The Septimus Notes

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

|"Oh no... my wallet's too small for my $50s and my diamond shoes are too tight."|

This week I got into Fordham and into Cardozo.

And I'm not feeling great about it. Good, but not great.

I'm feeling mostly like a heel because I got into Michigan and Wisconsin (one a top school, the other a top choice) and that totally deflates the joy I'd have felt had I gotten into Cardozo or Fordham first. When I started this process, I expected not to get in anywhere. I thought that Cardozo and Brooklyn, the schools I want to attend least (because of their location moreso than anything else [I want to leave NYC for a while]) were as much reaches as Yale and UChicago, because in a way,

Infinity = Infinity+Infinity = (Infinity)(Infinity).

But then I got into Michigan. Not just a top school, but the top of the top, a smidge from the top of the top of the top. And then the next day I got into a school that has been a top choice of mine, Wisconsin, will full-tuition and a stipend. So while I'm happy to be into 2 of my bottom-choice schools, I'm not ecstatic. And I would have been had I not heard from Wisc or Mich before them.

But I certainly don't want my Wisconsin or Michigan acceptances taken away. And I know that, had I found out from Cardozo or Fordham beforehand and found out from Michigan this week, Michigan would completely blind me to Fordham and Cardozo. I fear I'd forget they were even there.

So I suppose it's better this way.

promulgated by SWS2.1 at 13:45.
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