<p>Marines, I think I will echo your thoughts. Some days I feel that all of us are just way overqualified. Yesterday I met some kids from a neighboring school and they were all applying to top ivy leagues like HYPS. I think that a lot of kids really dont have the appreciation for the competetiveness of the whole process. I really was ignorant too, until I met everyone on CC. It gave me a dose of reality. I wondered how so many qualified applicants could get rejected. The simple answer is, someone was putting false ideas into their head. (i.e. “reach for the stars” type b.s.) These naive little nuggets flood the good colleges, only to be rudely answered with a rejection letter. Often I feel that these are the types we are competing against, not the uber-elite. Sometimes I think that CC is just a little anomaly, and that admissions are much easier than we are making them out to be. I don’t know… We will all find out soon enough I guess. 13 days?</p>
<p>I’m sitting in study hall 2nd period today and my friend goes, “So Anne, when do you find out from Georgetown?” Then in Spanish 9th period another friend was like, “Anne, when do you find out if you’re in at Georgetown?” And then in Government 11th period, another friend was like, “So Anne, did you get accepted at Georgetown?” and I swear I was going nuts by this point! And then I got home and saw a big fat white envelope in the pile of mail . . . but it was a stupid prospectus from a school I don’t want to go to. Bleh.</p>
<p>I’m applying to Columbia, Northwestern, and Tufts. If I don’t get into Georgetown, I’ll also go for NYU and BU to have some safer options.</p>
<p>No worries, right? Right. Haha. Oh man. This waiting is killing me. How about ya’ll?</p>
<p>–Lauren</p>
<p>OMG Anne, it is EXACTLY the same way for me! You sound like me talking right now! Telling people I’m applying to Gtown was the biggest mistake I ever made. At my school, most people just go to the local or state u, so the fact that I’m aiming high has everyone all excited. So now, EVERYONE is asking me about it. I swear, people I never told know. It got around soooo quickly that I’m hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know! Yesterday, one of my acquaintances (who I chat with every now and then, mainly just say hi in the halls to) comes up to me and says, “Any news from Georgetown yet?” I was just thinking, “■■■?!?!” I mean we talk every once in a while, but this was so out of hte blue. She didn’t even say hi, lol, just “Any news from Gtown yet?” </p>
<p>If you haven’t been able to tell yet, I’m literally going insane. My nervous rambling annoys myself, so I can hardly imagine how others that are around it all the time feel.</p>
<p>Lauren I cant believe you sometimes, you have a 1500, great rank, why are you always acting so nervous?</p>
<p>Brenner- I don’t know. It’s just that I’ve heard sooo many horror stories about admissions, my optimism has been destroyed. Seems like in addition to asking me about Georgetown, everyone I talk to feels like it’s an obligation to tell me about their neighbor/cousin/best friend’s sister who had amazing SAT’s, valedictorian, cured AIDS, solved the Middle East peace crisis and still was rejected at his/her top choice. But you <em>are</em> right- I really need to chill the f**k out, lol.</p>
<p>Augh. I think that everyone who applied early anywhere gets especially nervous once December 1st rolls around (unless they’re on some heavy medication). Yesterday, it finally hit me, though. I was like “oh my God, what IF I don’t get in? What will I do?” And I freaked out. And then I was like “oh my God, they’ve probably already made most of our decisions by now.” And then I freaked out some more. But then I calmed down because I know I can’t do anything but wait. </p>
<p>Right now sure would be a great time to have a time machine…</p>
<p>Or for my future self to teleport to right now and give me the letter.</p>
<p>::looks around eagerly for a zap of electricity, hoping to see himself with a GTown letter in hand::</p>
<p>It’s kind of scary knowing that they have most likely already made their final decisions, and that it is completely out of our hands.</p>
<p>Hi everyone! I’ve been reading the discussion board for the past two days, and i’ve gotten sick of being like a stalker. so I’m introducing myself. I’m Anne. I’m from New York. I applied early, and i just started flipping out yesterday. Everyone at my school is going crazy waiting for their decisions. I can’t wait for all this to be over. Okay! That’s all for now. Now that you all know I’m here, I won’t feel like such a creep.</p>
<p>Hey Ann. What school/major did you apply to?</p>
<p>I applied to the college, and I said psychology, but I’m not completely positive if that’s what I’ll do.</p>
<p>pure craziness! my friend assured me today that we will be receiving our letters on the 13th, as they are being sent out on the 10th.</p>
<p>that means only 11 days left! Meh!!!</p>
<p>I’m really nervous, but at the same time I’m too exhausted to be extremely. Similar situations to the rest of you guys. Monday I slept for a whopping 2 hours (Don Quijote in espanol is NOT YOUR FRIEND!), then everyday since I’ve gotten no more than 6…from either being loaded down with work or insomnia (I’m guessing from nerves).</p>
<p>I have five more meetings of night classes left! Ah testing madness! So hopefully I can pull it out and get some decent grades. </p>
<p>I’m also applying to Princeton, UPenn, NYU, Tufts, GWU, and American. American is my absolute last choice.</p>
<p>Tuesday was also a hallmark day for me, as tomorrow will be also. The UC deadline passed sans an app from me, and the Brag Packet (request for counselor recs) ends tomorrow, so it will be too late to apply to any West Coast colleges. So, unless I get rejected everywhere, I will not be west of the Mississippi next year! Kind of scary!</p>
<p>I hope that letters come early for the pure sake of me having a few days to deal with it before people know they’ve actually come…in case the worst happens…I don’t want like a million people to be like DID YOU GET IN DID YOU GET IN right after I open my letter. So a few days would definitely be nce. </p>
<p>babybird, how do you know that they are being sent on the 10th?</p>
<p>Imagine having your mother tell you every day “you have xx days remaining…” I think she’s freaking over it more than I am right now…</p>
<p>Hey manderz!</p>
<p>I saw that you were applying to GWU and American. So am I! I went on an American University online chat last night, and decided that American would also be my last choice. Good luck with Georgetown!</p>
<p>–Lauren</p>
<p>Amy, don’t kill yourself if you get deferred…</p>
<p>only if you get rejected outright in April! (Kidding here too, in case you were for real…)</p>
<p>I hate waiting. I hate waiting. I hate waiting. </p>
<p>And to make the situation that week even better, I have exams. So, my week will either be shot to hell or pure bliss. Shoot me now.</p>
<p>ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO!!!</p>
<p>I know exactly what you are saying, because I’ve said it a million times.
This waiting sucks.
And yeah.
Shoot me now.</p>
<p>–Lauren</p>
<p>tlak, haha. That’s funny. I don’t even think my mom knows when the decisions come out, so that’s a plus.</p>
<p>Lauren, Yup. American is cool because it has DC…and I’m sure a fairly decent (if not great) IR program…however, I’m the kind of person who needs to be the dumbest of the bunch, otherwise I get passive and don’t work as hard. A sort of competitive only the strong survive type thing.</p>