YES Semifinalist

I've realized that it has been a while since my last post and a few things have happened since then! All of them exciting and one hugely disappointing one. Let's see where to start....
I am a YES Semifinalist! That mean I get to go to the IPSE, which is hosted in Chevy Chase, MD. I leave this Friday, the 22nd, and come back that same weekend, Sunday the 23rd. This is actually a funny story, so when everyone else seemed to get notifications I got nada, and me being well me decided to vent my frustration to my brothers about it not being fair. I congratulated people and then sent an email to one of the YES people asking if it was rolling admissions and if I was going to get my rejection email soon. They replied telling me to hold my horses and to not worry, that I would get an email soon, and guess what? I got an email! I almost passed out of the excitement. So I had to rush to have everything signed and emailed by the 13th, amazingly I had every form I needed emailed on the 11th giving me enough cushion room in case I needed to fix anything.

I cannot express how happy I was and still am. I have met some pretty amazing people and I cannot wait to meet them in person! This is my opportunity to be social and you know...make friends. (I need to finish shopping for small trinkets and gifts but that is why there is a Target. Target solves everything. Who doesn't love Target?) I can't wait until Friday noon, where I will be on that plane headed to D.C for the weekend. Freaking awesome if you ask me.

The excitement doesn't stop there. A few days ago I was rejected by the University of Chicago. Honestly, I am happy I was, I did not want to go there and I set it as a personal goal. I wanted to see if I was good enough to get it, but the rejection made me realize that putting so much pressure into my grades wasn't particularly the best way to have approached my academic life. And let's be honest, I did not want to go there at all...It's an awesome school maybe for my graduate life?

Today I received a call from St. Olaf College, telling me I was accepted and I was invited to fly in. After having been deferred from Georgetown University, St. Olaf College has grown in my heart. It attached itself to a corner and refused to leave. I cannot properly express my emotions here, after everything had fallen apart it seems that there was something better waiting for me, don't get me wrong I still wish to be granted admissions to Georgetown but knowing that there a school where I truly want to go makes this waiting for much easier.

I can say that life is good now, and that there is always a sunrise, it might be late but it will be there.