XANDER: Willow, what are these?

WILLOW: They're early admission packets.

XANDER: Harvard... Yale... Wesleyan... Some German Polytechnical Institute whose name I, uh... I can't pronounce. Is anyone else intimidated? 'Cause I'm just expecting thin slips of paper with the words 'No Way' written in crayon.

OZ: They're typing those now.

XANDER: (nods) Hmm.

WILLOW: I'm so overwhelmed! I-I got in! To actual colleges! And, a-and they're wooing me! They're pitching woo!

BUFFY: (smiles) The wooing stage is always fun.

WILLOW: But it's weird. Now, rejection I can handle 'cause of the years of training, but this...

XANDER: I feel your pain, Will. Like right now, I'm torn between the fast-growing fields of appliance repair and motel management. Of course, I'm still waiting to hear back from the, uh, Corndog Emporium, so...

He crosses his fingers and then holds his hands together in a sarcastic gesture of prayer.

BUFFY: Well, I think it's great. Early admission. (to Willow) Now there's nothing standing between you and a brilliant future.

OZ: Well, if I may suggest, graduate. Gettin' left back: not the thrill ride you'd expect.

• Academics

written by: Douglas Petrie; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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