Celebratory Song

[Smaudge]

For me, it's always that instrumental portion of

(2:35) by Coldplay. Picture me opening the envelope, then slow-motion running down a street waving the flapping piece of paper in my outstretched hand. Around "lights will guide you home," I'll probably end in a freeze frame fist pump into the air, a la Breakfast Club. Bliss.

Does anyone else have a mental soundtrack in case you get accepted?

Edited February 1, 2010 by Smaudge

[DJLamar]

For Berkeley or (to a slightly lesser extent) Stanford, the obvious choice is:

It's funny actually that that has become my anthem for high hopes for grad school admissions...

[gazelle]

UCSD--"California" by Phantom Planet

Columbia--"Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keyes

[chocker]

every stranger's eye ( waters)

for any admit

and for each rejection

fix you ( Cold Play )

[luar de ouro]

Kanye West - "Good Life"

I'll be dancing around my room to this, if I get into one of seven schools I applied for.

Oh, and also Fort Minor's "Remember the Name", the number one song used for badass martial arts showreels on Youtube. This song makes me want to throw on a wifebeater and giant bling and yell "F^ck yeah!!" out my window.

Edited February 1, 2010 by luar de ouro

[melusine]

Irene Cara's Fame!

*I'm gonna live foreeeever!!*

[kobe36]

ditto on "empire state of mind" if i get into any of the NY schools I applied to.....

[focused]

Irene Cara's Fame!

*I'm gonna live foreeeever!!*

Ever since I read your post earlier today, this song has been stuck in my head!

[Serric]

"Square Nothing" by In Flames. Seemed like a good way to kick out the nagging doubts before my first acceptance today

"Spent some quality time

with the demon of mine:

I said, 'I like the way you struggled

but you KNOW I'm here to win.' "

[casey825]

Don't Stop Me Now (Queen)

Supergirl (Saving Jane)

Defying Gravity (Wicked)

[EelAwaits]

I've been dancing to it every night anyway to help dispel my nervous energy. If I get in, I'll probably loop it and just keep going! The greatest groove of all.

[piccgeek]

"Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson...because I'll be leaving my current program!

[poco_puffs]

Ditto on "Fame" for the first post-acceptance freak-out dance. However, "Damn It Feels Good to Be A Gangsta" will be playing during my slow motion montage where I'm walking through the airport, arriving for visitation weekends, and slow-bounce walking through my new campus.

[Pamphilia]

"Damn It Feels Good to Be A Gangsta" will be playing during my slow motion montage where I'm walking through the airport, arriving for visitation weekends, and slow-bounce walking through my new campus.

Yes, this exactly. Ha!

When I got my good news, I found myself listing to "Be Somebody" by the Kings of Leon (not "Use Somebody," different song) over and over: "Given the chance, I'm gonna beeeeeee somebody!"

Then yesterday at work, while I was watching more and more acceptances for programs I'd applied to go up on the results page (and being bummed because I was not hearing anything myself), my boss was blasting "Tuesday's Gone" on repeat. Seemed appropriate.

[Smaudge]

I love slow-motion montages.

[casey825]

For rejections, a very good song would be That Thing You Do.

You...doing that thing you do...breaking my heart into a million pieces...You don't need to be cruel...I tried and tried to forget [your school] but it's just so hard to do...

However, I am hoping that it does not come to this.

[tem11]

I definitely played the above-mentioned "Empire State of Mind" when I heard back from NYU and Columbia Too bad they're both crazy expensive and probably won't offer me any funding.

[Jade]

Kanye West - "Good Life"

I'll be dancing around my room to this, if I get into one of seven schools I applied for.

Oh, and also Fort Minor's "Remember the Name", the number one song used for badass martial arts showreels on Youtube. This song makes me want to throw on a wifebeater and giant bling and yell "F^ck yeah!!" out my window.

Remember the Name!! Yes!! I was just about to post that, too!!!!

Regardless of your feelings towards rap music, this song fits the application and graduate school processes, perfectly.

[coffeeintotheorems]

Brahms Violin Concerto, third movement.

[SimilarlyDifferent]

Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars.

[PrettyVacant]

I'm gonna have to second "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen. Then again, it's more of a fighting zombies song, a la Shaun of the Dead.

My ultimate celebratory song would be "Walking The Dog" by fun.

[heelsoverhead]

Definitely "Defying Gravity" by Wicked!

"To those who ground me, take a message back from me. Tell them hello, I am Defying Gravity. I'm flying high, Defying Gravity!"

[whatshewrote]

Haha - this is ultra cheesy, but when I received my first acceptance, the first song I listened to (driving home from work, singing at the top of my lungs) was Katy Perry's "Firework." That's right.

[Gunner24]

Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song (aka, Feelin' Groovy )

[MoJingly]

Tiny Tim "Living in the Sunlight." Because with great happiness, I like a little pain.