<p>Saw this on another board.</p>
<p>When you hear your SCEA admission decision…</p>
<p>Where will you be?</p>
<p>Who will you be with?</p>
<p>What will you do if you are admitted? Deferred? Rejected?</p>
<p>-Ender</p>
<p>where: hopefully at home maybe an airport, or Amsterdam or India
with whom: my mom and sister maybe other relatives
If admitted: jump up and down screaming and going nuts
defered: say “oh” quietly and hope for the best
rejected: cry, and allow myself ot consoled by others</p>
<p>where: home… or when i call from school.
with whom: myself or some friends.
admitted: go nuts… then realize im selling out to the university 2 blocks away from where i go to h.s…
deferred: Eh, theres always that other university 2 blocks away.
rejected: above.</p>
<p>“that other university 2 blocks away” =Berkeley?</p>
<p>I will post here, too, even though I did MIT EA… but the reactions would be the same if I had done Stanford instead (I did MIT and U of C together EA, which is why I didn’t do Stanford or even yale)</p>
<p>Where: Outside of my mailbox. I’m the first to get home after school/work, so around mid-December I will be going STRAIGHT to the mailbox after driving into the driveway and getting out of my car. If I see a big letter, especially one with “Yes!” or “Congratulations!” on the outside, I will not even go inside to open it. </p>
<p>With whom: No one. Either nobody will be home or nobody will be outside with me, as I will be the one checking the mailbox. On the offchance I’m not home when it comes, then my mom will be there. </p>
<p>If admitted: Scream really loudly. I might knock on my next door neighbor’s house and tell them (I barely know them, but it won’t stop me) since no one else will be around. Then I will go inside and call MIT to confirm; I want to be SURE they didn’t pull a Cornell and send out 100 fake acceptance letters. After that, when I am hopefully still accepted, I will call my mom at work and then call anyone and everyone I can think of. I will wait till the next school day to tell my favorite teacher, because I am expecting a joyous hug from her, and I don’t want the moment to be watered down. </p>
<p>Deferred: I will thank Jebus I didn’t get rejected. I will take it as validation of my chances; if I’m deferred, it will mean that after reveiw, the adcoms still think I am a possibility. I will then be able to trust that my essays/recs/overall personality are strong enough to get me accepted in the regular round. I will go inside and begin plotting my plans for acceptance. </p>
<p>Rejected: I will be sad, but I will figure, “Eh, I knew it was coming.” Actually, if I get rejected from U of C, I will be really… shocked. Devastated in both cases. But I’ll figure, “Hey, it happens.”</p>
<p>Now why do my posts always end up being ridiculously long?</p>
<p>when did cornell send out 100 fake acceptance letters? that sucks…</p>
<p>Where: At home waiting - the mailbox will be my new best friend.</p>
<p>With whom: Hopefully no one, my mom/dad/brother/sister will probably be watching through the window.</p>
<p>If accepted: Drive for a while and think a lot, then eventually tell a couple of my friends and watch the gossip-machine that is my school work its magic.</p>
<p>Deferred: Be depressed and at the same time wonder why since this is what I’ve been conditioning myself to expect.</p>
<p>Rejected: Redefine my naive notions of an admissions process that is less superficial than I’d feared.</p>
<p>-Ender</p>
<p>vaish - yeah. its berkeley.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago Cornell sent out 100 fake acceptance letters… I think two years, but I have no actual facts… and I know something like that has happened to almost every school out there. </p>
<p>So I suggest we all make SURE. Heh, not to dampen the moment…</p>
<p>Where: My mailbox
With: Me, Myself, I, and my skitzo counterparts
Accepted: Oh, everyone around the world will hear me shout for joy
Deferred: Rip the letter up and rather have been rejected
Rejected: Rip the letter up and rather have been deferred</p>
<p>lol this is a really interesting Q.</p>
<p>Where: my mailbox
With: No one but me
Accepted: Start giggling like maniac while jumping up and down and flapping my arms
Deferred: Move on
Rejected: Probably not really mind. I’d say I’m prepared for it.</p>
<p>did they send them out on accident? or was it someone’s idea of a joke? either way thats horrible…but if you get a letter you can force them to allow you to matriculate. I heard about a kid who did that to Wesleyan.</p>
<p>If that’s true…once someone on this board gets their acceptance, seal it up all neatly and mail it over to me. I’ll show Stanford…</p>
<p>-Ender</p>
<p>about that fake acceptance letter thingy…my friend got that from one of the UC’s a couple years ago, then the school sent her one saying basically, “just kidding, we goofed, you didn’t get in after all.” ridiculoso!!!</p>
<p>about that question…
where: either at home or if my mom calls me at school
with: my mom or my cell, depending on the situation
accepted: SCREAM!!! AND DANCE!!! and tell everyone…woohoo
deferred: say GRRRR and get super frustrated
rejected: die. or just get on with life.
i really want to get in…i hope everybody else on cc who applied SCEA gets in as well!!! there are so many amazing people on this board!
“mid-december” is almost here…</p>
<p>oh god, if they take admission away, i can not be resposible for my actions following</p>
<p>Where: I willl be at the apartment when the letter gets sent to my house.
With: Alone.
Accepted: Attend Winter Formal and/or Prom maybe? Go to Colorado and skydive in the nude 
Deferred: Wished that I would have been rejected instead. Jump off a cliff…
Rejected: Wished that I would have been deferred instead. Jump off a mountain…</p>
<p>Where will you be? Standing in my driveway, by my mailbox. Or sitting on the ground, next to my mailbox. </p>
<p>Who will you be with? Probably alone. </p>
<p>What will you do if you are admitted? Deferred? Rejected? Cry. I think that either way (aside from being deferred, in which case I will just be confused), I will cry. I expect to be rejected, but will be disappointed if that is the case. If I get accepted, I’ll cry tears of happiness and shock. </p>
<p>I’m going to add another question: Who will you tell and in what order?
- My parents
- My brother (Stanford Alumn)
- My rec writers, Guidance Counselor, teachers, friends.
- The rest of the world (meaning CC, etc.)</p>
<p>(Who will you tell and in what order?)</p>
<ol>
<li> Three or four of my closest friends (probably drive to their houses)</li>
<li> My parents </li>
<li> My girlfriend</li>
<li> Teachers/Counselors/Rec. Writers</li>
<li> Brother/Miscelaneous people…</li>
</ol>
<p>-Ender</p>
<ol>
<li>My family</li>
<li>My bestfriends</li>
<li>CC</li>
<li>Myself, just to make sure its real…</li>
<li>School staff etc.</li>
</ol>