<p>i dont really have dreams about getting into brown but i have dreams all the time about being at college and its ALWAYS at brown. </p>
<p>and ilurvebrown- i've been keeping the fact that i applied ED a secret and its been really hard. i havent even told my best friend. i figure that if i don't get in, nobody ever has to know and it wont be so humiliating. </p>
<p>but then again, to all of you guys worried about being embarrassed: brown is ****ing hard to get into. i know it's easier said than done but i think we should just be proud that we even stand a chance.</p>
<p>i had a dream about brown the other night. </p>
<p>i got accepted, but i didnt find out unless i actually went to an orientation on campus...all of the people who got in had their names posted on a dorm room, and part of the fun was trying to find your name to see if you got in...weird to say the least.</p>
<p>I just feel like I'm running towards a cliff and I have no idea whether I'm going to fall off it or not, but all I can see is the cliff.
(I'm a fan of analogies)</p>
<p>that's a lovely analogy....I feel like Dec 11 may change my life forever (cheesy I know) and I can't really imagine what life will be like on the other side, no matter what decision I get.</p>
<p>I've had two dreams, both soon after I sent in my app. They were good, me knowing I'd got accepted, like a warm happy gut feeling.....but it did have this tinge of unreality and reminded me of other dreams I've had about winning stuff that I later went on to not win. But dreams can't predict the future, hopefully.</p>
<p>On the theme of anxiety, here's an experience I had that I'd be interested to know if you shared. The first few days after Nov 1 were incredibly anxious and nervewracking for me. All I thought about was Brown and I felt sick all the time from nervousness, couldn't concentrate on schoolwork or anything else. I was also feeling worried about the US election, the first I've voted in. I'm an Obama supporter, but am very unpoliticized and did not follow the other elections of my lifetime. After Obama won, I felt much much calmer about Brown and still do, comparatively. I think that election anxiety and brown anxiety got tangled up in my mind, and that once the election results were what I wanted, I figured subconsciously that Brown would go my way too. I see how this reasoning is FLAWED. </p>
<p>Anyway, what I"m asking is have you noticed your Brown nerves being transferred onto other concerns during this agonising wait? Have things been making you much more anxious than they should?
Or maybe I'm just weird. That's cool too.</p>
<p>I totally get that. I was the lead in my school's fall play during October. So I submitted my app. about halfway through October our performances were at the end of October. I was so stressed those two weeks between Brown and thinking about the play. I had an inordinate amount of lines. But after our performances my stress level about everything went down after that was over. And the election (go Obama!). i don't know where you live but being a battleground state was stress enough (i'm from NC). and going to a conservative school, ugh, it was awful.<br>
My parents kept telling me to prepare for rejection, just to be safe but for the longest time I just didn't want to because I just didn't want to entertain the possibility of not getting in. I've since been preparing myself, because I mean you don't really need to prepare mentally for getting in, just the opposite. Anyways. ramble ramble. I've had a constant stomachache for the last few days.</p>
<p>Hopeful13-- sorry, i don't think so. San Francisco does a yearly christmas concert, and this year's lineup just turned out exceptionally amazing. but you might be able to watch a live stream of it</p>
<p>I am soooo excited for all of you!!!!! Which is weird, since I should be jealous that you're getting your results so early. But excitement is contagious. Eeee good luck guys!!!</p>
<p>you know what i think is kinda cool/interesting- that all over the world at the same time 5pm EST for me like 2:30 when i get out of school, we each will share the same nervous excitement and fear as we log on and check for the status of our applications</p>
<p>Wow I bet the gothic genre is great for venting college stress and frustrations - labrinthine passages, crenellated buildings, evil masterminds and the innocent lost somewhere in the castle.
I love it.</p>
<p>I considered it but I would not be able to wait another day or two!! A letter seems better than online but know I am checking the decision at exactly 5.</p>
<p>yeahhh, I wouldn't either. I think someone might have said this before, but I'm gonna work out until I can't feel my body. That way, if I get rejected, I'll fall asleep before I fall into a depressive state of mind.</p>