<p>Actually, I have a confession to make (other than the painfully obvious fact that I 've gone insane). For two months straight, after applying to Princeton and Yale, I went to sleep with their information booklets beside my pillow, breathing in and waking up to the smell of their recycled paper. That was when I actually believed that I had a quantifiable chance.</p>
<p>I didn’t go to sleep smelling the Harvard booklet because I had already given up on H a long time ago. I only applied because–get this–my parents blackmailed me by saying that if I didn’t apply to Harvard, they wouldn’t pay the application fees of any of my other Ivies. Hello, parents, it’s Harvard! That’s reason enough for someone to not even bother with applying.</p>
<p>@Butternut - Lol! Hope it serves us both well! What’s your top choice school? I’ve seen you on a few of the same boards, so I’m curious! ;)</p>
<p>@entangled0120 - While I haven’t slept with booklets, I’m so superstitious that when I applied to Yale EA I refused to wear my sweatshirt for months. Then, at the last minute I got cold and put it on. I regret that like no 'otha mutha. :(</p>
<p>Somehow, I have convinced myself that I will be rejected at Yale, waitlisted at Princeton, and accepted at Harvard. I am know trying to debunk that belief, in preperation for three rejections.</p>
<p>I’m hoping that if H or P don’t work out, Georgetown will. I don’t know if I can handle the next 24 days…</p>
<p>Thanks for your confessions, squaregirl and butternut! </p>
<p>Come on, people, let’s hear all the insane things that you’ve done in hopes of getting in, be they out of superstition, stupidity, or pure desperation!</p>
<p>I refrained from buying any Princeton memorabilia so as not to jinx myself, but I did pick up pretty much every single publication available on campus when I visited…and I still have them all. I’ve been so conflicted over college decisions for a while… It’s like I want to find bad things about Princeton so it won’t hurt so much if I don’t make the cut. But I have to say, I still want it REALLY badly!</p>
<p>i refuse to buy any collegewear until i get into said college…so as of now, i have no college shirts/sweats whatsoever…lol…if i get rejected, i wouldn’t feel right wearing the shirt</p>
<p>My rule for collegewear is that I can buy a t-shirt from the schools I get into, but I save the sweatshirt for the school that I am going to attend.</p>
<p>i’m wearing my cal berkeley sweatshirt all i can – just in case i get into another college. Cuz then I probably won’t be able to wear it ever again. And I just bought the Cal sweatshirt this summer</p>
<p>yeah, guess i have a different view of college wear than everyone else lol</p>
<p>lol, here there are always a few people at my school who walk around with ‘Harvard’, ‘Princeton’ and ‘Yale’ shirts - they look cool, and the swiss clothing industries - as far as I have gathered - are not aware that HYP are actually schools:) And oftentimes, neither are the wearers :)</p>
<p>I found your confessions quite amusing, by the way. All right, I’ll confess as well. I check my email at least twice a day in hopes that I might get a likely letter. You should have seen how freaked out I was when I got an email from Harvard requesting more information - in the few seconds before opening it, I actually talked myself into believing that (maybe) I had been accepted :)</p>
<p>@Butternut - Hah! I applied to GTown SFS, but I’m convinced I’m not getting in. In fact, I’ve basically convinced myself I’m going to Smith, Hampshire or Dalhousie next year. Trying to prepare myself. :(</p>
<p>^ Do not go to Hampshire, for the love of god. Smith owns, and Hampshire is 100% hippie, pot-smoking liberalism with a terrible idea of completely open, non-graded curriculum. Waste of time.</p>
<p>I applied to SFS, too. Deferred EA, yet somehow I think I have a shot…</p>
<p>I had a deep thought today. Remember guys in six months when we leave for college, not only will the way we perceive the world change, but also the way the world perceives us. So enjoy being a high schooler while you can.</p>
<p>And yikes, 23 days. I’m getting really really really antsy. Not good. At least I’ve got my last English paper of my entire high school career due in a couple weeks - that should occupy my time for a while :]</p>
I’ve been so conflicted over college decisions for a while… It’s like I want to find bad things about Princeton so it won’t hurt so much if I don’t make the cut. But I have to say, I still want it REALLY badly!</p>