The Varelas

Lucy
I just found out that Lucy did get into the school she wanted to go to! She applied last year to James Madison University (JMU) and George Mason University (GMU), but George Mason was just because she felt like she had to apply to more than one; she really wanted to go to JMU. All of her close friends also applied early decision to JMU and got in; Lucy got deferred/put on the waiting list. :( So she applied at the regular application time and again got put on the waiting list. If you know Lucy, you know that she doesn't get very emotional or too attached to anything; she's so easy-going. But she really wanted this. Only last month did they find out that her high school was reporting her GPA incorrectly (some of her honors classes in California didn't transfer over correctly to Virginia), so the high school did contact JMU to let them know of her higher GPA, but still nothing. Housing applications were due to the school for Fall '04 students last week, so when that date came and went, I think Lucy just resigned herself to being happy about GMU.

Then today, she got a phone call: she's in! JMU, here she comes! I'm so excited for her. She's going to major in Political Science, thanks to an amazing teacher this year at her school.