Last week I was super upset about college decisions, but this week I fared a little better as the last of my college decisions trickled in. Was it a fabulous week? No; but it was MUCH better than last week. I received two waitlists to two of my favorite public universities I applied to. First of all, I am proud to even be waitlisted because it can be hard for in-staters to get in, never mind out-of-staters. These schools are required to take a majority of in-staters, making it extremely difficult to get in when you are out of state. While many schools waitlist thousands of kids just to accept ten kids off the waitlist, these schools often take many students off their waitlists which gives me hope. One school accepted 20% of the students on the waitlist last year, and the other school last year accepted over 400 students off the waitlist. Obviously it varies year to year, but I am hopeful of my chances. On top of that, I was accepted to another amazing school this week. After all the rejections from the previous week and even the waitlists this week, the surprise acceptance Friday night at midnight (Saturday morning) was incredible. Now I am actually faced with a tough decision to make. I have no idea which school I will pick. Part of my decision will ultimately be made when I receive my financial aid package from the school I was just accepted to.
Even though I was accepted, on Friday I thought I had been rejected at first. The school sent out acceptance packages to students who were accepted, and waitlist letters to students who were waitlisted on Wednesday. They did not send out any rejection letters. During school on Friday, I found out students across the country from California to Wisconsin to Massachusetts had received acceptance letters that day. I went home and nervously opened my mailbox and was devastated when I found that there was no acceptance package and no waitlist letter inside. I assumed I had been rejected. Friday night, I opened my decision on my online portal anyways, and was shocked to see I had actually been accepted. I started screaming and shook my mom who had fallen asleep on the couch.
While I still have a couple decisions left to receive, all the important decisions are over and now I have two wonderful schools to choose from. Early on in this blog I said I wanted to get into just one great school to vindicate my years of hard work. I have been accepted to two schools, and waitlisted at two schools that I consider great, and I definitely feel like my hard work has finally paid off.
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