<p>I leave for Princeton on Thursday, for Yale on Monday, and for Harvard on the Saturday after.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope that I hate 2 of those 3 schools, otherwise I will commit suicide repeatedly from April 26 - May 1.</p>
<p>Also, use your bargaining capabilities with the financial aid office. If a school with a similar ranking gave you more aid, throw that in their faces and they’ll have to budge, lest they Lose A Great Applicant To Another School And Consequently Lower Their Yield.</p>
<p>Oh no, they said they can’t match another offer. But oh well, my mom quit her job so if I fill out some forms I should get a little something something.</p>
<p>Hate P and H. P is for pretentious and H is drab. I thought we established this.</p>
<p>All’s well that ends well, I suppose. Two week til I’m in Chi-town. I anticipate meeting Kanye and Oprah, since I’m pretty sure they’re the entirety of that city, much in the same way that Canada is a single person.</p>
<p>My parents decided not to appeal my fin aid. We’re making hotel reservations later tonight. When people ask where I’m going to college I no longer say ‘maybe Northwestern’, I just say ‘Northwestern’.</p>
<p>Oh god. I think I’m going to be living close to Oprah for four years.</p>
<p>Technically I’d live close to you for only three years, unless you plan on staying there.</p>
<p>My mother is doing that thing where she doesn’t respond when I talk to her about college things. I think she’s trying to make me feel bad about not going to Harvard. I think it’s half working. Hmm. But I’ll get over it, no worries.</p>
<p>Everyone I encountered at Princeton who didn’t get into Harvard (an overwhelming majority, oddly enough) who was also Asian said that their parents were behaving the same way. Because, you know, Princeton and Harvard aren’t even in the same tier.</p>
<p>Also, there’s a loop in Toronto too. Interesting. Loops are fun.</p>
<p>And if he goes on study abroad, you might only live close to him for 2.5 years or less.</p>