<p>Well not yet anyway…but yet another classic hoodhopper hook. Now that i have your attention I would like to start a thread where you guys describe your story of opening your acceptance letter (on the internet, in the mail, whichever way you feel would be more dramatic). Its just a chance for all of us ED applicants to put our “fantasy” into action. Here’s mine:</p>
<p>It’s 3:00 p.m. on December 15th. I had got an email the night before telling me that decisions would be posted on the Penn website at 3:30. I run into the house after walking home in a cold, steady rain. I take a hot shower, change, eat, pray and get on the internet. I go to the penn website, nervously clicking on the appropriate links until i get to the decision page. I enter my information and hit the ENTER button. I put my head down, trying to concentrate on breathing. I look up to see the page…and it says 404 ERROR, UNABLE TO LOAD PAGE…I groan. I hit the refresh button again 3 more times, only to get the same page. Finally on the fourth try, the status bar on the browser starts to load, and I put my head down once again. I look up and see the large bold words…“CONGRATULATIONS”. I scream like a little girl (even though im a dude), take my shirt off and run around the house until im out of breath. Then i come back and read the rest of the letter, which really doesnt say anything else…After that I come back to the website every two hours, just to read the letter again. Man it feels great to get in.</p>
<p>i'm gunna report you!!!! there was another thread who said "accepted!!" and that got a whole bunch angry. you shouldn't do that. it's not considerate.</p>
<p>well it was pretty obvious even w/o clicking this post, it was simply to attract attention, because NO ONE gets their decision before the deadline date.
By the way, I don't like day-dreaming too much of getting in, because of course you crash down hard when you find out you didn't!
"Prepare for the worst, hope for the best!"</p>
<p>can ppl STOP making threads that say accepted until DEC 15th!!!!????? im getting highly upset with them. lol stop freaking me out!</p>
<p>i officially make the RULE now: no making threads claiming acceptance/rejection/deferral until the day (12 am) our decisions come out.
end of story.</p>
<p>oh, and my fantasy (lol)... wont rly happen. This, tho, probably will:</p>
<p>so its 7:25 pm, dec 15th. ma is yelling about dinner not being ready and my dads just bummed out from an entire week at work. i'm trying to put my notes together to study for midterms this wknd b/c they happen to be the week after... 726 and i realize HOLY CRAP...728 and the stupid thing wont load...730 comes and goes...745 ppl are overloading the server...goddamn you idiots with 80 comps all trying to refresh the same page...830...im beginning to hyperventilate and consider calling the office...the call doesnt go through either, its busy... 930 ma is now yelling abt dinner getting cold...after falling asleep at the keyboard and drooling all over the mousepad, its 2:45 am and im awoken from a disturbing dream by my cell phone beeping text message arrivals...they're from my friends who just got accepted and are trying to reach me... OMG I FORGOT TO CHECK!!!!...so i rush to restart the sleeping comp and the page takes forever to load. finally finally finally, the penn letter head begins to appear at the top and my decision is posted as...</p>
<p>i dunno. lol we'll wait 27 days to finish this.</p>