<p>@Karabekian<br>
Yup. I start ripping my hair out and yodeling in Sanskrit. </p>
<p>(people on the internet who aren’t sure if I’m joking or not–I’m joking)</p>
<p>I pound on my left gonad</p>
<p>@jalebigirl I actually do that. No joke.</p>
<p>Mem is biding her time between calc, stats,physics and snapchat. Lol. She had tests in all three classes today and she lives for stupid snapchat. Luckily there is also some juicy drama on her cheer squad so that is also keeping her busy. 
she listens to A Capella and IM5, sam smith or Never Shout Never to relax</p>
<p>Here is another question for you all to answer. I know that many have not told peers that you applied. My daughter did the same until her interview. Most of her friends do not have any clue how smart she is or how high she is in class rank. Do your peers know you are smart and driven? Or are you too private about that? Does it make it harder to admit you belong at Harvard? </p>
<p>@Memmsmom A lot of my friends didn’t know at first, but they just kinda figure out because many of my friends are from my classes.</p>
<p>Well pretty much everyone knows at this point…I go to a small competitive private school though, so I’m not dropping a bombshell on anyone when I say I’m applying to Harvard. However, I guess in hindsight I wish I didn’t tell anyone…the other two guys I know who are applying (one SCEA and one RD) are essentially the two best students in the school, and by comparison, it might seem like I a bit full of it for applying</p>
<p>@Memmsmom on the other hand, my friends from sports often have little idea until they hear something on the school announcements</p>
<p>As for decisions tomorrow, will you tell your school friends now or wait until March, when most of your class will have their decisions? </p>
<p>@Memmsmom I haven’t told anyone besides close friends and family so I feel like it does make it harder to say we belong there. Most people think I’m applying to state schools which obviously doesn’t sit well when you are trying to imagine yourselves getting into Harvard (nothing wrong with state schools though) xD. I think it’s natural to be private especially with a big name like Harvard, it causes quite a stir when people know you are applying.</p>
<p>@memmsmom I have not told anyone, mostly because my friends would just be real with me and like “what are you doing you are not getting in” sooo if I do get in it would be a great surprise for everyone. (only 2 people on campus know because they dug it out of me when asked to list my schools but I promised them not to tell and so far no one has been like “Jess, you’re applying to Hahvahd???”)</p>
<p>@Memmsmom My friends think I am much more qualified than I actually am. </p>
<p>^preach</p>
<p>most people apply to UCLA, UCB, USC etc so those are like common reaches; and very very few apply to Ivies - only the super try hard kids (except for me of course) but even they aren’t applying Harvard aha… But yeah actually quite a few of those super high test scores and GPA kids are heading to the local CSUs (california state schools) not saying there is anything wrong with that though</p>
<p>I think my daughter has been pretty private about it with her friends, but I don’t know. Her counselor and teachers know, as do a few of our adult family friends. </p>
<p>Do you think then that it is just better to wait to tell your school friends in March, when everybody’s decisions are in? I realize this is a difficult question to ask all of you the night before when everyone is so excited, but I just wonder how others are handling it. </p>
<p>Where are you guys going to be when decisions are released tomorrow?</p>
<p>I’m going to be setting up the lighting and sound for my school’s pep rally, so I won’t be checking until later when I get home… but the time it takes to set up is going to seem soooo long because I know what I will be coming home to</p>
<p>@entrebusecon @boxofdonuts I feel as though this is a phenomenon we’ve just discovered. I experience this too. Everyone seems so sure except for me.</p>
<p>Or perhaps it’s another iteration of the “impostor syndrome”.</p>
<p>@burke1 if you got in and want to share it with the world, go for it!!! that’s what I would do. Luckily since my friends don’t know about any of this I don’t have to tell anyone I got rejected. But oh boy if I get accepted…</p>
<p>@Jessdilla2015 that’s exactly my situation.
but even my closest friends don’t know what my best ‘hooks’ are, because irs definitely not my GPA 
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