Dear Jimmy Hoya:

[JimmyHoya]

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Committee on Admissions has voted to accept your application for admission to Georgetown University. I am happy to offer you a place in the first year class for the fall of 2005....

WOOOOOHOOO!!!!!!!

This is just about the coolest thing that has ever happenned to me.

Not just a fan anymore...I'm gonna be a student.

[jerseyhoya34]

Congratulations are in order. You will be a welcome addition to the 2005-2006 Student Section.

[GUHoya07]

Congratulations, I can still remember how great it felt to open my acceptance letter.

And I hope to see you helping to make the student section an even stronger and stronger force over the coming years.

[showcase]

Congratulations, JimmyHoya!

And, because your intent to attend Georgetown suggests that perhaps you come from a family of means, now would be a good time to inform you of the policy that new admittees have to cover the HoyaTalk Hall-o'-Famers bar tab during one celebratory night out...

Seriously, congratulations - I hope your GU experience is every bit as rewarding and memorable as mine.

[hoyahoyasaxa]

Congrats!

When my acceptance came in a small envelope (not a big packet like many schools send out), I though it was a rejection. It was a great feeling to know that I had been accepted.

[tgo]

congrats!!!
That is great, what a load lifted off your back I am sure, i remember those days well.

[TBird41]

hoyahoyasaxa said:

Congrats!

When my acceptance came in a small envelope (not a big packet like many schools send out), I though it was a rejection. It was a great feeling to know that I had been accepted.

That happened to me too (the day after getting waitlisted by U Chicago).

Anyway, congrats Jimmy and welcome to the Hoya Family!

[JimmyHoya]

Thanks everybody!

Yeah, that thin envelope was pretty scary...

But I've been accepted and that's all that matters.

I'm doubley excited because 2 of my best friends were acceped as well. We'll def be up front leading cheers and spreading the word around campus!

[FLHoya]

hoyahoyasaxa said:

Congrats!

When my acceptance came in a small envelope (not a big packet like many schools send out), I though it was a rejection. It was a great feeling to know that I had been accepted.

Yep, they'll do that.

I asked Charles Deacon about that one time--what's up with those small envelopes? You trying to freak us out or something?

He says the Admissions Office just doesn't like overburdening folks with a stack of papers and forms and junk right away. They know what you REALLY want to see, after all. So they let you have that, then let you worry about the forms later.

Congratulations. One tip--make you sure you go to the reception in your area for admitted students. It's always (at least in my area) at some insanely rich person's house with nice food. You can learn a lot about a college based on the food at the receptions.

[C86]

Congratulations, Jimmy. Hoya Saxa

[Nevada Hoya]

showcase said:

Congratulations, JimmyHoya!

And, because your intent to attend Georgetown suggests that perhaps you come from a family of means, now would be a good time to inform you of the policy that new admittees have to cover the HoyaTalk Hall-o'-Famers bar tab during one celebratory night out...

Seriously, congratulations - I hope your GU experience is every bit as rewarding and memorable as mine.

Yes, showcase is right, drinks are on you.

Congratulations, Jimmy. As an alum interviewer, it is always great to be able to call up one of your interviewees and congratulate them on their acceptances. Well done! ;D

[SoCalHoya]

Fantastic! I remember when I got the small envelope. Freaked me out, but I was out of my mind with glee when I finally read the first paragraph. I actually jumped so high I hit my head on the ceiling of our dining room.

Congratulations!

[nodak89]

Way to go, Jimmy!

Thank goodness you won't need to change your screen name!

Welcome aboard. I expect you to have memorized the Fight Song by November.

Hoya Saxa!

[david]

congratulations. i hope i can be saying the same next year when i apply.

[SFHoya99]

Congrats, Jimmy!

[Gold Hoya]

hoyahoyasaxa said:

When my acceptance came in a small envelope (not a big packet like many schools send out), I though it was a rejection. It was a great feeling to know that I had been accepted.

Congrats to Jimmy!

I always warn students that I interview of this very fact. I don't want anyone passing out at the sight of a small envelope.

[david]

i'm just curious, and you may not want to answer this but ...where else did you apply?

[JimmyHoya]

Wake Forest, William & Mary, BC, UVA, Notre Dame, Holy Cross among others...

I was admitted to Holy Cross and waitlisted at all the others 'cept BC and UVA, who outright rejected me.

(That's what happens when you go to a very small school where everyone is friends and everyone is applying to essentially the same places/regions. Can't take all 12 (deserving) applicants from one school, can ya? Especially not when there's only 37 people in the class to begin with.)

Not that it matters now I'm a Hoya and I'm free from idiotic college admissions people and nutty advisers. Thank the heavens.

[david]

thanks ... as someone who will be applying to GU this year, i was very curious. congratulations .

[HoyaTejano]

You are going to be attending the finest university in America. And hell yeah I am biased. Georgetown Then, Georgetown Now and Georgetown Forever.