V. Interesting Yale Info

XYZ_Affair
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:25:56 +0000

the school doesnt even have to be extremely competitive for this sort of mentality…

I go to a competitive school but most dont apply to the Ivies since they have 3 misconseptions: 1) its too expensive 2) they’re for rich preppy kids 3) they can only get in with a 36/2400 and then acceptance is guarenteed

I never told anyone that I was applying to Yale, but someone saw me turn in my transcript request and told my friends who told everyone else. They would be happy for me if i got in, but if i didnt, i think a few would be smug in knowing that ill somehow learn that Im not as great as i thought i was…“getting rejected would be good for him. He needs to be more down-to-earth”…and people think im arrogant b/c i dont tell them im applying to Yale!

I wore a harvard hoodie to school one day simply because i felt like wearing red (though my love will always be for Yale). I’m not even applying to harvard, but i got all sorts of reactions from “You surely cant think you’ll ever get in? You’re not smart enough for them.” to “well, i guess we can alll try” and the ever popular who-do-you-think-you-are? glare. As one Harvard hopeful from my school put it, “Once you mention that you’re applying to HYP, theres only one reaction. ‘O, I didnt know you were a ******bag.’”

After going through this for a few months, getting into Yale has become more than just getting into my dream school, its become a chance to avoid ridicule and a big “F*** You! I got in” to all those people waiting for me to get my rejection letter.

(and all this doesnt even include the people who think you’re going to Yale next year. These are friends and family who dont realize how unbearably painful it is when they say things like, “You’re going to Yale next year and you can’t even [fill in the blank with ANYTHING that you cant do or take too long to do]”)

if i get rejected, then all this stress, ridicule, etc will be for nothing. Will i learn an important lession about life from it? Of course not! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS LESSON EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT!?! Only my closest friends and family will even feel bad when i get rejected. Everyone else will just find pleasure in the fact that i didnt get what i wanted…who was i to try? who was I to think that four years of working my ass off every second could actually accomplish anything? What’s the point of even trying to be perfect since id have to be a different person with different talents/backgrounds to find inclusiveness in a place like Yale?—> this is why i think the whole admission process is so unbelievably stressful

(i think ive repeated a few stories in this post, so sorry if im being repetitive)