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Just got accepted into Emory today. I'm sorry but I want to yell it to the world. I hear back from the last college I applied to tomorrow. I have to keep tellin

by quizbiz 18y ago

Just got accepted into Emory today. I'm sorry but I want to yell it to the world. I hear back from the last college I applied to tomorrow. I have to keep telling myself to expect a rejection. It's the one ivy league I applied to. Gulp. This whole process has been odd and strange. It has put a very friendly group of students at odds sometimes. And by no means is it over yet. It only intensifies with the work load. As seniors, we constantly expect things to cool off, but they never ever do. I suppose this is welcome to the real world. I have done well in this system of admissions thus far but I do not feel deserving, I feel lucky. I feel shit damn lucky. Qualified friends of mine are getting rejected or wait listed left and right. This system is flawed. I feel as if it has destroyed the best in me. Tore me down. And for what? The college admissions process and high school as a prep-school need serious fixing and nobody is talking about it. And by talking I mean doing things. I wrote about this today: http://blipfoto.com/view.php?id=275574&month=3&year=2009 http://blipfoto.com/view.php?id=275574&month=3&year=...

brandnewlow 18y ago
It is luck. It's a big dice roll. If you're admitted to a place that you're excited about, then declare victory and hustle on to learning and making great things there. Leave all this silliness behind as soon as you can.
jmatt 18y ago
Congratulations on getting in. I graduated about 15 years ago. I'll give you a quick summary of the top people in my class. I went to an "average" midwest public high school with about 2000 students freshman year and 450 students graduating senior year. If it is at all reassuring the one person I knew in high school who went to Harvard is now unemployed. He's also a schmuck and I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in politics in the near future... no surprise. Out of the other top ten in high school that I still keep in contact with three went to state schools on full rides and one went to a second tier ivy league school. They are a chiropractor, a vet and and two doctors. This is also no surprise if you saw them in AP Biology. I think I was the only one in the top 25 to go into Engineering (actually Computer Science). Everyone thought the best way to succeed was to be a doctor, which was largely due to growing up in my home town. The doctors appeared to be doing far better than most engineers or executives at engineering companies. The most financially successful (as far as I know) is the girl who ended up at google working in the Marketing department pre IPO (I'll take luck over skill any day). As for the admissions process, it's just the beginning of the journey. So don't get to wrapped up in it. From my experience: In a six months no one will ask you where else you were accepted... In six years no one will ask what your college GPA was... and in twelve years no one will ask where you went to college. Or at least they won't care much.. only in idle conversation. So use it as an opportunity and enjoy it while you can.

by quizbiz 18y ago

brandnewlow 18y ago

It is luck. It's a big dice roll. If you're admitted to a place that you're excited about, then declare victory and hustle on to learning and making great things there. Leave all this silliness behind as soon as you can.

jmatt 18y ago

Congratulations on getting in. I graduated about 15 years ago. I'll give you a quick summary of the top people in my class. I went to an "average" midwest public high school with about 2000 students freshman year and 450 students graduating senior year. If it is at all reassuring the one person I knew in high school who went to Harvard is now unemployed. He's also a schmuck and I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in politics in the near future... no surprise. Out of the other top ten in high school that I still keep in contact with three went to state schools on full rides and one went to a second tier ivy league school. They are a chiropractor, a vet and and two doctors. This is also no surprise if you saw them in AP Biology. I think I was the only one in the top 25 to go into Engineering (actually Computer Science). Everyone thought the best way to succeed was to be a doctor, which was largely due to growing up in my home town. The doctors appeared to be doing far better than most engineers or executives at engineering companies. The most financially successful (as far as I know) is the girl who ended up at google working in the Marketing department pre IPO (I'll take luck over skill any day). As for the admissions process, it's just the beginning of the journey. So don't get to wrapped up in it. From my experience: In a six months no one will ask you where else you were accepted... In six years no one will ask what your college GPA was... and in twelve years no one will ask where you went to college. Or at least they won't care much.. only in idle conversation. So use it as an opportunity and enjoy it while you can.