In past years, I followed my Mom's advise and applied to as many schools as possible. In past years, I was summarily rejected by every school that I applied to. Evidently, I put my eggs in too many baskets in the past.
I don't know yet if I'll be going to NAU. There are other extraneous factors that I'm not at liberty to publicly discuss at present, but things are really looking up for me. Going to grad school is the fruition of my entire life's work so far. I'll grant that any progress towards pre-eminent vertebrate paleontologist is the fruition of my life's work so far, but this is a very big step. I'll admit though that receiving the letter didn't cause any real reaction. I already knew it was coming. My prospective advisor wants me to work with him and I have funding lined up, I've been notified several times before that I'm getting in. Receiving this letter just makes it official. The irony is that I won't be able to respond to the letter until the extraneous factors are resolved. C'est la vie. Life is a waiting game.