<p>moll, when you requested housing, did you have a choice already of west? i couldnt choose anything except my preference to what kind of room? i wasn’t allowed to choose west or anything like that. but then again. they havent evaluated my credits yet so im still considered a freshman. does that have something to do with it?</p>
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<p>Blackberries= One of the best inventions of recent years.</p>
<p>I just upgraded from a BB curve to a BB tour last week. I love RIM.</p>
<p>Fun fact: the original name for the phones was going to be strawberry since the RIM logo looked liked the pattern of seeds on the exterior of strawberries, but the name wasn’t appealing so they went with blackberry instead.</p>
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<p>Always happy to help.</p>
<p>I forgot to explain this in the PM, but here are my thoughts about the December deadline: As we know, the admission deadline for all colleges was moved up from November 1st to October 1st this year. My guess is that even though the deadline was pushed up, the ILR admissions board (it’s an actual committee with several members who look at all of the apps and decide based upon a collaborative effort) still meets during the same time they always have since this is probably the most advantageous opportunity for all of the members.</p>
<p>I think Cornell’s spring semester doesn’t actually start until January 25th (according to the transfer packet which I received), so I think we’ll have plenty of time to get our stuff together if we’re accepted. I wish the December thing was just a clever ruse, but I seriously doubt it. Just hold tight. This semester is nearly over, so it won’t be long now.</p>
<p>As far as the mid-term report is concerned, just try to get the note from your professor.</p>
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<p>What? So basically, whether you can get housing or not is dependent upon when you get your decision. </p>
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<p>There’s much more to life than a school. Cornell is great, but not going there isn’t the end of the world; it’ll just be a momentary setback.</p>
<p>And since when did I have this many posts?</p>
<p>cute fun fact about blackberries. i actually loved my last phone, which was the pantech duo, but it turns out they stopped making them and my phone died yesterday. i was really sad because i legit loved that thing. anyway, i got the bold and a purple sleeve for it. can’t really figure out how to use it yet though lol i’m kind of tech ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>also i’m really sick 
i have a nasty viral infection that could potentially end up being some sort of flu? my pediatrician basically had nothing to say to me except “take medicine and come back if you don’t feel better.” i really love when doctors are helpful.
…maybe i’m just irritable because i’m in tons of pain my throat and ears feel like they’re on fire and i can’t sleep because i keep waking up from them hurting so much. boo.</p>
<p>also, i don’t really believe in that “what’s mean to be, will be” stuff. if it was meant to be, why bother applying? you would end up there some way or another. it’s not just meant to be. you had to work for it and put in a lot of time and energy. there are people who actually get to say yes or no and decide. it has nothing to do with fate.</p>
<p>and i don’t think you understand how much i love cornell. it actually would be the end of my world :(</p>
<p>…done being a debbie downer. need to take some robitussin and other drugs and hopefully sleep this stuff off :(</p>
<p>Lacey…I was able to choose where I wanted to live. I could only check off West Campus, not any particular dorm.<br>
Emina…I had symptoms, similar to yours. 104 temp, swollen lymph glands, etc… It was a viral flu, but, my MD gave me prednisone for the swelling of my glands…I felt 75% better within 24 hrs. See if they’ll leave you meds at ur pharmacy.
