<p>Update!</p>
<p>Awesome advice, everyone!~ Definitely helped soothe my nerves while waiting for the admissions letter. Thank you!</p>
<p>I got accepted to the university in upstate NY and got the $30,000/year scholarship! 
If only you would have seen me last night (because I knew I would get the letter today), I was literally in a fetal position, trying to calm myself. I was a hot mess, lol.</p>
<p>Now what’s my biggest worry is that I have not yet heard from the city college system about the schools I applied to. I find that really unsettling: to know if one is going to their reach school is one thing (and an awesome thing), but to not hear from the safeties at all except for e-brochures seems very off to me. </p>
<p>I hope they reply soon. The sooner they reply, the sooner my parents and I can sit down and discuss options.</p>