odonnelld (2022-2023)

Numbers are correct.

12/23/08
In via phone call from Ann Perry. If you see that (773) area code, make sure you have a pen. She had information on the admitted student site, paperwork that is due by January, and other information which I was too in shock to really hear.

I feel like I won the lottery.

12/22/08
In at Minnesota by phone call. Loved hearing 'ya know' on my voicemail.

12/17/08
Two days of anxiety end with an acceptance in a small, cream-colored envelope with a written note from Dean Andrew Cornblatt alluding to things discussed in my personal statement - meaning my application was actually read in its entirety despite having exactly median numbers. His handwriting made me feel a lot better about my own.

All of my stress evaporated with this acceptance. I would LOVE to go to Georgetown - even above some higher ranked public schools. Sixteen years is more than enough public schooling for me.

And I wouldn't mind going back to DC. Any other good news is icing at this point.

Sitting on one acceptance makes waiting for a decision from Chicago a lot easier. A call from Dean Perry would make my holiday. Let's hope there's truth to the theory of a "self-selection" advantage in their ED pool. I'm expecting my abysmal undergrad institution and consequently mediocre GPA to kill my chances of locating to Hyde Park in September.

12/15/08
Georgetown Status Check reads "Decision." [Ominous music]