> Mel"And I can't choose a college. My counselor yelled at me because I had NO idea what I wanted in a school or where I wanted to go. Sheesh. Why does my future have to be so stressful! Gah! :P"anie

Melanie:
I'm sorry to hear you are so stressed. But you may be worrying more than you have to.
As for your achievements, they sound more than enough to get what you want. The gifted program isn't as hot as those involved think it is (I should know, I was in it for 10 years), in fact in my experience it's a glorified clique for intellectual snobs with no real benefits after the elementary school years. Special awards are great, but really, what colleges want are students who can do the work and graduate. And that's you, hunny chile. You'll be all right, whatever you end up deciding to do.

--Jez"took my time deciding, and happy as the proverbial clam"zika