<p>so I figure if I spend the next 3 days convincing myself I’m not going to get in, the worst that can happen is that I’m right and I’m not disappointed. If, then, by some act of God I somehow manage to pull off a deferral, then I’ll be happy! Think it’ll work?</p>
<p>it sounds convincing… good luck with it.</p>
<p>i always do this for tests.</p>
<p>I’m doing the same thing…If you’re a pessimist your whole life, there’s no way you can be disappointed, only pleasantly surprised :)</p>
<p>I feel the same way, rhapsody…</p>
<p>never works for me. Even if i try to convince myself that i’m not going to get in, subconsciouslly i still think i have a decent shot of getting in, and this sentiment rules over. o well, to each his own.</p>
<p>yeah, I have a feeling it’s not going to work, especially since all my friends (who aren’t applying to ivies) are so sure I’m going to get in and don’t understand that there’s no such thing as a sure thing. And even if there was I’d be far from it.</p>
<p>has anyone here read “the secret miracle” by borges? (if not, its great). well, in it the main character is in prison and set to be executed by nazis, so, in desperation, thinking that nothing in life ever happens exactly how you expect it to, imagines every gruesome possibility, every possible outcome (hes in prison, he has nothing better to do) so that none of them can happen?<br>
i wont tell you what happens, but it seems like an appropriate analogy.</p>
<p>in summary…the next three days WILL SUCK</p>
<p>no **** they will suck</p>
<p>yeah ive been trying to do the same thing, but every time i try to do that, I just keep thinking about how much i reeeaaally want to go to Yale. ah!! i need a time machine…</p>
<p>Tell yourself that if you don’t get in, at least you get to decrease Yale’s admissions rate, thereby contributing to its eventual domination of the US News & World Report ranking, a testament to its quiet global superiority.</p>
<p>that’s real comforting</p>
<p>Lying to yourself is not comforting. Try to control your emotions, not your expectations.</p>
<p>^ couldnt have said it better myself</p>
<p>you shouldnt need to trick yourself</p>