booby87 (2009 – 2010)

10/20- First applications in.

10/21- Accepted at UVA via phone call with full Dean's Scholarship!! Wow that was fast!

10/28- Under review at Harvard...dun dun dunnn

10/29- Tomorrow is day 9 after going complete Priority Track at Duke. Hoping for some (good) news soon.

10/31- In at Duke via email! Happy Halloween!

11/2- Under review at Berkeley.

11/5- Complete email from Harvard.

In at Texas!!! Notified via phone call but apparently they mailed a packet a few days ago. Excited to go home and check :)

I changed my Texas date to 11/3 because that is the date the status checker says admission was granted.

11/6- Duke package in the mail.

11/10- This week has been pretty quiet so far. Under review at Penn, nothing from anywhere else.

11/11- Changed to under review at Georgetown today, but the date says 11/6.

11/12- Complete email and acceptance phone call from UCLA... both within 60 seconds! amazing :)

11/14- Just got my financial aid letter from Texas...WOW!

11/15- Changed to decision yesterday and Michigan! According to the admitted students' page, a package was mailed on the 12th, so I put that as the decision date. wooooooooo! What a great weekend :)

11/17- Package from Michigan!

11/20- JR1 email! So ridiculously excited!! Scheduled for 11/30.

11/24- Decision rendered at Gtown.

11/29- Came home from Thanksgiving and my acceptance letter from Georgetown was waiting for me! They send such a cute little envelope.

11/30- Had my JR1 today. Wow I was nervous... and now I wait...

12/7- JR2-in at Harvard!! :) :) sssssooooooooooooo happpppyyyyyyyyyyyy

also-purple acceptance envelope from NYU today!...best day ever?

12/14- Darrow invite from Michigan!! Also accepted at UPenn via phone call.

12/16- In at Berkeley via email!

12/21- UR at Chicago

1/4- post break update: I came home to acceptance packages from Penn and Berkeley.I decided to apply for the Darrow, so I sent my essay in over the break.

...and I applied to Yale! :)

1/8- offered full Darrow via phone call with Dean Z!!! Great day! Time to book some plane tickets...

1/14- In at Chicago via phone call! also, Levy Scholars email invite from Penn

IN AT STANFORD!!! :)

withdrew from UCLA and Georgetown

1/15- withdrew from Northwestern, Chicago, Texas and Duke today.

1/17- updated my preferences. Scholarship money at NYU/Columbia (if they accept me of course) would be game changing...

1/19- complete at Yale. The email says most decisions come in Feb/March/April....the wait begins.

1/20- scholarship letter from Michigan and acceptance package from Stanford.

1/25- in at Columbia today via snail mail!

...and then there was one....

2/9-
Dear Yale,

I would give it all up for you.

Love,

boobs

2/12- Email from NYU about being considered for Dean's Schoalarship.

2/20- Withdrew from Columbia and Berkeley.

3/4- Levyyyyy todayyyyyyyyyyyyyy! :)

3/9- Dean's scholarship at NYU. It isn't enough to lure me away from Harvard so I will be withdrawing soon.

Speaking of Harvard, I attended ASW this past weekend and I LOVED it!!

Can't wait for Michigan and Stanford's ASWs :)

3/20- IN AT YALE!!!!!!!!!!!! the perfect ending to my cycle and I couldn't be happier. I never would have imagined this was possible a year ago (or yesterday...lol). So thankful! :)

4/2- I'll be sending my deposit to Yale next week and I will not be attending Stanford's ASW anymore...I just cant afford the visit when I know it won't sway me.

4/15- Withdrew from Stanford and Michigan. Sorry Dean Z :(

4/29- Deposit mailed to Yale!!! :)

....and I withdrew from Harvard...

5/11- One year deferral granted at Yale.