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Join the club!</p>
<p>Itās like the guy who refuses to propose to his girlfriend of 7 years and then, when she decides that she wants to date someone else, he turns on the charm and makes all sorts of overtures to keep her available and string her outā¦but with no real intention of giving her a ring or a date.</p>
<p>Shameless and sleazy.</p>
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<p>Iāll send you a decoder ring when you send in 20 boxtops and $3.95 S&H.</p>
<p>Oh..you must be old! Decoder rings went out in the 1960ās! That explains alot!
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<p>Haha jk Dāyer, We love ya!</p>
<p>Lol, I get it now.
I had to google āDecoder ringsā, hahaha
If you were a young kid during the ādecoderā fad, then that would make you older then my grandfather! WOW!
lol</p>
<p>Oh, Iām old. But if you ever saw *A Christmas Story<a href=ā1983ā>/I</a> (TBS runs it for 24 hours straight every year) youād know about decoder rings and Ovaltine and Lilā Orphan Annie and Red Ryder air rifles and what a āmajor awardā is.</p>
<p>dyer maker, my S lawrenceville letter for the waiting list was worse than this. Basically they said, we loved your background but try another school.</p>
<p>Iām old too - I guess I should get my S his own screen name so he can address the younger crowd</p>
<p>awwww mannn :(</p>
<p>bumpppp. I just thought you guys might find this intersting since itās so close to March 10th. 18 days by my last count!</p>
<p>WOAH. People donāt know what decoder rings are? They were famous in the 90s//early 2000sā¦ I would think that four to eight year olds at the time would have fond memories of finding decoder rings in their Coco Puffs. </p>
<p>Lawrencevilleās letterās extremely arrogant in my opinionā¦</p>
<p>If anyone wants to know how they let you know that youāve been taken off the waitlist and moved to the accepted list,</p>
<p>I just got an email from my interviewer:</p>
<p>I am happy to inform you that you have moved from our waitlist to our ACCEPTED list!
(And about how my acceptance will arrive in the mail soon, and how they hope I join the school community in the fall)</p>
<p>It may be different for you guys; I live overseas.</p>
<p>thatās cool. What school was it?</p>
<p>which schools? It canāt be in TSAO, thatās all I know. They are pretty strict about not giving off āadmissionā vibes pre march 10.</p>
<p>yeaā¦thats kinda weird. Why donāt they just wait till you get the letter? is it because they think you may get the letter late (cause your international), but really want you at their school? (because maybe if you knew from a different school earlier, you would want to go there instead)</p>
<p>the email was from last year.
sorry if i confused anyone 
they sent the email on APRIL 10th.</p>
<p>Oh wow. okā¦ If I get WL to my top choices and get accepted on the tenth my life will be amazing.</p>
<p>I know iām probably going to get rejected, and iām ready for the letter and the sad look on my parents face</p>
<p>My recomendations will be pretty bad. Atleast i gave it a shot</p>
<p>Hold up. Can I ask where you applied?
You gotta understand one thing. This board is NO WHERE NEAR a fair representation of the type of applicantā¦ I mean an 84% is good enough for at least 99% of the schools out there(if not 100%). It is good enough for Exeter, Andover and the like.
Alot of great schools arenāt mentioned on CCā¦</p>
<p>Middlesex- why do you think your recs will be bad? I have never seen an applicant say thatā¦ maybe you are just letting nerves wreck your confidence? Donāt give up hope! You only need one acceptance!</p>
<p>What Italianboarder said is correct. Take into account that people will not want to post their scores if it is below ~90%ile. There are three cuts which make CC so āeliteā in terms of stats: </p>
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<li>A lot of people do not know</li>
<li>People who do know, probably do not care enough to check so often</li>
<li>People who browse just do not want to post their scores because they believe it is sub par to CC standards</li>
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