<p>The previous thread mentioned something about a package for acceptance:</p>
<p>This is what College-goer wrote:
"I GOT IN OMG. OMG. </p>
<p>I got into my mom’s car and she was holding a pakage. it was supposed to be announced on next monday and the pakage was rather thing (9-10 pages) so i thought maybe they needed some more stuffs.</p>
<p>I opened. OMG. GOT IN. they said they picked out of 1200 people this year. i still believe how they emailed a week EARLY!</p>
<p>I was dying at school b/c today was YESS day. but my first choice were MITES and Questbridge so yea. DONE.</p>
<p>I also got one from Clark Scholar. Rejected. They wrote that they picked 12 out of 180 applicants. W.e. i wanted MITES from the start. YAY!!! "</p>
<p>Apparently, last year, MITES sent out the decisions a week earlier than mid-April, so as everyone would find out by mid-April.</p>
<p>Oh and also, 1200 people applied last year.</p>
<p>Hold on, thin packages does not necessarily mean rejections:</p>
<p>“i just got home and looked in the mail, and i saw the package! at first i thought it was a rejection because it was thin, but I GOT in!!” ~Kere</p>
<p>quesera–everyone is on the list except people who pull stupid pranks and make me pee my pants. just because i’m gullible doesn’t mean you can do stuff like thattttttttt!! but, mystic, you might be able to make up for it if you actually call them and find out when we’ll know (;</p>
<p>“The mailbox flew open and a pair of hands reached in, frantically searching for mail. The mailbox banged shut. </p>
<p>He hung his head in disappointment. For nearly a month, he had been checking the mailbox for a letter from MITES. No luck. The mailbox was devoid of any mail whatsoever. Only a couple of limp advertisements had dragged themselves out with his hand. He stared blankly at the colorful advertisements for several moments before dragging his feet back to his house. </p>
<p>He stared at the ground as he slowly pulled his feet along and his thoughts returned to the work he had spent on his essays. He had spent countless hours brainstorming, writing and perfecting his essays to the best of his abilities. And yet, where was his acceptance letter? A feeling that he was rejected began to gnaw at him and he decided to stop thinking about it altogether.</p>
<p>Inside his house, he walked slowly to the kitchen to grab a cookie to munch on and to calm his thoughts. As he walked toward the cookie jar, a face-down unopened letter on the countertop caught his eye. Unable to resist looking at who it was addressed to, he turned over the letter. It was sent from MITES and addressed to him! He held the unopened letter tightly as he listened to his own heartbeat race. Thump, thump…He closed his eyes as his fingers impatiently played with the letter. Then he tore open the letter, scanning the first line of text…He had been _________ (rejected/accepted/waitlisted)!”</p>
<p>This is what I would imagine would happen when I receive my letter.</p>
<p>…He had been rejected! His head hung low as he slumped along into his bedroom, like a dog with its tail between its legs. He thought he had prepared himself for this–apparently not. This letter was both a dismissal of his wonderful persona from MITES, and a dismissal of his soul from his body. Who could be a better fit for this program than he? He lay in bed in a depression, unable to move, sleep, or even think clearly. Even when his best fried, Rex, jumped up into the bed with a soggy nose and loving eyes, the words of the letter seemed unable to be evicted from his mind.</p>
<p>…He had been waitlisted! Mixed emotions suddenly flooded over him worse than the inundation of New Orleans in 2005. No doubt it was better than being rejected from the get-go, but why must MITES torture him more? Were the administrators there merely trying to test his will? Or were they determined to crush his soul once and for all? Then he thought that he still had a chance of getting in. Wow, to be accepted! What an accomplishment that would be! If only it could happen. Suddenly, he became infuriated, frustrated that he would have to wait for another month before he found out. A month! Waiting for this letter the past few days felt like years; what would a whole entire month feel like? Sensing the young man’s feelings, his best friend, Rex, with a soggy nose and loving eyes, attempted to console him, but he wasn’t quite sure how, if it were even possible.</p>
<p>…He had been accepted! He became a young schoolgirl for a moment when he first read the letter and squealed with absolute shock and delight. Emotions could not be controlled at this point. Over a thousand hopefuls had applied and he was chosen as a lucky attendee! Of all people, him! The tiles on a kitchen floor lit up like the squares on the ground at a dance floor, and he created his own music while reading the words of the letter over and over again. The cookie that was once commiserating with him had fallen to the floor, and lay there abandoned. Startled and confused, the exited dancer’s best friend, Rex, with a soggy nose and loving eyes came bounding into the kitchen to investigate what had made his owner act like this, until all his senses targeted the half eaten Holy Grail that could easily be stolen, seeing as the previous possessor seemed somewhat distracted.</p>
<p>EDIT: yes, i really am this much of a loser (:</p>
<p>yes. wanna complain? you’ll be in the same place as mysitc. hehe kidding nobody is that bad (x but i’m sorry for trying to keep everyone distracted while we await our futures!</p>
<p>yeah, even though they probably wouldnt have sent it yesterday im still impatient for my mailman who should be arriving in less than half an hour</p>
<p>haha! Love the alternate endings. So we can expect decisions around April 15? I’ll be away for FBLA state then…hopefully when I come home there will be some news.</p>
<p>it’s 1:18am and im studying everything i never learned in AP chem for my EARLY midterm on wednesday because i’m missing the actual date of midterm exams >.></p>
<p>^ ouch sucks. I’m having an AP Chemistry outside-of-school review session on wednesday. -.- Apparently the review sessions are for a grade and there are at least 7 three hour sessions that I am required to attend…That’s a total of 21 hours reviewing for chem D:</p>
So we can expect decisions around April 15? I’ll be away for FBLA state then…hopefully when I come home there will be some news.</p>![http://images2.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/4834479/yo-cobb-i-heard-you-like-dreams-so-i-put-a-dream-in-your-dream-so-you-can-dream-while-you-dream-whil.jpg?imageSize=Medium&generatorName=yo-dawg[/url]](http://images2.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/4834479/yo-cobb-i-heard-you-like-dreams-so-i-put-a-dream-in-your-dream-so-you-can-dream-while-you-dream-whil.jpg?imageSize=Medium&generatorName=yo-dawg%5B/url%5D){kind=link}
