Unlike most people here, I’m not into the whole ivy/small ivy/private thing. Good for you all, I’m sure you’ll all get in, I just could never do it. I could apply to Cornell and even get in-state tuition because they’re partially state funded but it’s not my style. In addition, my sister went there and she is still paying off mounds of student loans nearly 20 years later. I’ve visited one state school (in-state) and an OOS public. I’ll visit one more OOS public this summer and then the rest after applications.
Not really. Science, math, medicine. It’s okay I guess. Get a good cry in and then move on. I guess this is just another instance in which I can work on my resilience.
@55al00m SSP. I also just got rejection letters from a state school program too (which everybody got accepted at my school but me and another kid). Well this was a great week
@leoursa I feel you- I got rejected from SSP too (not that I thought would get accepted in the first place). So far I have been rejected from every summer program I have applied to except one.
@eveningswan You still got accepted to one! Congrats on that!
So far, I have absolutely zero plans for the summer. Great… Except for one nationals that lasts 4 days in the beginning of summer. What do you guys plan on doing?
I want to work but my parents insist I just raise my SAT scores
Recently went on a school trip which really made me think about ignoring these societal stresses, including the college game. How nice would it be to settle for a “lower” school (not even, since many of us have tried so hard that we can get into quite a few average-good schools without trying too hard), and not have to worry about putting our best into absolutely everything we do? Sure, keep doing the things we love AND have time for; get good grades if possible, AFTER getting enough sleep; and focusing on some life skills and goals, such as health, cooking, cleaning, possible house-building, farming, etc.
For the first time, I really put myself into this mindset and thought, “how nice and peaceful would it be…” After all, as I’m pretty sure most of us on here know, success in business or anything doesn’t rely as heavily on undergrad as grad school or how well you work. Grad school and work can depend a bit on your undergrad (especially for IB), but otherwise, we’re fine.
I’m just thinking about this, but I know that I won’t actually turn myself this way. I’ll be stressing out about the tons of homework I need to do in the next 2 days because of the school trip, about the 2 music auditions I have coming up because I need to advance, and about the next year and a bit of high school torture.
