This is just a quick post to congratulate all those who were just accepted regular decision to Yale for the class of 2012.这只是一个快速邮政祝贺所有那些只接受定期的决定，耶鲁，为工人阶级的2012年。 This is a great achievement!这是一个了不起的成就！ Some of you will come to Bulldog Days, some (like me) won’t, and some of you will decide to go somewhere else altogether.你们当中有些人会来牛头犬天，一些国家（像我）不会，你们当中有些人将决定到别的地方去完全。

It’s also just a note to say that even if your heart was set on Yale, and you were rejected or waitlisted, all is not lost!它的，也只是一张字条给说，即使你的心定于耶鲁大学，而你拒绝或轮侯，一切都是没有丢失！ The dirty secret of college admissions is that people tend to be happy wherever they go, and what’s more, actually going to a school like Yale has no causal impact on your success or chances in life or etc–you control that, and statistically you’re just as able anywhere else (as shown by analysis of people who get into Yale, but choose to go elsewhere).肮脏秘密高校招生的是，人们往往很乐意何处去，有什么更重要的是，其实质就是一所学校一样，耶鲁没有因果关系的影响，你的成功机会，或在生活中还是等等-你控制，并有统计学您只是作为能与之媲美（如图所示，由分析人士进入耶鲁大学，但选择到其他地方） 。

I’m reposting below a message from a fellow member of 2011, originally posted before SCEA decisions in December.我reposting下面一个信息，由资深会员， 2011年，最初张贴之前scea决定在12月。 Also, if you I know you in real life and you got in or even if you didn’t, please let me know because I am anxious to see if you might be joining me next year… you know who you are!此外，如果你，我知道你在现实生活中，你得到的，甚至如果你没有，请让我知道，因为我急于见到，如果你可能会加入我明年… …你知道你是谁！ Without further ado:没有进一步的ADO的：

Hi!喜！ As a class of ‘11 yalie, i can tell you that lots of people on campus are excited that in a little over a day there will be several hundred new prospective yalies!作为一类11 yalie ，我可以告诉你，很多人对校园很兴奋，在一个多一天会有几百名新的准yalies ！ As a former SCEA applicant, i can also understand how anxious many of you are right now.作为前scea申请人，我也能理解如何着急你们中有许多人现在。 So before you log on to admits.yale.edu and get what you may think is the most critical result of your life up to this point, i wanted to share some thoughts.所以在您登录之前，以admits.yale.edu和所得到的，是你可能想这是最关键的结果，你的人生了这一点，我想与各位分享一些想法。

Yale was my absolute first choice when i applied early action.耶鲁大学是我绝对的第一选择，当我申请尽早采取行动。 I wanted to be in the northeast, the campus is beautiful, the residential college system really does work (ie, i don’t want to imagine what this semester would have been like if i didn’t have berkeley, but that’s beyond the point of this note), and as much as i hate to admit it, the huge endowment and name are big selling points.我希望被人在东北部，校园是美丽的，住宅团制度是否真的工作（即，我不想想象这学期要一直想，如果我没有伯克利分校的，但是我想超越提出此项注） ，并像我一样这么讨厌承认它，庞大的养老和姓名都是大卖点。 Yale also has its share of flaws, and if you have a romantic notion of a perfect life following your admission (as i did), you’ve been misled.耶鲁大学也有其所占的缺陷，如果你有一个浪漫的概念，一个完美的生命在你入场费（正如我） ，你已经被误导。

I don’t mean to tell you that you shouldn’t be excited about tomorrow.我的意思并不是要告诉你，你不应该感到兴奋的明天。 Yale is a great college and you’ve accomplished something very difficult if you’re accepted.耶鲁大学是一个伟大的大学，你已经完成了一件很困难的，如果你接受了。 What i do think you should know is that i’ve often thought i could have been just as satisfied, if not more satisfied, with a different college experience.我认为你应该知道的，就是我常想，我可以得到一样满意，如果不是更满意，有一个不同高校的经验。 Yale isn’ta perfect place, and yale isn’t “the one.” So if tomorrow at fiveish (for the most eager among you, i believe you could access the results at around 4:15 last year) you don’t see a big blue screen with a bulldog replacing the A in YALE, know that life is not over.耶鲁不是一个完美的地方，耶鲁大学，是不是"一" ，所以，如果明天在fiveish （为最盼望你们当中，我相信你能获得结果在4:15左右，去年） ，你看不到一个大的蓝幕，以牛头犬取代A在耶鲁，知道生活并没有结束。 Know that for most of us there really is no “one,” and that your college experience will be what you make of it.知道，对多数人来说，实在已没有"一" ，并认为你的大学经验将是什么使你的。 Know that my sister, who is every bit as smart as i am but went to a college that US News and World Report ranks below their top fifty liberal arts colleges, had a more satisfying college experience than i’ve had this semester.知道我的姐姐，谁是每一个有点聪明，因为我，但去了学院，美国新闻与世界报道排名低于其顶部第五十二文理学院，有一个更令人满意的高校经验比我有这个学期。 Know that Yale is a great place with interesting people and lots of options, but know that there are lots of great places with similar resources.知道耶鲁是一个伟大的地方，有趣的人，以及很多的选择，但也知道有很多伟大的地方，类似的资源。 Know that four years from now, you’re only going to have had one college experience and the quality of that experience is mostly dependent upon the attitude with which you approach it.知道四年从现在开始，你只是去了一所高校的经验和优质的经验，主要是取决于态度，你的办法。

So for those of you who do see the bulldog tomorrow, know this: you are very lucky.所以你们这些人确实看到了牛头犬明天，知道一点：你很幸运。 Visit Yale, live our lives for a few days, and decide if this is the right place for you.访问耶鲁大学，活出我们的生命，过了几天，并决定如果这是正确的地方给你。 The large majority of you will come to that conclusion, and that’sa testament to the magic of Yale.大部分的，你会来这一结论，并that'sa地证明了这一神奇的耶鲁大学。 For those of you who don’t see that bulldog, it’s imperative that you embrace what i could not: If you had a realistic shot at Yale, you’re in very good shape and will be admitted to many other colleges, likely including several of Yale’s peer schools.对于那些你不看到牛头犬，它的当务之急是你们树立什么，我不能：如果你有一个实际的拍摄在耶鲁，您可以很好的形状将被接纳其他许多高校，有可能其中包括几名耶鲁大学的同行学校。 What’s more (and more important), wherever you end up, your experience is contingent upon your outlook and actions more than anything else.何况（更重要的） ，无论您在哪里结束了，你的经验是取决于你的视野和行动，比任何事情都重要。 There is no “one”, and the one you choose is just as likely as anywhere else to be the absolute best experience possible for you.有没有"一" ，一个您选择的，正如美国有可能和其他的地方要绝对最好的体验给你。

Best of luck, wherever tomorrow takes you.最好的运气，而明天将带您。

~A bulldog ‘11 〜 A的牛头犬11

I don’t agree with every word, but it’sa pretty good message.我不同意的每一个字，但它是很好的讯息。 To prospective students reading: let me know how things turn out!向准大学生读书：让我懂得的东西出来！ I am always interested in the going-ons of my readers, really.我一向有兴趣在去插件我的读者，真的。 I hope everyone gets what they want, but that sadly can’t be the case.我希望每个人都得到他们想要的，但可悲的，可并非如此。 Just remember that what makes your college experience great is not your college–it’s you.只记得什么使你的大学经验，是多么的伟大，不是你上大学是你的。

[ message originally posted in December消息最初张贴在12月 ]