<p>j07, Yale will release on the 29th. And yes, that is 18 days away! I can't decide whether I'm grateful for Stanford's later release (Mar. 30 or 31 or Apr. 1), because I'm not sure whether it's better to get 4 rejections (HYPS) at once or rejections in waves...</p>
<p>I prefer in waves, so I'd have time to recuperate. That being said, I hope they're admissions. You know...positive thinking.</p>
<p>I think it would be better to find out HYPS on the same day, because if I don't get into Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, I will likely be really upset and wanting to get into Stanford, but then I'll have to wait a day or so to find out.</p>
<p>Bah. Stressful.</p>
<p>Anyone not opting to check their decisions on line? I think getting decisions in the mail is easier to handle. One could be prepared for a decision by seeing a thick or thin envelope. The on line decisions come on so quick with no preparation for the decision</p>
<p>collegebound, it may be easier to handle decisions through the post in that sense, but the wait is really the main source of stress for me, so the post is not a method that puts me at ease</p>
<p>you said it, Mallomar!
the stress is DEFINITELY the wait!</p>
<p>I'm prepared for my decision. I just want to know now. Except I think it might be good that there is still some time, because I went to the councilors on Friday and found out that my midyear reports to 4 ivies were not sent because someone couldn't find the list of where they were going, and they didn't bother to ask me!!??? which makes me kinda annoyed, so hopefully they will still consider my good first semester. But I am really dissapointed that they didn't get sent out 3 weeks ago when they should have been sent out. My councilor and her secretary have been pretty unhelpful in the whole process. Without CC, I would have been completely lost.</p>
<p>I have to agree; it's more nerve-wracking checking the decisions online as opposed to going to the mailbox; WHAM the decision is staring at you after you click the login button, compared to looking at the envelope size.</p>
<p>Regardless, I too am prepared for a decision, whether good or bad (I remain cautiously optimistic).</p>
<p>I e-mailed my counselor just to make sure she sent out all the mid-year reports</p>
<p>The waiting is definitely the worst part.</p>
<p>OK, here is a thing that I'm sure someone on here will understand. You have "prepared" yourself for rejection/waitlist and you know that it's the likely scenario, and you're like "nah, I won't be disappointed, because I have already been accepted to ___________ (fill-in-blank amazing school)." And you know that you can be happy at whatever other school you happen to have already been admitted to, and you could be excited about it, and so Princeton admission is just icing on the cake. But then...you still know deep inside that you're going to be disappointed if you don't get in.</p>
<p>I just hate that! You can convince yourself you won't be disappointed and there are so many logical reasons why you shouldn't be, but you know you will be. </p>
<p>Geez.</p>
<p>Hahah that's totally my feelings right now...
It's getting to a point that I don't want to even think about it anymore. You know, when the time comes, it will come. Worrying it's just putting extra-unneccesary stress on myself on top of APs, scholarship deadlines, prom, or etc etc... Well but again, deep down I'm exploding with impatience...
It's funny how even my parents are getting paranoid. My dad called from Georgia today and told me.. "hey what if you get rejected to Harvard? I'm so nervous..." :rolleyes:</p>
<p>j07, I've actually gotten past that stage. It is truly possible--I still think I might have a chance, but I'm beyond caring. Really, I'm not just saying that.</p>
<p>Part of it is educating yourself about the many, many shortcomings of the Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>Read this article (and all of the comments) for starters. Yeah, it's Harvard, but Princeton embodies a lot of the same issues. <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517274%5B/url%5D">http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517274</a></p>
<p>MallomarCookie:</p>
<p>Thanks for the article. </p>
<p>But isn't this a bit off topic? It seems that the main argument (both the article and commentaries) goes into evaluating, if not disparaging, Oxford the college but not the Rhodes scholarship. :rolleyes: Well, I have to admit I have not read all comentaries. But if I had to judge based on what I have read so far, I'd conclude that the two authors were spoiled, thinking that everything will work their "American" way. </p>
<p>Even several of my American friends who had travelled abroad admit that their pompous Americanisms are inappropiate at wherever they visited. Americans do need to learn putting off their misplaced arrongance. </p>
<p>As a commentary says, "Remember, you are American, [English professors, advisors, students... etc] will assume you are arrogant and full of yourself, and that everything you say is worth their attention and it's their duty to value and respect you. Don't confirm their stereotype." (by anonymous | 2/26/2007 4:45:45 PM )</p>
<p>However, living in America, I have to concede that humility will get you nowhere unless you are already a Nobel Prize Laureate, Pulitzer Prize Author, or something of the sort. You get the idea :)</p>
<p>The main idea of the article is clear though: thoroughly research before you decide to spend the next 2, 4 or 7 years of your life at certain place... </p>
<p>Oh, btw, if you ask, I'm an immigrant to the USA. :D</p>
<p>Yeah I just pointed it out because it had some discussion of the Ivy attitude (sense of entitlement, pampering, self-satisfaction, etc.)</p>
<p>i have no other option but to wait for snail mail coz the princeton status checking thing won't work on my pc!</p>
<p>yeah, j07, i'm trying to convince myself that i won't be super disappointed if i don't get in.</p>
<p>I'll be dissapointed if I get 5 rejections in one day, I'm not going to lie. Plus everyone will somehow find out that I get my decisions that day. That will suck if I end up with no new school to say I got in to.</p>
<p>And I will disappointed because I will know that I could have slacked off so much and still gotten into Michigan, which is my fall back school.</p>
<p>16 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes.</p>
<p>Haha I love the very precise countdown. </p>
<p>Are ya'll going to check it exactly when it comes out or wait a while (and by a while I mean less than 6 hours)? I have a big debate tournament that weekend, so I'll probably be at school until 9 or 10. And while I could always go home and check it and come back, that would be weird to be like "well...didn't get in...let's practice" or "I GOT IN LET'S GO DO SOMETHING CRAZY AND IRRESPONSIBLE." </p>
<p>I want to plan it out though.</p>
<p>Did anyone ever get an exact date/time from Princeton? I mean, I know they release it around the same time, but when I e-mailed them I still got "April" I guess we'll know soon enough, though.</p>
<p>I don't think anybody ever did. If they're going to stick to "early April," then I guess we will jsut be like "well, you're awesome, so if you want to say early April when we will probably get it sooner, that's OK."</p>
<p>There have been no official announcements, but they usually release the same day as the other ivies, and at least Brown has given the concrete date for the decision, so I assume it will also be at 5PM. And I have the countdown going all the time on my computer.</p>
<p>16 Days, 19 Hours, 54 Minutes.</p>
<p>And oh man, I just figured out that I have a track meet the day that decisions come out. Good thing it's home. I'm definately going to a nearby house to find out my decisions. I'm not sure how I will run if I'm super ****ed or super happy.</p>