So I applied early action to University of Miami, FL and I have yet to hear possibly this week or next week of the admission decisions and I’ve been in an extreme state of nervousness than I’ve ever been in my whole life!
I’m interested if I’m alone in checking CollegeConfidential every 5 seconds, bad eating habits, constant anxiety, ripping nails apart, etc, etc. How have you coped with anticipating college decisions/what’s the craziest thing that’s happened to you/you did??
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I used to constantly check my email like every few minutes, go on the school’s website for basically no reason. Some days I would be super confident in myself & other times I would break down thinking I have no chance of being accepted. I would talk about the college 24/7 and my friends were fed up with it. I still check my application status occasionally even though I know I won’t be getting a decision until March but I’m not as crazy as I used to be lol. There’s nothing I really did to cope with it, just the anxiety eventually passes with time.
Anywho, I hope you get accepted 
I literally forced myself to stop worrying and tried to occupy myself with other things, making myself forget about it.
But then I’d have overwhelming sensations of doom sweep over me every few days when I suddenly remembered about all of it.
Studying for classes (yes I know it’s second semester) or getting really into a hobby helps. Applying to scholarships. Just occupying yourself. Don’t ever do nothing, 'cause that’s when you go insane.
Yeah, forcing yourself to stop worrying is a good idea. Worrying won’t help and it’s going to happen one way or another. Time between now and getting an answer is going to pass regardless of what you do. You can either enjoy it or spend your time fretting and worrying.
Good luck!
I should also add that that anxiety will likely follow you throughout life. I’m sure you feel anxiety about other things in your life: exams, dates, etc. Work on getting a handle on it now before it gets you!
Oh man I was feeling just like this a couple weeks ago when the Vassar early decision II results were about to come out. I was constantly checking accepted students’ stats, reading college confidential posts, checking out activities at Vassar and convincing myself it was okay if I don’t get through. Because I do not live in USA, results were out for me at 3:30 am but I didn’t get up to check because I didn’t want to be disappointed that early, and I remember I barely slept a wink all night and had serious stress, because it was my dream school. In the morning, I ate cereal first and then contemplated whether I should check it at all or not. I finally gave in and checked and saw I got through! Just know, this stressful waiting period will pass