<p>Knowing (mostly) where you’re going to school this fall and where you’ve been admitted - would your Freshman year self be disappointed? </p>
<p>*<em>Your 14 year old self doesn’t get to know *why</em> you’re going to that particular school - just that it’s where you’re going. </p>
<p>No. As a freshman I wanted to be a dietician, and I would have gone to any school that would have allowed me to do that. I’m not even sure I knew the difference between a community college and a university. </p>
<p>Hell, my current self is disappointed. My freshman self would have been mortified.</p>
<p>No. My freshman self didn’t want to go to college. </p>
<p>Not at all. I wasn’t thinking about college as a freshman, but it would have been nice to know I’d get into a bunch of schools. My freshman self would be surprised I’m considering my state school, since I was in love with the idea of moving away after high school, but would probably see the justification with getting a full ride. And then with the fact that I’m comparing that with Cornell right now? Unreal. I’d be less stressed knowing what I know now, but something tells me my stress helped me to work so hard.</p>
<p>Not disappointed, just surprised. I didn’t even know what a liberal arts college was back then. I learned about the school I’m attending around the end of sophomore year. I would have only been disappointed if I did not get any scholarships to make college really cheap, which I did so I would have had no reason to be disappointed. I actually would have been quite proud because that school was a reach for me, and anyone really. </p>
<p>Yes, although my freshman self didn’t have much foresight. Back then, I was dead-set on attending Tulane and wouldn’t even consider any other school – since then, I found that the atmosphere didn’t fit me, and I didn’t even turn in my application.</p>
<p>My junior year self would be ashamed to acknowledge me as a human being. My freshman year self hardly knew what an AP class was, much less anything about college.</p>
<p>I am my freshman year self.</p>
<p>@dsi411 - LOL, for some reason I found that answer adorable. </p>
<p>Hell yes. My freshman year self would be very disappointed in me; not only grades-wise, but with some of the social mistakes I’ve made as well. </p>
<p>Yeah I set some pretty high standards for what classes and such I wanted to do.</p>
<p>My freshman self would insanely disappointed lol. Harvard had been my dream since I was 10 and I was determined to make it happen. Well, guess what, it didn’t. </p>
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So am I, a lot of the time.</p>
<p>My freshman self wouldn’t be disappointed or surprised, I don’t think. Maybe relieved. I have set myself up to have a very good chance at my realistic dream school. That’s all I care about. Who cares about ivys when I have found a school that has a very good program for what I want to do, has an excellent school atmosphere, and isn’t too far away from- but still not too close to- home? My freshman self might be wondering why I’m happy attending a school that isn’t /that/ prestigious, but I guess my opinions from freshman year were a little misguided.</p>
<p>Sorry to intrude on a thread that was probably intended for seniors; I’m a junior, though, so I have my college plan all mapped out, assuming I’m accepted anyway.</p>
<p>Yes. If I explained to him the costs of undergrad and the reasons I had to choose school A over school B/C/D…yeah, he’d still be pretty upset. </p>
<p>I guess I am in the minority, but my freshman self would probably be really happy once he google’d the school. I think I knew of maybe 5 schools as a freshman.</p>
<p>My Freshman self didn’t think about college at all back then. He would be glad that I pulled my act together but also surprised that I am where I am now, which I guess is a good thing. My Freshman self wouldn’t be surprised at the school I’m going to because it’s not like he ever aimed at Harvard or anything. Definitely not.</p>
<p>He would have mixed emotions about it, I think. Eventually, he would come around and be just as excited as I currently am.</p>
<p>Haha my freshman self wanted to go to art school and my current self is going to study computer engineering at carnegie mellon, so not disappointed, but definitely surprised! </p>