<p>@Esat936 Aww haha come on man don’t call the things that we’re genuinely worried about trivialities. If I could, I’d stop stressing about UChicago, but it’s the day before decisions and I think it’s natural to be concerned, and part of that concern is being kind of hung up on things that might not matter to someone else. The decision isn’t the end of the world, no, but it is a really big deal, at least for me at this point in my life. Studying at UChicago would be a different experience altogether from studying at the other schools I applied to, so if I get in it’ll be a big deal for the next four years. Four years is a long time for anybody our age, right? </p>
<p>As much as it sucks to worry about something that we have no ability to change at this point, that’s the college application process. I definitely didn’t expect this to be as difficult as it is, but no matter how many times colleges say that decisions aren’t a measure of character, it’s going to feel that way because I’m doing everything I can to tell these schools about myself, and if I give as complete an image of ‘who I am’ as I can and they ultimately decide that somebody else’s appeals to them over me, it’s going to sting and feel personal because for me it is personal.</p>
<p>@ogacihcu if only to calm your nerves: it may not necessarily be a personal affront, but rather UChicago’s way of telling you (or anyone) that you’d be happier somewhere else as the UChicago atmosphere may not be right for you. I’m not saying they get it right every time, but they have been doing this for lots of time and they do work at the school so they do hold some credibility. Nonetheless, it would make my year to be admitted to UChicago. All the pressure comes right off. </p>
<p>i doubt it. how would he know anyway? i mean obviously they have had decisions finished for a little while now but i don’t think they finished that early</p>
<p>They want to release them all at the same time. It’s policy of rolling admissions schools to tell kids as soon as they are accepted. Even if now all decisions have been made, it’s just customary to release EA decisions in mid-December. Can’t tell you much more than that!</p>
<p>Yeah, @unproductive, I definitely agree with you about that, but at the same time saying “you don’t know yourself well enough to know what you want” is almost as bad as “we liked this guy better”. I’m just feeling more and more sure that I’ll be outright rejected and being negative. Sorry. </p>
<p>Yeah it makes sense to me that they’d take time for ‘committee’ and just re-checking numbers, and some guy on the EA Facebook group is probably not the most credible source of information haha.</p>
<p>Guys we are speculating about 24 hours since decision time! Nervousness is kicking in, but so is excitement. I suggest doing your homework and drinking some tea to calm down if that nervousness is overwhelming.</p>
<p>I keep reading this thread, but I don’t know what I’m expecting to see. This is just all I can think about! I can’t wait until tomorrow so I can at least have closure. My homework needs doing! </p>
<p>I imagine it stings if you get rejected everywhere, but one school, no. You could just get incredibly unlucky, perhaps your admissions officer just wasnt in a good mood and he rejects you because her read your essays in that mood. I knew someone who was accepted to Stanford, Yale, and Harvard and rejected from Cornell. It’s just a random process sometimes, and you must accept it as such. </p>
<p>And it is a massive triviality because withdrawing applications will most likely not affect you. It might make a 1% difference in admissions. Im not saying that you should forget your worries, just focus on the ones that actually matter. That is one detail that just doesnt, and im sure youre completely capable of ignoring it.</p>
<p>Are there any people that are across the pond here? Because we probably wont know our verdicts until thursday mornig and it’s rather annoying to have to wait another day</p>
Nervousness is kicking in, but so is excitement. I suggest doing your homework and drinking some tea to calm down if that nervousness is overwhelming.</p>
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