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Waitlisted at Haverford. Better than I thought, honestly. I expected to get rejected because I didn't show much interest in the school, it was near the bottom of my list, and it's pretty selective. I don't think it's as well-known but it had about a 24-26% acceptance rate last year which is smaller than Vassar and Tufts. It just kind of makes me nervous because now I definitely don't think I have any chance at Brown or Amherst, and I'm really worried about Vassar, which is my first choice. sigh. I'll be fine with everything as long as I get into Vassar, but I'm really afraid I'm going to be rejected. On the plus side, along with the letter from Haverford, I got a letter from Macalester offering me a scholarship which I didn't expect since it wasn't a safety school, so I at least have that to be happy about.

Today there was an "anti-apathy" protest at lunch. Yes, it was as stupid as it sounds. It was going to be anti-war but then they changed it to being anti-apathy about the war and it was all just very poorly done. I mean, I'm against the war and against being ignorant about the war, but I just felt it was all pointless. What were they hoping to achieve? The people who care... well, they care, and the people who don't aren't going to start caring because like 30 students are gathered at the crossroads during lunch. I mean, for example, I was walking behind two kids and heard this conversation:

Girl: Are you going to the anti-war protest?
Boy: Fuck no!
Girl: What, you're for the war?
Boy: No, I just don't care.

That amused me a lot. But yeah, it was just kind of pointless.

I thought I'd have a lot to do tonight because of missing two days, but it turns out I don't have much at all. Pretty good.

Comments

[girlygirlk8e.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

very amusing indeed :P

[waterlanding.livejournal.com]

I feel sort of weird saying congrats to being wait listed, but you know what I mean. Pleeease don't worry about getting into those schools. You're brilliant, and honestly a lot smarter than anyone I know who goes to Vassar, so I don't think you'll have trouble getting in. <33

Anti-apathy protest + someone who doesn't care = hilarious. It reminds me of that SHS headline in Earshot: Apathy on the Rise: No One Cares.