I originally raved about this in the happy & cheerful thread but I'll say it here and elaborate a bit because some people don't read that thread. The main point of anxiety in my mind for the last couple years, especially the last few months, has been that I haven't gotten into university and am so behind in my degree. I was surprised when I didn't get in but eventually got used to the disappointment, and just resolved to endure through whatever I needed to do, accept this miserable life, keep applying for next year and hope that I get in. Keep living with my passive aggressive parents who just make me feel more guilty than I already am about it all. A month ago, I submitted the grades to the university from the courses I just took which I did well in, just in case. Then a couple days ago I e-mailed them, just in case there was a chance, while really I was about 99.5% sure it was too late and kind of felt stupid for even trying.
Then today, I checked the university account and it looked different somehow. The regular 'application status' button wasn't there. Instead I saw a message that said "you have 1 new alert," opened it and it says "Congratulations, you've been accepted into the bachelor of science in computer science program!" or something like that. I could hardly believe I was reading it right. I didn't even become ecstatic right away... I can't even explain what I was feeling. It was this excitement boiling up inside me that wanted to get out, but there was so much shock, and I was really calm, thinking really clearly for some reason, everything was like... slow motion. Then I finally let myself get excited for a few minutes while telling my parents, boyfriend, friend and DV about it.
This is good for so many reasons. I'll be a year ahead in my studies, my parents won't be making me feel like shit about school anymore, I don't think I'll even need to worry about getting a job now which has been an ongoing stress for the last month. I may even be living on campus or something in a month or two when classes start, away from my parents.