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<p>Good idea hahah</p>
<p>Convincing myself that there are a lot of schools better than Columbia, and that they are all waiting for me to apply?</p>
<p>This is my first post on College Confidential! I applied ED to Columbia College! The wait is killing me… =S</p>
<p>To cope, I just think about what I would do if I were to get accepted or rejected.
I look at this blog often, and see that everyone is pretty much going through the same anxiety and stress that I am, and I feel relieved! </p>
<p>Thanks to all for posting on this blog! Lots of your posts are reassuring (but sometimes nerve wrecking) =D </p>
<p>Wish you all the best of luck.</p>
<p>to make you guys feel better, its my birthday today so it has been completely ruined by these nerves! aaahhhhh 24 hours to go</p>
<p>^^^Are you going to have a party today?</p>
<p>@naomikt hahahaha same.</p>
<p>after all, who needs columbia when you’ve got alcohol?</p>
<p>I do…lol</p>
<p>Coping? Wth does that mean? XD
Ah. I’ve been alternatively obsessively combing these forums (bad idea) and trying real hard not to think about Columbia. I researched Drexel- convinced myself that I don’t care if I don’t get in- I’ll just go to Drexel. Which only lasted about an hour. I mentioned this contingency plan to someone else and they scrunched up their brows and laughed.
"Drexel? Bwahahaha! You’re better off staying at [local community college where I take classes] I visited it before, and it’s a dump. Just go to Penn- that’s right next door. Better yet. Go to Columbia. <em>insert peppy ‘of course you’ll get in’ speech here</em> "
<_< So there went my bliss bubble.
THEN I tried throwing myself into work only to be constantly reminded of my unstable mental state. Paper about schizophrenia, then newspaper layout for an editorial section entitled, “Eventual Dementia”- anyone else reading the signs? </p>
<p>So- my day-of coping strategy-
- I shall deprive myself of sleep tonight.
- I shall still somehow manage to get through the academic portion of my day. (Early release tomorrow. Why? Of all days? Why?!)
- Then bridge-building time!
And - SLEEP till 5. </p>
<p>Possible? I don’t know. Perhaps <em>Princess Leia voice</em> this is my only hope…</p>
<p>^ i got into drexel, they’re offering me a dean’s scholarship too.</p>
<p>i really don’t want to go there >.> no offense to anyone that likes drexel, but it’s just the dregs of my multitude of 3rd choices. the safety of a safety of a safety of a safety…etc etc lol</p>
<p>i’ve been managing by just…trying not to think about it, focusing on other things. this is why i’m so glad i have a boyfriend, he helps me take my mind off things, he’s so silly, we’ll talk about anything but columbia.</p>
<p>Coping…attempting to cope or coping successfully? Although I’m still a complete nervous wreck, my attempts have been amusing to say the least.<br>
- Watching Boston Legal (would have worked had I somehow not started comparing Boston to New York and wondering where I’d want to practice law when I graduated law school…then where to go to law school…then Columbia)
- Copious amounts of chai tea (that’ll be this afternoon at Starbucks until five. Call me crazy but I don’t know how much it will help.)
- Peppermint Bark (I suggest this to EVERYONE on this forum. It may not have distracted me but it is by far the most incredible spirit-lifting-candy I have discovered)
- Friends (Not at all helpful. They think somehow it’s helping me to be expressing their thoughts constantly, either “You’re totally getting in!” or “You have no shot.”, which is screwing up my hopes/expectations in all sorts of ways)
- Focusing on academics. (HA.)</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone…anyone else try any of these? :)</p>
<p>It was my birthday December 8th too! =D
I wish the decision was before our birthday or after…</p>