I could be wrong but I'm almost certain it sounded like Lan Samantha Chang's breathing.

Just received an email from Brown.

Subject: Brown University Graduate School Admissions Process

The first line reads, "Thank you for applying for admission to Brown University Graduate School." I'll admit I almost threw up a bit at my desk when I read that, but the rest of the email is just to inform candidates that they are reviewing apps and "will soon prepare decision letters. Offers of admission will be sent via postal mail."

I hope Mr. Postman will soon bring good news in a fat envelope postmarked out of Providence.
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Holy crap, I totally missed that in the email!
*breathes deeply*

I find it kinda scary that we'll get calls if we get into any of these programs ... I imagine I'll be in class or on Spring Break or something when they call :-P (I'm still an undergrad, in my senior year).

This is where I think the response times for last year helped me--Brown typically doesn't notify until the second week of March (although some students hear from them earlier and do an interview, apparently) so when I got that email, I wasn't expecting anything more than "your application is complete."-------------
Interviews, really?? How do they pick the people they interview, do you know?