<p>Don’t worry, SBmom. I have informed the adcoms of yemayo13’s lack of integrity. He will probably end up at a community party!</p>
<p>Is it better to be a legacy or a first generation partygoer? I had forgotten that my first generation status might help.</p>
<p>that your party tuition does not cover the total costs of the party! What with all the extra canapes gobbled up by those enormous football players, the party PR, the staff & caterers, and the new family room I have had to build to accommodate all of you-- well let’s just say that with a party tuition of $500, plus travel expenses, you are getting a bargain. >></p>
<p>This proves Mini’s contention that the prestigious parties favor partiers from higher income families, even though they claim to be “need blind.” Partiers who come from lower income backgrounds are at a disadvantage if they want to attend these parties.</p>
<p>However, my PEFC calc does eliminate the problem of people who spend down their bank accounts to increase their aid awards! ;)</p>
<p>Do those of us without hooks need higher stats than the highly desirable ones without hooks? Do party adcoms try to make a well-rounded party?</p>
<p>Well just imagine a party where no one told jokes, or no one danced, or no one came on time, or no one stayed late. Imagine a party of all guys or all girls. A party of all grownups or all kids. A party with no diversity = no party at all. We clearly need a well rounded party so that a good time can be had by all. There is room for the guy snoring in the corner, the gal with the lampshade on her head, the jokester, the dancer, the one helping wash up in the kitchen. So sure, if we need a dancer, her stats might get a little wiggle room. Of course, there is only so far we can bend.</p>
<p>I’ll be the gal with the lampshade on her head!!!</p>
<p>yemaya13,</p>
<p>After a careful review of your application we are pleased to report that you are at the very top of our party applicant pool. We see no reason to make you wait, when we can confidently assure you that, if you continue to uphold your committments & achieve at your customary level, you will be admitted to our party in April!</p>
<p>Congratulations, and we hope this will alleviate some of the stress so you can enjoy the remainder of your senior year.</p>
<p>Furthermore, you are being considered as one of 15 finalists for the Bon Vivant scholarship, a full tuition party scholarship. It is rare to find an applicant who is so articulate & intelligent, yet so ready to act like an idiot for the joyful benefit of others. </p>
<p>Please send us a brief essay on one of these topics:</p>
<p>Appliances I have worn
Waking up Strange places
The Mosh Pit Diaries
Parker Posey, great American
How $10 can get you a great time in my city</p>
<p>Again, Congrtatulations!!</p>
<p>Wow!!! Thank you, SBmom! I am honored by … wait how do I follow up on likely letters? I’ll have to post a question about this on Party Confidential. It is a great website- I recommend that you are take advantage of it!</p>
<p>I received a likely letter today, and I am unsure about how to respond. What is the accepted thing to write in response to a letter like this one?</p>
<p>I recently received a likely letter for a very selective party. It was my original top choice, but is now tied with an equally good but less selective party. I was very worried that I would not get into this party, so I forced myself to look at other options. Now I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Yemaya: you should not permit yourself to be swayed so much by the opinions of others. The fact that a party is more - or less - selective should not be the main criteria for choosing which one to attend or not to attend. Looking at options has provided you with very good opportunties, and choices. Which one do you feel offers the better fit - the equally good but less selective (thus possibly less “prestigious”) or the very selective (possibly more “pretigious” but possibly also more snobby) party?</p>
<p>Even if you applied to the second party as a safety party, don’t drop it from consideration. Assuming that you have followed the advice on these boards, even your safety parties were carefully chosen to be parties that you would be happy to attend.</p>
<p>Furthermore, party hosts have become given to use likely letters as a way to try to tie up (or down) exemplary party attendees without fully committing themselves to actually issue the party invitation yet. So wait a bit, keep your options open, and see which invitations actually materialize</p>
<p>Thanks, dadofsam. I like both parties equally, and I don’t know how to choose between them (if I get accepted to both). I’m just so excited! This was my first likely letter!!!</p>
<p>Yemaya, you received a likely letter today? Was it UPS, Fedex or Airborne? What time, exactly, did it arrive? What is the size, color and shape of the envelope? Did you have to sign for it? Is the ink black or blue? What is the font?</p>
<p>I have an appointment with my postmaster for 9am tomorrow. I’m going to sit in his office until my letter arrives. If it doesn’t arrive, I’ll know I’m doomed forever. </p>
<p>Maybe I should have applied ED.</p>
<p>momsdream:
My likely letter arrived at 8:55pm through email. The font was Verdana, typed in size 12-point. It said:</p>
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<p>I am so excited! What should I write in response to this? 
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<p>momsdream - you now have me not only LOL and FOC but spitting coffee out my nose. Please remind me not to take a sip of any beverage before reading this thread.</p>
<p>digi- please make no further apologies for “redirecting” (a more well-chosen word imo than “hijacked”) this thread. Further apologies will have some of us beginning to see you as a PPP (potential party pooper). I believe the partycoms are authorized to rescind any invitations in that case. Do not allow senioritis to jeopardize what you have worked so hard for.</p>
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What is FOC?</p>
<p>FOC=falling off chair, or at least that is what I thought. However, if you, yemaya13, do not know what it is, then I can be fairly sure that it is a figment of my imagination as you are 
to the 3rd power about these things and I am not</p>
<p><em>hangs head in shame</em></p>
<p>I am a horrible excuse for a teenager- CCing instead of IMing! :o
or should I say…</p>
<p>i m a horrbil xqs 4 a tenagr- ccn nsted uf imn
i s foc and lol now bt i gtg 2 bd omg its l8</p>
<p>ttyl ;)</p>
<p>I’m concerned that this party may be too preppy. What percentage of the admitted attendees have been educated at a party prep school? Isn’t there an advantage when the party prep school GCs advocate for their prep partiers? As a public partier, I’d like to know what others think of this unfair situation.</p>
<p>Don’t shoot the messenger; I’m only playing devil’s advocate here. But some people say that once you have been accepted at a top party, it is unfair to hold on to your other acceptances at good parties and safety parties. It smacks on “trophy hunting,” or as the Pomona dean said, throwing your coat over a bunch of seats at the movies, then not freeing them up til after the movie has started.</p>
<p>Yemaya has been accepted to a top party but HAS NOT WITHDRAWN HER APPLICATION TO HER OTHER TOP PARTY CHOICE! Did she apply ED? Did someone else sign the ED Party form? Even if she did not apply ED, I think it is time to write the polite withdrawal letter! This will free up spots at the other parties, and will be fairer to others.</p>