<p>It’s five days and I am getting really nervous for the first time. I’m opposite of many of you on this board -I’ve told EVERYONE how bad I want to get into Penn. I already bought my sweatshirt and wear it almost daily. If I don’t get in, everyone will know! I have to get in. I meet all the criteria (except a little low on the GPA (3.6 and class rank top 25%); however I am really hoping my legacy ties will pull me through!!!</p>
<p>^^are you just copypasting that everyday? haha</p>
<p>I’m still not done purging the last of my SAT prep crap out of my house. 
I think I’ve dumped about 2 dozen books on a classmate.</p>
<p>altruition- I initally thought you were a guy… but then thought you were a girl (probably because of how enthusiastic and peppy-almost your posts are, ha)… but I just saw that you posted a thread about a girl you like(d) and so I am assuming you’re more than likely a guy, ha. We really should create a “share your gender” thread. I think it’d be really interested to see the male-female breakdown on CC, or at least on the CC Penn forum! :)</p>
<p>Between the two research papers I have to do… All the snow I have to shovel… Running… Intramural volleyball… And other random homework… This weeks gonna be fast</p>
<p>I know… luckily I have a lot to do this week as well… so hopefully it will go by quickly! </p>
<p>It’s so funny though because on one hand I want decisions NOW! I want this whole process to be over with so that if I’m in, I can jump for joy and stop stressing over other apps and so that if I’m not in, I can get over it already and quick it into high-gear with my other apps. </p>
<p>On the other hand I wish that Friday would never come. I love Penn so much and I have a really strong feeling that I’ll be getting a deferral, followed by a rejection–and I really don’t want that to happen. Before we find out, we all have hope. If I don’t get in, all that hope is gone and I have to forget about Penn. I don’t know if I’m ready…</p>
<p>uhhhhhhhhhhh… this whole college application process is so stressful. I’ll be so happy once I’m settled into college next fall with this whole thing behind me. I wonder where I’ll be!!! :)</p>
<p>I’m not applying anywhere else. I cant take the mental stress. Its either penn or the state university. I’ll be happy and do well at either place (I like to think).</p>
<p>Good plan! That actually sounds wonderful! I was already accepted to two super-safety state schools… maybe if Penn rejects I just won’t apply elsewhere and I’ll go to one of those. I really, really hate the application process and it would be so great if I could just be done! Unfortunately, I don’t think my parents would be so keen on the idea of me just giving up on applying to colleges if Penn rejects me. Oh, well. :)</p>
<p>Honestly, it’s four years of your life. A few extra essays and some application fees are nothing compared to the upside potential gain of having another acceptance to choose from. Not only are you achieving peace of mind in knowing you’ll have an awesome school to go to, but you’re also maximizing the gains of your choice set as well as being able to compare/negotiate financial aid if you applied for it.</p>
<p>Oh Oh! Gender guessing game! Count me in! </p>
<p>I always thought Hopeful_Underdog was a feminine guy… XD</p>
<p>i know what you mean. but i honestly penn is the only place i wanna go. i would pass up duke/georgetown etc for a full ride to the local state u.</p>
<p>I live and i want to live in a rural place (idaho, montana, wyoming, north dakota, south dakota region) and I dont think a duke degree will get me any better for a job than one from the local U.</p>
<p>and if i dont make it into penn ED, i cant see myself getting into columbia/Yale/ whatever RD</p>
<p>i have no problem partying with friends for 4 years… </p>
<p>hopefully this doesnt matter because penn takes me.</p>
<p>legendofmax-- your totally right… and I know it too. I definitely will be writing all of those applications/paying fees if Penn rejects me, and I know it’s what I should be doing and will be happy that I did years from now. It’s just that right now, it sounds so much better to blow it all off, ha. </p>
<p>Shizzle- that’s so funny. If I were a guy, I certainly would be a very “feminine” guy, ha.</p>
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<p>hi ya’ll, found this thread just now =D</p>
<p>And I and I’m freaking out rite about now. -<em>- As I have been ever since December hit. -</em>-</p>
<p>I got dance practice monday
thenI got a TOK (IB thing) presentation tuesday
then a World Literature paper due wednesday
then I’m meeting with my science fair mentor thursday (with only a half done sci fair)
and then friday… Physics Test + Stat test. (good luck studying to me)
And I get out at 2:40.<br>
And then I bring my brother to tennis lessons, right next door to a library, 20 minutes from my school. </p>
<p>So idk… I’m like torn because I want it to come, but then I don’t… it’s just like when I was waiting for the decision if I got into this selective camp last summer…</p>
<p>Plus, the deadline for scheduling an MIT interview is the 10th. So I have to schedule it and then potentially cancel it the next day D= Plus I’m also worried about UMich apps, since one of my friends already got his, and applied after me, but I still havent.</p>
<p>And I’m sorry if I’m rambling. I’m nervous and sleep deprived because of it. </p>
<p>squidoop - i think ur next colors should either be 'Bama Colors, or Gator colors, or both.</p>
<p>oh, and i think my sn gives away my gender.</p>
<p>ninjaboi why are you guys doing your science fair so late!??! we had hours like first term of grade 11
haha and where are you doing the IB??
