# I got in! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727 "2004-03-16T23:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/1 "2004-03-16T23:57:54Z")
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](http://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 \ Admission to the Class of 2008 Words don’t even begin to do justice to how happy I am right now. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/2 "2004-03-17T00:02:01Z")
congrats!! ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/3 "2004-03-17T00:04:35Z")
WooHoo! Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/4 "2004-03-17T00:05:44Z")
2008? Was that a typo? I can understand a typo under the circumstances. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/5 "2004-03-17T00:27:27Z")
fantastic!!! congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/6 "2004-03-17T00:46:15Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > 2008? Was that a typo? I can understand a typo under the circumstances. Congratulations! Why would it be a typo? ---
**Author:** ![Empress\_Jolrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Empress\_Jolrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Empress_Jolrael)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/7 "2004-03-17T00:48:46Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/8 "2004-03-17T00:59:04Z")
> [@CompuHyperGlobalMegaNet](#): > > Why would it be a typo? 'Cause it’s four years away. Do you really need to apply to MIT that far in advance? Regardless: whenever you’re going, congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/9 "2004-03-17T01:04:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/10 "2004-03-17T01:07:23Z")
How cool is that? Congrats, all the way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/11 "2004-03-17T01:11:33Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 'Cause it’s four years away. Do you really need to apply to MIT that far in advance? > > Regardless: whenever you’re going, congratulations! It’s for admission this coming fall, for graduating in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/12 "2004-03-17T01:23:24Z")
> [@CompuHyperGlobalMegaNet](#): > > It’s for admission this coming fall, for graduating in 2008. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I never got into MIT. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/13 "2004-03-17T01:29:21Z")
My whole hearted congradulations! May it be a grand adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/14 "2004-03-17T01:47:32Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/15 "2004-03-17T01:52:09Z")
All right! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/16 "2004-03-17T01:55:15Z")
Way to go Mister V. What’s your intended major? ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/17 "2004-03-17T02:11:11Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/18 "2004-03-17T02:13:19Z")
Thanks everyone! 🙂 > [@photopat](#): > > What’s your intended major? 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. > [@Vlad/Igor](#): > > May we assume that you’ll regale us with tales of hacks you’ve seen/done? Of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/19 "2004-03-17T02:21:27Z")
Congratulations! You must be one smart cookie! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-in/234727/20 "2004-03-17T03:10:12Z")
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