I got in!

So, last night I drive up to my house, returning from a friend’s house. I stop at the end of the driveway, and walk to the mailbox. As usual, it’s almost completely full. I go back to my car and start eagerly flipping through the pile.

Linux Magazine Renewal - nope.

The ACLU’s bi-weekly letter begging for money - nope.

A bill from the BMW CCA - nope.

Five others letters addressed to my parents - nope.

Damn, I think. I guess I won’t be getting it today. How hard can it be to deliver a letter on time from one state away?

Disappointed, and cursing the inefficiency of the postal service, I pick through the magazines and larger envelopes on the bottom of the pile. A stock photography package, some ApplePrints.com photos, the town newspaper, and a packet from Charles Schwab. Nothing interesting to distract me from my annoyance.

I come to the last item - a large, thick, white envelope addressed to me. My heart skips a beat upon seeing the logo in the corner. I clumsily tear it open, hands shaking in nervous anticipation. Out slides a red folder. White text in a green band across the middle reads “Welcome to MIT”. Fearing someone’s playing an evil trick on me, I open it. On top of the materials inside is a certificate, reading:

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
is Proud to Offer
<me>
Admission to the Class of 2008

Words don’t even begin to do justice to how happy I am right now.

congrats!!

WooHoo! Congratulations.

2008? Was that a typo? I can understand a typo under the circumstances. Congratulations!

fantastic!!!

congratulations.

Why would it be a typo?

Congratulations!

'Cause it’s four years away. Do you really need to apply to MIT that far in advance?

Regardless: whenever you’re going, congratulations!

Assuming things haven’t changed since the stone age when I went to college (which is always possible), that would be the referring to next year’s crop of students, which will be graduating in 2008.

How cool is that? Congrats, all the way :slight_smile:

It’s for admission this coming fall, for graduating in 2008.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I never got into MIT.

My whole hearted congradulations! May it be a grand adventure.

Whoaaaaa, duuuude. A future propeller head! Congratulations! A lot of bright, very creative people have come out of MIT. May we assume that you’ll regale us with tales of hacks you’ve seen/done?

Vlad/Igor

All right! Congratulations!

Way to go Mister V. What’s your intended major?

Congratulations!!!

I’m still waiting for an acceptance/denial letter from the interviews I just finished with a couple of schools, so I know what you are feeling with the waiting. Its agony

Thanks everyone! :slight_smile:

I’m planning to go into computer science, but that may change. I know I want to double major or minor in something else - perhaps economics. I only have to declare a major by the end of sophomore year, so I have a bit of time before I really have to decide.

Of course. :smiley:

Congratulations! You must be one smart cookie!

Oh. Um. Yeah.

Oops.