One of the Best Days of My Life

Waiting for William & Mary Early Decisions to come out in the fall of 2012 was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do. And I’m not exaggerating in the slightest. I’ve wanted to go to William & Mary since I was around 5 years old. I still remember, to this day, seeing the Wren Building from afar, near the end of DoG Street when I was around that age. I asked my Dad, “Dad, what is that?” He said, “It’s William & Mary, sweetie. That’s where the big girls go to college.” And I said firmly, “Then that’s where I want to go to college!” Ever since then, I’ve been completely in love with not only the beauty of William & Mary’s campus, but its close-knit, lively, and intelligent community that I’d had the privilege of getting to see growing up (as my family visited Colonial Williamsburg/W&M) at least once a year).

But I digress. I vividly remember the day that I received my acceptance email – it was November 30th, 2012 and it was a Friday. I had barely gotten through that school week because I knew that decisions were going to come out soon and needless to say, I was checking my email super aggressively. I was the only person out of my class that applied to William & Mary ED, so it was extra nerve-wracking for me as everyone else had either applied to other colleges ED or were waiting to apply regular decision. Even my favorite high school teacher knew how nervous I was – William & Mary was my dream school! When I got home from school that day, I told myself to only check my email every couple of hours (I know, I sound like a crazy person). However, I was a HUGE fan of the “Admit It!” blogs and decided to check them that evening around dinnertime. I saw a post (“Decisions, Decisions”) that said that decision emails were being sent out and my heart almost stopped. I was the only one home that night – my parents were out to dinner together and my little sister was next door hanging out with her best friend. I called her immediately and told her I needed her to come over ASAP because I needed some emotional support either way when I checked my email. She said she couldn’t come over for another hour, and let me tell you that was the longest hour of my life. After an hour, she finally came home and I finally opened my email. Once I saw “Good Things” in the subject line I absolutely lost it. I burst in tears and started jumping up and down as me and my sister probably hugged for a good 5 minutes. I couldn’t believe it!

That was truly one of the best days of my life. I could not be happier at William & Mary and am so thankful to be here every single day. Some advice that I would give to students who are currently waiting ever so impatiently for decisions to come out – try not to stress too much. I know it’s such an exciting time, but just know that everything does happen for a reason and you will succeed wherever you go! Some of your lives are about to change in such a good way and I’m so excited to welcome the Class of 2019!!!

Until next time! 🙂
– Marissa