2014-2015 Duke University Application Thread
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!!!!! Well done!!!!
For anybody who has trouble believing in the II they got, I'd like to share some of the therapies that worked for me.
1. Check the email every 20mins for 3 days, every hour for a week, then once everyday for the rest of your life.
2. Stare at the email for 30s each time, especially at the word "congratulations!".
3. Screenshot the email and use it as desktop saver, home screen/lock screen for your phone.
4. Join a group (SDN works) and talk about the II with other people who have the same problem.
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Congratssssssssss!Omg you guys... II!!Complete first week of July.
The mystical penguin avatar.... it works....
I was skeptical, but evidence is so overwhelmingly strong. Got to give in!
Omg you guys... II!!Complete first week of July.
The mystical penguin avatar.... it works....
if i could like this post a million times, i absolutely would
Next step, send LOI mentioning recent progress made in penguinification.
Seriously, imagine the reactions of Adcom when reading this thread...
Omg you guys... II!!Complete first week of July.
The mystical penguin avatar.... it works....
Alright I'm convinced. Cue the fire-breathing penguin.
Omg you guys... II!!Complete first week of July.
The mystical penguin avatar.... it works....
For real though, what I'm most interested is how you got that awesome dancing penguin in there!
Still waiting for II, hoping for some love soon, Duke is awesome.
Not sure, but I'm on board.
I want to play, too!
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You didn't....? To be honest, I thought you were one of the few original penguins who got II here...guess I'm mistaken...
Way too superstitious not to get in on this penguin action....Hoping Duke sends some love to all the other penguins (and other cute creatures, bonus points for diversity) out there!
jsquared, I like the way you think.
What do you mean? I didn't realize there was such a thing.
I think he means rejections.
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Gotcha! Also, fabulous penguin picture!
Instead of the Class of 2019 thread we should make a "Penguins of 2019" thread.
Yes, that is what I meant. Rejection seems too harsh.
I'm going to rock this cat for one week until I join on the bandwagon.
I've joined the club. Can I have my II now?
Lol.. self fulfilling prophecy going on here. My Asian watermelon child seemed to work just fine!
Ohhhh that's what that is....
Idea: people who actually make it to the white coat ceremony next year at Duke should buy a bunch of penguin shaped balloons with "Penguin 2019" written on it and just casually give it out to all the students after they've got their stethoscope. Now imagine the confusion of the school when they sees the penguin dominated auditorium room.
Then each time there is some kind of student activities, have one of us dress up like a penguin and just hang around for no apparent reason.
I was thinking we could get penguin class rings, then discretely acknowledge each other at conferences 30 years down the line. We could recruit future applicant years, and have class orders just like the masons! And write a penguin code in a big leather-bound tome, and underground meetings wearing penguin masks to discuss climate change. Many decades later, people will gossip, "Did you hear? The new director of the AMA is a 9th order penguin."
I love cults. Maybe too much.
HAHA! This is great!
I'm pretty sure that's how PBK started...time for P for Penguin!! Of course we won't have a special handshake--penguin ain't got no hands. But we can have special walk, you know, the penguin walk.
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Yes.
Congrats 🙂. It's not superstition if it works! Where at (if you don't mind me asking)?I joined the ranks yesterday, and just got my first II.
I'm not saying it works, but I'm not saying anything else either.
I didn't apply to Duke but I'm joining the penguin trend!