Have a great day everyone!!! :)</p>
<p>sighhh…
i don’t think i’m gona get in anymore.</p>
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<p>Honestly, doctors hate it when people come in with the flu and seek some sort of treatment. There’s nothing they can do about it since it’s a viral infection. They could give you some antibiotics for some sort of placebo effect, but they’d be doing a huge disservice to the rest of the world by doing so. OTC stuff is your best bet to relieve your symptoms.</p>
<p>I never really said anything about fate, so I can’t speak on that since I don’t believe in the idea anyway. I was about to post a couple of paragraphs about why it’s not the end of the world, but that’s your opinion and I can’t change it, although I do wish you’d adopt a different attitude regarding a possible rejection in order to prepare yourself for the worst possible outcome.</p>
<p>PS- I think run-on sentences are hot.</p>
<p>Zii- We all have those days. You’ll be over it in a while.</p>
<p>So, as it turns out, no decisions for any CCers this week from any of the colleges…
I’m thinking maybe next week a lot of us will receive our decisions. At least, I hope so!</p>
<p>Ironic, water and I weren’t talking about fate or destiny. We were saying at this point we can’t really do anything about our decisions. All we can do is wait and see. And Cornell is taking a lot of time to make right decisions for them and for us (in this sense, everybody wants to get in…So getting is good for all of us, but some people seriously do not enjoy at Cornell…so ultimately for us too) “if it’s meant to be, we’ll be in”, this is like when you apply and they have decided that we will do well at Cornell considering what you have done with your life, you are meant to be there…not necessarily anything to do with fate. At least that’s how I take it. And surely water who puts much effort into his study is well aware that not just fate but a lot of effort is def. required to get into such university.
I do, however, believe in fate. This might sound funny to you guys but the first time I looked at the world university ranking, I was def. looking at Cornell, not Harvard or Yale which are known for their highest eliteness and they were ranked higher. I realized that I had been looking at Cornell for such a long time after I applied. I was always wishing to get into Cornell instead of Harvard or Yale or Stanford or any other university. And I thought this could be something to do with my fate. Either way I end up, I will continue to believe that fate has some role to some extend in our lives. But I think that sometimes we need to pull that fate to you, in my opinion. Being Mr. sit-on-my-butt is def. not something that will pull your fate </p>
<p>Sorry for being too long</p>
<p>ohh guys i wasn’t trying to be mean or anything just saying what i thought. </p>
<p>but of course i hope we all get in :)</p>
<p>Can it truly be fate if it’s not preordained and one is in full control of it if they opt to change it through hard work? This is going to turn into a huge argument over semantics, but the word fate has a denotation which states that it is: the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time. Granted, definitions change from different sources, but I believe all sources involve some statement about fate being constant and unchanging. Therefore, I don’t believe fate is as malleable as you suggest. That’s just my opinion.</p>
<p>I was just stating before that it shouldn’t be the end of anyone’s world if Cornell doesn’t accept them. We students make the college; these colleges don’t make us. Although Cornell has hundreds of notable alumni, we shouldn’t forget that some of history’s most remarkable minds did not even have an alma mater to call home and instead relied on their own merits to attain their accomplishments.</p>
<p>And I know you weren’t trying to be mean, Ironic. I wasn’t either, and I apologize if anyone thought I was being apprehensive.</p>
<p>Yeah, I actually do believe in some form of fate. Maybe it’s not all of our DESTINIES to get in (apologies, because the caps looks weird and CC doesn’t have a thing to bold stuff in quick reply, ha) but it certainly could be fated that some of us do. By that, I agree with valvsu in saying that we controlled our fate with Cornell. We’ve done all we can already, it’s up to the committees. I know, especially with us spring transfers, that if accepted we’ll all work our butts off to prove ourselves once we’re there.</p>
