As someone who has had to go through the college application three times due to unforeseen circumstances, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I feel like it should be required reading when we reach that time in our lives. Each character is very unique even if briefly introduced, and your narrator's voice is fantastic. Really well done.
-SAT

Another great one-shot. And completely relatable.

“I am seventeen. I don’t know that I’ve had a truly meaningful experience, or a significant accomplishment. I don’t know what my career goals are, and I’m too self-absorbed to have any real great concerns, or at least to know what to do about them. That is, I’m afraid, the Unmotivated Teenage Human Condition.”

Pretty much what I wish I'd written on my personal statement.

heyy, good job! this is quite original and rather funny! i was LOL at "I feel like if this were a television show the happy, self-esteem affirming moment music would be playing and we’d probably hug. But this is the real world and teachers get arrested for that sort of thing."
i have to say its quite unique too, i mean the tone of the story sounded so apathetic and dark to me but even then you managed to make it funny!

ah, i have now decided what my college application will be like

good job. =)

This made me laugh out loud. Literally. :)

I have a few years until I fill out the applications, but it was definitely amusing to read. Nicely developed characters, funny dialog, and interesting experiences. I really enjoyed it. Nice work. :)

I'm in college now and I wasn't as bad as Dana but during the application process I was like wtf? greatest accomplishment. I'm 17 I don't have any damn, anyway liked this story a lot. It was hilarious. And yeah I'm sure in 20 minutes i'm going to be thinking about this story and my review and smacking myself for not writing something better but like Dana I just wont give a ** enough to go back. anyway thanks 4 the laugh

Wow. I'm so looking foward to filling those things out -sarcasm-
Now I'm entirely worried about college applications, since I'm about as school involved as Dana.
I loved it!
-Maggie

I don't think this story has enough of the reviews it deserves, so I'm writing one right now. I would much prefer to choose a finer day with lots of sunshine or lots of rain -- something to make me all poetic, you know, and wordy. Right now, I can't feel it.

I think what sums up a relatively good review is the reader's
a) opinion
b) brief summary of reaction to story
c) perhaps some criticism. I won't give you any, because I really want to just write a review. Something for YOU to enjoy, Shampoo Suicide, because I enjoyed /College Material./

a) I really liked it. As a story written nearly three years ago, it's very very good. Approx. twenty times better than the average popular FP short story, to be honest honest honest.

b) At first, I found this on someone's favorites. cup of glee and sparkles, to be specific. I was browsing through them, and at the near bottom, something catches my eye: a college application story? I'm interested in them, cause I'm young and stupid, and I don't know exactly how things work. So this is a comedy. Alright. I click, and I read the first "My name leaves no room for false impressions ..." and I was left with a great impression. Seriously. I'd like to point out this story is rather honest, but I liked it. Maybe someday, when my brain isn't woozy and this review wasn't speedy, I'll debate with you about the gay brother. I liked how you put it. I'm not homophobic or anything, but that is a very just and real reaction for the parents, I suppose.

5/5, Shampoo Suicide. I've run out of superlatives for this very amusing short story. Good job! :)

Awe. Funny, but kinda depressing. It makes me look forward to next month, when I have to fill out college applications :p
I can't wait to read more of your stuff!
-Jacquie
p.s. My friend, Maggie Summers, recomended you to me, in case you want to, like, giver her a cyber cookie or something :p

Well, my college application story was kind of weird, seeing as I left for school a year early and didn't apply until April, sent in an application to one school, didn't stress at all, and got my acceptance letter six days later.

But, I have friends who are going through this now. And so I can kind of sympathize. Plus, this is just funny, no matter who you are.

This is freaking hysterical. I wish (hope, dream) that this weren't a oneshot, because it's so funny that I want to be able to keep reading more of it.

To be honest, I don't know how I'm supposed to react, so I'm going to just say I really did feel.

Okay, I found humour in this but I also felt pity because she really does feel unmotivated, doesn't know where to go in life, but she doesn't seem to feel lost. Far from it. But, at this moment, I think she's not ready for college. Whether she ever will be, I don't know. Her family situation is kinda critical. Uhm...yeah. =D Young Communists club, eh? Yeah I laughed at that. =D

Anyway, great fic here, I think I'm gonna go and check out your other stuff!

gulistanlik

Ahh that was scarily good. & i'm scarily similar to Dana. Except the gay brother and druggie sister is the other way round. :P

this is the essay of my life. lol...I'm going to be president of the Young Democrats club next year and the young atheists club and probably the young socialists club. lol...how pathetic is that? anyway, Dana is my twin sister. I swear to freakin' god. so great job. the characters were really well developed and it was really entertaining. :)

bec

wow you're really good at writing!
funny stuff =)