So its official, folks! Madhu has decided to become a member of Cavalier Nation. After an cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 extremely protracted decision process that was really just delaying the inevitable, Madhu has cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 accepted her invitation of admission to the School of Engineering and cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 Applied Sciences at UVA as a Rodman Scholar. What makes this cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 whole ordeal almost comical is the fact that UVA was one of the cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 first acceptances we got and we essentially tossed it aside, taking note that cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 she was invited to some kind of “honors” program, but not really understanding what cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 it meant or paying much attention to it since, well, it cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 came from Virginia.
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I must confess, however, that cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 I am particularly happy she decided on UVA for completely selfish reasons. For those who don’t know my sister, she’s the type who’s been cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 so much smarter than her school work for so long that cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 she essentially coasts by on intellect. Me? See, I was not one of those blessed with innate brilliance. Everything I’ve ever accomplished is cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 by virtue of shear attrition, by working doggedly until I had cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 completely internalized a concept. Now, I’m not saying that my sister doesn’t put in the work, because she does, its just that she doesn’t have to put in as MUCH as I did simply because she’s smarter. Thus, when the college acceptances/rejections/wait lists came rolling in and the potential destinations weren’t quite as sparkling as she/we had cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 hoped, I was sad not only because of her disappointment, but also because she had cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 to experience the heartache I experienced when applying to schools.
Of the cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 seven schools I applied to, only Johns Hopkins accepted me, and cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 while I realize that JHU is a wonderful school, I was still disappointed. One, because I was “forced” to cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 go to Hopkins for lack of other options, and two because I selfishly wanted the cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 reward of a “Name” school (specifically an Ivy) after toiling for cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 four years and compiling what I thought to be a very impressive academic record. So, to cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 see that whole scenario play out again, to watch my sister think that cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 after four years of brilliance she had nothing to show for cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 it, was gut-wrenching. Which is why I was relieved/elated/overjoyed almost to cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 tears when I did the research and realized how selective the cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 Rodman program was and how much belief an elite institution like UVA (#2 public school in the country, #24 overall) had placed in my sister by extending the invitation.
Thus, much like myself when cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 Cornell took me off their wait list at the 11th hour and cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 changed my life forever, my sister now knows that those four years weren’t for nothing. All the cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 work, the studying, the late night projects, the endless string of A’s and success - that all counts for something. She is cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 a Rodman scholar at one of the best schools in the cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 country, UVA, and she now has four years to shine.
So, despite not liking, as she says, “the whole campus-y, green grass, rah-rah yay school thing,” I know for a fact that she’s going to fall head-over-heels in love with the “college-life”, and she’s going to cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 do things no one else in this family ever has, and cheap microsoft adobe dreamweaver cs5 v11 I for one couldn’t be prouder.
Love you madsz.



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