<p>I also agree with east in saying it’s not the end of the world if someone isn’t accepted. For most of you, you applied to other excellent schools and some have already heard back. Some of you are still currently in good colleges that you wouldn’t mind being stuck at for at least one more semester. Azu, for instance, doesn’t mind going to a CC after having a year 1/2 at a real school under her belt and finally being able to get out of that art department. As for ironic, it <em>seems</em> like it’s the end of the world, but believe me if it doesn’t happen, after 2-3 weeks of being down on yourself and healing, you’ll buck up. There’s always a backup plan, even if you haven’t made one. Ironic, you have excellent grades, great recs, and lots of heart. If they don’t accept you now, I’ll look down on all the HumEc kids that do get in, because guaranteed many of them aren’t nearly as heartfelt or accomplished as yourself. And you’ll DEFINITELY get in for fall if you don’t now. </p>
<p>And as for me, it’ll be torture to have to stay here another semester…and kind of depressing because I was totally supposed to beat one of my friends to Cornell (the guy that goes to Siena who will probably reapply for fall). I just hate not having an actual college experience…I know people say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be, but for me…it seriously is. I can’t stand living with my brother any longer and as I’ve said before, it feels like a purgatory between high school and college. BUT on the chance I don’t get in, I can suck it up and be a man, and just take Gen Chem II, two gym classes, some random filler class that I’ll hate to go to (or I’ll take online) and work fulltime.</p>
<p>Odd that not a single person has been accepted this week, yet we had about 4 the past two weeks. For those of who you did get accepted, what days of the week did you find out? Maybe there’s a system with mailing out decisions.</p>
<p>There’s still today and tomorrow left, though (won’t be able to check my mail 'till I get home from work at 11pm…no emails lately either.)</p>
<p>I found it out on monday last week. It was an e-mail sent by 2:30 p.m.</p>
<p>it was an e-mail (sorry, I forgot to say that). the packet got in my mailbox on… thursday i think</p>
<p>I was so expecting that someone would say something about my comment, because as I was writing it…I was like …hmm fate literally means something that can’t be changed and that’s how people have been useing the word, then what I am saying…</p>
<p>East don’t worry, this will NOT be a big argument because we know the outcomes from start. lol I guess what I was saying is “What’s meant to be is what it will be” ≠ fate. I guess you can say “It’s meant to be this way because I put a lot of effort into this.” …it still sounds a little odd, but uhh…leave me alone!! lol</p>
<p>And guys, you never offended me for any matter</p>
<p>but still no desicion this week, huh?</p>
<p>NO MAIL. I keep imagining that something terrible happened at admissions, like a computer fell to the floor and shattered into a million pieces and tons of data was lost. Lol.
Meh.
Also I wanted to say it’s incredibly difficult to find an under 40$ high waist pencil skirt in petite 0 under 23 in long. I wish I had an apparel friend so she could just make one for me for like…7$.
Also I hate it when people chew with their mouth open, like my roommate’s doing now. But I think it’s a culture thing because my super fobby friend does it too, sometimes.
KAY hope all is going well for the rest of you, had my 2nd chem midterm today and only got to doublecheck half my answers, which makes me sad, but it’s okay!</p>
<p>Thanks, ACC, I would guess sending emails out on a Monday would make sense. I wonder if they sent a batch out this week, but none of us got it? Could be the same thing next Monday. Then again, not everyone gets an email before the packet…who knows? The process is killing me. XD</p>
<p>Not offended either, guys ;-)</p>
<p>Oh and remember, we’re Cornellians-to-be, we’ve gotta be able to debate civilly anyway.</p>
<p>and LOLL Azu:
a) thanks for sharing. I can’t say I have any clue what you’re saying about skirts, considering as soon as any girl brings up clothing I tune out completely…
b) I HATE THAT, the chewing with the mouth open. Seriously, close your freaking jaw. My dad does it and that’s why we don’t eat dinner as a family anymore, lol. So does my friend’s roommate, I can’t stand it. He goes, “got any gum?” and my friend’s like “sure here!..oh crap”. <em>squishy chomping noises for the next hour</em></p>
<p>c) I’m sure you aced it. My second midterm is the week of Thanksgiving, so I’m going to get extra help on Tuesdays and get super-studying for that.</p>
<p>lol. I get what you’re saying, Val. I didn’t mean argument as in any of us acting in an antagonistic manner. I should have said debate, but I’ve really come to hate that word since any discussion between two people which doesn’t involve the prosaic is now labeled as a debate. On any other site, I’m sure that would have turned into a huge argument with pejoratives being thrown around everywhere, since, as the meme says, the internet is serious business. We’ll all know soon if our efforts were fruitful.</p>