Oh yeah I meant the song.
10/10 would abuse after effects again
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That song is awesome.
Hello. I thought Iād update you on my life after the 12 years or so Iāve been gone. Itās been that long, hasnāt it? Iām going off to the University of Texas at Dallas. They are very well respected, and theyāre connected to about every tech company in the world. In fact, the university was started as a research facility for Texas Instruments. Iām going into computer science, programming, and my goal is to work for NASA, or to work for Valve. Of course those are insanely hard to get into, but its a nice goal to have.
More importantly, though, is the fact that I managed to get a full ride to a school thats ranked that highly. Just knowing I can graduate from there without any debt takes so much stress off my shoulder. Now all I have to do is keep my grades up.
So, I thought Iād post a lot of songs Iāve done over the forever Iāve been gone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prkqSHKO41g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bspqhTt4Npo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbjF2o0j2HI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUMTbbuBRAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw1FP9lDchU
And I made some collabs with Starwars before he left on his adventure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1o9v46gR9g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2zSniGWhk (this is the happiest song ever)
Okay, thatās all I have to say. See you guys in another 12.
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Good to see that youāre doing well! I know nothing of any good scholarships, and Iām actually curious as to how you managed to get such a prestigious offer. But more importantly, I wish you luck!
Iāve heard your songs before, really good! Iām disappointed you donāt make more.
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Step 1) Do really good on the SAT, as in a few hundred points above the schools average (where UTD has the highest scores of any uni in texas.)
Step 2) Apply to a uni that hands out scholarships like candy.
Step 3) Visit that Uni, talk to a financial aid counselor who doesnāt know as much as he should, and ask him a really hard question. Make sure he sends you to the dean of the uni to ask the question again.
Step 4) Get the dean to realize youāre also considering ivy leagues etc.
Step 5)???
Step 6) Profit!
I got really lucky there.
Anyways, I do make lots of music. Much more than I post to youtube, in fact. Its just as time has gone, Iāve become more and more picky about what I consider good enough to upload. Its why I uploaded that one compilation of my orchestral music, they just arenāt good enough to get their own videos.
I feel the same way. Over the years, I have become very picky about what I make public or what I intend to finish. I sometimes scrap an entire project if I do something wrong. Itās kind of silly, honestly.
Iām thinking of applying to NYU, Berkely, and a whole slew of colleges on/near the east and west coasts, as my practice is more suitable in those areas. I pretty much refuse to go to college anywhere in LA, though. What would you consider a good score on the SAT? I went in without studying at all aside from the SAT question of the day and got a 1750, and I had a rubbish prompt to write about. If I had a better prompt I could have easily have scored at least 100 points higher, Iām convinced. Iām taking it again in May or June, shooting for 1850 at the lowest. Mainly because I know I can easily obtain that score.
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Okay, let me tell you know, colleges do not care about the writing score. It just does not matter to them. I made a 500 on that, they never even looked at it. Heck, Cornell, a freaking Ivy League where the average writing score is somewhere in the 700s easily, doesnāt even post their writing scores that the freshman made. On the other hand, the math score and reading score are very important. I made a 740 on the math, so thats one of the biggest reasons I got my full ride (plus $2000 stipend a year to spend on whatever). You should aim for a 1400 on the math+reading at least. I made a 1390, the average score for the scholarship was a 1440. I pretty much got it because I wa going into engineering, but wrote my essay about piano, and of course talking to the dean.
If you do count the writing, I would have made an 1890, which is insanely low for a full ride scholarship XD
Okay, checking the 25th to 75h percentiles of berkeley:
Math:630-770
Reading:590-720
writing:620-750
So, yeah, you need to get about a 1400 just to make sure youāre getting IN to Berkeley.
I was thinking of applying, but I doubt Iād get in 
Iām mostly shooting for NYU because itās in that big city area that I want to be in, offers a lot for audio engineering, and also offers German course to minor/major in. Big plus. I think I got a 610 on math and reading, but Iām waiting for the sheet that tells me what I did wrong so I can solidify what Iām lacking in. Iām sure I just made a bunch of really dumb mistakes, Iām very prone to that.
Also, my prompt was something along the lines of, āIf one achieves their goals, will they be dissatisfied?ā
Seriously, what the hell was I supposed to even do with that.
hey guitarskills, i hope you make more notessimo songs, i never saw you on the drawing table for a long time, please make some more great songs, Your Memory Garden was awesome!
Here: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/new-york-university
If you click on āapplyingā and then SAT and ACT scores, youāll see that the average at NYU is close to 670 on both math and reading, so try to get your scores up to their at least. Youāll also notice they only accept 35% of their applicants, so you should really aim for those scores.
I probably wonāt play with Notessimo again, its just missing so many features I need to write music. Thanks for listening to my music, though.
EDIT: Actually, I might attempt a song on hereā¦
starts using Notessimo
Notessimo crashes 10 minutes into writing
Oh, well I donāt remember Notessimo having this bugā¦
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I never get that bug, though I donāt write on this site that often anymore anyways. Getting my scores up will definitely be no challenge to me, I only took it this first time to see what Iām up against rather than actually try too hard. I did try though, but I didnāt go all-in. I know someone who got a 2120 though, and Iām just in awe.
I know someone who made a 2330 on his first try. Stupid valedictoriansā¦
Man, there are so many features I need to add to Notessimo.
Too bad we arenāt admins. Itād be cool if Starburst got someone on the job who would actually do it?
Edit: 2330? Thatās insane! I wish I was that good at testing.
So, I guess Iām working on something now!
http://www.notessimo.net/page/browse/songs.html/_/miscellaneous/unspecified/care-demo-r70705
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So this is why youāre called guitarskills.
badum-tsh
can you finish that nice song?
Oh yeah you already showed me that. Go ahead and finish it already!