<p>If Chicago is your top choice and you are applying EA … don’t neglect your RD apps. My guess is that decisions will be a bit later than last year - and if you should happen to be deferred, you don’t want to have to scramble to complete your other apps.</p>
<p>If you concentrate on life and school hard enough, you can probably put off being really nervous for another two weeks. Study, hang out with your friends, poetry, go to a movie with your parents (maybe that’s too radical, sorry), go sledding (if applicable for your climes) with your younger siblings.</p>