I have in my hand four envelopes
from the office of admissions
at the University of Pennbrook.
You robbed our mailboxes!
Hey, it's a federal offense.
I am so proud of you.
I'm in. I did it! I'm in!
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
(LAUGHS)
(SIGHS)
Oh, well, I... I guess not everybody can get in.
But I did.
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
All right. Why don't you go now, Cory?
I'm in! I'm in! Those idiots let me in!
Whoo! All right, all right.
Wait, wait, wait. We got one more to go,
and let's not lie. This is a toughie.
Shawn, no matter what happens, I love you.
I'm ready. CORY: Okay.
Wait list!
(LAUGHS) All right!
What?
I'm on the wait list, so if they don't get filled up
with all the people that they've already accepted,
I get in.
But the plan was
for all of us to go to school together.
What's the big deal? We're always gonna be friends.
No, no, no. Everyone says that.
And then they graduate from high school,
and they never see each other again.
Could that happen?
I'm getting you into Pennbrook.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
That's good. Everything's getting better.
I'm getting happy. You know, we're all together.
I'm getting a burger. Everything is good.
Well, you know what else is good.
Tell him the good news, honey.
No more part-time job. My boss says that after I graduate,
he wants me to be his full-time assistant.
That's great, Shawn! Yeah.
That's the big news?
Tell 'em what else.
This came in the mail today.
Yes! Is it from Pennbrook?
Yes! You did it! You're in!
We are all together forever.
Well, wait. Let's not get carried away.
We don't know what's in the letter.
No, no, no. I know what it says
because I know what it has to say.
"It is our pleasure to inform you
"that due to our latest enrollment figures,
"you have been moved off the wait list
"and are officially accepted into Pennbrook University."
(ALL EXCLAIMING)
Yes! The enrollment figures. That was me. I fixed 'em.
That was me.
Oh, God, I am so proud of you.
Thanks.
She meant Shawn.
What'd he do?
Wow. I did it. I actually got into college.
This is a big day.
This is the biggest day, Shawn.
See, Topanga, I told you.
Everything is gonna work out.
Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention for a second?
My best friend, Shawn Hunter...
I think I'm gonna take the job.
...is throwing away his entire life.
I'm just saying I need time to think.
No thinking!
Barry is on his way to Tahiti because of you.
You are going to college!
You're not my father, Cory.
If I was your father, Shawn, I'd spank you!
Because that's what you deserve! A big spanking!
Now, take down your pants!
Topanga has some news. Right, Topanga?
This is probably a bad time.
Topanga got a letter from Yale.
If you don't go to Pennbrook, we are finished.
Don't worry, honey. I don't even know if Yale accepted me yet.
I was talking to Shawn. What are you talking about?
Go ahead. Open it.
I applied to Yale when Cory and I broke up.
You know, you have a chance to have a real future here.
Not because I really wanted to go.
I just wanted to see if I could get in.
To get the kind of education where you do not have to talk
about exhaust manifolds for the rest of your life.
'Cause, you know, with my GPA being so high
and my boards being so, well, high...
You deserve more, Shawn, okay? Give yourself a chance.
Give me that. Here's your food.
Not hungry.
Not my problem. Still have to pay.
Shawn.
I need time to think, Cor.
You made the wait list, kid. Nice going.
I think I'll give the check to...
You.
Gee. I really thought I'd get in.
Cory, I feel awful.
You feel awful? About what?
Not getting into Yale.
Yale? Shawn could never get into Yale.
I mean, you could hardly get into Yale.
What?