<p>I absolutely agree with Blueskies, and this will be my second-to-last post on this thread (the last being the inevitable decision).</p>
<p>One of the most important and challenging lessons I’ve learned over the last few years is that a defeatist attitude is a waste of energy. I’m a performing musician, and over my short career I’ve lost far, FAR more auditions than I’ve won. In fact, just last week I lost a concerto competition. Bastards :)</p>
<p>The smiley face comes because I went into the audition with the following mindset: “I have prepared to the best of my ability. I will win this audition.” I left the audition with this mindset: “I am satisfied with my performance and I played to the best of my ability.” When the results were announced and I wasn’t on the list, my thinking became, “Ok, where else can I perform this?” Now I’m in the process of getting my own group together to play the concerto.</p>
<p>One door closes and several more open, indeed. When I hit 'View Decision," I will know in my heart that the letters on the screen spell ACCEPTED. And if they say something else, I will sit back, let a few tears come out, and move on to the next application. The doors might be open, but I’ll still have to walk through them.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you! I, too, have been stalking your thread. I know that most of you posted your stats at the beginning of this thread. Can you please repost your stats and the results? My fingers are crossed for all of you!</p>
<p>Wesleyan parent here. A year ago, my daughter went through the same emotions, only to find out that she was deferred to ED2. She spend a week feeling sorry for herself and another week applying to ten other schools. In early January she wrote a letter to her rep confirming her interest, sent in two additional letters of recommendations, and excelled on her midterms. She received the good news in February. Her Wes friends (except for an athlete) were also deferred and then accepted. One-half of her class was admitted ED1 or ED2. You have a huge advantage by applying early, and please keep in mind that deferral does not mean rejection.</p>
<p>Eek! So I’ve generally not been so nervous because my expectations are so low, but every few hours now a huge wave of nausea comes over me from nervousness. If anything, I’m more nervous about telling my family and friends if it’s bad news. Right now, I just want to know WHAT TIME the decision will be posted. DOES ANYONE KNOW?!?!?! AAAH!</p>
<p>I think it’s around 3 or 4 Eastern time. Did anyone else receive
an email about FA? They probably already sent them out earlier and I’m just late to the party.</p>
<p>It just told me the website and my username and password for in case I get in. I’m pretty sure that everyone applying for FA receives one, but I just wanted to ask to make sure.</p>
<p>Just got the FA email too. It says that you can find out the FA info/decisions after 3pm, which must mean that all decisions get released then too. It wouldn’t make sense to release them an hour or two apart, right?</p>
what one college says won’t change that</p>