<p>Ah who gives a damn, aren’t you’re going to Duke anyway, miles better than CMU.</p>
<p>thanks for the congrats taemi, lakshya, kriti, k and shri… you guys rock!</p>
<p>here’s how my morning went, because Shri asked:</p>
<p>I woke up today, still recovering from an unpleasant dream- all my uncles and friends from the US were calling me, trying to say- “studying in the US is not the end of it, you have amazing colleges in India as well”, “this is not the right age for you to move in to the US”, “this experience will surely help you in your grad school application process”, “Imagine how much your parents will miss you”. Wait, that isnt a dream. It did happen yesternight.</p>
<p>Noo! I wanted to get into a good college in the US since five years and here I am, conveniently convincing myself all is not lost. All the colleges that I’ve applied to, not one or two but 9 have denied me… Wait, Stanford is still there! OMG! Stanford results must have been out! </p>
<p>I jumped up from bed, scaring my mom and ran to the computer. She seemed to get it and came running to the work station as well.</p>
<p>Involuntarily, I went on- Bookmarks–>Indian Thread. Oh, looks like the decisions did come out. What?? Shri got rejected? I slowly started- “Mom, Stanford is not need-blind”. “You told me that a million times already, get out of the ruddy discussion board and look at your decision NOW!”</p>
<p>Opened up my mail, followed the link in the email and went on type in my ID and password… I just did all that without getting tensed! For other colleges, I used to look at their website and scream, half type the username and scream, click the submit button and scream… Nothing of that sort here. I was checking just for a formality. I know what the decision would be anywayz.</p>
<p>I noticed a new line in the status page. “Your decision is now available”. My heart wasnt pounding, neither was I gulping. God, just show me a “Congratulations” on my letter instead of a “sorry” or a “regret”. Bang! The page loaded in a blink. Quickly glancing through the letter, I realized I got in! I punched the air gleefully and went back to reading the letter. I cant be wrong, I got in! I gave my mom a tight hug and went on to TiT. These guys should know this decision. My mom already called my dad (who works in Bangalore) and my dad was happy like he never was! Stanford was always “the school” for him. YAY! “Thanks dad, I did make it finally”.</p>
<p>My reaction on acceptance was so different from my dreams, there was no screaming, no dancing… Just silent realization on how my future years have changed course with that one acceptance.</p>
<p>Fate had something in store for me, but it was such a nerve-wrecking wait! You guys are all awesome and helped me wade through my so-many-rejections. Thanks to all the lovely TiTers!!</p>
<p>I went on to shamelessly throw aside my loyalty for princeton and opened the cool admit website of Stanford.</p>
<p>btw, the next thing I did was change my location on my profile. And boy, I did it with revenge!</p>
<p>P.S.: Such was always the post with which I wanted to become a Senior Member!</p>
<p>Congrats SP. Lovely story. :D</p>
<p>Shrivats: University of Pennsylvania / Rice / Duke / Berkeley</p>
<p>Lakshya M: Duke University</p>
<p>issacnewton: University of New South Wales</p>
<p>TheOneCurlyFry: Oberlin College</p>
<p>k_twin: Berkeley / Duke / Rice / Penn</p>
<p>Noldo: California Institute of Technology</p>
<p>bas007: Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>
<p>Abhi08544: Madhushala</p>
<p>fuzzylogic: Stanford University</p>
<p>spacepirate: Stanford University</p>
<p>dda: University of Wisconsin - Madison</p>
<p>aritct: Richmond (?) / Dickinson (?)</p>
<p>pranjal: ???</p>
<p>inshallah: University of Michigan</p>
<p>Pyrotechnic: Georgia Institute of Technology</p>
<p>taemi: Harvard University</p>
<p>Gildor: Illinois Institute of Technology</p>
<p>kARTHIKSMART: Brown University</p>
<p>badman89: Brown University / University of Chicago</p>
<p>akhaitan: Carnegie Mellon University (SCS)</p>
<p>Pulchritude6: Georgia Institute of Technology</p>
<p>karan89: Emory University</p>
<p>gomez95: UMich/Indiana</p>
<p>srk_fx: University of Virginia</p>
<p>sid_galt: Brown University</p>
<p>ooo I forgot to add… Thanks Kriti for throwing me in the chatroom! Definitely, that was what got me in!</p>
<p>Oooh Yes! Kriti, You’re a genius, or a sorcerer or something… :)</p>
<p>lol, definitely.</p>
<p>kriti-come back next year and throw around the TiT #16 guys</p>
<p>girls will have it the tough way though, because Kriti doesnt throw girls.</p>
<p>It’s fine for girls. 
Kriti didn’t throw me, and I got into Caltech.</p>
<p>(spacepirate, up for a ‘I was rejected everywhere except my first choice’ club? :D)</p>
<p>yep! Stanford was my first choice.</p>
<p>Ok… after Princeton :D</p>
<p>ooo btw, Princeton was my first choice because it was need blind! If I’ve gotten a full ride, Stanford will be as good as Princeton</p>
<p>Coolest club ever. (Also, rather happier than the notacceptedanywhereyet club, which is just inferiority-complex-inducing. ;))</p>
<p>Also, my situation was similar – I was leaning towards MIT solely because I imagined that they’d be more likely to give me money. Now that it hasn’t happened, I can love Caltech in peace. ;)</p>
<p>haha… I love you in peace Stanford.</p>
<p>sp, you can check your financial aid award on axess.stanford.edu</p>
<p>EDIT: Sorry, forgot you haven’t got your PIN yet…
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<p>lol, whats the use of that website if we need our pin to check it?</p>
<p>i can’t wait to get my PIN.</p>
<p>the admit website is so inviting!</p>
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<p>I never knew such a thing ever existed… goodness, it does, COOOOOL!!!</p>
<p>It’s really a rare thing to happen! And I didn’t even lean towards any other campus! :D</p>
<p>bas, you are eligible for membership to the club as well. lol…</p>
<p>anywayz, being rejected everywhere but your first choice is a wonderful feeling.</p>
<p>@spacepirate: I founded the club! :)</p>
<p>bas007 you killed the thread.</p>
<p>Heh. Definitely a rare thing, yes, and yet so common on tIT. 
Presumably we’re rather trailblazer-ing in more senses than one.</p>
<p>Gee, I’m feeling left out. </p>
<p>Shall we start a "Confused about where to go to College club? :D</p>