I'm doing last-minute college research so I can start applying to colleges on October 1st. Exactly a week from today. I have to find my immunization records, get tested for TB, find my CSSID (which I haven't seen since 7th grade) ask for letters of recommendation, do campus visits, all while kicking myself for not doing all of this earlier. I don't even have a portfolio to show, which means that I need to haul ass on some pieces that demonstrate my ability and a connection to my brain. I though college would help me be less of a slacker, but without my mom I'd be lost right now. I have a list of 16 things I need to do ASAP, and if I don't count the time it'll take for people to get back to me, this stuff may just take a week. I really want to have all this done by October first, but right now, I have homework to do. My own fault, my own solution. I'd better get to it.