You guys are really brave for telling people you are applying at school–I could never do that. I have a 1600 on my SAT so I know people would expect me to get in, even though scores are not everything, and my school’s valedictorian and all the most competitive applicants applied REA to H.
People at my school can be toxic and telling people I applied means that when I get deferred–because I’ve accepted that I’m not getting in–I’ll have to face them and they will be super-vindictive behind my back. I didn’t want the added social stress of toxic classmates in addition to the disappointment of deferral/rejection so I’ve kept it a secret thus far and only told my best friend.
I do feel kind of bad though, about not telling anyone. Almost like I should have?
Also, unrelated, but would it kill Harvard to let us know when judgment day is? The suspense is killing me.