<p>anyone else slightly dreading decision day because they know they’ll get rejected?
or am i the only one… >_<</p>
<p>@medrix: YES! It was so sad 
Total rip off of Princess Diana, but still really, really sad…the commercial for January killed me. I cannot wait that long 
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<p>Does anyone watch “How I Met Your Mother”? Last night was so sad…</p>
<p>And, @THISISSCARY: Yeah, I am really afraid I’m going to get denied…I wasn’t thinking about it that much, but, lately, I have started getting more and more worried, especially seeing how qualified all of you ladies are…</p>
<p>Ladies, 9 days!!! We are into the single digits! :D</p>
<p>Yes, so nervous.</p>
<p>And ugh just feeling blahh right now (stupid boys).</p>
<p>@noloserhere one of the NYC prep kids went to my school and everyone liked her and she went on to a really good college, but i agree the show was really dumb and that PC kid in real life is the worst person ever lol
i think what you said about private school kids in NYC makes you sound really dumb, though lol. i go to a private school for kids who have professional careers outside of school…while most of us enjoy parties and drinking/smoking we have a lot more important parts of our lives to talk about lol.
and before i went to the school i’m at now, i went to a different private school that was much more of the stereotypical kind of NYC private school and while of course there was a lot of drinking and smoking, the only time people would ever talk about parties or whatever was like…on the monday back to school after it had just happened. there were kids there who flaunted their wealth quite obnoxiously but the majority of the school would talk **** about them for doing so lol.
i have a lot of friends at different private schools and public schools, i’m far from socially inept, and i could say the same for all of my friends.</p>
<p>also, i have gone to the smallest of small private schools. for 10 years i went to a school were there were 24 kids in my grade. then i went to a school with around 70 per grade which i would say is around average for NYC private schools. the school i’m at now only has 200 kids from 6-12th grade. i’m not trying to sound cocky but i know i have good social skills. i make friends extremely easily and so do the majority of my friends.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat, THISISSCARY. I feel like being great at humanities and having strong ECs but being bad at math will ruin my chance of getting in because there are so many amazing well-rounded applicants. I have someone in the admissions committee advocating for me but that can only do so much among 559 other incredible applicants. Everyone in this thread is so smart and accomplished and fantastic, plus almost all of my friends are chronic overachievers (although none of them are applying to Barnard ED). I just have to remind myself that not every applicant is as ridiculous as the ones here on CC!</p>
<p>And treehugga, ugh, I feel you so much. High school boys can be the worst. Last year I was lucky enough to have two guys in a row over the span of three months who said they liked me, led me on, hooked up with me, and subsequently decided they wanted to be “friends with benefits.” But trust me, it gets better! You just have to realize you’re too good for them anyway (seriously, you are - you seem incredibly smart and talented and I’m sure you’re beautiful) and if they don’t like you as a person then they’re not worth your time. </p>
<p>Anyway, back to Barnard: does anyone else have frequent Barnard-related dreams? I have SO many realistic dreams where I get accepted to Barnard and I’m ecstatic and then I wake up and I’m depressed that it isn’t real. 
I’ve had one at least once a week since I’ve submitted my app. Sigh…Barnard is the Arnold to my Helga.</p>
<p>@amurd: about the guys–that exact thing is the story of my life right now.all my friends have been telling me im too good for this guy, but ughh. they’re all like that. </p>
<p>I have something fun:</p>
<p>What are you guys looking forward to in senior year, other than college?</p>
<p>For me:</p>
<p>-PROM (if i figure out my date situation).
-even more than prom,afterprom!!!
