This is just a quick post to congratulate all those who were just accepted regular decision to Yale for the class of 2012.這只是一個快速郵政祝賀所有那些只接受定期的決定，耶魯，為工人階級的2012年。 This is a great achievement!這是一個了不起的成就！ Some of you will come to Bulldog Days, some (like me) won’t, and some of you will decide to go somewhere else altogether.你們當中有些人會來牛頭犬天，一些國家（像我）不會，你們當中有些人將決定到別的地方去完全。

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，也只是一張字條給說，即使你的心定於耶魯大學，而你拒絕或輪侯，一切都是沒有丟失！ 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).骯髒秘密高校招生的是，人們往往很樂意何處去，有什麼更重要的是，其實質就是一所學校一樣，耶魯沒有因果關係的影響，你的成功機會，或在生活中還是等等-你控制，並有統計學您只是作為能與之媲美（如圖所示，由分析人士進入耶魯大學，但選擇到其他地方） 。

I’m reposting below a message from a fellow member of 2011, originally posted before SCEA decisions in December.我reposting下面一個信息，由資深會員， 2011年，最初張貼之前scea決定在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，我知道你在現實生活中，你得到的，甚至如果你沒有，請讓我知道，因為我急於見到，如果你可能會加入我明年… …你知道你是誰！ Without further ado:沒有進一步的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!作為一類11 yalie ，我可以告訴你，很多人對校園很興奮，在一個多一天會有幾百名新的準yalies ！ As a former SCEA applicant, i can also understand how anxious many of you are right now.作為前scea申請人，我也能理解如何著急你們中有許多人現在。 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.所以在您登錄之前，以admits.yale.edu和所得到的，是你可能想這是最關鍵的結果，你的人生了這一點，我想與各位分享一些想法。

Yale was my absolute first choice when i applied early action.耶魯大學是我絕對的第一選擇，當我申請儘早採取行動。 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.我希望被人在東北部，校園是美麗的，住宅團制度是否真的工作（即，我不想想像這學期要一直想，如果我沒有伯克利分校的，但是我想超越提出此項注） ，並像我一樣這麼討厭承認它，龐大的養老和姓名都是大賣點。 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.耶魯大學也有其所佔的缺陷，如果你有一個浪漫的概念，一個完美的生命在你入場費（正如我） ，你已經被誤導。

I don’t mean to tell you that you shouldn’t be excited about tomorrow.我的意思並不是要告訴你，你不應該感到興奮的明天。 Yale is a great college and you’ve accomplished something very difficult if you’re accepted.耶魯大學是一個偉大的大學，你已經完成了一件很困難的，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.我認為你應該知道的，就是我常想，我可以得到一樣滿意，如果不是更滿意，有一個不同高校的經驗。 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.耶魯不是一個完美的地方，耶魯大學，是不是"一" ，所以，如果明天在fiveish （為最盼望你們當中，我相信你能獲得結果在4:15左右，去年） ，你看不到一個大的藍幕，以牛頭犬取代A在耶魯，知道生活並沒有結束。 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，對多數人來說，實在已沒有"一" ，並認為你的大學經驗將是什麼使你的。 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，誰是每一個有點聰明，因為我，但去了學院，美國新聞與世界報導排名低於其頂部第五十二文理學院，有一個更令人滿意的高校經驗比我有這個學期。 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.知道耶魯是一個偉大的地方，有趣的人，以及很多的選擇，但也知道有很多偉大的地方，類似的資源。 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.知道四年從現在開始，你只是去了一所高校的經驗和優質的經驗，主要是取決於態度，你的辦法。

So for those of you who do see the bulldog tomorrow, know this: you are very lucky.所以你們這些人確實看到了牛頭犬明天，知道一點：你很幸運。 Visit Yale, live our lives for a few days, and decide if this is the right place for you.訪問耶魯大學，活出我們的生命，過了幾天，並決定如果這是正確的地方給你。 The large majority of you will come to that conclusion, and that’sa testament to the magic of Yale.大部分的，你會來這一結論，並that'sa地證明了這一神奇的耶魯大學。 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.對於那些你不看到牛頭犬，它的當務之急是你們樹立什麼，我不能：如果你有一個實際的拍攝在耶魯，您可以很好的形狀將被接納其他許多高校，有可能其中包括幾名耶魯大學的同行學校。 What’s more (and more important), wherever you end up, your experience is contingent upon your outlook and actions more than anything else.何況（更重要的） ，無論您在哪裡結束了，你的經驗是取決於你的視野和行動，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.有沒有"一" ，一個您選擇的，正如美國有可能和其他的地方要絕對最好的體驗給你。

Best of luck, wherever tomorrow takes you.最好的運氣，而明天將帶您。

~A bulldog ‘11 〜 A的牛頭犬11

I don’t agree with every word, but it’sa pretty good message.我不同意的每一個字，但它是很好的訊息。 To prospective students reading: let me know how things turn out!向準大學生讀書：讓我懂得的東西出來！ I am always interested in the going-ons of my readers, really.我一向有興趣在去插件我的讀者，真的。 I hope everyone gets what they want, but that sadly can’t be the case.我希望每個人都得到他們想要的，但可悲的，可並非如此。 Just remember that what makes your college experience great is not your college–it’s you.只記得什麼使你的大學經驗，是多麼的偉大，不是你上大學是你的。

[ message originally posted in December消息最初張貼在12月 ]