<p>Ok so I think that the one-week mark has totally done it for me. I was pretty level-headed about decisions before, but just knowing that this time next week I’ll know if I’ve gotten in is just… ah. And I can’t bring myself to do any other work or any other apps even though I know I really have to. I’m dealing with the stress of it all really poorly right now and I was just wondering how you guys were all managing?? Everyone I know is so sick of me talking about Penn and I feel like you guys are the only people that can relate and share the absolute painnnn that will be this upcoming week. :(:(</p>
<p>Jenny - I swear to God I feel the SAME!!! My friends all hate me for freaking out everyday and being moody! haha</p>
<p>I haven't done any homework tonight (well, I can just do it tomorrow morning anyway, I have a free period) but SERIOUSLY ALL I DO IS CHECK CC, eat, FACEBOOK, talk on the phone about penn, back to CC!!!</p>
<p>I had a headache all today (right behind the eyes- totally killer) and I need a massage! next thing I know, I'll be sprouting gray hairs!!!</p>
<p>I know what you mean...my friends have reached a point where they either roll their eyes and tell me I'm crazy for obsessing so much, or just not respond.</p>
<p>I'm trying just to keep doing all the other things I need to do but it is hard!</p>
<p>ME TOO! I don't have the problem with friends because all of my close friends applied places early too, so we just stress out together. But it's so nice to have people on here to talk to about Penn! And I can't get any homework done. I seriously think I've been spending between 2 and 3 hours a day on this website. AH. That'll be a huge free chunk of time in my day once decisions come out! What are you all planning to do next Thursday before the decisions come out?</p>
<p>my teacher tells me i'm nuts, my friends tell me i need to calm down (aka shut up), and my parents are telling me to stop stressing out about penn. and i spent way to much time on cc instead of doing my work...</p>
<p>i really wish people at penn could see our anxiety and say aw look how much they love penn, lets accept them all. (dream on)</p>
<p>idk im spazzing like an idiot over penn. my best friend from elem school just got into columbia and im RLY happy for her - but rly jealous too. lol</p>
<p>im gonna mess up this quarters grades soooo badly. i cant stand the tension!!! productivity just isnt in my vocab right now. </p>
<p>after nxt thurs... i think ill sleep. prolly veg out watching tv or go shopping or something. idk something that doesnt involve school or CC. lol
ON thursday... i have to be at school, presenting a few projects and prepping for midterms so i shud be busy until i come home around 5. god knows my mind will be on penn the ENTIRE day.</p>
<p>i'm going out on thurs, check cc first when i get home, then read the finish message on my countdown, then...moment of truth.</p>
<p>just think, if you're here a year from now, you'll be stressing out over finals! (although that will more or less be true regardless of where you end up) what joy!</p>
<p>I haven't really been stressing out to my friends about it. I contain all my stress, and sometimes let loose on my parents. If a friend brings up Penn, then I'll talk about, but otherwise I don't.</p>
<p>It is weird to think that in a week, some of us will know where we're going to college... I really want Penn, but you guys are gonna be tought to beat.</p>
<p>I already have backup options available :)</p>
<p>^You got into Mich right? When was your app complete? Ive been waiting for like a month since it was done, and nothing.</p>
<p>Or was it UT Austin for the top 10% thing?</p>
<p>both.
10/1 complete.</p>
<p>one of my best friends applied to brown early so we just chill together</p>
<p>but he gets his decision two days earlier... bastard</p>
<p>next week were basically gonna be some sort of drunk and some sort of watching movies... and then if he gets in he has to treat me to dinner and if i get in i have to treat him... but like, were freakin out so drinkin on school nights which neither of us have ever done before...</p>
<p>drinking is not that bad. College creates true alcoholism. High school crates drug addicts ;)</p>
<p>I have Mich (and Minnesota, but, haha, nahh...) as a backup too, but I'm still stressing like woah. I swear I've gained 5 pounds in a week, hahaha.</p>
<p>yeah i'm trying to stay as busy as i can or else i'll just start thinking about it and overanalyzing every aspect of my application when realistically worrying wont accomplish anything (not that it ever really does...). i've been trying to do apps all night (granted its only 8 here) but i can't get my mind off itttttttttttt. </p>
<p>potential solution: addictinggames.com?</p>
<p>oh yeah, the rest of us early ppl down here have plans to get waaaaaaassssttttteeedddd on the night of the 15th. regardless of our decisions. lol</p>
<p>don't get too wasted, or you will forget your decision and look at it the next day and be sad all over again (or maybe very happy with a huge headache)</p>
<p>just a thot but i dont think my penn decision will be something ill EVER forget</p>
<p>I am getting absolutely obliterated on the 15th. And the 14th for that matter. Man I wish I got my Michigan app out earlier. It'd be nice to have a great school like that to fall back on. And yea.. my best friend applied to Yale and she's just as on edge as I am about decisions cause she finds out the 15th. AHHHH. SO NERVOUSSSS. I actually got over myself and did some ap physics tonight tho. Apps... another story. </p>
<p>I love all you guys so much!!! Seriously, I really hope Penn is cool and lets at least a majority of us in, because I don't think I've ever seen such togetherness on one of these forums... just shows the type of people Penn attracts you know??</p>