@hleeigh Wow … you’re super lucky! We still have finals.
Definitely alone! I’m not going to even tell anyone that decisions are coming out this Thursday. Won’t be able to tolerate the ‘did you get in?’ all day
@hleeigh wow my school also got rid of official finals week but every teacher will make us sit a final test in class
and im so glad you relate i thought i was crazy. im thinking of opening it alone or with my family idk what i’ll do then
@hleeigh I’m lucky enough to live in VA so I can hike in under two hours. I asked my interviewer like 80 questions about the hiking trails gg. I haven’t been lucky enough to visit Cornell because my parents don’t want waste gas money if I get denied :(. I’d also suggest if we get get in maybe getting a few people together and doing some hikes on one of the move in days, but I’m fairly slow because I don’t hike super often :’)
I’m still on a reg school week with finals next week but I exempted all my exams. I’ll be opening mine alone because my family wanted me to do it at a dinner but my dad’s having surgery so I’m just gonna drive somewhere and open alone.
@sargamprakash My thoughts exactly
Im in a solo sport where failure happens about 2 out of every 3 competitions so at least I have practice being disappointed. LOL. Seriously though, I guess I’m sorta chill because I made sure I had two or three schools I loved. My #2 is actually neck and neck with Cornell and it’s a safety school, plus voted best food in college. Google it and you’ll guess. I know some of you put all you eggs in one basket but you should take a couple weekends and visit some schools you had on the maybe list, then apply RD by January. What do you have to lose. You might just fall in love with them after a visit. I’m going to be crushed when I’m rejected, but only for about 10 minutes. Fellow rejectees, lets go change the world someplace else.
@jionrubia I’m really close with my parents, so I would wanna open it with them. But idk if I’ll be able to wait 
@Shrilkshire hey I’m from MD! You guys have much better hiking than us lol
You guys have to remember, getting into an Ivy league is a complete wild card. You could have above average stats and still get rejected. You have to assume your getting denied, but hope for the best! If you did not get in then just remember that everything happens for a reason, I strongly believe so. Unless you have like really out of the league connections then there is no way to know if you are getting in for sure.
what does everyone think about greek life at CU???
@hleeigh I don’t know you but I’ll bet there’s no way you can wait til Friday. Youll have that phone of yours out at 5:00 like the rest of us. :))
I’m going to be opening up my decision as soon as I receive it, and it will probably be happening in the sweaty locker room surrounded by my teammates after practice (I’m the most impatient person I know). But my whole grade and all my friends know I applied ED and how much I’m obsessed with Cornell, and the rejection will be 10000x more painful and embarrassing and harder to deal with
@cotopaxi that’s what everyone else has told me and I don’t doubt it. I can only hope to have some degree of self control lol! X_X
@shebelongsinny I believe greek life is the major source of nightlife as the bar scene has really died down.
I’m too scared to even face the exact words to my decision so as soon as I click on the letter, I’m going to scroll down and read the words backwards starting from the last sentence…if there’s something like “please pay your deposits by blah blah” then I’ll know it’s good news…
Lol tomorrow night I have to babysit, drive 30 mins, have cheer practice then a game, then I have to drive 30 mins home…I’m gonna have so many notifications from this thread!!! I love it though haha
But I’m excited for the outdoors, meeting new people, seeing old friends, the clubs/organizations (rock climbing club!), Libe Slope, and so sos much more
My mom went to Cornell, and when we went to visit, we ditched the tour bc she was so mad they didn’t go inside the buildings. So she took me up to the stacks above the fisheye library and you can see the whole campus from this tiny little window, and all I think about when I’m ever stressed is that tiny window behind all those old yellowing books. Ugh… I need to get in to this school.
Currently dying of fright. The thing is, although I know that Cornell, like all Ivies, is unpredictable, I know people with lesser stats who’ve gotten in (w/out legacy/URM status) … So I really don’t know.
I guess I’ll survive if I get rejected. But it’s going to be painful.
I mean I was stupid enough to make a countdown my homepage, it’s highkey stressing me out watching the seconds tick so slowly.