SHOUT BOX - get it all out!!!

quetzal
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:10:38 +0000

Hi guys, thanks to everyone who’s wished good luck and all Have you noticed that there’s like 3 or 4 other threads which have ‘final’ or ‘last’ in their titles??? It’s so sad, and stressful, and worrying. But we’ve gone this far and i truly hope that people stick around, even if they’ve been rejected, especially all the regulars who always post such lovely things (long list, but you guys know who you are)… It’s normal to feel so crappy right now. I think 1 out of every 5 posters has said “In part I am hopeful but then the realistic, logical side of me tries to keep down the hopeful expectations part down”… i sympathise with this feeling 100%. It’s good to just be able to talk about this.

So let’s just throw out all our feelings and worries right here and get it all out. Me first:

I hate than I’m in Europe, with the time difference and all, and everyone in the US right now is either asleep or doing something else, I can’t post with everyone else nor share in the frantic mess.
When I applied I was pretty sure I had no chance since my stats are worse than the average yale applicant here but I didn’t care about being rejected coz I never even planned to study in the US, and if I get rejected by yale i’m sure I won’t. The thing is, being here on this board with you guys made me want to get into Yale and seeing how american students are really like (sterotypes perpetuated on american teen movies are somewhat deceptive) and i think I’d prolly quite like it in the US. Just sooo frustrated right now, that this will decide the next 4 years in my life, not only coz it’s yale coz it’s the difference between studying in the US or in another country…

I feel a tad bit better, I encourage you guys to SHOUT as well!