I’m not one for personal accounts on these blogs, but for this, I’ll make an exception. Well, I’d hope that you could tell from the title of this blog that the subject matter is acceptance to universities.
Today when I came home from school, I found a big, white envelope lying where the mail usually sits. It was a letter from Wesleyan University, a school where I had applied. “That’s odd,” I thought to myself. It’s far to early for a decision letter, as I did not apply early, and it’s a little late for a brochure or a letter trying to attract me to their school. It was also far too big to be just a normal letter, telling me that they’re excited that I applied and they’ll let me know later. I’m not going to lie; the thought did cross my mind that it was possible to be an acceptance letter, but that idea was quickly extinguished by the fact that it seemed a little too light.
I opened the letter and read: “Dear Alex, Congratulations! On behalf of the faculty of Wesleyan University and our admission committee, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to join the Class of 2012…” I could not believe it. I had to re-read the letter over and over to get the thought into my head.
Just an hour ago, I was fretting about waiting another half-month for a decision, only to find out that I’ve been rejected from every school I applied to. Thank god that’s not the case, but it feels so weird. It’s like it’s finally real: I’m going to college next year. I still feel like just a kid, and I don’t know how I’m going to adjust to the idea that I have been accepted to a University. It feels very odd, but it is still quite exciting!
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That is a wonderful blog. It was very touching to read your experience through this. Congratulations to you and to a wonderful successful future ahead of you :)
Congratulations. I'm glad someone got news to even out my bad news. I sat around all day only to get this in my inbox:
Since that was the last school I was waiting to hear from, and I'm sitting on the waitlist for two other schools, it hasn't been a good afternoon for me. Congrats again. I'm sure you'll do great.
~C
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I'm sorry to hear that. Based on what I've read in your blog questioning the importance of a four year degree, I'm surprised that every med school isn't falling over themselves to admit you. I'm sure that even if you don't go next year, you'll have a bright future ahead of you. Best of luck with you waiting lists!
Congratulations! I know I was excited for my first acceptance letter too. I was happy that at least I would have one school to go to if I was rejected from the rest of them.
That's exactly my feeling. It helps that I got accepted to Wesleyan, which is a school that I may very well choose to go to in the unlikely event that I am accepted to all of my schools.
wow...congrats...I remember how excited I was to get my acceptance letter...I cried...I only applied to one school Bradley University...my coach went there and one of my best friends had already been accepted so I was scared...but I got in and I was sooo happy...so I know the feeling...now I'm just trying to overcome my next obstacle...making the speech team...I'm super nervous b/c they are really good...a while back they won nationals 20 out of 21 years
Congratulations on your acceptance!
When I got accepted to my first choice, I was in disbelief for the first few months. Sometimes when I'm just walking around the campus, I still about think about how lucky I am that I got in.
You're going to remember this feeling for a looooong time :)
Thats really exciting. I'm only a Junior but I'm nervous already for next years Apps. Good Job
while I'm not going to say the experience isn't terrifying...I don't the application process was as bad as I thought...not nearly as bad as the senioritis setting in...lol...but good luck with that
Congratulations on your acceptance. From personal experience with the same sort of story I know that it feels great. It lessens your worries by far. Well best of luck to you in college.