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From xleeloominai and everyone else on my flist who did it too:

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All the bad news lately is disheartening, i.e. North Korea, Air France flight, Euro elections, omg!Sotomayor is a racist!, etc. So the following two items are for the benefit of everyone who doesn't already read Cute Overload on a daily basis - click through:

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Today was Ivy League decisions day. After suffering appalling wait times on Columbia's website - and then waiting even more out of unwillingness/fear/anxiety because it was my last college - here's my FINAL tally for all colleges I applied to!

ACCEPTED (2/25) - University of Georgia
ACCEPTED (3/25) - University of Chicago
ACCEPTED (3/30) - Emory University
REJECTED (3/31) - Princeton University
WAITLISTED (3/31) - Columbia University

So surprised about the Columbia waitlist. I mean, really. I was hardly expecting them to give me the time of day, what with their freaking ginormous applicant pool (21,274) and ridiculous acceptance rate (8.92% - lower than Princeton's). Plus, the teachers who did my recommendations hardly knew me, since they'd only taught me for a semester at the time. And yet I wasn't rejected. Tiny yay.

Oh, regrets. Should have asked teachers who knew me better. Should have applied on early decision. Should have expressed more interest. If I'd done these things, I think I could have had a much better shot at getting in.

(Appropriate icon is appropriate.)

About the waitlist... I'm not positive, but I have a feeling it wouldn't be in my best interests to stay on it. Not only are a ton of people waitlisted at Columbia each year, but who wouldn't turn down Columbia? Very few people, I think. I certainly wouldn't. Also, my grades this semester are unimpressive (for example, see the AP Chem test I probably failed today), and I don't expect to win any significant awards that would tip the scale between now and July.

Besides. FIRST CHOICE UCHICAGO FTW. My grandfather has even expressed his wish for me to attend there, and his opinion carries a ton of weight. YAY. Still waitin' on that money, tho'.

ETA: SQUEE. J.K. Rowling will sit next to Michelle Obama at a G20 dinner tomorrow. OMGOMGOMG. GET READY, PHOTOGRAPHERS. ♥♥♥

5. A friend who also applied to the University of Chicago told me that, according to an admissions officer he had called last week, decisions would come out "early this week." Since nothing came about on Monday, we were sure it must be Tuesday.

Rushing home yesterday and spending the afternoon stalking my inbox? Completely anti-climactic.

4. I did learn something out of this, though. I was tired, and dozed off for several minutes while waiting. I napped most uncomfortably for a while, then woke up to realize my foot had fallen asleep. Then, for whatever strange reason, I decided to get up and make my dinner. I wasn't three steps away from the desk when my foot just completely gave way under me and I fell over. I sort of wish somebody had been there to see it, because then I would have someone to laugh with. I'm sure it looked hilarious. Even though the feeling of Numb Foot was horrible and I had to go crawl on my knees to my next destination.

3. On a related note, I was climbing some stairs today at school, and the girl behind me tripped and fell. But she couldn't be contented with merely falling forward - no, she actually grabbed my ankles and very nearly brought me down backwards with her. I kind of brushed off her apology and said, "It's fine," but when I looked down at her initially, I'm sure my facial expression conveyed exactly what I was thinking: "Dude, WTF?"

2. Obsessively checked UChicago's Admissions blog today around noon. There was a new post telling everyone not to worry so much, because "we need time to give each application our full attention, so it's actually better for you in the long run if you relax and know that decisions will be released on or around April 1.

"You will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to retrieve your decision. You will also be mailed a decision notification letter."

IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE, TODAY AT SAY, 4:30 PM. LOL, WELL PLAYED, YOU SLY BASTARDS. WELL PLAYED.

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: ACCEPTED!

And that is really all I have to say right now. It's still completely up in the air whether I'll attend (omgomgomg) because they haven't shown me any financial aid. Hopefully I'll get word as early as tomorrow... I already know I didn't get any kind merit scholarship (except possibly National Merit which is what, $2K?), but as far as need-based aid goes, I am practically destitute. Please - sdlfkajs;lfkdjaklfsdja - just give me enough money to attend and comfortably move on to med/grad school from there!

Nothing much going on in real life. I am this close to being done with financial aid applications, thank god. Torture devices, they are.

In other news. One, I have a new layout (schnuggleme); two, hello to the new friends I made at ontd_political's friending meme - americantrvler2, i_said_boourns, sunfall, and ziggyfig! Good times, wot?

Meme! Tagged by xleeloominai:

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Tagging: americantrvler2, i_said_boourns, sunfall, ziggyfig, anti_social_ite, thatgirl_soph, lady_fibsworth, jusbeinkt, and anyone else who needs a distraction.

Also, have a GIF of the Day. Stephen Colbert rocks the glad/mad move.

Okay, I had such an awesome dream today: Apparently I was watching some pre-inaugural event on YouTube (which I remember had over 246,000 views). Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton were on a beach en route to the Capitol, and on that beach was the longest swimming pool EVER. Apparently it's a custom to swim in it before inauguration. Biden was telling Clinton about the first time he saw and swam in that swimming pool - he recalled being all like, "Hot dog, is that a swimming pool!" LOL.

And then randomly they were standing in the middle of the pool with their nice clothes still on and everything. Biden decided to race Clinton to the end, and then he TURNED INTO A GIANT INFLATABLE SHARK. Which was totally cheating but lmao, JOEY THE SHARK. I forgot what Clinton turned into, but nothing inflatable. So obviously she lost badly, and Biden kept going at the end doing a victory dance or whatever - he still had a normal lower body (with the nice suit and everything, haha), only his head was a shark.

And I woke up literally giggling. OMG, funniest dream ever. I think an actual video of this really would have 246,000 views. Hahahaha.

"Dear Diary,

"Today I woke up and brushed my teeth and washed my face and went to school."

That's how most of my diary entries started before I was in fourth grade. *facepalm* (UR DOIN IT WRONG)

Here's an excerpt of the one from March 7, 2002:

"Dear Diary,

"[...] In math, we learned how to find the area of a triangle and the circumference of a circle. There's this wierd weird sign - π that means 3.14 for circles called "pi" but I don't get what it has to do with circles. When I got home [...]"

ROFL. WELL I WONDER WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH CIRCLES.

I like that I could spell circumference but not weird. Weird. Not that hard.

Oh my God, guys. I'm going to transcribe this entire thing. This is gold. Besides, if it gets burned in a fire... *knocks on wood*

Spring break = lots of free time.

Facebook agrees that the universe is conspiring against me.

But anyway. Happy birthday, agguss! Hope you had a great day. :)

I have captured the elusive Crumple-Horned Snorkack rhinovirus! This will undoubtedly increase the quality of my life two-fold. Feel free to leave congratulations; it has taken three arduous weeks for me to find it (or rather, for it to find me).

And I had a hard time adjusting myself to Dumbledore's "new age," so I maded a tiemline of major events in his life and stuff. Originally it was for some AD/MM people (obvs), but it still mainly follows his life.

*sniffle*

OMG will you look at this dude?! I think he's reached the pinnacle of awesomeness. Crinkly crow's feet FTW.

My, I'm posting a lot.

Two weeks left until Deathly Hallows, and I now have a small collection of [brilliant] theories I've found so far. Must-read. ( Read more... )

But I want more theories. If you have any good ones like these, spill!