High school seniors' reactions to Ivy League admissions ranged from joy to gallows humor

Abby Jackson

Apr 1, 2015, 22:50 IST

Hundreds of thousands of kids throughout the world learned Tuesday at 5 p.m. if they were accepted or rejected into the Ivy League.

The reaction across Twitter reflected a range of emotions as kids signed online and discovered their fate for the upcoming year.

Reactions ranged from pure joy:

Dreams actually do come true!! Today has been one of the best days of my life! #Yale2019 #futurebulldog
- Miguel Lepe (@malepe0425) April 1, 2015

I GOT INTO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY! I'M CRYING #Columbia2019 ???????? pic.twitter.com/TnVXSm95vo
- Marchelle Lundquist (@Marchellelq) April 1, 2015

So unbelievably grateful ?????? #harvard2019 pic.twitter.com/OiT38dXmvo
- Ana Montalvo (@AnaMontalvo01) March 31, 2015

To disappointment:

Aaand I don't know why I considered the possibility of getting in. Bye Harvard College Class of 2019. pic.twitter.com/7pTEKoBW90
- Mateo ValldeRuten C. (@vcmatt42) March 31, 2015

Definitely not Princeton class of 2019
- captain (@RobReidyTFM) March 31, 2015

Some chose to use humor to combat their rejections:

So proud to say I've been admitted to Harvard class of 2019!lol jk we going to Bucknell
- Troy Rothschild (@trschwab) April 1, 2015

Hoping Harvard sends me an email saying, "April's fool! You're not rejected. Congratulations on admittance into our class of 2019!"
- Rebeca (@BeckyBeaar) April 1, 2015

Chocolate milk will never reject you #protips #IvyDay
- Josh Hughes (@JoshHughesIA) April 1, 2015

Caught those rejections like Odell Beckham Jr. #IvyDay
- Ayyan Zubair (@AyyanicBond) April 1, 2015

Many chose to see the glass half-full:

Not even upset that I got rejected from Harvard, because now I am officially in the University of Texas class of 2019 ???? #hookem
- Reilly King (@reillynking) April 1, 2015

Rejected from Princeton! I didn't have to choose, decision was chosen for me! Vanderbilt Class of 2019! Going to be a Commodore!!!!
- Paolo Dumancas (@Paolo_Dumancas) March 31, 2015

And some students are in the enviable position of choosing among multiple Ivies: