<p>It’s weird how nothing matters anymore. Decisions are made, letters are printed, envelopes are sealed, lives will be forever changed. I find it funny how people still ask others about their chances or whether or not they are strong candidates. The admissions game is a tricky one, a puzzle within a puzzle that only you can solve. But by this stage in the game, the puzzle has been solved, and soon enough its answer will be revealed. I too, am playing this game, plagued by uncertainty and doubt, as it does many others-waiting, hoping. April 1st cannot come soon enough, the nights are long and the days unbearable. We see happy classmates knowing where they will attend college, most of them applied to public universities content with their choice-nevertheless they have the satisfaction of knowing they were accepted-they were chosen. I know whatever answer this game holds for me, I will accept it, because I know in my heart that for the past four years, as have most of us, I’ve been working my ass off and know full well that there is not one thing in the world I could have done differently. The minutes are ticking for that life changing April morning, but Nothing Matters Anymore.</p>
<p>way to post this on every ivy board and be pessimistic.</p>
<p>although, nice metaphor with the puzzle there. (haha) ;)</p>
<p>I must be a really mellow person, because I am taking this whole waiting thing in stride. Bring it on, but I've got stuff to do between now and then! lol</p>
<p>haha...great attitude...astroalex...wish i can take those decisions just as well...!!!...good luck!</p>
<p>Well written..but -- only one correction. The admission process is a puzzle that no one can solve!</p>
<p>The admissions office somehow pushes all the pieces into an approximate solution. It won't be a perfect solution, but a solution neverless</p>
<p>They smash pieces in place when they can't find one that fits.</p>
<p>Exactly, haven't you ever done that to a puzzle when you are just mad that everything else seems to work.</p>
<p>being a little melodramatic, aren't we? i mean, we all take this stuff seriously, but it's not the end of the world...maybe grad school is, but not undergrad...just kidding. i think what counts is how hard you try to work in college and what you make of yourself by yourself, not through some school...although it would be nice to be in a great environment etc. etc. c'mon, i know some of the smartest people who go to state schools and i know some real jerks who go to "great" schools.</p>
<p>i guess the dude has a point though.....it's just annoying when people try and make that point in every forum on CC!!!! :mad:</p>
<p>Not only do I agree with you caths2005, but I also appreciate your clever rhyme at the end!</p>
<p>I agree with cath, its not so much the college that one goes to but rather what one chooses to do with one's education</p>
<p>One of my friends said today, "My dad never went to college and he's the richest guy I know. That's why I'm not going to college. School is for fools." That's one way to look at it.</p>
<p>money is the opiate of the masses</p>
<p>altgirl, i had that exact same thought.</p>
<p>religion is the opiate of the masses - karl marx</p>
<p>I am seeing a disturbing trend between evangelicals in the us today and the gospel of wealth in the early 20th century. does anybody else see this?</p>
<p>I sometimes think about Southern Baptists during the early 1960s (I don't know why I pick this time period, but I can imagine the church ladies in the cat-eye glasses lol) and if the intensity of evangelism is any different today. Not in a bad way, but just if certain minds have become more open over time.</p>
<p>There are many great open-minded evangelicals, but the Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells really color my judgements sometimes.</p>
<p>The evangelical people seriously scare me.
And I love that quote by Marx, I remember it from my 8th grade Anthropology teacher.</p>
<p>I have a few evangelical friends, and have learned not to talk about gay people, any kind of religion not needed for english class, prostitution, drugs, alcohol, or sex with them, because it's just not worth it.</p>
<p>There are mainly Catholics in Rhode Island, and they are generally more accepting as individuals than most evangelicals.</p>