<p>THANKS! appreciate it :D</p>
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<p><em>Rolls eyeballs</em> Although I realize it's a rhetorical question, c'mon now.... will someone else on this thread PLEASE offer an answer (someone other than myself or ranger29).</p>
<p>In fact, everyone in this thread take a sec to answer that question in your next posts. Ranger29, I just want you to realize what the rest of us think about you (based on your previous posts). Really, it's more of an opportunity for you to stop for a sec. and get a friendly reality check! I really believe you need one!</p>
<p> [QUOTE=ranger29] APDoolittle- Don't get me wrong here. On a day to day basis, around real people, I am very compassionate.
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<p>And what are we? Chopped liver?? :D I like to think we're real people. I also like to think that most CCers are NOT bots and truly do have aspirations and feelings.</p>
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<p>Hmmm... I've learned about false analogies in AP English Language but this has got to be among the poorest I've encountered.</p>
<p>Honestly dude, I want to know the truth. I, like you, am not a fan of superficial kindness. I hope I've convinced you that my own kindness on CC is not fake at all. If I haven't... it's not me that has failed. Maybe it's not just you. Who I am to generalize about you. I don't know your story. You don't know mine. So please, can we just get along and respect one another?</p>
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<p>If you can't differentiate between online anonymous people and real, actual friends, then you probably won't be getting into Yale. Either way though, my real problem is with the OP. We were offered 'good luck' not out of a heartfelt desire, but just because she had seen it somewhere else and thought it was cute. That is the epitome of insincerity.</p>
<p>Well, don't be quick to judge his/her motives. Yes, that's what s/he typed and posted. I will not dispute that. But there's always the possibility that s/he felt like lifting the spirits of fellow Yale applicants (even for a moment) in the process. Who knows? I don't. You don't. And quite honestly, subsequent posters (save you) were quite appreciative of her gesture, so ultimately you're at odds with the entire thread. Let's not make hasty generalizations either. I could say you're the epitome of MANY things, but this would all be "said" out of anger, and as you have hopefully come to realize: that is not my style at all.</p>
<p>On that note, good luck to you ranger29. I really hope you get in and I hope I get in as well. It'd be interesting to meet up in CT and laugh about all of this nonsense! Good luck to everyone else!! :) :D</p>
<p>hahahah wow. all i said was good luck. when i applied early, i enjoyed hearing that. im not sure where all this hostility is coming from, but oh well. therefore, i shall rephrase my originial statement. goodluck to all but ranger29, who can wish himself whatever sentiment he likes.</p>
<p>In the last post ranger29, I felt like I finally agreed with him.</p>
<p>Even still, no need to be too caustic. It's a stressful time, right before decisions come out. Enjoy this odd respite from worrying about whether a peer will get in over you, and just try to feel at peace with a decision that's already been made.</p>
<p>Haha, well I agree w/ ya up until the very end. Yeah, I applied EA to Harvard and it was nice to see some kind words on CC. It was cool to see other ppl. my age going through the same nightmare; who happened to have the decency to lift my spirits in a time of uncertainty.</p>
<p>But, why should someone like ranger29 stop you or me from being genuinely kind? Wish him/her good luck too (unless of course you don't want to). If s/he accepts it, then GREAT! If not, it's his/her loss. Not yours. So don't hold back. Share the love ;) :D Haha... In any case, good luck*!!</p>
<p>*WOW, if we keep posting about "good luck" it may become a clich</p>
<p>Hey APDoolittle-</p>
<p>I just wanted to say that I agree with you 100%! Of course, I'm from an area which is famed for its compassion and friendliness, so...</p>
<p>(I might be a nice Southerner, but I feel no qualms about saying that ranger is an unmitigated ass.)</p>
<p>ranger, do you happen to be related to Harold Bloom by any chance?</p>
<p>Hah, Austinj and Mystic Merlin :D you guys crack me up ;)</p>
<p>Austinj, I'm glad you see it my way. I'm also glad to see a cool Southerner on this thread. Being from the North, I don't ordinarily have the pleasure of encountering people like you. Cool :) ...thanks again and good luck to you w/ College decisions!!</p>
<p>A friend recently "took time off" from Michigan to pursue music. Everyone wished him "good luck," when he told them. He told me that he wished people hadn't said that, as if it were all hopeful wishing. He wished people wished him anything but "good luck."</p>
<p>Though in this case, as fates have literally been sealed in envelopes, "good luck" may be most appropriate, I still opt for what I said to my friend: Godspeed, everyone.</p>
<p>Wow ranger what a jerk. I love it when people come to other boards wishing good luck. It's an act of kindness and it makes me feel good. Plus I really wish everyone here gets in, even though that's probably not going to happen. Stop being so cynical.</p>
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<p>I see you are the type that would prefer ignorance to the harsher truth. do you think whenicomearound really cares about you vicci one? do you think that s/he will be there to comfort you when you get rejected? I hope you get rejected because if you need some ill-hearted superficial 'i think I'll do this because it's cute, not because I'm sincere' good luck, you ain't getting in.</p>
<p>what do you think my motives were in wishing everyone good luck? no, if vicissitudes doesnt get in, im not going to be there to comfort him/her. that doesnt mean that i dont genuinely hope for the best for everyone. if you really must be i-hate-the-world-teenage-angsty, go listen to hawthorne heights or something and stop harassing people who are already on edge.</p>
<p>Yeah seriously ranger29 calm down. I thought I had extended out an olive branch. Haha, I leave for a few hours and WWIII continues. Let's just get along and update one another on our decisions!! +/- 17 hours to go!! :)</p>
<p>OH, quick question. I was on the Yale site and it said that the decision would be posted online Early April. So is it at/around/slightly after 5:00 PM today or a few days later? Please clear this up for me. Thanks! Later.</p>
<p>It's the 30th.</p>