Waiting for Christmas to Open Letters

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I, Rubbish, pledge that this year I am going to wait for the snail mail admission decisions, put them under the tree, and wait for Christmas morning.
Now, this seems like an opportunity ripe for disappointment, but I will most likely not get rejection letters from anywhere at that point. UChicago doesn't bother with snail mail rejections, Georgetown just defers, UVa letters come in January. Who else is with me? Let's get a list/ support group going.</p>

<p>As always,
Ambitious but Rubbish</p>

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<p>Oh my god, you are a strong person. Maybe I’ll do that with just my letter from Syracuse…</p>

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<p>You can do it! Besides, I am going to box/wrap them, making it easier to resist. I actually hope decisions are mailed late so I don’t have to wait as long, but it would also force normal people to wait longer, so I could go either way on that.</p>

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<p>That’s insane!! I would go nuts prolonging the wait on myself…</p>

<p>Update us on how it goes!</p>

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<p>I will. I just thought of another reason everyone should do this, if the letter say no, into the fireplace it goes. Can it get more satisfying?</p>

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<p>What the letter reads “we are sorry to tell you that…you’re going to need a plane ticket because you’re going to georgetown.” And you prematurely burnt it.</p>

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<p>what if you can tell from the size of the envelope :x</p>

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<p>Haha I have other issues…Caltech only sends emails now, and it’s the only early school I applied to.</p>

<p>Nonetheless, Rubbish, you have my full support and my share of any shred of patience that can be salvaged from my mind.</p>

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<p>There’s no way in the world I could handle the suspense. Like I’d literally lose sleep from it. I always wake up at the crack of dawn for SAT scores, call in early for AP scores, etc. I’m crazy.</p>

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<p>Very valid points, all. I shall enlist my brother to hide any college letters till such a time as they can be wrapped and put under the tree, thus preserving my ignorance. I am going to have to be real careful. Goodnoodle, if they wrote a letter as such, I might fly down there to ask them to apologize for giving me heart palpitations. Now if I were an admissions officer, I would pull that type of thing all the time, but that is just cruel/hilarious</p>

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<p>Letter from Fordham under the tree! I wish I didn’t commit to doing this but I’m sticking with it</p>

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<p>Great idea</p>

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<p>Oh my god, you have a will of steel! I couldn’t do this because I’m likely to be deferred at Georgetown and didn’t apply anywhere else early. And I could never do it even if I were sure of a few acceptances! But good luck!</p>

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<p>letter from Georgetown under the tree. Devised a solution to the UChicago not mailing rejection letters issue, I had someone check online for me, write the answer on an index card, and seal it in a letter. I’m debating emailing UChicago, explaining my little predicament, and asking for a letter</p>

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<p>Recipe for disaster, IMO.</p>

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<p>Why bother waiting?</p>

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<p>Haha. Not a gambler I take it. My hopes are not particularly high, but it is not like my waiting will change the outcome. If humankind never took any risks, we would all be engaging in horticulture along the Euphrates. Que sera sera</p>

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<p>I like your creativity (I think you are one who would have easily passed the marshmallow test, which is why you will probably be accepted at your first choice) and if you would have posted this idea sooner, it might have been do-able for me! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! God Bless!</p>

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<p>Marybee, wow. A reference to obscure social experiment, willing to take risks, optimist, and not afraid to express religious sentiment. You are a very specific (and awesome) type of person! I didn’t realize they made people that way.</p>

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<p>Hope it all works out, it would be a nice Christmas present</p>