Getting to Utah today was phenomenally difficult. After my extra evening in Chicago, I had 3 hours in Denver, and then a fear of a Parley's Canyon closure that kept me from thinking I'd make it to Park City!

But I took some killer pictures of my car in the tons of new snow, and I hope to make it skiing on Thursday, if not earlier.

Here are the rest of the pictures: snow in UT

Fame -- Fleeting? Fake? or just random?

So I'm in Lebanon NH, sitting in my hotel room after a quick run in the fitness center. As I was huffing and puffing through a relatively quick 4 miles, a photographer comes in. It seems as though this hotel is brand-new and they need to create publication propaganda, of which, i guess, I will be a part of. Before this point, the only other photography fame I have had is some wallets on Backcountry.com. (I had to get a UT license which rendered my Missouri one useless for anything but a fake id for sisters who were old enough!) I remember when my high school would ask students to be in the brochures; though it was definitely more diverse than most places, they went out of their way to find the prettiest, most diverse students and teachers in NE Ohio. Anyway, when shopping for a Marriott hotel, maybe you'll see me.

I found a flight to New Hampshire today to visit Dartmouth. I'm stoked that they are interested in meeting with me, and even more excited that I'm going to shred when I get there. Jay Peak is reporting 60 inches of new snow. Even if it gets "a little" warm, its still going to be awesome! Now, hopefully I'll find out if its what I've been thinking it could be.

SO... I got into USC and wait-listed at Dartmouth. So I have 1.5 places to go in August, and a lot of confusion until that point.

I was listening to a pod-cast on Dave's Blog (Oct 16th) for what to do when you are waitlisted, and all I've determined is that applying to school is like dating. So who know what that means... I'm not a very good dater, so after over-analyzing the the letter and reading it 12 times, I've decided that Tuck is officially playing games with me. Which of course means that I have to figure out what signals are being sent and how to look more attractive to the school without crossing the stalking line.

The Podcast said that Schools fall into three types -- the "show me you love me" school, which is the clingy girlfriend of schools that expects chocolates and valentines and flowers (or at least a few emails and letters about how much you "really, really" want to go there.) The second type is the "don't call us; we'll call you" school, which is quite secure with itself, even aloof, and just wants to keep you on the back burner till you might be 'right' for them. And finally, and this is the one I'm dealing with, is the "coy" school--the perplexed option that doesn't necessarily know what it wants, or if you know what YOU want, so its just going to play games.

"Successful waitlisted candidates are able to demonstrate a clear desire to attend Tuck. Rarely are supplementary application materials necessary unless they significantly strengthen a portion of your application (i.e. appreciably improved GMAT scores, transcripts of recent courses taken to address specific course work deficits, work-related promotions that include greater responsibilities, etc.). "

--so, what do I send them? They don't want application materials, but they want desire! I'm desiring away, but do I call them? do I wait 3 days? 5 days? Send an email this week? Next?

I just don't want to get dumped.