Ricky, who is #8 on the EATM alternate list (and I am #9), wrote a letter to the EATM counselor today to find out if there was still a chance for him to be accepted.

This is the letter from the counselor:

I have contacted thru # 5 on the wait list - and I think that will make up the full class for this year..... so it does not look like we will get to you...

sorry.

Well, if they're not getting to him this year, they're definitely not getting to me. So, that is that. This sucks. I had imagined us all hanging out together at EATM and getting to know one another. I kept my hopes up all the way until I got Ricky's email today. And then I cried my eyes out. Actually, I had a moment where I'd kind of stopped crying, and then the phone rang, and I saw it was Misti. I thought I'd be able to tell her the news without crying, so I answered the phone and immediately burst into tears all over again. Misti was surprised to hear the news, as was I, and was very supportive and awesome. Thanks, Misti! Joe called me on the other line (I'd just told him the news on IM), so I got off the line with Misti to talk to Joe, who is the most incredible person ever and totally made me feel better. Thanks, Joe!! He pointed out a lot of good things about going to UCLA (like the pretty weather!), which was very cool.

Anyway. At least the waiting game is over. It sucks, but at least now I know. God, I really, truly thought I was going to get accepted! Oy.

Well, there are far worse things in the world than having UCLA as my Plan B. So... GO BRUINS! Heh.

All righty. So that's that. I'm officially a Psych major at UCLA. I can be okay with that. And I think maybe in a few more days, I can even be excited about that.

Thanks for the support and positive thoughts on EATM, everyone. Stay tuned, and we can go through all this together again in a couple of years!