<p>Before I start, I absolutely want to make sure that I make myself clear: I am not trying to sound like some cocky, self-righteous d-bag who thinks he's the ****. I am merely passing my opinion on.
So I have gotten into all four of the schools I have heard back from, and I haven't felt very excited at all when I got the letters/emails. I guess it's because I expected to get into them (I applied to all staties). Even when I got into UNH (my state school) and the honors program and got a 4k/year scholarship, I didn't even bat an eyebrow. I think I take my failures too hard and my successes too soft, because I haven't gotten excited yet.
Now, if I get the half-tuition scholarship to UConn, where I already got in to, then I'll def be psyched. And even though I don't want to go to Clemson anymore, if I got into the Calhoun Honors College I'd be pretty happy. If I get into Wisconsin (second choice), I would be very happy, but only if I get a scholy, because that's the only way I'd be able to pay for it.
If I, by some divine act of God, was accepted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I would run down my street naked screaming at the top of my lungs.
But as of yet, I was happier at my SAT scores than I was at my past four acceptances. Any similar thoughts/experiences?</p>
<p>Well, if you were expecting to get in, not surprising at all. I applied to 14 universities and have been accepted at 5 so far, with various scholarship/honors offers. My response was basically, “Why did I apply here again?” I’ll be excited if I get accepted to reach schools. Good luck at UNC by the way!</p>
<p>Thanks! I’m gonna need it haha.</p>
<p>I wasn’t excited when I got into my EA safety but I was when I got into my EA reach.</p>
<p>frankly, it seems to me that your are missing “purpose” in your life. tough</p>
<p>Dottler, I think you are lost</p>
<p>I totally know what you mean. I don’t mean to sound arrogant, but I applied to 8 schools early action, 6 of which I had already heard from. Everytime I got an acceptance, I was like “oh”. I know I should be more excited when I heard from my top choice, but I think I was too burned out from the application process to really care too much anymore. Especially when all that we were doing in high school comes down to this…going to college.</p>
<p>^ yeah I gotcha. Especially if money is an issue with your family. It is hardly an issue with mine (again, not bragging), but my dad has designated $25k out a year for both my brother and I, and we are not eligible for Financial Aid and he won’t let me take out any loans. It all makes sense, but imagine how devastated I would be if I somehow got into UNC and then didn’t get a scholarship - it would be 5k a year too much for me. In that case, I would be depressed because it would seem that all my tremendously hard work in HS was all for going to a school in my own state - not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just I am eligible for so much more.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you except I have been declined and deferred places. I wasn’t to excited at admissions into wayne state and alabama but ecstatic at my act scores. Now only if that Minnesota letter would come…</p>
<p>I guess it’s partly because I didn’t do the best job at selecting colleges. After I applied, I realized that I didn’t want to go to Indiana anymore, and I probably won’t go to clemson if i’m accepted because I didn’t have a good experience in the south. If I get into UNC however and I was able to pay for it then I would by all means go down south. I know exactly what you mean run2flyfree</p>
<p>Got the half-tuition scholy to UConn NOW I’m psyched haha</p>
<p>^ haha I guess it’s because you knew you were gonna get accepted, when I apply to Auburn senior year, I won’t be surprised when I get accepted</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>Thanks! I’m so psyched. It’s my third choice school but now I have a great backup</p>
<p>I go to Clemson and really like it. I’m from NY and very sarcastic…so it was definitely a transition dealing with Southerners, but I have friends and there are LOADS of Out of state people here. It seems like you’re looking at different schools now, but I’m just giving my opinion. Let me know if you have questions!</p>