-the last new years eve with my friends
-going on vacation over winter break</p>
<p>@ amurd927…I agree 100%, my humanities are great but my math is definitely lacking. I have pictured my life perfectly around going to Barnard, I don’t know what I will do if I am rejected. It really is the light at the end of a long dark tunnel. I am from South Africa, but now I live in one of the most rural parts of America (a definite change)- I need to escape to the city!!</p>
<p>@treehugga…don’t even get me started on high school boys…uhgg!</p>
<p>treehugga, I know it seems impossible and like the only thing any guy ever wants is sex - believe me, I’ve been there, done that, and got the receipts. But as soon as you manage to get past this guy and build up your confidence the manfolk will flood in your direction! All you have to do is put yourself out there and throw all subtlety out the window, because honestly, guys will not respond unless you practically tell them up front that you want to go on a date and have genital contact.</p>
<p>And medrix, I’m the same way. Every time I picture my future it revolves around Barnard. Every time I visit campus I fall more in love with it. I know I’ll be happy wherever I go but I really hope we all get in!</p>
<p>Ooh, things I’m looking forward to! I’m somewhere in between looking forward to and dreading December 15th, but other than that…
- Christmas time at work being OVER. If I have to hear “Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart” one more time…
- My friends in college coming back for Christmas break and break in general
- New Years Eve
- PROM! (Here’s hoping my boyfriend can come home for the occasion!)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It looks fantastic and Benedict Cumberbatch is a delectable hunk of man meat. And speaking of…
- Sherlock Season 2
- Game of Thrones Season 2
- Going away for Spring Break
- Model UN! Any of my fellow Model UN-ers going to New York?
- High school being over. I love my friends but I’m so ready for a change of scenery. </p>
<p>I have some other things but that’s all I have off the top of my head. I’m also determined to make a tumblr and actually use it once the school stress dies down because tons of my friends have them and I’m an out-of-the-loop fuddy duddy.</p>
<p>yay! for some reason you girls made me feel so much better about this guy. its weird, my friends all are a)in a relationship pretending to be serious, or b)not dealing with guys right now…so they’re all stable and im like wahhh someone understand my guy problems.</p>
<p>and its horrible, when i imagine college, i imagine barnard. no where else. its a problem.</p>
<p>amurd927, I’m totally in the same boat with the math weakness/humanities strength…I’m hoping they’re willing to overlook it? Fingers crossed for the both of us (and medrix, too!)</p>
<p>Anyway, things I’m looking forward to:
-Model Congress Trip to San Francisco (AP Gov extra credit, but it’ll be fun! I’m rooming with one of my best friends)
-New Years Eve! (:
-Winter Formal (ish…I’m with you guys on the frustrating-ness of high school boys and I’m kind of dreading the inevitable date hype that happens every year.)
-Spring Musical
-My Birthday (I’m a little obsessed with my birthday…)</p>
<p>Oh…and December 15th, obvi. Dreading/looking forward to it, really…did you guys know that our college counselors all find out a couple weeks before us? Well, at least they do at my school…and now I’m obsessively reading into the way my CC acts around me and it’s making me crazy. Bahh.</p>
<p>Yeah treehugga, the same for me…all through high school I’ve kind of just avoided serious relationships and stuck with flings and what not, but now my friends all have serious boyfriends or don’t even think about it…I am literally floating in the middle…</p>
<p>So on this subject, I heard Barnard girls typically date Columbia guys? but that Columbia girls generally have this negative attitude toward Barnard girls as a result…have any of you heard of something like this?</p>
<p>@this forum? Haha people lacking in math is most definitely the NORM at Barnard. 
I’m sure that it just makes you look more like a Barnard girl!! According to adcoms, on the SAT, they weigh the Writing score highest, then the CR, then Math 
I was looking through last years decision thread and most acceptances were people who had high Writing scores and not-as-high math scores.</p>
<p>you’re eloquent–this made me laugh out loud: ‘two guys in a row over the span of three months who said they liked me, led me on, hooked up with me, and subsequently decided they wanted to be “friends with benefits.”’ and so did ‘…Barnard is the Arnold to my Helga.’</p>
<p>guys are stupid. btw, what is up with the mylifeisbarnard twitter feed… i really hope its a joke?</p>
<p>On a last note, after Dec. 15th, if we’re all accepted and any of you come by NY, I would love to meet up with you and show you around (this sounds creepy but apparently last years accepted had a similar meetup)</p>
<p>As for guys… I can only think of one time I’ve not rejected a guy in an extremely mean way I’m really picky.
My best friends at school are guys, and it sucks the most when your close friend asks you out. I don’t know. I’d just rather be friends with someone than have sudden expectations to be a “girlfriend” thrust upon me.
