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1. Exploring all the options.
2. Making a preliminary list.
3. Trying to eliminate unrealistic choices.
4. But being convinced to go for it anyway.
5. Feeling a false sense of security during the summer.
6. Then making a Common App account.
7. Writing personal essays.
8. Filling out extracurricular activities.
9. Studying for the SAT.
10. Taking the SAT.
11. Finally submitting the applications.
12. Hearing other people getting accepted to their early action schools.
13. Getting rejected from yours.
14. Crying.
15. Crying.
16. And more crying.
17. Getting over it.
18. Finding a new spring in your step.
19. Waiting for decisions.
20. Getting acceptance letters back.
21. Being accepted to one of your first choices.
22. Choosing which school to attend.
23. Enrolling at the school of your dreams.
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