<p>Strange story… So yesterday morning, my mom found a penny on the staircase going down to our basement, but it was tails up (“unlucky”) so I told her not to touch it. Of course I wasn’t expecting decisions to be released last night, but I’m still extremely superstitious and didn’t want to ruin anything for Monday. Then today, after getting my rejection e-mail, the penny was gone. Literally nowhere. </p>
<p>Surprisingly, I’m not as upset as I thought that I would be… Getting in the rest of my applications is going to be a struggle in the next two weeks, but I’m slightly motivated by the idea of going to another great college and having my “haha, sucker” moment when I cure cancer someday or when Stanford’s not part of my acceptance speech when I win the Nobel Prize. ;)</p>
<p>We all have so much to be proud of, and so much more to look forward to. I, for one, cannot wait to see what happens next…</p>