<p>i just thought i'd repost the countdown. :)</p>
<p>weird.. why do i have this countdown??
<a href="http://www.bleacheatingfreaks.com/makeacountdown/?id=230218%5B/url%5D">http://www.bleacheatingfreaks.com/makeacountdown/?id=230218</a></p>
<p>i think i like it better though- it is about 6 hours ahead of the other one!</p>
<p>where did you get that countdown??</p>
<p>its uglier lol :p</p>
<p>i have no clue! i thought i got it off of this thread.. but maybe not. haha yeah i guess it is uglier though.</p>
<p>hey what is rolling decision? (Ignorance is a ......)</p>
<p>Rolling admissions is the process of letting applicants know as they submit them. So basically, the earlier you submit, the better your chances, and the earlier you will find out. It's great to get in somewhere early so you don't have to stress about applying to mostly reaches (like me lol).</p>
<p>heyyy guys!!! i was just wondering. do you tell all your friends/everyone who asks where you're applying?? at my school some people are SO secretive about it. like i'm pretty sure my friend is applying somewhere early but she won't tell me! so what do you think?</p>
<p>Is your school competitive? Everyone at my school pretty much knows where everyone else is applying (well, in the ap classes, etc...) That sounds pretty intense, that it is secretive at your school.</p>
<p>yeah it is pretty intense.. i guess most people are open about it, but others are just weird. i kind of wanted to keep it a secret that i was applying just so everyone in the school wouldn't ask me about it on december 15th (how sad would that be to tell like 50 people i was deferred haha), but i am really bad at lying, so i just told everyone when they asked me.</p>
<p>Yea I went through that too....at first I kind of tried to keep it quiet that I was applying ED so I wouldn't have to tell like my whole school and family if I didn't get in, but I gave up hope. It is annoying that everyone just assumes I'll get in (like my mom.....argh). I know people are trying to make me feel better, but it will just make it worse if (or when...) I get deferred/rejected. </p>
<p>Does anyone feel awkward if someone you don't really know asks you where you are applying? This happens to me all the time...</p>
<p>OMG, I totally get the whole assuming you're going to get in...it's really bothering me and making me wish that I had not told anyone (parents included) that I was applying to Pton ED! I feel like it's going to make it SO much worse when I get deferred or rejected (definitely no "if" there)...oh well...only like 36 days left or something, right?!</p>
<p>MEE TOO!! my mom and i seriously have arguments that go like this:
Mom: "you can get in!"
Me: "umm look at these brilliant people on CC/the acceptance rate/the legacy at my school who's applying... plus you shouldnt try to get my hopes up!"</p>
<p>and yeah at school people are optimistic which is kind of annoying. I mean i know they're trying to be nice and they can't exactly say, "uhh sorry that was a huge waste of an application and $65" but still... i think pessimism would be better for my mental health come dec 15!!</p>
<p>See I just assume I'm not getting in. Heh.</p>
<p>yeah so do i!! i just wish everyone else would go along with it too, then it would be easier not to hope!</p>
<p>THANK YOU!!! Someone else understands! I hate how I can't even talk to my friends about my worries of not being accepted, because they are just like, "Oh, shut up. You KNOW you'll get in." When I tell them about the "brilliant people on CC" who didn't get in, they just roll their eyes. So annoying, when you are trying to be realistic and not set yourself up for a huge dissappointment... Then again, are we the only ones who think this? Do other amazing students who have never read CC realize how impossible it is for them to get in? Or is this site just making people paranoid...</p>
<p>Hahaha yeah my mom is like "those people are lying" (on CC) but i'm pretty sure that THAT many creeps would not get on collegeconfidential to post fake stats in the princeton decision thread!! and yeah some of my friends say the same thing- "shut up of course you'll get in" lol... i'm like, ok, i'll show you the rejection letter...</p>
<p>yeah that is a good question about the other amazing students. i bet there are a lot of students who are not so amazing and think they have a chance because of some little thing like how smart they are in comparison to the rest of their grade. because i have to say, i didn't know about barely any of the ECs i see listed here- AMC, AIME, TASP, piano competitions, research opportunities, etc.... like how did you guys even hear about them?? plus we don't have a Mu Alpha Theta or whatever it's called... or a math team.... haha ok i'll stop complaining now</p>
<p>.. but anyway, all i know is CC sure makes me paranoid!!</p>
<p>yeah, i didn't want anyone to know i was applying cuz there is like an 80% i won't get in the first round. I told, like, two people and now literally everyone knows i'm applying there and apparently they "know" i'll get in. I go to a VERY mediocre public high school in nowhere and everyone is like "well you have more of a chance than anyone else from our school if they applied, so you'll obviously get in." They don't realize that our school is actually BAD and that NOBODY from our school would probably ever get into Princeton. Even when i explain to them that they reject 83% of valedictorians and about half their 2400-ers, they still don't get it!</p>
<p>don't worry... you are not the only one from a very mediocre public hs... where everyone expects you to get into Ivy League</p>
<p>Yeah, I talk to people all the time and (except for the more informed) they're convinced I'll get in. It'll be hard to tell them that Princeton didn't accept me if it comes to that! I mean, I'm at the top of my class at school and all, but they really don't understand what the competition is.</p>
<p>People tend to think that Ivy admissions is as simple as 1+1, but I've been trying to show them for a long time that it's nothing short of complex analysis.</p>
<p>Indeed, I seem to be afflicted with the syndrome "the more people I meet, the more positive answers I get." I have to constantly remind myself that I haven't gotten in yet and not to get my hopes up too high.</p>