<p>It's weird - I pride myself on being positive, optimistic. And yet when it comes to college decisions I just tell myself I'm going to be rejected, perhaps to cushion the blow if it comes.</p>
<p>But at this point...is it really bad that even though I want Dartmouth the most, I'm trying NOT to like it b/c I'm afraid I won't get in? And that at the moment, I wouldn't care as long as ONE of my six reach schools accepts me? It feels as though I'm betraying Dartmouth somehow by taking this mindset...</p>
<p>Sure- it's a self-defense mechanism. If you set your sights on one school, it'll be all the more crushing if you don't get in, whereas if you spread your interests...</p>
<p>It's okay though, we'll all laugh about it in Hanover next year.</p>
<p>I'm weird and superstitious, so I have to think that I'll get in (or at least waitlisted), because if I think otherwise, I just know I'll jinx the everything and not get in.</p>
<p>Happy thoughts for me! :o <em>strained smile</em></p>
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<p>haha aww Raspberry, i love you.</p>
<p>Cali - but I'm also of the belief that if you think, for a second, that you WILL get in, it won't happen...because, you know, the sun rises and sets on me and the universe is clearly trying to spite me. lol. i think the only thing to do is NOT THINK ABOUT IT AT ALL, which is impossible lol. This morning on the way to school my dad asked me if I'd be really upset if I didn't get into any of these schools - out of nowhere! Similarly, my mom all of a sudden hugged me and said "No matter what happens, you will turn out wonderfully and have a fantastic life." Who'd have thunk....they think about it even more than I do! (and no, they're not those We Must Live Vicariously Through Our Children! kind of parents lol)</p>
<p>LOL not thinking about it at all is a complete impossibility- I would totally go through Dartmouth withdrawal! :p</p>
<p>And positive attitudes are always the best! Really. And they make you feel better, too.</p>
<p>And here is an example that they work:
[ul]Student A applies early action to School 1.[/ul]
[ul]Student B applies early action to School 1.[/ul]
[ul]Student A has an annyingly optimistic outlook.[/ul]
[ul]Student B has a forlorn and pessimistic outlook.[/ul]
[ul]Come December, Student A is accepted.[/ul]
[ul]Student B is deferred (as well as Student C, who has not been mentioned, but has the same disposition as Student B). [/ul]</p>
<p>I don't know about you, but I see a definite correaltion. ;)</p>
<p>(BTW- this is me and my two friends. We all applied early to the same school, and the two with the pessimistic attitudes got deferred :().</p>
<p>hahahaha aww fun! will the RD Brown acceptees be joining us too? because that amor guy had a really hot picture...kidding. i'm famous for going personality-first. my friends are always like "You like HIM?! He's hideous!" and I'm like "what? no he's not! he's sooo attractive!"</p>
<p>and yeah, this answers one of the questions on the CC A.D. thread I just started, lol!</p>
<p>Sorry for lashing out like that, bluirinka. It just always seems you're really prolific with the emotional type of posts, and you like start half of them anyway. I don't mind; I just wish all the inner feelings type posts wouldn't sprawl as much, and would be alittle more condensed.</p>
<p>Calidan - I know personal examples are always more influencial, but "you and your friends" are probably not a statistically significant group. The reason I spoin tthat out is it's been the opposite for me. Me and several friends/classmates were optimistic about getting into Elite College A, and all got deferred. SInce then, I've assumed a soberly pessimistic outlook and was pleasantly surprised by acceptance to Elite College B. It makes more sense to be soberly pessimistic. Then you'll be pleasantly surprised by an acceptance, and not crushed by a rejection.</p>
<p>lol blu- I aim to please (and we'll just say it's shining "camoflauge" armor :p)</p>
<p>sleet- I was just kinda kidding with that situation. I just think it's "healthier" to have a good attitude (and it's also more pleasant for the people around you, since I can't tell you how annoying those 2 pessimistic attitudes were...)</p>
<p>i'm sorry to hear that, sleet. but in this particular case i think he was joking lol</p>
<p>i'll try to take it down a notch, though. :-D truce?</p>
<p>ETA: how weird is this - after all that discussion of Chik Fil A, and how there's only one we can think of in NJ at the Paramus Park Mall, my parents just brought home food from there. for the record, to dispel any question about the quality of Chik Fil A: it's gooooood lol</p>
<p>I've never eaten there! We don't even have them in California... :(</p>
<p>The only one I've ever seen was in Tucson, Arizona. Now I want some Chik Fil A</p>
<p>(BTW- does anyone else say it like "chickfilla?" b/c I didn't quite put it together that it was "chick(en) fillet" the first time I saw it, so I was like "what's chickfilla?")</p>
<p>haha it took me about three months before i realized what the pun was. I only found the pun in "At Sleepy's...for the Rest of your Life" last week. Get it? the REST of your life, at a mattress store? my mom was dumbfounded that I hadn't yet caught it.</p>
<p>and yeah...the D board is too cool for petty stuff. see how quickly we took care of that? we're just so awesome lol</p>