<p>Saw this on another board.</p>
<p>When you hear your SCEA admission decision...</p>
<p>Where will you be?</p>
<p>Who will you be with?</p>
<p>What will you do if you are admitted? Deferred? Rejected?</p>
<p>-Ender</p>
<p>where: hopefully at home maybe an airport, or Amsterdam or India
with whom: my mom and sister maybe other relatives
If admitted: jump up and down screaming and going nuts
defered: say "oh" quietly and hope for the best
rejected: cry, and allow myself ot consoled by others</p>
<p>where: home... or when i call from school.
with whom: myself or some friends.
admitted: go nuts... then realize im selling out to the university 2 blocks away from where i go to h.s....
deferred: Eh, theres always that other university 2 blocks away.
rejected: above.</p>
<p>"that other university 2 blocks away" =Berkeley?</p>
<p>I will post here, too, even though I did MIT EA... but the reactions would be the same if I had done Stanford instead (I did MIT and U of C together EA, which is why I didn't do Stanford or even yale)</p>
<p>Where: Outside of my mailbox. I'm the first to get home after school/work, so around mid-December I will be going STRAIGHT to the mailbox after driving into the driveway and getting out of my car. If I see a big letter, especially one with "Yes!" or "Congratulations!" on the outside, I will not even go inside to open it. </p>
<p>With whom: No one. Either nobody will be home or nobody will be outside with me, as I will be the one checking the mailbox. On the offchance I'm not home when it comes, then my mom will be there. </p>
<p>If admitted: Scream really loudly. I might knock on my next door neighbor's house and tell them (I barely know them, but it won't stop me) since no one else will be around. Then I will go inside and call MIT to confirm; I want to be SURE they didn't pull a Cornell and send out 100 fake acceptance letters. After that, when I am hopefully still accepted, I will call my mom at work and then call anyone and everyone I can think of. I will wait till the next school day to tell my favorite teacher, because I am expecting a joyous hug from her, and I don't want the moment to be watered down. </p>
<p>Deferred: I will thank Jebus I didn't get rejected. I will take it as validation of my chances; if I'm deferred, it will mean that after reveiw, the adcoms still think I am a possibility. I will then be able to trust that my essays/recs/overall personality are strong enough to get me accepted in the regular round. I will go inside and begin plotting my plans for acceptance. </p>
<p>Rejected: I will be sad, but I will figure, "Eh, I knew it was coming." Actually, if I get rejected from U of C, I will be really... shocked. Devastated in both cases. But I'll figure, "Hey, it happens."</p>
<p>Now why do my posts always end up being ridiculously long?</p>
<p>when did cornell send out 100 fake acceptance letters? that sucks...</p>
<p>Where: At home waiting - the mailbox will be my new best friend.</p>
<p>With whom: Hopefully no one, my mom/dad/brother/sister will probably be watching through the window.</p>
<p>If accepted: Drive for a while and think a lot, then eventually tell a couple of my friends and watch the gossip-machine that is my school work its magic.</p>
<p>Deferred: Be depressed and at the same time wonder why since this is what I've been conditioning myself to expect.</p>
<p>Rejected: Redefine my naive notions of an admissions process that is less superficial than I'd feared.</p>
<p>-Ender</p>
<p>vaish - yeah. its berkeley.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago Cornell sent out 100 fake acceptance letters... I think two years, but I have no actual facts... and I know something like that has happened to almost every school out there. </p>
<p>So I suggest we all make SURE. Heh, not to dampen the moment...</p>
<p>Where: My mailbox
With: Me, Myself, I, and my skitzo counterparts
Accepted: Oh, everyone around the world will hear me shout for joy
Deferred: Rip the letter up and rather have been rejected
Rejected: Rip the letter up and rather have been deferred</p>
<p>lol this is a really interesting Q.</p>
<p>Where: my mailbox
With: No one but me
Accepted: Start giggling like maniac while jumping up and down and flapping my arms
Deferred: Move on
Rejected: Probably not really mind. I'd say I'm prepared for it.</p>
<p>did they send them out on accident? or was it someone's idea of a joke? either way thats horrible...but if you get a letter you can force them to allow you to matriculate. I heard about a kid who did that to Wesleyan.</p>
<p>If that's true...once someone on this board gets their acceptance, seal it up all neatly and mail it over to me. I'll show Stanford...</p>
<p>-Ender</p>
<p>about that fake acceptance letter thingy...my friend got that from one of the UC's a couple years ago, then the school sent her one saying basically, "just kidding, we goofed, you didn't get in after all." ridiculoso!!!</p>
<p>about that question...
where: either at home or if my mom calls me at school
with: my mom or my cell, depending on the situation
accepted: SCREAM!!!!!!!!!! AND DANCE!!!!!!! and tell everyone...woohoo
deferred: say GRRRR and get super frustrated
rejected: die. or just get on with life.
i really want to get in...i hope everybody else on cc who applied SCEA gets in as well!!! there are so many amazing people on this board!
"mid-december" is almost here...</p>
<p>oh god, if they take admission away, i can not be resposible for my actions following</p>
<p>Where: I willl be at the apartment when the letter gets sent to my house.
With: Alone.
Accepted: Attend Winter Formal and/or Prom maybe? Go to Colorado and skydive in the nude ;)
Deferred: Wished that I would have been rejected instead. Jump off a cliff...
Rejected: Wished that I would have been deferred instead. Jump off a mountain...</p>
<p>Where will you be? Standing in my driveway, by my mailbox. Or sitting on the ground, next to my mailbox. </p>
<p>Who will you be with? Probably alone. </p>
<p>What will you do if you are admitted? Deferred? Rejected? Cry. I think that either way (aside from being deferred, in which case I will just be confused), I will cry. I expect to be rejected, but will be disappointed if that is the case. If I get accepted, I'll cry tears of happiness and shock. </p>
<p>I'm going to add another question: Who will you tell and in what order?
1. My parents
2. My brother (Stanford Alumn)
3. My rec writers, Guidance Counselor, teachers, friends.
4. The rest of the world (meaning CC, etc.)</p>
<p>(Who will you tell and in what order?)</p>
<ol>
<li> Three or four of my closest friends (probably drive to their houses)</li>
<li> My parents </li>
<li> My girlfriend</li>
<li> Teachers/Counselors/Rec. Writers</li>
<li> Brother/Miscelaneous people...</li>
</ol>
<p>-Ender</p>
<ol>
<li>My family</li>
<li>My bestfriends</li>
<li>CC</li>
<li>Myself, just to make sure its real...</li>
<li>School staff etc.</li>
</ol>