i am as well, at an international school in singapore…
final TOK essay due this friday :S penn decisions at 4 am saturday … ! eeeee
AND final world lit 2 due the monday after, then formal part 4 orals on next wednesday… i wont be able to do ANY WORK if i get in … :S and if i dont… ill just be moping and still wont do any work… gahhh</p>
<p>ahhhhhhhhhh just about 4 days now!!! just over 100 hours.</p>
<p>It’s FO’ realz now!!</p>
<p>eeeeeeek!</p>
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<p>Here’s how I’m feeling ( not that it really matters, haha, i’m sure you guys are feeling similarly):
I want Friday to come, sort of. I want it to be over with, I know i’m getting rejected and I’m okay with that now. I want to go to Penn more than anything but if Penn doesn’t realize this it’s just that they have someone else. I am sure EVERYONE here will go to a great university because we are legit for even applying to a place like Penn. I already applied to some other schools ( Santa Clara, University of Portland, UCLA, Berkeley, Washington) and I’m hoping to apply to Cornell and a few others. The only thing I’m concerned about is feeling like all the hard work I’ve done these four years is useless and pointless. Do you guys know what I mean? and how hard do you guys think it will be to write essays after you get rejected?</p>
<p>I feel really similarly…</p>
<p>I actually don’t think it will be that hard to write supplements after I get deferred or rejected. It might be easier actually because I will know with 100% certainty that I HAVE to write those essays, whereas now, I know that there is the slightest smidgen of a chance that I might write them all for nothing. I also think after I get a “no” from Penn, I’ll be able to allow myself to get really excited over other schools and I think my enthusiasm will help me write better essays. I would be so excited to get into Penn, but if Penn is going to reject me, I kind of just want to get it over with so that I can start preparing my next steps, you know? My grades are kind of slipping though… so I’m really worried about RD. I had all A+s and one A- for the semester when I applied to Penn, but now it’s looking like I’ll have an A+, B+ (eek, possibly, but unlikely, even a B), A, A and A+, which might be respectable but I don’t think that a B+ senior year after my mediocre junior year is going to look too hot. I’m taking some really tough courses but I think that because I had a couple B+s junior year, my schools will really want to see me have a stellar senior year in order to feel confident accepting me… hmmm we’ll see.</p>
<p>I feel like I’ll have a tough time applying to colleges after Penn. My safety school is a good school where all of my friends will be so I’m almost more excited about that than going to a diff. school as a Penn reject.</p>
<p>THREE DAYS, 19 HOURS, 12 MINUTES, 14 SECONDS LEFTTTTTT</p>
<p>OMG I WANNA GET IN SOOOOO BADLY!!! </p>
<p>I really don’t know what I’ll do if I get rejected…seriously.
My other schools’ acceptances…arg. They don’t compare to Penn. :/</p>