graduation rate. After that, I began to research away.
After getting the ground work done for my research, I then took a small break to write a required college resume, which I'll admit is fairly bare bones, but I'm only sixteen and have yet to have a job, so I suspect this resume will only grow with time. I however will not be attaching it to this website, as it contains private information not necessary to reveal to the general public who visit this website.
After finishing the resume, I then began to write my essay with ease. I compared the colleges on tuition, size, location, atmosphere and culture, and admission and graduation rates. The tone of the essay was fairly relaxed, as I felt the essay was more written for me than for my teachers, so I took some liberties in terms of humor. Overall though, this helped me get through what would normally be a strenuous process, especially as our school shut down once more for COVID reasons. More importantly, I was able to analyze all the schools I wanted to, and with good reasoning, conclude what I am likely to do after I graduate in 2022.
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Art
The only way I can think of describing the art portion of this project is... unconventional. See, I've had a love of greek mythology since the third grade, and as such it's easy for my brain to connect nearly anything back to the greek gods. As such, the idea of connecting the aspects I was comparing the colleges on to greek gods came naturally.
I choose Athena to represent how high a school ranked nationally as well as how high quality the education was, Aphrodite to represent LGBTQ acceptance on campus, Dionysus to represent the vibes and feel the school gave off, Hades to represent the overall cost (he is the God of Riches), and Hermes to represent the distance from home (being the God of Roads and Travel after all). I was inspired by the idea of putting them into regular "every day" clothes by the portfolio of one Alexis Persani. Few years back, they had photoshopped clothes onto ancient marble statues to show how these ancient heroes were once people too. I quickly gathered art of the greek gods from all over the internet- whether it was art from Ancient Greek statues, art from the Percy Jackson series, popular comics online such as Lore Olympus, or the youtube channel Overly Sarcastic Productions. I then sketched out my own concepts for them; attempting to meld together what I had gathered from my references. I also took some creative liberties and made them a little more diverse, so they weren't all white.
After that, I finalized and drew out my final product using a Wacom tablet and Paint Tool Sai on my home computer.
left to right- Dionysus, Aphrodite, Athena, Hades, and Hermes.
Credit for background photo- Wellesley College I reasoned that Dionysus would like UCSD because it's near beaches, and in San Diego which is a lively and relaxing place to be. I think Aphrodite would want me to attend Temple University because of its strong LGBTQ acceptance. I reasoned Athena would like Stanford because she's the goddess of wisdom and Stanford is one of the best colleges in the country. I figured Hades would like Temple because it's the most affordable. I decided Hermes would like UChicago because it's just the right amount of distance from home.
I made a document for further explanation: I then proceeded to write a little story that expressed this concept. I consider this part of the art portion because it goes along with the image I drew and has nothing to do with the essay I wrote.
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