The First Wave
Well, it looks like MIT did not decide to admit me, based on the decision they posted online. While you may say that this is merely my defense mechanism to stave off terrible disappointment, I honestly wasn't expecting to get in. I figured I had a better than average chance, but by no means a particularly good one. I guess Jonathan Kadish will end up having to buy me lunch at the Chaat House after all.
Wait... so you don't know yet? I'm a tad bit confused. You still have as good of a chance as any. And 13% is still a somewhat decent chance. You deserve as much as anyone to get in there. But if you can't get in there, I have no chance to get into Yale. Crud.
"Well, it looks like MIT did not decide to admit me" = MIT rejected me.
You still have a shot at Yale. What is your backup?
Now I realize I completely misinterpreted the defense mechanism thing. Sorry about that, and sorry about the rejection. You still totally deserved to get in, as I'm sure anyone will tell you. All your other choices are great, though, and I'm sure you'll get an amazing education at all sorts of other places.
Backup plans include St. Olaf and U of Rochester, and Oberlin and Pomona if I get in. Or, as always, U of O.
You'll certainly get into all the rest of those. I suppose Yale is a bit of a toss-up though.
Man I love the Chaat house. I didn't get the chance to go and eat there over this break (getting sick really got in the way) but I definitely will this summer!
What is that line again, "MIT, because not everybody can go to Caltech."
It was a bad news from colleges weekend, apparently. We should have had a party.
I just heard that some girl I know from Hillsboro got into MIT. It made me think, does she have anything that Adam doesn't? is she any better than Adam in any way? She's the band drum major (I think), but hey, your senior class president. So basically, I decided that there's not other explanation than that MIT has a female bias. So don't feel too bad. The odds were stacked against you.