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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I got into Barnard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While I was in the shower just now, I kept thinking about that day when I was finishing my Barnard application and how it was soooooooooooo last minute on New Years' Eve because my supplementary essays wouldn't fit in the space provided on the Common Application online, and then the post office closed when my parents went to send it, so my dad ended up putting it in a mailbox where the mailman was going to come at 5:00, and he sent it at like.. 4:30 after the post office closed at 4:00.. and I was sooo nervous that it wouldn't be postmarked on time. And all of that paid off. It is so satisfying.
Except what's weird that seems to always happen is that once you get what you've been wanting for a long time, some of its appeal immediately washes off. And that sorta happened when I was on the phone with my brother, who was the one who opened the envelope at home while I was on the T. But I know I really would love to go to Barnard. During dinner on Saturday night, my mom was throwing out situations at me, and Barnard seemed to reign in most of them. Like, "Wesleyan or Barnard?" --> Barnard; "Tufts of Barnard?" --> Barnard. But I guess Brown and Amherst are also close contenders. If I get in to either of them. But I dunno, I really do love Barnard. AND NEW YORK CITY! Oh all the things that make me love that city...
But the sorta tough thing is.. Skidmore gave me a LOT of financial aid. And so did Rochester. But I don't want to go to Rochester. Skidmore is sorta appealing... but I still want to go to Barnard.
In other news, Vassar decided to waitlist me. Which is fine with me, because even if they had accepted me, I wouldn't have gone, so ha! :-P I think I probably would've gone to Skidmore or Clark instead. And dear Katie got the same news from Vassar as me, but she got into Hamilton, so HA! :) We could sooo be in the same state together.. even though I think the distance is still pretty great. But hey, ROAD TRIPS, BABY! And ahhhh Ava and I just realized that if she goes to Pace and I go to Barnard... we could live in NYC TOGETHER which is soooooo amazing. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT GOING TO BARNARD.
Okay, sorry, I should stop talking about it. Because in the letter it was like, "Please be aware that your admission is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of your final year in high school at a level in keeping with the strong record you presented at the time of your admission." So basically that means I can't not do my senior paper. But it's okay. Because I LIKE what I'm writing about for my senior paper. I'm just really bad at writing it. :-/
And then what also happened today was our Darfur assembly, which I am happy to report was an absolute success. It was amazing. I am so proud of everyone in the organizing club, and of the teachers who brought their classes. People cried because of the movie that Gloria White-Hammond showed. And Gloria White-Hammond is SO PHENOMENAL AND EXTRAORDINARY. She completely embodies those two adjectives. We were in panic mode right before the assembly started though because a) the tables weren't there b) we had no techie and c) Gloria wasn't there yet. But all those problems were solved! It was so great that Dr. Bob was outside greeting students right when I met Gloria in her car and he directed her to a parking space. That was amazing. And then somehow T came to tech. And the tables came. And then we were all set. And there were SO MANY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The auditorium was filled! It was amazing!
And then after school I went to the gym, which just adds to my feelings of accomplishment today.
While I was in the shower just now, I kept thinking about that day when I was finishing my Barnard application and how it was soooooooooooo last minute on New Years' Eve because my supplementary essays wouldn't fit in the space provided on the Common Application online, and then the post office closed when my parents went to send it, so my dad ended up putting it in a mailbox where the mailman was going to come at 5:00, and he sent it at like.. 4:30 after the post office closed at 4:00.. and I was sooo nervous that it wouldn't be postmarked on time. And all of that paid off. It is so satisfying.
Except what's weird that seems to always happen is that once you get what you've been wanting for a long time, some of its appeal immediately washes off. And that sorta happened when I was on the phone with my brother, who was the one who opened the envelope at home while I was on the T. But I know I really would love to go to Barnard. During dinner on Saturday night, my mom was throwing out situations at me, and Barnard seemed to reign in most of them. Like, "Wesleyan or Barnard?" --> Barnard; "Tufts of Barnard?" --> Barnard. But I guess Brown and Amherst are also close contenders. If I get in to either of them. But I dunno, I really do love Barnard. AND NEW YORK CITY! Oh all the things that make me love that city...
But the sorta tough thing is.. Skidmore gave me a LOT of financial aid. And so did Rochester. But I don't want to go to Rochester. Skidmore is sorta appealing... but I still want to go to Barnard.
In other news, Vassar decided to waitlist me. Which is fine with me, because even if they had accepted me, I wouldn't have gone, so ha! :-P I think I probably would've gone to Skidmore or Clark instead. And dear Katie got the same news from Vassar as me, but she got into Hamilton, so HA! :) We could sooo be in the same state together.. even though I think the distance is still pretty great. But hey, ROAD TRIPS, BABY! And ahhhh Ava and I just realized that if she goes to Pace and I go to Barnard... we could live in NYC TOGETHER which is soooooo amazing. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT GOING TO BARNARD.
Okay, sorry, I should stop talking about it. Because in the letter it was like, "Please be aware that your admission is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of your final year in high school at a level in keeping with the strong record you presented at the time of your admission." So basically that means I can't not do my senior paper. But it's okay. Because I LIKE what I'm writing about for my senior paper. I'm just really bad at writing it. :-/
And then what also happened today was our Darfur assembly, which I am happy to report was an absolute success. It was amazing. I am so proud of everyone in the organizing club, and of the teachers who brought their classes. People cried because of the movie that Gloria White-Hammond showed. And Gloria White-Hammond is SO PHENOMENAL AND EXTRAORDINARY. She completely embodies those two adjectives. We were in panic mode right before the assembly started though because a) the tables weren't there b) we had no techie and c) Gloria wasn't there yet. But all those problems were solved! It was so great that Dr. Bob was outside greeting students right when I met Gloria in her car and he directed her to a parking space. That was amazing. And then somehow T came to tech. And the tables came. And then we were all set. And there were SO MANY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The auditorium was filled! It was amazing!
And then after school I went to the gym, which just adds to my feelings of accomplishment today.