[pitt1980]

you know that was my first reaction to the email too (actually my first reaction was petty jealously that I didn't get that email)

when I thought about it some more, that might have be a really nice break for someone who deserved it, and the type of person who took that class and was in the top 1,000, is probably the type of person who would make the most of a nice break

take away, the more I thought about it the less I had a problem with it

[singular]

Oh I'd be being dishonest if I said there wasn't a petty ego blow there on my part too, esp. since there were a few answers that I just didn't check properly. Part of it is that I was simply frustrated that it had become that sort of thing. Had a perhaps romantic view of this kind of thing. Certainly don't mean to take away from those who scored so well :)