Tuesday, April 03, 2007

life is like a box of chocolates

CMC, Colgate, Lafayette, Carleton, Hamilton, Cornell, Northwestern,除去第一所ED就把我拒了之外,其它六所学校从上周二开始到上周日在六天时间内把我一一拒绝。I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm just stating the fact in case you misunderstand。周围有人被录了,有人被waiting list了,但是像我这种清一色的被拒的貌似还是挺稀有的。Anyway,ED直接被拒就是很少了。

尽管我妈在电话里说没关系,身边的人说真可惜,网上有人安慰说还有戏,可是其实我一点都没事。花了这么多钱,花了这么多精力,可是我一点都不后悔申请美国大学。查资料,发邮件,面试,写essay,整个application process给我太多太多的机会锻炼自己。JC里面我有几件事是自豪的,一件是加入了PA,一件是最后一次好好地复习了SAT,还有就是这些applications。当我在八月初准备给老师写evaluation时可能会需要的资料时,当我最后整理出近十页的资料时,我发现其实我在这四年还是做了很多事的,多亏了这些application,给了我机会或者说是动力好好整理一下过去这几年的我,重新审视自己。如果有学弟学妹们看到这篇blog的话,还是想跟他们说,不管最后结果如何,这几个月花得很值。

昨天我打电话回家,跟我妈说了七所被拒了。我妈说没事的,反正留在新加坡也是蛮好的。我说是啊,反正我在NTU也就读三年就可以出来了,新加坡失业率又这么低,找个工作安安稳稳地过日子也挺好,要是去了美国,失业率也高,治安又不怎么样,前途可能明亮也有可能迷茫。我妈说是啊是啊,现在就可以安心留在新加坡了。于是。。。俺就顺水推舟把我和刘勤的关系跟她说了。。。我妈说以前反对我谈恋爱是因为还不知道大学在哪里,现在既然差不多定了,她就没什么好说的了。于是我的一件心事终于放下。

But life is like a box of chocolates, you never what you gonna get.

今天我早上到了学校,打开Gmail,有一份bard的,我心想终于来了最后一封。读了第一个字,傻了--Congratulations! 继续读,On behalf of the Faculty and the Admissions Committee, and in recognition of your outstanding qualifications, I am delighted to offer you admission to Bard College as a Distinguished Scientist Scholar.

然后我就去升旗仪式了,不知道怎么回事升旗仪式就结束了,我又上来了。在上来的途中,我终于意识到貌似那是一个offer letter。

Anyway,financial aid package还没有来,来了再说吧。

12 comments:

Vitamin V said...

哇,沙发呀~我觉得不应该说恭喜吧,因为现在的almighty LX一定面临着很重要的抉择问题~不过还是很羡慕呢,本来还可以骄傲的说跟allmighty LX是一条战线上的,因为偶也是rejection all the way,不过现在就剩小可孤军作战了呢~呵呵~

Unknown said...

这不,考验来了~

doktom said...

i always want to say that university app process as a life changing experience... but whenever i want to say it, i m stopped by someone... last time i only said that uni app is an art, then got wowed by all e juniors ald...finally someone agree with me

btw, seems ppl r generally more interested in ur relationship than e offer...

SenCordE said...

I'd rather say university application process is an effective way to explore oneself, maybe to find who he really is or what he really wants. To be pragmatic, it's only the application result that may change one's life.

btw, it's inevitable that BDR is more worth gossiping than some academic issues...

Anonymous said...

BDR?? B... Dependent Resistor???

Anonymous said...

application decision... is like Schrodinger's Cat... before you open the box, you donno whether it's dead or alive, u may say it's half dead, half alive, a mixed state.. the point is.. u feel your decision is unpredictable until the very moment u receive the letter, before this measurement is done, regardless of what effort you have put in, the result is uncertain, juz like the tortured cat.. maybe you can say you are half admitted, half rejected..

Anonymous said...

chim... chim...

SenCordE said...

sorry, not BDR, i mean BGR (boy-girl relationship)

sounds your last comment is very very chim.... so philosophical... i dunno the cat in the first place. Then i baidu the name, and learnt it's a physicist's name... no wonder i din know:P
anyway, even i now know who schrodinger is, but i am still confused...

Anonymous said...

希望FA比较满意咯...

Anonymous said...

best wishes!

Anonymous said...

application decision... is like Ricky's Dog... before I open the box, I know that it's dead , u may say it's half dead, half alive, a mixed state.. the point is.. I feel my decision is predictable before the very moment I receive the letter, before this measurement is done, regardless of what effort I have put in, the result is certain, juz like the comfortable dog.. surely I can say I am totally rejected..(by the way, I didnt do UAP.

SenCordE said...

what's UAP? plz explain ur answer...

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