a (somewhat) absurd question for fellow Ivy Hopefuls

Applying to College
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<p>This is such a ridiculous question, but I've been thinking about it so I thought I might as well post.</p>

<p>For all of us multiple-ivy applicants, what's your plan of action for Decision Day? If decisions all come out at the same time, which school's do you check first? I can't decide whether I'm going to check my top choice (Brown) first and then proceed down the line, or "save the best for last..." </p>

<p>But will I be too heartbroken to be excited about other acceptances if I check my top choice first and receive rejection? Thoughts?</p>

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<p>I’m gonna check them as I get them. Saves me the agony of ranking them in order lol.</p>

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<p>Haha good point! I know, I don’t really have an order of preference after Brown. Are they by email then? I thought you had to log in to each one to see your decision but I’m not sure</p>

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<p>Haha I was just thinking about this yesterday! I applied to Yale and Brown… I think I have a slightly better chance of getting into Brown so I’ll probably check that one first. If I get rejected from both then it wouldn’t have made a difference but if I get into Brown and not Yale then it’ll barely hurt because I’ll be so excited about Brown! And on the off chance that I get into Yale but not Brown… well then it’ll completely negate the pain from Brown! And I won’t be getting into both so that really doesn’t matter. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah you probably have to log in XD. But some schools, like Harvard, sends it to you directly. Either way, I will log in as the info comes…</p>

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<p>I’ll just check them in the order I get them or at random. There’ll be too much suspense to have a method =p.</p>

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<p>Agreed, the suspense will be intense! (rhyme not intended haha)</p>

<p>But it’s such a big moment that I feel like I should plan it. Maybe I should just pick out of a hat or something…</p>

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<p>Omg, this is so very relevant.</p>

<p>My friends and I were just talking about this today hahahaha. We’ve split up into the “I’m-going-to-walk-around-refreshing-my-email-on-my-phone” group, and the “I’ll-wait-and-open-them-all-at-once-when-I-get-home” party.</p>

<p>Would you check with other people around though? I’m not so sure that I would…D:</p>

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<p>Haha, I was thinking about this too. Do you know about what time they release their decisions, or does it vary a lot by school?</p>

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<p>I’ll open Brown last. I’ll be too busy vomiting to look at the other ones if I open it first and get rejected.</p>

<p>I’m only applying to 2 though (3 if I decide to apply to Harvard for the hell of it). Brown and Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>^^I believe 5:00 pm EST. I can’t decide what order I’ll check them</p>

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<p>I’ve definitely been thinking about this for a while. Since I’m rather pessimistic about the whole ordeal I’ll probably just close my eyes and choose. Or let someone else choose.</p>

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<p>wow i’ve never even thought about this. but good point! lol. chronological order is probably best though. that way i don’t have to pick :p</p>

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<p>Jasonleb - Please don’t worry about this yet! You still have a year until this is all happening :slight_smile: Enjoy it!</p>

<p>I’m thinking of going in reverse alphabetical order now… Yale then Penn, Dartmouth, Brown… Apparently Cornell decision is sent via email, by the way</p>

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<p>Well, I actually got some good news and found out I have a rather solid connection with one of the professors. I just have no idea how to go about utilizing it lmao.</p>

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<p>I’ve actually thought about this a lot. I decided I’m going to start with the “lower” Ivies so if I get into one, I won’t mind being rejected by the “higher” Ivies (I would be ecstatic to get into any of them TBH). If I start with the “higher” ones, I don’t want to give myself false hope about getting into the “lower” ones.</p>

<p>I applied to Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale.</p>

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<p>I’m gonna check it in the reverse order of preference. </p>

<p>I’ll wait for all the decisions to come out before I start checking, unless one of the schools decide to release the decision hours later.</p>

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<p>I am doing alphabetical order. I applied to Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale. I think I have a better chance at the first three so hopefully I get into one of them and then getting rejected from Yale and Princeton wont bother me =p</p>

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<p>I am doing alphabetically. I applied to all, so we will see</p>

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<p>It matters also on whether I get into stanford. If I do, I will not be nervous at all. But, if I don’t, then I will be nervous about the admission.</p>