<p>It's More Than a Feeling. Sweet Dreams are Made of These. Ha ha ha ha Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive. Livin' on a Prayer. Stairway to Heaven. Over My Head. Pop Lock and Drop It.</p>
<p>The story of a Harvard applicant who applied on October 15, 2008, who is waiting for Judgment Day.</p>
<p>I hear ya!</p>
<p>Ahhh.... I like the weeks before decisions... these boards are always full of hope and bustle and dreams....</p>
<p>The weeks after decision are like a deserted ghost town in the West. </p>
<p>[cue rolling bramblebush]</p>
<p>That's right... Pop open that email/envelope. Read your decision. Lock your knees as you read you were accepted. Drop as you faint in disbelief. Story of March 31 5:00 P.M.</p>
<p>4:00 cst !!</p>
<p>it's 3:30 a.m. on 1st April for me here in India; but I ain't complaining much if it turns out to "fainting in disbelief.."</p>
<p>So how's this working on the moment of? Everyone gets an email at the same second? I want to be prepare as to minimize the time it takes to know my decision. It's important that I not waste a milisecond!</p>
<p>I'm just trying to decide how I'm going to deal with hearing back from 10+ schools at the same time. FML. :(</p>
<p>I think they send out the emails in waves.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, I remember reading the Yale SCEA threads, and everybody freaked out in the minutes leading up to the release time like "omg omg omg omg O....M....GGGGGGGG!!!!!!!" and then right on time, some people got theirs, but others didn't. There were several people refreshing their inboxes twice-a-second until they got it a few minutes later. It takes a looonnng time to send that many emails, lol.</p>
<p>The higher we go, the harder we fall.</p>
<p>I'm planning on making a paper list with all my passwords for the online accounts for each school, and then opening up a tab in firefox for each of them and just refresh refresh refresh as soon as it's 4pm. lol.</p>
<p>i cant even check until 10 pm that night. im gonna miss the sites crashing and stuff- the best part :/</p>
<p>lol. I will be asking for that day off of work. I will be on the computer all afternoon and all night.</p>
<p>I'm going to open the email with my eyes closed. Then, maybe, just maybe, I'll pry open my left eye with my right hand to see my Judgment.</p>
<p>^ I've used the same routine with every SAT report and admissions decision so far:</p>
<p>-Close my eyes
-Cover the screen with my hands
-Breathe and hope for about 30 seconds
-Slowly open my eyes
-Slowly spread my fingers apart until I see the grim truth</p>
<p>Please do not poke yourselfs in the eye(s) during the enactment of these various esoteric rituals.</p>
<p>I think it was easier back in the dark ages when we couldn't even tell a rejection from an acceptance by the size of the envelope and email was a distant dream on the horizon.</p>
<p>If I get rejected, you can find me silhouetted against the sunset, strolling through strawberry fields forever.</p>
<p>29,000 e-mails. lol. Jesus.</p>
<p>I'm betting they send out all the acceptances first, and then the rest of the emails gradually. 3000 (or whatever number they admit) shouldn't be too hard to send out in a short period of time, but 26000 would crash the world. Lol.</p>