<p>We will soon receive our admissions decisions. Use this time to hope for the best and anticipate the positive. “The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.”-- Pierre de Chardin. It is times like this that our characters are tested. Show strength in will. Demonstrate your ability to audaciously defy the norms. “At the precipice, we change”–Klaatu. We are at the dawn of our decisions. I dare you all to change. I dare you to show nothing but utter courage for the rest of this week. Let the conflagration of hope burn within you with the sheer potency of a sonic firestorm. I urge you all not to give up hope. Tonight, we shed our old characters and tomorrow, a stronger one is born. I hope that you will dare to defy the odds by simply keeping hope. We all have courage and hope. That’s why we applied in the first place. Act upon this feature and hope that extreme joy awaits you in your admission decisions. Hope for the best to get the best.</p>
<p>Hey stuartudall, I’m a little anxious, but all in all doing really well. Thanks so much for asking, and I am hoping that things really work out for you!!!</p>
<p>Now, my favorite thing(s) about UChicago: The passionate pursuit of knowledge is definitely one of my favorite things. Another thing that I love about Uchicago is that the undergrads seem far more focused than at many other schools, furthermore many of them seem to be more like the people I enjoy socializing with (Quirky, intellectual, etc) and less like the party-crazy, club-crazy, alcoholics (hahahaha) that I have had to put up with for the last year.</p>
<p>At one of the many large Universities in Southeast, Girigiri ( ). By the way, I was kidding about the alcoholics thing. I really didn’t run into that many alcoholics, but there were a lot of people who felt that they HAD to drink and party in order to fit in, which is just silly, I mean really, of all the things in life that you have to do, drinking and partying because your pressured to don’t really fit the bill.</p>
<p>hey i’m at a subpar state institution that boasts a 38% graduation rate in a ginormous city. people drink here, a lot. though not as much as the ‘middle of nowhere’ colleges…</p>
<p>I’m at a supposedly prestigious state institution, and it seems like the only fun people have results in alcohol poisoning and/or date rape… maybe Berkeley kids feel like they need to compensate for the “nerdy” label cast on them?</p>
<p>I feel like tomorrow is the day… though I have no actual basis for making that statement. Just a hunch (or, a desperate delusion). May 8th is early enough to qualify as “early May” but close enough to the standard May 15th date… fingers crossed!</p>
<p>I called and the decisions are coming out today (according to a slightly grumpy admissions secretary). And my email just went bing, so I’m going!</p>
). By the way, I was kidding about the alcoholics thing. I really didn’t run into that many alcoholics, but there were a lot of people who felt that they HAD to drink and party in order to fit in, which is just silly, I mean really, of all the things in life that you have to do, drinking and partying because your pressured to don’t really fit the bill.</p>