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I got accepted into the magnet program I applied to at my local highschool!

Let me start from the beginning by explaining what a magnet program is just in case you dont know. A Magnet program is a program that speacializes in certain areas. Your classes usually revolve around what you want to major in. There are many different kinds of magnet programs such as CIS (cultural studies) Business, Art, Band/music, and of course the VPA (visual and performing arts) That includes, Dancing,Singing, and my favorite ACTING!!! There are two divisions at the school I applied for that deal with acting. There are the morning announcements, and then there's Theatre. I applied for both but I wanted more then anything to be accepted into theatre. So a few weeks ago I went to the school and went through a group auditioning process. I started off by writing an essay on how I planned to succeed in the VPA. well up to that point I really didnt know how I planned to do anything. for me everything was "do as I go". We were all timed. so I was getting worried when 15 minutes passed by and I had nothing written down on the paper. And then it hit me dad! how else can I succeed in a school that I've never been to? in a program that I have just recently wanted to apply for and dreamed of being accepted into? Well for one... I had to try my best. But thats not all it takes! I had to be determined at what I was trying to do. not just try it and drop it if I didnt like it. And it also takes a well rounded mind and body! so obviously I had to take all of my regular classes along with the performing arts classes. but I also had to familiarize myself with other languages! and writing styles! and try sports as well! to stay in shape. I wrote it all down. and although at the time I thought that it might not have been the "right" answer, it was all I could think of. But if that part sounds exciting , theres more! when we finished with our essays we were moved into another room. A dancing room. This is when I got nervous, and I think you'd know why. Calamedy Jane( CJ) strikes again. The students who were already in the program for a year or more were there and ready to instuct us on the dance we would be doing.... I swear they through an entire dance routine at us in less then fifteen minutes and well... I nearly tripped over myself and bumped into the girl next to me, but luckily that wasnt part of the audition, was just to loosen our nerves a bit. yea that didnt help! There were girls in there who had been taking dancing and singing lessons since they were 3 or 4 years old. There was even a girl who had her whole porfolio ready with costume designs and pictures of plays and things she's performed in along with recomendations from teachers and instructors. At that point I felt very small and didnt think I could get in. I mean all I could do was act, and maybe not even that well, and there were girls there who could sing dance and ACT!! See why this is such a big deal so far dad? I was scared. But not as scared as I was when I got up onto that giant stage that they had and recited my monologues. (one way conversation) I had two of them. but... each was only supposed to be a minute long. I wasnt told so I only got halfway through my first and only had a sentence spoken from the second one before they called time. I nearly cried, but I had to swallow my pride and walk off stage into the audience to watch the last girl. the one with the porfolio and recomendations. she... was... amazing! she got through both of hers enough for the judges to be amazed and excited, the way she switched through her monologues so easily, how she used up the entire stage. I hadnt even thought of that! But there was more to it. we had to work on improv. There was a scene where we had to pretend we were in a snow ball fight, and another we had to pretend to be kangaroos in an elevator. who ever thought of that?! well it was definitly insane, but probably the funnest part. But that was the entire audition. I had to wait four whole weeks before I could find out if I was accepted or not. and during those for weeks I was scared out of my mind, because ever since I was nine or ten years old, acting has really been the only thing I've ever wanted to do, except for that one time when I was little and I had fallen in love with the piano. But yea, I was worried that if I didnt get in I would lose my chance at becoming an actress forever. The letter of my acceptance or rejection was supposed to come on the first. but I had no news yet. The next day I went on a field trip to watch Little women be performed at Dr. phillips, and let me just say dad... they.. were.. amazing!!! Probably better then broadway! All their costumes are hand made! They perform more then 6-7 plays a year! and, they have a budget of thousands of dollars! their props and sceneray are all very realistic and they can rap it all up in less then 2 months! I wanted that more then anything, I was willing to give up breathing if it were possible, thats how badly I wanted to be in the program. There are kids in the program that get more then 100 thousand dollars in scholarships! so far all the students put together for this year have a little over a million dollars, and they just recently have been getting their college letters, so you could only imagine how big this oppurtunity is for me. When my class returned to school and we had to perform our own rehearsals, I wanted to cry, because compared to what I just saw on stage, the magic I just saw, what I was getting ready to perform is probably not even close to being a rip off of that. And I thought I could never get into that because I wasnt good enough. I didnt know how to sing, I couldnt dance. I've been told dozens of times that I'm to stiff and that I'm clumsy. but I went home anyways and got the mail. and dad, The first letter I saw was the one from Orange county Public schools. I grabbed that letter in a heart beat and held it out infront of me. It seemed like I stared at it forever, thinking over whether I should open it or leave it be. I mean I was expecting a rejection, compared to all the other things I saw. but when I finally decided to open that letter, when I finally decided to see what was inside... my heart stopped because the first word that I saw in BIG BOLD LETTERS, was "CONGRATULATIONS you have been accepted into the VPA..."

And then two weeks later I registered at the school, I got all chose all the classes I wanted and sent it off, and am now waiting for my math placement test. I'm hoping to get into Geometry honors and biology honors. for my second major in veterinary science. But I'll have to wait on that for now, I'm oficially a highschooler ,And am on my way to achieving my dreams. I'll keep you posted >.0