<p>Here I sit, as I have for the past few hours on Spring Break, widdling away the minutes to hear an online decision for a high reach that I know is going to be a rejection. Yet, the 1% of me that holds out hope keeps me glued to my computer. If I were perhaps more cynical, I wouldn't be in this predicament, haha. Anyone else feel like this?</p>
<p>exactly. i've been memorizing dorm information for upenn and washu for the past week because i'm hopeful i'll end up there... but there's the realistic part of me that says "choose a dorm at tulane. you're not getting into penn. you're not getting off washu's waitlist." but then another little part of me believes/hopes i'll get in.</p>
<p>Just what I thought: Rejected. Haha, oh well, I knew it. It still hurts though.</p>
<p>Actually, other people's optimism is what's torturing me. I have a healthy, realistic view of the situation (rejected by Brown and Tufts, but probably not at BU), but everyone keeps saying I'll get into Tufts, and my mom keeps saying "what if you do get into Brown?"</p>
<p>I really should just tell everyone to bug off for a while.</p>
<p>Can I ask where it was from, nervousashell?</p>
<p>Same for me Zamzam... Expecting rejections at ~4/8 schools. Everyone is insisting that I'll get in everywhere. It would be so much easier to prepare for rejections if I didn't keep getting my hopes pushed reluctantly upward.</p>
<p>does anyone else feel that most kids don't realize how hard it is to get into the top schools?</p>
<p>I hear you!!!
everyone keeps saying that... they ask if I have good grades....
like that's the only thing these schools look at</p>
<p>Definitely! Kids (and many teachers) think you will get into any school because you are the "smart kid" in high school. I think they forget there are thousands of smart kids out there. I'm waiting to hear from Princeton and Cornell and I wish I could just fast forward to Monday!</p>
<p>Where are you guys waiting to hear from?</p>
<p>Brown, Tufts, and BU.</p>
<p>But I agree that most people don't really understand how hard it is to get into top-tier schools. Even the ones applying to MIT, as demonstrated by my rather hopeful friend.</p>
<p>Other people telling me that I'll get in to XXXXXs when I KNOW I'm not just makes it harding for me to break the bad news to them later on.</p>
<p>I'm scared of going to school on April 1st. Like the others who posted above, people seem to be convinced I'll get into Columbia, and I'm afraid of having to tell them I didn't make it. I feel like I'll be disappointing them or something.</p>
<p>I've tried to give up all hope myself, but I've realized that all the logic in the world won't soften the blow when that rejection comes in. =/ And I'm still clinging to that one shred of optimism, thinking "Maybe they'll see something in me..."</p>
<p>Oh, college.</p>
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Can I ask where it was from, nervousashell?
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<p>George Washington.</p>
<p>i thought i was getting into duke, or at least had a good shot. waitlisted but still pretty upset. i was not upset at MIT because i knew that was just a crapshoot but this got to me a lil</p>
<p>hey, I feel the same. Looking at my stats I know that I'm going to get rejections from the universities I'm waiting for. But my friends who have no idea about US univ. are telling me that 'everything's going to be fine'...they just don't know and want to encourage me. I know that they're trying to make me feel better but it hurts more when I get rejected (like just yesterday from Duke)</p>
<p>I know exactly how you guys feel--I hate how everyone at my school is convinced that I'm getting into Harvard. I make it a point to tell as many people as possible that I won't, but I don't think I get through to them. </p>
<p>I also hate that one little sliver of hope. I really just want to see my Harvard waitlist/rejection so I can move on already and start choosing between and getting excited about my other schools. It's so hard to discount Harvard already even though I know my chances are extremely slim.</p>
<p>I'm the eternal pessimist, and it actually has seemed to be advantageous in terms of colleges. It's nice not feeling rejected by anybody because I didn't bother to apply to places where I would be on the fringe just for the sake of it.</p>
<p>It doesn't make it any better that my dad is convinced that I'll get into one if not two or three of HYPS. I am considering making a "Chance Me" thread with the subject "TELL ME I CAN'T GET INTO PRINCETON!" That way I'll be elated if i get into even one instead of totally disappointed if I'm rejected.</p>
<p>It's better to be optimistic, although that should be obvious (it wasn't to me until yesterday, heh).</p>