MacBook Stopped Working

I had it sitting on my desk, and I was talking to a friend at the door. I closed the door and turned around and accidentally hit my water bottle, but only a little spilled on it. I cleaned it up and it seemed alright. My friend sent me an IM and as soon as I started typing the whole thing just shut down.
After a few tries and thoughts about throwing it over the balcony, it booted. It seemed fine but after the boot screen the display started flickering, and the sleep light came on.
My friends tried it, and the screen started flickering now with the booting screen. I have Apple Care but I'm in college and can't wait for it to be fixed and I have no money for a new one.
A little later now it doesnt turn on at all, just the sleep light. If I hold the power button it goes off, but when I press it again the sleep light just comes on and nothing else.
What now?

A couple of things...
1.) Get the machine to qualify technician to have them attempt to resolve the issue or offer a repair solution.
2.) If water was spilled on the machine it is considered accidental damage and thus the repair on the computer is NOT covered by Apple Care.
Now with that being said... there's a couple of things you can try before arranging service on the machine.
- Reset the SMC (Remove battery, A/C power, hold power button for 10 seconds)
- Reset the PRAM (Hold CommandOption+PR on startup)
- Remove the battery, connect the A/C power and attempt to startup
I've seen a drop of water out of an eye dropper fry a complete circuit board that's 3x the size of the ones in a MacBook as it shorted a circuit that started a chain reaction across 22 other circuits. So with the potential for liquid damage, anything is possible.
Ultimately, the best solution is to get it into an Apple Store and see what solutions they can offer you.

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