<p>Hi everyone! I’ve been following this thread for a couple of months now, and I finally decided to make an account after seeing how warm and supportive you all are 
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<p>I also applied SCEA, but I’m wishing the best of luck to everyone! Four more days!!</p>
<p>@attersee Welcome!! Best of luck!</p>
<p>@oxoxhawja3xoxo Awwww! Haha that’s adorable. That’s how I feel about y’all.</p>
<p>@oxoxhawja3xoxo hahahaha that kid’s confidence level dropped near the end (despite the sick shades)</p>
<p>@Karabekian It’s a metaphor for how we feel. My confidence level has taken a nosedive in the last week, haha. </p>
<p>Dear Harvard SCEA Class of 2019 hopefuls,</p>
<p>I am the mother of a Harvard SCEA applicant who has been following this thread for months now. First of all, I do want to compliment you all for being so positive and supportive of one another when under the surface you all know that you are competing with each other for precious spots in the next freshman class at Harvard. When my daughter, husband and I participated in a Harvard online information session last summer, I was struck by the admissions counselor’s statement that when Harvard looks at applications, the bottom line is that not only is Harvard looking for great students who can contribute to the college, but also “good people.” You have proven yourselves that to this reader. It saddens me a little that some of you can’t, don’t or won’t share this application experience with your parents, though makes me grateful that my daughter has shared hers with me. And at this moment, I adopt you all and thank you for letting me peek into your excitement and anxieties.</p>
<p>Secondly, while I know you are all anxious to know the decision on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or whenever it comes out, I implore you to try your best to savor these last few days before you learn what the decision is for you. While it is difficult to wait for something that you want so much, applying for college and waiting for the outcome of your application is really exciting and the easiest part of getting a college education. Getting through your education and actually graduating will be the real challenge. Once you know the decision later this week, a whole host of consequences will be set in motion. Some of you will get accepted, get your full ride financial aid package, and continue on the smooth and believe me, blessed, path that you have always been on (lucky you!). Some of you will get deferred or rejected, be horribly sad and disappointed for hours, days or weeks, then pull up your boot straps and get those other applications finished or wait for those regular decision outcomes to come in like most of the college applicants in America. Some of you are going to accepted then be faced with the hard decision of turning down Harvard because of other competing offers or because even though they offer great financial aid, you and your family still can’t afford it. And these are just a VERY few of many possible examples of immediate consequences that applicants here might have to contend with. </p>
<p>When your acquaintances, teachers, counselors and friends tell you that you are “sure to get in to Harvard” they say that because they see something in you, some abilities, that they don’t encounter every day. They have not gone over the admission statistics and nuances with a fine tooth comb like you have. To some of them, teachers in particular, you may be that “once in a career” student. Enjoy and accept the compliment with a “thanks for your vote of confidence, it means a lot to me and I hope you are right.” These same people will be asking, “you’re still in school?!?!” with disbelief when you have to take a year off of law school because you are on bed rest with a high risk pregnancy or your dissertation takes three times longer than you planned because you had to start over twice. You are about to enter a world of higher education that is exciting, challenging, at times grueling, and more competitive then ever. And most of all, incredibly rewarding.</p>
<p>Being in the position to be able to apply to Harvard or any college for that matter is a great privilege, and you will not get invited to attend without having gone through and continuing to go through what you are experiencing right now. That’s why I hope you can appreciate and savor this feeling. Whether you end up at Harvard or the lowest ranking satellite campus of the University of Whatever State Your Are From, you gave it your best shot. Since most of you have another 60 to 80 years of life to go, if you are that “once in a career” high school student, you will go far no matter where you attend college. Life is both glorious and messy, the trick is to enjoy the ride.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you all and Happy Holidays,
NorthernMom61</p>
<p>@NorthernMom61 Thanks so much for your kind words!</p>
<p>@NorthernMom61 I really needed that, thank you </p>
<p>@northernmom61 I cannot believe you took the time to write that for us. Thank you, it really means a lot to me.</p>
<p>@Karabekian nope not foreign it was schools that are easy to get into and send their acceptances right away (not early action) (I got into university Nevada reno, Arizona state, arcadia in Pennsylvania, and the king’s college in NYC) </p>
<p>Anybody speak Cantonese here? Jueng yao sham yut. (I don’t know jyutping for my life) 8-} </p>
<p>Hi guys!
I’ve been reading through this thread for a bit and finally cracked and decided to post. Very nervous for Thursday. </p>
<p>@crismonunicorns welcome! And may the odds be ever in your favour >:D< </p>
<p>3 days and 20 hours until 5pm Cambridge time :-SS </p>
<p>@NorthernMom61 That was incredible :’) Thanks for taking your time to write that for us; it made me feel infinitely better about myself and about this whole process. Thanks again!!! <3</p>
<p>@Jessdilla2015 thanks, glad to be here!! Same to you.</p>
<p>So how is everyone feeling right now? I’m a mix between ready to throw up and kind of excited and so anxious I can focus on little else.</p>
<p>@crimsonunicorns I feel the exact same way! It feels like I can’t sleep until I get the e-mail!</p>
<p>@Extradition I got offered an interview for Cambridge, but my parents told me they won’t buy me a ticket and I am too poor to buy it myself. Good luck </p>
<p>@crimsonunicorns @quintanderson ditto, ditto. Ditto. Did-o. Di-d-o. I swear, i’m running on only a few hours of sleep and am not tired at all from anxiety. and i’ve noticed my appetite decreasing as well these few days LOL</p>
<p>@easycadence @quintanderson I feel on the sleep part! Though I feel like I’ve been eating more… haha maybe stress eating?</p>
<p>@crimsonunicorns Stress is right LOL. I didn’t do too well on my SAT (1990) and from everyone else’s scores it’s very nerve-racking. I’m hoping even being considered at this point 
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