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GoldShadow · 03-30-2006, 10:06 PM

ACCEPTED: UConn

REJECTED: Brown, Cornell, Penn, JHU, Georgetown

UConn is a great school, things will surely work out for me there. But I wanted to go to one of my reaches so badly. After sleepless nights working on applications, essays, update letters, after studying for days and nights for SAT IIs just so I could send them better scores, after so much hoping and praying and anticipation, the fruits of my labor are nonexistent.

All that work for nothing. The only thing that kept me going through the past few weeks of illness and lack of sleep was that I'd tell myself, "at the end of this month, it'll all be worth it."

And I knew how selective those colleges are, but I thought I definitely had a shot at them. I made excellent essays and got excellent recs. I thought I'd at least get into one of them. And it was all a waste.

03-30-2006, 10:06 PM	#11
GoldShadow Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Threads: 47 Posts: 3,943	Sure ACCEPTED: UConn REJECTED: Brown, Cornell, Penn, JHU, Georgetown UConn is a great school, things will surely work out for me there. But I wanted to go to one of my reaches so badly. After sleepless nights working on applications, essays, update letters, after studying for days and nights for SAT IIs just so I could send them better scores, after so much hoping and praying and anticipation, the fruits of my labor are nonexistent. All that work for nothing. The only thing that kept me going through the past few weeks of illness and lack of sleep was that I'd tell myself, "at the end of this month, it'll all be worth it." And I knew how selective those colleges are, but I thought I definitely had a shot at them. I made excellent essays and got excellent recs. I thought I'd at least get into one of them. And it was all a waste.