CherryRose

@helloel: Oops- I think I confused you with somebody else. (This just confirms that I've lost half of my brain cells cranking out essays.) Sorry!

helloel

It's alright! There do seem to be a lot of applicants applying their second time around.

98beebee

Yeah, but I don't know if I would reapply if I got rejects and waitlists. We'll just have to see...

CherryRose

I've got mixed feelings on reapplying. I don't want to stay here at all, but it's a pretty grueling process to go through, AND you don't know the outcome. Potentially, though, there would be more experience so it would be... easier?

helloel

Yeah reapplying is not an option for me because I would have to apply has a repeat 11th or normal 12th and I am not doing that.

aubreygal

I'm applying for 9th, so I'm in middle school, but all of my friends/classmates, teachers, and principals know. They all think it's great, although some of my friends are like, "No! I'm going to miss you so much! You better come back to visit or imma kill you!" Haha So, needless to say, it'll be embarrassing if I don't get in. I keep telling them that the chances are slim, but everyone thinks that I'm like super amazing and will be accepted. So I'm hoping for the best haha.

helloel

Has anyone who's in high school now told their friend they're applying?

bookluver07

i would say to wait until you get in and know where you are going. then it makes it easier. cuz if you end up staying there, you will have scared your friends for nothiing

maddiemoiselle

I'm a current freshman and I've told a few of my friends about applying to BS, mostly since one of them had previously applied to the same school I did. For the most part, they're excited for me since they know how much I want to go. But my best friend refuses to speak to me about it at all, and is really mad about it. I've stopped mentioning it, but as I've already been accepted, she's going to have to deal with it, and we almost certainly won't keep in touch. And for the teachers gossiping, it's so true. Every teacher I have knows, despite the fact I've only told one. Most of them aren't shy about knowing either, and one of them said something about it in front of the class. That was fun...not.

chukkerhead

My school ends in 9th, so everyone I know is applying either as a repeat 9th or incoming 10th grader. It is a huge topic for the girls but not so much for the boys, but I'm always hearing who was at this reception or who ran into someone else when they were at an interview. At my school it's more like who is repeating and who isn't and that is what has really split the class. I'm sure it will be worse after March 10th. FYI about 1/2 the graduating class repeated last year, even if they were high honor all the way through.

xcprep

my school is private and k-8 so everyones trying to get into hs, but no ones applying to bs other than the local one but my friends FREAKED out.

ShiroTenshi

I've been putting off telling my friends about it. It's also awkward that we told the school that we were absent for medical reasons on all of our visits so that they would excuse the absences, and a few teachers have asked me with great concern if I was feeling better. -.-' not fun.

98beebee

My teachers have almost told the entire class I'm applying

ballerina22

My friends have been aware of me applying from the very start. They are all supportive, thank God! I would feel nervous about not being accepted and having to tell them, except that I have made it very clear to them that there is a slim-to-none chance of acceptance, especially with financial aid.

CherryRose

I only told people I had to tell, but word got out- at school, in the gym, at church... There's definitely a lot of pressure, especially because I feel that most people don't understand HOW HARD admissions has gotten, even without me needing full financial aid and applying to CHADES.

It's tough.