Sounds kind of weird, but I’d rather a “friends with benefits” relationship… not in a sexual way, but I don’t like emotional obligations to someone. I think labels really scare me… Commitment issues? I also get bored with other people extremely easily. I’m also pretty critical of other people (…nyc1994, my talk about nyc prep school kids will vouch for that one). Oh and then theres that thing where I look like I’m 14. Five guys who have confessed before have told me that they’re afraid people will think they’re a pedophile.</p>
<p>@medrix: Story of my life. Literally pretty much all of my friends are in relationships. Only I always end up mediating their relationships /playing matchmaker with those who aren’t in relationships…</p>
<p>@noloserhere: YAY!! That cheers me up significantly because my math and science ACT scores are probably the weakest portion of my application.</p>
<p>Oh, and I just went to mylifeisbarnard…um…really hoping those hostile attitudes aren’t circulating around. I know it’s supposed to be kind of a joke, but still…</p>
<p>about the meetup: im sure people on the facebook group will want to do that!</p>
<p>now you guys are freaking me out…I listed math as a potential major, pre-med track! My math and english grades are about even, but im a really bad writer…will they hold this against me? im much more of a math/science person!</p>
<p>@peacelove, medrix: yepp it sucks to be in the middle, because then you feel weird for like talking/getting with guys because no one else is just doing that haha.</p>
<p>@noloserhere: Thank God for that! My writing score is well above Barnard’s average, my CR score is fairly above Barnard’s average, and my math score…well, that’s a discussion for another time (that time being when SATs are so outdated that nobody remembers how the score system works). </p>
<p>And that offer just adds more pressure to get in! I would love to meet all of you. I’m really hoping (hell, I’ll pray too - I’m not religious but it’s worth a shot) that all of us get accepted. I know my way around Morningside Heights quite well, but anywhere farther downtown than 72nd street doesn’t exist on my brain map so I’m dying to explore the city! </p>
<p>As for boys, I’m a strong believer in man karma. I spent my childhood, middle school, and freshman year being fat and awkward and I spent my sophomore and first half of my junior year being FWB-zoned, so now I’m lucky in love! Of course, now he’s leaving for a college that’s ~500 miles away in less than a month…hopefully college karma exists too. </p>
<p>And I’m pretty sure the majority of Barnard-directed hostility is limited to the internet, which is where bitter people reside. I’ve never heard of any real Barnard students saying they felt as though Columbia students ostracized them.</p>
<p>@treehugga
Don’t worry, its equally an asset because now you stand out as a stellar math person. They’ll like you for bringing diversity to Barnard through your academic strengths :)</p>
<p>@whoever asked this before: the animosity (if any) that columbia girls hold towards barnard girls is probably contrived and without substance. i’m sure that its the general notion that college guys generally have: “OMG DUDE THERES ALL-GIRLS SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET,” in the ******y horny teenage fantasy way. (Again, I’m speculating). If I were a Columbia girl, I’d probably be annoyed at Barnard just for inciting that attention from Columbia guys… But I dunno. Somehow, I woudn’t really care for a guy who thinks like that. So yeah. I think any animosity stems from an idea like that. But anyone else, feel free to throw out your hypotheses on the situation! </p>
<p>@treehugga. You guys are kind of scaring me. I’m not very experienced with guys. Its not an issue of saving myself, but its more like… I don’t want a guy I find gross to be with me. And I’m really picky, so now I’m scared that I’m going to be considered really inexperienced in college :(</p>
<p>Also I hope you guys never connect my facebook to this username.</p>
<p>@treehugga: Haha, yeah, exactly…only I go to such a small school that I don’t get with guys because all the ones I talk to are in relationships that I set up and then they just text me asking for relationship advice and bear their souls to me, etc. and I count down the days until college. Yayyy.</p>
<p>@amurd: Haha, I went through the fat, awkward, ugly phase, too! Middle school through tenth grade…good times. Not to sound creepy, but you sound a lot like me from reading your posts. You type the way I talk (with the pop culture references, etc.) and seem to have similar interests…haha, I’m just saying, I think we’d get along well :)</p>
<p>@noloserhere: honestly, barnard’s a pretty good school, im sure you’ll be in good company in terms of experience with guys. i’m not either, at all! and the columbia guys are at least smart, compared to all the guys in my school!</p>