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The Big 10 with Jeff D'Alessio, June 14, 2015

With an Illini-record nine baseball players drafted last week, we asked our panel of 10: Where were you when you got your life-changing news?

ERIKA HAROLD

Urbana High grad, on being accepted to Harvard Law School

“I found out through an acceptance letter in the mail — a letter that ultimately would alter the direction of my life. As I like to receive and process potentially bad news on my own, I took the envelope into my house and made certain that I was completely alone before opening it.

“When I finally did, I immediately called my parents to tell them the good news.