Yale…
March 31st, 2006
I am as close as I ever got to attending Yale… I got a phone call this morning from a Young Life friend of mine, Dan. He got into Yale today! I guess nowadays you can check online to see if you got in, a little different than when most of us had to wait and check the mailbox each day.
2 amazing examples of subtle love:
- I was the first person he called. It touches my heart like I can't explain that a HS kid would think to call me first about such huge news! Even before he posted it on his MySpace.com bulletin!
- He also hasn't heard back from Williams… His brother goes there. Hist brother didn't get into Yale with perfect SAT scores and a 4.0+ GPA. He told me he hopes he doesn't get into Williams so that his brother can say to him, "I got in to Williams and you didn't" Simply amazing that he is thinking of his brother in that way. It strikes me as a perfect way of loving his brother that he would lay his own humility on the table before him.
SIDE NOTE: he got into Wheaton where I wrote him my first letter of reccommendation… 1 for 1 baby!!!
That is one very smart and very nice family…both Dan, Tim and parents!
Yale and Williams are both good schools, in general.