How Did You React to Seeing: "You are Admitted...Congratulations!"

balleranddancer
Sun, 02 May 2010 22:39:18 +0000

I obsessively checked CC for any information on when decisions for Pomona College were coming out (like every hour). I was deferred EDII so I was REALLY anxious to see what the decision was…
So I come back from dance class at like 10am and this guy who lives next to Pomona says he got waitlisted, and I live like an hour away so I KNOW I’m getting it in the mail today. So basically from 10am to 1230pm I’m freaking out in my bedroom trying to keep myself preoccupied. I finally decide to go watch a movie because it would pass the time faster, and on my way to the TV, I hear this little vehicle trying to make its way up a hill (I live on an incline). Knowing its the mailman truck I SPRINT to the front door, tear it open and run down to the mailbox where the lady is still putting the mail in the mailbox. I saw her putting some papers together in her hands - I saw a big envelope but I didn’t see a Pomona sticker anywhere. So my heart fell a little. BUT the lady drove off without putting the mail in our mailbox - she had already put our mail in the mailbox!
So I looked in the mailbox - saw a couple of big envelopes and saw POMONA CLASS OF 2014 on a big one and I screamed and ran inside the house! I was so excited I left the front door open and ran straight into my parents room. And then…I started to shake because I realized I had gotten into my DREAM SCHOOL!

I hope everyone gets at least one acceptance through the mail, because its so much more fun than waiting for a page to load!