<p>A kid from my school got in today but I have yet to receive anything in the mail. Does this mean im out or could I possibly receive an acceptance letter tomorrow? His name is at the beginning of the alphabet so I'm hoping his letter was able to catch an earlier plane. Well, maybe im being too optimistic, but I really hope this is the case.</p>
<p>where do you live</p>
<p>upstate new york, about 7 hours from princeton</p>
<p>I think you're OK - it sounded like the only ones to receive letters today were NYC, New Jersey, and - oddly enough - Texas. Your friend might have just been lucky. Don't lose hope over this - you should hear tomorrow.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Someone posted in the other thread that he got in, midwest. I think our hopes are dashed. :(</p>
<p>Well, they did have to send out 1,000 packets, maybe some were just able to get on earlier usps flights. Lets hope that this is the case-when i went to the priority mail website, it said that most packages arrive in 2-3 days</p>
<p>I think some parts of the country were just luckier than others - Texas had really good luck, while other parts (some fairly close to New Jersey) didn't.</p>
<p>We'll see, though...</p>
<p>As I recall from ED, they staggered geographically, didn't they?</p>
<p>yeah - I think it took longer for people in Kentucky and a few other states to get their letters...</p>
<p>for georgia, they mailed ED decisions on a Friday. I got deferred on Tuesday. So, not-so-good letters take a while.</p>
<p>I live in NYC, is there any hope at all for me?</p>
<p>im operating under the assumption that i was rejected/waitlisted now (im 2 hrs away from pton, north of NYC). it's just easier that way to accept it if it happens, but if by a small, 1% chance, i get accepted, ill be 100x happier. i remember holding out hope against hope for the early round -- hoping that westchester mail came later than NYC mail, but alas, i got my deferral news the following day.</p>
<p>Phantom, I know what you mean. I am trying the same thing. However, i keep running into this problem:
Whenever I convince myself that I am going to be rejected, it naturally makes the idea of, against all odds, being accepted that much sweeter. When I think about that, I think about how that could possibly happen, since I am convinced I won't get in. Then, after thinking and thinking, pondering and turning my app over in my head, I start to look at the bright side. I see the good things. I start... to ... expect... good things. And then I am right where I started, no longer honestly, sincerely expecting the rejection. So now, when it comes, I am devestated... :-/</p>