<p>^yeah that does sounds better…darn I wish I could be away till everything is all over.</p>
<p>Haha, I’ve come to the realization that it doesn’t matter if I get in or not anymore - as in my life will be ruined if I don’t get accepted. I’m sure I’ll be happy at my state school (I just want to get away from here!!). If it does really matter to me, I’ll just set myself up for a really ruined day…or week considering the chances. I have forced myself and learned to just let go. There’s nothing I can do now 
The thing that’s killing me, though, is that I just want to know if I got in or not. It’s the uncertainty that’s a killer. I just want to know what’s ahead of me for the next four years so I can act accordingly.</p>
<p>i got deferred SCEA but im still hopeful. I know the odds are against me so i wont be TOO disappointed if i dont get in.</p>
<p>But seriously i have had kids ask me when i hear back from Harvard/Yale every single day since january. it just gets tiring after a while.</p>
<p>One thing that I am happy about is that no one in my school has any idea how hard it is to get into Yale. I doubt anyone has applied in several years, and I don’t think anyone has ever been accepted to Yale. I say this is fortunate because no one really asks me about, I only have one kid that talks to me about it and he is actually fun to talk to. Otherwise, everyone just talks to me or asks me about Notre Dame which is much easier to talk about than Yale.</p>
<p>I didn’t tell anyone where I applied… I’m sooo glad haha. No annoying parents asking me all the time when decisions are… I’ll just surprise them if I get accepted!</p>
<p>^
Random adult: “Where did you apply?”
Me: “Uh, lots of places…”
Adult: “Oh. Like where?”
Me: CAN’T ANYONE TAKE A HINT??? “Ummm, UCs, some other schools, uh, …”
Adult: “Do you want to stay in-state?”
Me: “I don’t know.”
Adult: “What’s your first choice.”
Me: “I don’t really have one.”
Adult: “So where did you say you applied, again?”</p>
<p>Happens like all the time. : X
People–esp. adults–act like it’s their RIGHT to know where I applied. To me it’s rather personal, but maybe I’m just weird?</p>
<p>No, I completely agree! Haha after a month of that I just started admitting to people that I didn’t want to talk about it. That was actually easier than making up random excuses. </p>
<p>When I had to leave school for interviews for Yale/Brown/Duke I just told my friends “I’ll tell you where if I get accepted!” They didn’t really seem to care, in fact some of them started doing the same thing, which eased the tension a lot - it’s hard not to get competitive with friends if you’re all applying to the same places</p>
<p>I think parents do have the right to know where you’ve applied, they are your parents, after all :P. And I hate it when people always ask me if I got decisions yet when they don’t understand how hard it is to be admitted. </p>
<p>“Why are you applying to Canadian schools? I thought you were going to Yale.”
“…”</p>
<p>I agree that it’s difficult to explain to adults and other people about the difficulty/uncertainty in college admissions, but I’ve never understood why you wouldn’t tell kids at school where you applied if they asked you.</p>
<p>I agree with nine9knives, haha. It’s been so long waiting and fretting that it doesn’t even matter. I’ve already gotten into college and as long as I don’t see most of the people from my high school ever again, I’ll be more than satisfied… </p>
<p>I also don’t like it when people ask where you applied, because I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging. And I also don’t like it when people keep asking me if I know where I’m going to college. Sure, the first time is fine, but then like every couple days afterward gets so annoying. By now, I just say, “When I know I will tell you.” I mean, I understand that it’s a gesture that they care about where I end up, but it’s really unnerving to be reminded of the pressure that awaits in the next month.</p>
<p>Fatum- I agree wholeheartedly. For UK residents Oxbridge is the gold standard and certainly both elite universities, but acceptance rates are far, far higher than the likes of Yale (>20%, upwards of 35 for some courses) and at my school the basic assumption is that you will get in. It’s thus kind of akward to rationalize the creeping apprehension/panic about decisions :)</p>
<p>edit: and the amount of times I’ve had to explain to people that, yes, I still don’t know my results and won’t find out for another month, is tiresome to say the least</p>
<p>Its always awkward when people ask me where i applied. especially since almost everyone i know only applied to state schools. it always goes with someone’s parents asking me where i applied and i always say a lot of places. then they ask what my first choice is. This is always where i feel awkward. I dont want to say harvard or yale bc i feel like im bragging (and the chances of acceptance are small), but i always do and they are always suprised. I also feel that they judge me when i say this, to see if i am harvard quality.</p>
<p>^the same exact thing happens to me</p>
<p>^^ Same thing happened to me before I got in… except it’s not always the parents who are the ones judging. Just ignore it. You’ll show them when you get in. :)</p>
<p>Waiting is AWFUL.</p>
<p>That is all.</p>
<p>^^^^Me too. I don’t actually have a first choice (and they never believe me!) but I am always resistant to give out the rather reach-heavy list because I feel like people are judging me/will think I’m arrogant. People, esp. adults, act like it’s their right to know where you applied.</p>
<p>^^ wow looks like I am not the only one facing this dilemma</p>
<p>Once you get in it will be the same. I often answered the question “where do you go to school” as CT. Your feeling that you are “judged” by saying you hope to go (or do go) to one of these schools is real and will persist. It’s a nice annoyance but many people have such distorted ideas about these schools (all rich, all snobs, etc.) that it is understandable to want to be judged just for yourself and not by their own institutional bias.</p>
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<p>Story. Of. My. Life. (Replacing UCs with “Duke and Chapel Hill, 'cause it’s, like, the law <em>ha. ha.</em>”</p>
<p>In response to everyone who’s had to deal with annoying friends/adults:</p>
<p>THANK GOD I AM NOT ALONE.</p>