<p>how does it make you feel knowing that the committee adjourned today, and that your fate is basically sealed, at least for the early admissions process? it freaks me out, for sure. They'll be waiting about a week to actually tell us....pure torture.</p>
<p>Also, how sure are you that you'll get into Harvard? I'm about 0.00001% sure I'll get in. So relatively optimistic :D</p>
<p>Oh that was all that I was thinking about today…
Complete and utter torture.
Anyways, I really truly believe that I have been rejected. I have a 31 ACT with a 720 in US Hist and a 630 in Literature… Its all over.
Basically, the only reason I applied was my being a first generation american. and a afghan</p>
<p>When you buy a lottery ticket – even though you want to win – you assume that you’re going to lose because the odds are so stacked against you. You buy the ticket anyway because “Hey, you never know. Someone’s gotta win!” Applying to Harvard is basically the same concept.</p>
<p>I’m so scared</p>
<p>I wouldn’t really equate it to a lottery, seeing as you can significantly control your chances of being accepted.</p>
<p>I chose to not get the email, so I can have the surprise when I open the mailbox. That means that I will have to wait until at least the 16th. So much for traditional values!</p>
<p>^Are you an actual human being?</p>
<p>question for you guys…what are you HONESTLY expecting, like what do you think is the most possible outcome? </p>
<p>I’m just expecting to be deferred → rejected.</p>
<p>in the same boat as tarakn. though hoping that bad scores will be made up by the fact that i am a female interested in engineering. so we will see how this goes. half chinese, half white. -<em>- then i read an article about how all these mixies are writing that they’re only white, and that they’ve been accepted as only white. -</em>____- what am i HONESTLY expecting? A REJECTION. what am i damn hoping for on my life? ACCEPTANCEEEE. i dont even think my application made it to final committee</p>
<p>Im expecting: deferred → waitlisted → accepted!!!</p>
<p>lol jk, we’ll see</p>
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<p>when will H’s EA decisions come out?</p>
<p>Thursday…
It is 3 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes, 2 seconds until Thursday, 15 December 2011, 17:00:00 (Cambridge time)</p>
<p>What? It’s not blocked on school computers, and class is too predictable!</p>
<p>No! That is even worse than, it’s even worse than… (the platypus). Oh yes, the platypus.</p>
<p>No posts really makes me more stressed!</p>
<p>Adapted from Brown’s Herald: WHAT NOT TO DO 24 HOURS BEFORE EARLY DECISIONS COME OUT</p>
<p>[ul]
[li]Don’t post a live countdown to the decision on Facebook. It’s a double-edged sword: everyone knows you’re anxious, and the Internet’s a good place to vent your frustration. But if you don’t get in, odds are there will be one nosy person on your profile asking, “Well, what’s the verdict?”[/li][li]Don’t go on College Confidential. I’m not even posting the link to the site here, because I know the temptation’s there as you read this. Going on this masochistic website is a rookie mistake. You’ll gain nothing from it except extreme self-awareness and a conviction that you have no future (spoiler alert: you do!).[/li][li]Don’t wear Harvard paraphernalia the day the decision comes out. Personally, I’m very superstitious. I hid all of the Brown gear I had accumulated in a box from the day I submitted my application until the day I got in. Maybe I was a tad too extreme about it, but it’s inappropriate to strut your way to homeroom with a Brown sweatshirt the day you’re waiting to hear back from them. It could just be bad karma, but you don’t want to be the cocky senior who was just too sure of his extracurricular cred.[/li][li]Don’t spend the afternoon by yourself. It’s going to be a rough few hours once you’re done with school and extracurriculars. If you’re just sitting at home alone, you won’t be able to work on practice AP exams. Call some friends and have lunch somewhere or take your sibling out to a movie. Moral of the story: don’t lock yourself up. Get out of the house. Boredom will lead to overthinking, which will lead to anxiety, which will not lead to good things. Chillax, bro.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>It’s unfortunate that generally early decision notifications coincide with finals (at least they did in my high school). But that shouldn’t stop you from distracting yourself! This is not the time to be freaking out about academics. You have bigger fish to fry. Here is a list of things to do while you’re expecting (… see what I did there?). This is by no means a comprehensive list— just a few ideas to get the ball rolling. You know your procrastination vice, so now’s your time to exploit it to the max.</p>
<p>[ul]
[li]Turn off your phone. People will start calling and texting you at around 5:01PM EST— it’s a given. And just a fair warning, the Brown website may crash as thousands of other antsy high schoolers check their decision statuses at the same time. So you don’t need your frenemy texting you, “Did you get in? I got in to Georgetown, no biggie.” Turn the phone on once you’ve gotten the verdict and been able to process the news. It’s for your peace of mind, trust me.[/li][li]Use Self Control when checking your email as 5:00 pm approaches. The rumors that sometimes colleges post the decisions a bit early are false, at least in Brown’s case. I started refreshing the page over and over again for twenty minutes before the scheduled e-mail blast, and it was more frustrating than rewarding. Do yourself a favor and don’t check your e-mail compulsively. It won’t make time go by faster.[/li][li]Look at pictures of cute animals. Who says animals falling asleep can’t fix everything?[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>No matter what happens on December 15th at 5:00 pm EST, just remember: the world’s not ending until December 21, 2012, so you’re set until then. Good luck, everyone!</p>
<p>The world better not end on December 21, 2012! If it does though, it will be because of nuclear warfare</p>
<p>If the world ends I will be ****ED OFF like Hitler was after failing his IB HL Exam. :)</p>