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Yesterday morning my mom came upstairs and ceremoniously deposited a stack of mail on my desk, like every day. I looked through it.. bank statement, Reader's Digest renewal notice, and then some envelopes. Big envelope from my home university, little envelope from my reach university. I remember hearing somewhere that big envelopes mean good news because the little envelopes never carry anything but a rejection letter, so I opened the big one first.
Inside was a shiny white folder filled with papers and forms and a burgundy square of cardboard with a gold seal. I got accepted as a member of the Class of 2014!!
I took it downstairs to show my mom.. she was outside on the patio so I leaned out the glass doors and basically thrust it in her face. She read the first paragraph of my acceptance letter two or three times, and then screamed.
I went back inside to go through the contents of the folder while my mom called everyone she could think of, and I found another little envelope. I opened it.
"Congratulations on receiving the Dean's Scholarship (an award worth $12,000, renewable annually for a sum of $48,000 over four years)"
That news made my mom scream again, and this time she was on the phone with my poor aunt, who must have been so confused by now.
I opened the little envelope from my reach university at this point, it wasn't a rejection letter, just a notice that they've received my application.
It felt really amazing to see my mom react that way, because I wasn't expecting more than a "congratulations". I didn't get any help from my parents on my college applications because they didn't want or expect me to go to college and basically showed no enthusiasm whenever I tried to talk to them about it. So this means a lot to me now.
I'm surprised that I actually received a scholarship, though - one of my conditions of acceptance is that I participate in their academic advancement program because of my personal circumstances last year (I lost two family members in one year and my schoolwork suffered) and also because of my mediocre accomplishments in math.
I'm not sure whether I'll go to this university since I'm still waiting to hear from two other schools, but it's great to know somebody wants me.
Inside was a shiny white folder filled with papers and forms and a burgundy square of cardboard with a gold seal. I got accepted as a member of the Class of 2014!!
I took it downstairs to show my mom.. she was outside on the patio so I leaned out the glass doors and basically thrust it in her face. She read the first paragraph of my acceptance letter two or three times, and then screamed.
I went back inside to go through the contents of the folder while my mom called everyone she could think of, and I found another little envelope. I opened it.
"Congratulations on receiving the Dean's Scholarship (an award worth $12,000, renewable annually for a sum of $48,000 over four years)"
That news made my mom scream again, and this time she was on the phone with my poor aunt, who must have been so confused by now.
I opened the little envelope from my reach university at this point, it wasn't a rejection letter, just a notice that they've received my application.It felt really amazing to see my mom react that way, because I wasn't expecting more than a "congratulations". I didn't get any help from my parents on my college applications because they didn't want or expect me to go to college and basically showed no enthusiasm whenever I tried to talk to them about it. So this means a lot to me now.
I'm surprised that I actually received a scholarship, though - one of my conditions of acceptance is that I participate in their academic advancement program because of my personal circumstances last year (I lost two family members in one year and my schoolwork suffered) and also because of my mediocre accomplishments in math.
I'm not sure whether I'll go to this university since I'm still waiting to hear from two other schools, but it's great to know somebody wants me.
Eric the Grey
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