Well, there was only one graduate program I wanted. . .

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so when the discomfortingly slim envelope arrived today, I couldn't quite bring myself to open it. Yes, I stood there next to my car, turning the raised envelope over, upside-down, and backward in the just setting sun, trying to decipher some sort of hopeful phrase. Such a coward.
I'm in.
My thanks to you, University of Maryland.