<p>how much confidence is obnoxious?</p>
<p>like, before decisions, can someone reasonably say "I think I'll probably get into Harvard" without sounding like shes bragging?</p>
<p>No. Even if it's true. I don't even tell people I'm considerding Ivies because it sounds so...idk narcissistic? :)</p>
<p>No, there's no way that that can come across as anything else but obnoxious, I think.</p>
<p>No, she cannot. It's obnoxious. And why would she have to say that, if she was so confident?</p>
<p>I agree, glassesarechic. It seems a sign of insecurity to throw that kind of language around.</p>
<p>Well she wasn't saying it for anyone who would listen. The school wasn't exactly Harvard (it was Yale), and the conversation was something like :</p>
<p>person 1: why didn't you apply to Stanford early? It's easier to get in early and I thought your favorite school was Yale
person 2: B/c I can probably get into Yale RD but for Stanford it's harder to get into b/c I am on the east coast</p>
<p>or something like that</p>
<p>I think using the phrase 'probably can get into' for any of the Ivies is tempting the fates.</p>
<p>Well, in that context it's not THAT bad, but nobody will "probably get into Yale RD" unless they cured cancer or is a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>oops:</p>
<p>why DID you apply to Stanford early?</p>
<p>don't tell people you're going to do something until you actually do it. :)</p>
<p>If they are overly confident about Yale, without any real hook or talent, they are either really cocky or simply naive about the difficulty of college admissions.</p>
<p>Unless you are: martian, an olympic athlete, have a 2570 SAT, and have at least 300 community service millenia, I don't think saying "I will probably get into hypms" is a good idea. I mean...what good can come from saying that?</p>
<p>certain people can say it. Some people really do have over a 50% chance of getting into HYPS, and thus have the right to say that they will probably get in.</p>
<p>I agree with you'llsee.... in that there might be some people who can truly say that they will probably get into HYPS. However, I certainly have not met one and I can only assume that there is a very very very small number of people who can claim so. Assuming that your friend is not one of them, I think she's being presumptive.</p>
<p>I am 90% confident that the true value lies between...oh **** not that kind of confidence...</p>
<p>Person 2 could be setting herself up for potential embarrassment if she doesn't get accepted</p>