<p>I am sitting in an airport(spirit ditched me and i went to jet blue and paid 275 for a new ticket lol) and feel like blogging. </p>
<p>The entire application process was incredibly long, but now its over! I had to go to my high school and pay 20 bucks to print transcripts and talk to old counselors to send transfer forms. Then I had to send my college transcript. Then ask and tell 2 professors/TA's I had for my first semester for recs and then all my professors this semester for the midterm report. A lot of people know I am transferring at my school and I really am sad yet happy to go. I paid so much money for everything (about 500) for application fees, sending SAT scores, etc. </p>
<p>It took a toll on me and I am so relieved to have this process over. However, now comes decisions. I remember waiting for months for freshman ones only to get rejected everywhere lol. The wait is the killer so I am going to try to stay on cc with other people sharing my experience. I really want a time machine to blaze into May and see where I stand. </p>
<p>Also, I personally believe transfers are the luckiest people. We are so fortunate to get a chance to apply to some universities up to 4 times. 4 times! That's a lot of chances to fix your mistakes and work on your app. Yet if I don't get in anywhere I applied and will be crushed, but I won't lose hope. I would be happy at another chance to get to review my application and make it perfect. I worked for like hours on my transfer essays and poured so much time into them. My GPA is not perfect so I am riding on them to get me into somewhere. </p>
<p>so how are you guys taking the wait? </p>
<p>Post any feelings, thoughts, comments, desires, etc. anything lol</p>
<p>The wait is agonizing. I’m hoping for Berkeley, but I’d be happy at a few of the other UC’s as well. It’s 6:00 AM here in San Francisco, and I’m restless as always. </p>
<p>I totally agree with you; transfers are very lucky. We can apply multiple times and learn from the mistakes we’ve made in the past. Personally, I dropped out of hs and receivied my GED. In the fall, I hope to be at one of the leading public schools in the nation. The community college system truly saved me, and I’m extremely grateful. </p>
<p>I’m still waiting to hear back from 4/5 UC’s (got into UCSC), but the wait is actually sort of funny. I find myself pouring my apprehensiveness out here on College Conf. at 6:00 AM just because I’m now a part of a new process. I carefully watch my calendar, and check e-mails all the time. Soon enough it will be over, and the real challenge will begin. I really can’t wait. </p>
<p>@ Castiel: What colleges/universities did you apply to, and what’s your major?</p>
<p>Amen to that. I can’t remember the last time I slept. Since my country is half a day ahead of US I am now officially living a zombie life. I was so stressed out during application period that I couldn’t wait for it to get over and take a break. But now that it is over, I cannot wait for decisions already. A part of me wants to scream at admissions and ask them to get it over with already. But another part hopes that they would take long enough time to review my application holistically (trust me my application needs it) and take me in.</p>
<p>The wait is definitely the worst part of the application process. On Wednesday night is got so stressed about everything I barely slept and then got sick.
I also developed some obsession with the mail, even though there’s should be nothing for me until May.
UGHHGGHGHHG!! I can’t wait!</p>
<p>Same thing happened to me last week!!! I keep refreshing my email page like crazy. I check and recheck my spam folder in case I had missed something.</p>
<p>I think I’ve passed the point of agony and gone into “Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me, lalalalalalalala, as long as you don’t tell me, I’m not rejected.” It’s keeping me a bit more sane, I think. But I do hear you guys about the mail thing. I did not check my university mailbox once last semester, but now that I know I could be getting stuff at home, I find myself heading to check my mail at least once a week. And checking email is simply a nerve wracking experience. </p>
<p>@Casteil. Same thing happened to me for freshman decisions. I see a lot of what I did wrong last time now, and it has helped a lot this time around. That took a weird toll on me last year. Like, from April until about mid-June, every time I went to get the mail, my heart would start pounding, even though I knew there was nothing there for me. I literally became afraid of the mail. Hoping that doesn’t happen again this time. </p>
<p>CC is wonderful for giving us a medium in which to stress out in with other people going through the same thing. </p>
<p>To us, the hopeful, ambitious, and to-be-successful transfers.</p>
<p>OMG two nights ago, I had this dream where I was accepted to one of my reach colleges. I was all happy and giddy, but then I woke up and I literally felt like crying because it had been just a dream. I went back to sleep, and this time, I dreamt that I got accepted into a different school. And, you know how when you wake up and then go back to bed and you kind of retain memory of waking up? Well, in that dream, I gave my acceptance letter to my friend and asked “Dude, this is real, right? This isn’t a dream, right?” My friend said yes which I got elated about, but of course that was a dream too, and when I woke up I was like “Oh COME ON!!! Are you freakin’ kidding me!!!”</p>
<p>Lol, yes I am going insane due to the wait.</p>
<p>emilsinclair: haha I wish you the best at the UC’s. I hear good things about the schools (other than the darn tuition hike )</p>
<p>I am applying to Cornell, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, Uchicago, Penn, and a few others. My major is Biology and biology related majors (some schools didnt have biology related ones so i settled for plain Biology).</p>
<p>haha yeah I had a dream where i got into Cornell and was SO sad when I woke up. On a positive note, it could still happen haha. I would literally scream like a madman if I got in. </p>
<p>Yeah I need this wait to stop! I want my decisions now haha. I constantly keep checking my email for updates on colleges.</p>
<p>I am really glad I have you guys to share the same exact stuff I am going through. Since I am transferring I know like no one else doing it and feel kind of alone</p>
<p>Castiel, I know exactly how you feel about not knowing anyone else transferring…you aren’t alone!
It’s like really awkward to talk about it at your current school because everyone’s like “WHY ARE YOU TRANSFERRING I LOVE IT HERE” and you’re like “uhhh”
Ironically, I go to Cornell (and am transferring out…ha), so if you have any questions, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>…and I would just like to say: thank god for college confidential.</p>
<p>lol yeah I go to NYU and people are like WHAT?! (cornell is my top choice) and they are like eww ithaca instead of nyc and its annoying. Plus i feel like im betraying my teachers for leaving and my peers. But its my happiness right?</p>
<p>My professors were pretty cool about me transferring. If anything, after I explained my reasons, they encouraged me. My friends are pretty supportive about it as well, although they keep telling me they don’t want me to leave.</p>
<p>On a side note, is it just me or is waiting killing your drive to do your regular school work?</p>
<p>^YES! my friends say the same thing, they are like we are sad to see you go and they try to convince me to stay because of that, which guilts me for leaving.</p>
<p>and omg yes it is like I have senioritis all over again since I don’t wanna do school work that much anymore</p>
<p>I was waiting for Northwestern’s decision (Winter '10), and I was told it would be any time within a roughly two-week span. Toward the beginning of that time frame, I got a big envelope with Northwestern written on the front, and I ran all the way to my room to open it before I realized it was just a packet of promotional materials. That was not a happy day.</p>
<p>The happy day came two weeks later. Good luck, folks.</p>
<p>@ sirsteveh: This is really random, but is it too late to apply to Northwestern for fall 2010? I’m going to be a junior when I transfer, and I’m thinking of possibly not putting all of my eggs into the “UC” basket. </p>
<p>Also, if it’s not too late, would I need to include SAT scores?</p>
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