<p>Maybe it's different where I live, but where I'm from people would laugh at you for even thinking about withholding where you've been accepted out of fears of someone else calling the college and getting your admissions decision rescinded. It sounds silly to me.</p>
<p>Well, if you want to keep it to yourself, that's your decision. But, I would definitely reccomend informing close friends and family.</p>
<p>I kind of tend to lean more towards keeping my college info private. I go to a school where prestige is such a big deal to a lot of kids and financially, I know I won't be able to afford any of my dream schools without 100k in student loans so I'm pretty much guaranteed to end up at my state university. Personally, I don't plan on telling most people where I applied or where I plan on attending - for my close friends that is a different story. I just know the reaction that I am going to get from people about how I could turn down a school like NYU or Upenn, etc for the state school and then hear them tell me how I could 'have done so much better' and blah blah blah. My goal is to just slip by unnoticed and avoid any college conversation centered on me. Shouldn't be hard to do since I just moved to this new school in the last few months and don't know many people well. The End.</p>
<p>I know that may seem a bit weird but yeah...</p>
<p>^ Assuming that you can get into an elite school (statswise), you could always say I was accepted at XXXXXX and just leave it at that.</p>
<p>you don't have to have it posted in ur school's newspaper/bulletin board or whatever. just talk to your school</p>
<p>I'm more afraid of a potential teacher that may try to sabotage me. If it was anyone else, I wouldn't be afraid because a GC will do anything in his/her power to aide you especially if you are accepted into that respective college.</p>
<p>why would a teacher try to sabotage you? Why would a teacher try to feed false information to an admissions office? I can't imagine a teacher would do that, ethically or otherwise....plus teachers have too much on their plate to have to go through the effort!</p>
<p>Who said it had to be false information? What if a teacher has something truthful to say that may sabotage an individual? Does this infringe on a student's privacy? I always thought the guidance department were the only individuals meant to intervene and steer a student's college affairs. It's kinda unnerving to think that with the modern technologies that we have, a teacher may just go on a scheme to expose someone. Would a teacher try doing this as a professional member of a school faculty? I worked so hard to get to where I'm at, and even got accepted to a school...</p>
<p>I've told some people I know that I received a couple likely letters, but I also avoided telling a lot of people who applied to the same school and got deferred because I know that they would feel sad. Yet, I feel guilty for not telling them yet because they are very good friends of mine, but I don't want them to doubt themselves. I know if I told them where I got in, then they would assume that they have no shot at getting in now and that it means automatic rejection, which it definitely does not mean.</p>
<p>If you've done something so bad that it could possibly sabotage an acceptance, then you have bigger problems than the revocation. Depending on what it is, yes, a teacher could tell your schools, and probably without any "invasion of privacy" issues - you don't have a confidential relationship with a teacher. The teacher may not be able to reveal school records; those belong to the school. But information that is true that they know as first-hand knowledge? That's fair game.
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It's not a scheme; if it's that heinous, it could be considered the teacher's responsibility to reveal it, and the fact that the student withheld relevant information.</p>
<p>And I also wouldn't be surprised if people other than the teacher also know these facts; something that wrong is hard to keep a secret.</p>
<p>So if you've done something like that, you're much better off coming clean with the colleges, tell them what you've learned and how hard you've worked to clean up your act, and take your lumps. That's the "grown up" way. And that's really the only true way to "clean up your act."</p>
<p>Jeez. Harassed and stalked by the mother of another student. Tell that parent to get a life. If their children didn't have the brains or was probably was a slacker in school, so didn't get into their top choice college, that is too bad. Go sulk in the corner of their house and leave others alone. It's no big deal saying where you got accepted, just don't parade around.</p>
<p>"""One of my close friends, who I had known since grade 6, out of the blue, decided to copy my take-home exam in grade 9 without my permission, dropping my final mark by 15%, despite his admission of guilt. He's since moved to another province, but I've heard that he's applying for Stanford. If he gets in, and I don't, obviously I'd feel a bit wronged. """</p>
<p>Hopefully he will get rejected from all his colleges. I hate immoral people that take advantage of others. You just follow your own moral standard and you'll go far in life, be happy, and sleep soundly at night.</p>
<p>^ 9th grade? People change... sometimes as easily as overnight</p>
<p>i put it on my facebook status so yeah. everyone knows. </p>
<p>but i dont do it to brag or anything</p>
<p>Only to close friends :) because news spreads like MAD at my school.</p>
<p>The problem is, my mom is good friends with this other girl's mom, so my mom will probably tell that mom who will tell the girl (who incidentally is one of my friends, just not...somebody I'd tell college news to :/). From there she'll probably tell the entire school :( so everybody will find out anyway. </p>
<p>And so, I guess I'll have to keep college news away from my mother, too!</p>
<p>some of my teachers absolutely hate me and want to stab me</p>
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lmao! why don't u just talk to her</p>
<p>I suppose that might work. What I suspect, however, is that this shall happen:</p>
<p>Me: Hey mom, do you think you can not tell _________'s mom about college news?
Her: Why?
Me: Well, you know, I just like to keep things secret, and I don't want the entire school to know about my college news.
Her: That's silly.
Me: That's just what I want. So?
Her: Lalala...la. <em>leaves</em></p>
<p>Or she'll agree, but tell anyway. They gossip alot about me, apparently - my friend reports back to me about what her mom tells her. Haha. Freaky.</p>
<p>"What about if someone finds bad pictures or something."</p>
<p>That's why you should pay attention to your behavior. You never know how your pass can haunt you. If you ver did something like that, don't repeat the same mistake in college because you will have to worry when you will be applying for jobs after college. I can't make you stop do bad things, but make sure that there is no camera around or no one is taking pictures next time you decide to put yourself in a contraversal situation.</p>
<p>Come on this is CC the geek land :) Wht controversy CCers can muster? lol</p>
<p>There is this girl at my school that just hates me and is very mean to me, very snobby, but we are in some activities together. Everyone starts talking about college, and when we ask her where she is applying, she just says she doesn't want to talk about it/doesn't know/some lame excuse, but i know it's just because I'm there. I am almost certain that she doesn't want to say anything because I might apply to a school she is and might get in instead of her(long story, we are both competitive and I almost always "beat" her, although I'm not trying to, I am just doing my best). I heard from another teacher that told me she got deferred from her ED school in a coversation that was strictly about my rec that he was writing, but he rambles. But I didn't want to say anything to the girl, and as far as she knows, I have no idea.
Anyway, long story, but these kind of things do happen, and rumors do get started, so now i understand why the girl, and why now I just don't want to talk about where I applied. We are on better terms now that apps are done and there is no going back, she isn't as mean anymore, and I see her point. So yes, I think there are reasons to keep college stuff secret. And sorry, long post.</p>