However, spring break is also traditionally the time of year
that the current applicants get their letters, and hearing from
another group of friends always makes me remember the weeks leading
up to getting my own letter four years ago. Starting in late
February, I, who never checked the mail in our apartment, started
checking at least once a day - including Sundays, just in
case. It was the favorite topic of just about every class
time conversation - "Have you gotten your letter yet?" "No, not
yet. You?" "I heard they were mailing them this week,
though…" (I swear I heard that someone's friend's cousin's
roommate who worked in the dean's office mailed them at least half
a dozen times between February and March.) The week before
spring break, I got two phone calls from friends saying they were
in. All the rest of us waited anxiously. I probably
started checking the mail twice a day at that point. The...
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