<p>Tlak, </p>
<p>I honestly don't think anything "went wrong"...I think the admissions is extremely hit or miss...like throwing darts at a board and seeing who they hit! </p>
<p>So don't get too discouraged (though I know it sucks)</p>
<p>I definitely agree. You'll get in RD, you just have to wait it out. So don't think about it, and go have fun doing something else that you love. </p>
<p>Oh, and don't forget to check into CC once in a while to say "hi"! ;)</p>
<p>I hate that it is "hit or miss". I'd prefer there be more of a formula...and I'm too scared to call and find out why I got deferred...</p>
<p>Oh no, I'm still a CC addict, regardless of what you say..</p>
<p>Once an addict, always an addict, eh, Andrew?</p>
<p>But seriously... it's impossible to not go on this webite, even if you try really really hard.</p>
<p>But yes of course.</p>
<p>Oy. Working on a few other apps now. Princeton, Brown, Tufts.....</p>
<p>Still have my heart set on GU though.</p>
<p>Yeah, I pretty much just finished the Dartmouth application, except for the "activities" blurb.</p>
<p>Out of the rest of the schools you're applying to, which is your favorite, Tlak?</p>
<p>PS- I'm also applying to Brown. Does it seem like they gave you way too much space for the activities section? Or maybe that's just me...</p>
<p>I like Notre Dame and Brown (lol, I'm not * applying * to Notre Dame anymore. I'm a Potential Domer '09.. woot!).. Brown for no core curriculum, of course.</p>
<p>Yeah, no core curriculum would be awesome! But I decided not to send in my app to Brown.</p>
<p>I actually like the idea of a core, hence Gtown, Harvard, Columbia on my list. The freedom is great, but in my opinion, some structure isn't a bad thing.</p>
<p>i like Dartmouth's plan-- you don't have take courses that are the furthest from your major.</p>
<p>Hey babybird- can you elaborate on that? I've never heard of that before. It sounds intersting. Do you mean that since I'm a French major, that I wouldn't have to take a course in something like chemistry?</p>
<p>hmm...I'm not sure, I just remember the tour guide telling me that as an English major, I would not have to take math or science courses. or come to think of it, maybe that was Harvard. I am lame at remembering crap.</p>
<p>but it's a cool plan, right?</p>
<p>Just so I can give ya'll a good idea on the involvement I had with the LAWAC.. :).. Here's a sampler. :P</p>
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<p>Tlaktan, your optimism and confidence is to be admired. I could never like college after they had said they "didn't like me." I applaud you for turning the other cheek, but if I was in your shoes, I would never look back.</p>
<p>^harsh. do you really think Gtown's decision to defer us meant that they "didn't like" us?</p>
<p>I agree, babybird. That's pretty harsh brenner.</p>
<p>(Oh and babybird, I totally disagree with him on that. A defer could mean a number of things, and the fact is that Georgetown receives far too many qualified applicants to fill the number of spots they have. A defer may simply mean they need to see the rest of the pool to see where you fit in, or they weren't sure if Gtown is your first choice, etc.)</p>
<p>congratulations andrew, that's awesome! Are you going to photocopy them for Gtown? And Natasha, of course Georgetown doesn't "not like you". It college admissions, not the high school cafeteria.</p>
<p>right, I didn't think that either. well, not until brenner said it at least...:( </p>
<p>just kidding!</p>
<p>Brenner, despite the fact that I was deferred from Georgetown, it only has strengthened my will and my attempts to get into the SFS program. </p>
<p>I do not feel as if Georgetown has rejected me, but rather has given me a second chance to prove myself. I refuse to give up -- that's not a part of what I've learned as a leader.</p>
<p>Throughout these past two weeks, my entire ROTC unit, my girlfriend (who is also another battalion commander), and a former executive officer, along with you guys, have known that I have been deferred from Georgetown, the place I would have loved to call home for four years.</p>
<p>Instead of feeling dejected from now until April, I take it upon myself to find another way to show the true person -- who I really am. A dozen sheets of paper with my name labeled at the upper right hand corner does not fully describe who I am -- nor can the admissions committees truly know the experiences that I, or any other college applicant, have embraced within my lifetime -- such things cannot be summarized within the boundaries of an application.</p>
<p>I know where I made my mistakes. If Georgetown refuses to call me, so be it. But until that letter comes that April day .. I must keep the candle burning, and I must wait. If not, God has something else prepared for me, but I know somewhere in that path, somewhere along that line of destiny, Georgetown is there. If not for undergraduate, who knows?</p>