<p>i’m asking my wife to keep me posted as i’m at work. i’ll post here if i get anything.</p>
<p>Ilivefree, Same here. In this instance, no news is good news…still in the game!</p>
<p>I got the interview. I talked with Marianne? It will take place in mid-May at the admissions office, and it will be with the director of the program. They were very impressed with my personal statement and the hardships that I faced. </p>
<p>They said that they are pretty far along in the process and that they are still trying to narrow it down.</p>
<p>R U kidding? this is the guy who lied about being gay…yeah right!!</p>
<p>I just got home! There is a message from Marion, and she wants to schedule an interview with the director in the middle to end of May. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! </p>
<p>I am going to wake up tomorrow and call ASAP! I CAN’T SLEEP TONIGHT!!! AHHHH… WHAT DO I DO!!!</p>
<p>yay!!! congrats annalo! what you do is call them and prep yourself VERY WELL for the interview. imagine questions that could be asked and “role play” with a friend if you’re into that kind of thing.</p>
<p>I am honestly happy 4 you. This is a great link for interview preps…
[Acing</a> Your College Interview](<a href=“http://www.quintcareers.com/college_interview.html]Acing”>http://www.quintcareers.com/college_interview.html)
I get a sense we will ALL know soooon.
Keep us posted AnnaLo.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! </p>
<p>Oh, yeah: she also mentioned that they were pretty far along and CCCCONNNNNGRATULATIONSSSSSSSSSSS!!! </p>
<p>AHHHHHHHHHH. BRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!</p>
<p>LOL!! A CC thumbs up for AnnaLo!!</p>
<p>pretty far along? huh; must mean either a letter or call this week. </p>
<p>yes, 
breathing is good. </p>
<p>regarding ivy, i wonder if he/she is serious about lying on essay and about subsequent call for an interview. </p>
<p>i am gay, and don’t think i mentioned it because i wanted to be considered for my successes, not challenges (perhaps this was my error). regardless, it makes me rather ill in my tummy to think that someone lied about being gay and that their action was rewarded, unwittingly. having been physically and mentally abused for my own sexuality, i doubt anyone could “fake” knowing about the experience.</p>
<p>Hey Congrats Anna! </p>
<p>I am happy for you. I sent you a private message as well. Good luck getting sleep tonight!</p>
<p>Did he claim to be physically abused for being gay? I missed this somehow or misunderstood what you said…</p>
<p>But what if I get rejected? AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!</p>
<p>SLOW DOWN ANNA! SLOW DOWN! </p>
<p>Take Ilivefree’s advice. Prep. Prep. Prep. We can continue talking tomorrow. I’ll send you a message. I gotta get to sleep.</p>
<p>pushin30, my point is that the experience of being gay (whether severely horrible or not) is almost always an experience of being marginalized to some degree. no, he did not claim to be abused, perhaps i was unclear. it makes me feel sickness that after all i’ve faced for being gay, someone might lie about this to manipulate a college application. and further, it is unlikely that said person would be able to convince others (i.e. interviewees) that they had the experience of being gay in a relatively anti-gay world (i’m talking about majority of human beings here) that they did not have. does that make more sense?</p>
<p>or, perhaps i am babbling. </p>
<p>anna lo, deep breaths, do some push ups or something (to get the energy out), and get a good night’s rest. :)</p>
<p>Congrats Anna. Glad to see at least some people been getting some positive feedback. So far no word on this end. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Ilivefree, I see what you are saying. The problem is a lot of people don’t write their own essays. Someone with that unique experience could have written it.
I can only hope that Yale will see through it.
Remember we are STILL in the game!!!</p>
<p>true, we are still in the game (my mail only had bills). but, i wonder if i should have focused on my difficulties in life in my application, instead of my successes.</p>
<p>well, i do know that one way or another, i usually get what i want. and if i think i want something, but i don’t get it, it’s usually because i wouldn’t have wanted it once i had it for some reason not previously apparent to me. how’s that for comforting philosophy.</p>
<p>Ilivefree, I like your reasoning. I also did not expound, but a word to the wise is sufficient. In other words, I said what I needed to say. The grizzly details are best in person.
What I do know for a fact is that it is not over until it is over, and it is not over…yet.</p>
<p>hoorah, pushin30, hoorah. :)</p>
<p>however, if i get an interview, i’m pretty sure i’ll have to do it on the phone. i had money set aside for a trip to yale, but then my dog ate something dumb and after a night in the emergency room, bye bye yale money. what we do for our pets. i love that little punk.</p>
<p>i was assured that this won’t reflect negatively on me, however, but gosh, i wish i could look them in the eye if i get an interview.</p>