<p>@UVAorBust – you are breaking my heart. “Ewww” for Pride and Prejudice?? Surely you jest! Jane Austen rules!! ;-)</p>
<p>I agree with rom828: Please, kids, try to keep this all in perspective. UNC is not the only good school on earth, and it will not be the end of the world (or even close) if any one of us (or our kids, as the case may be) does not get in. Wherever you end up, you will thrive and grow and make great friends. You are about to embark on a great adventure. No matter where you go to college…enjoy!!</p>
<p>@LadyDianeski That’s what all the “wise adults” keep telling me haha. I see what they’re saying and agree that it’ll be fine (I have friends last year who were rejected from UNC and absolutely LOVE NC State, even though they were bummed out they had to go there), but I still feel that Chapel Hill is perfect for me. All of us are probably motivated and rational enough to accept that there are other great schools, but we’re also all somewhat obsessive about our futures. A desire for greatness isn’t a bad thing :)</p>
<p>Someone earlier in this post said that you should all enjoy the other acceptances in hand. I agree. My daughter has received acceptances to UGA, USC and State all for Biomedical Engineering and she’s been accepted in the Honors College at USC and invited to apply for Honors at State. Yet somehow it seems that she’ll only feel good if she gets this last acceptance to UNC. </p>
<p>Please make sure you all take the time to realize how amazing you all are and take satisfaction in the scores, grades and GPA’s you’ve all worked so hard for and have shared here on CC. From what I see from all of your posts, UNC will be lucky to have every single one of you and if someone doesn’t get accepted, it is UNC’s loss! Best of luck to each of you today, tonight, tomorrow or whenever the decisions are finally released.</p>
<p>@carolinahopeful, I hear ya! After all these years, I can still vividly remember how utterly devastated I was when I was wait-listed at Radcliffe. (Yes, I am that old…it was actually Radcliffe back then…although I believe the official merger with Harvard occurred shortly thereafter. IIRC.)</p>
<p>Now, when I think back on it, I am amazed I even got as far as to be wait-listed. What were they thinking? Didn’t they see my Biology SAT score? (It was truly embarrassing!) LOL! </p>
<p>Anyway, I went on to attend a hippie-experimental college I’d never even heard of before (they offered me lots of $$). I made great friends, had a great time, and got to spend two semesters in Europe at very little expense. </p>
<p>It all works out in the end, really it does. :)</p>
<p>Holahellokitty - Hope your midterm went well. It’s always such a great feeling when you’re done with exams.
UVAorbust - Hope your macro midterm went well, also. And PLEASE don’t worry too much. There is a lot of really good advice in the last few posts from moms that I completely agree with. Everything works out for a reason, sometimes you just can’t see it in the here&now.
The sun is shining here in Kansas City today (on top of the 9" of snow!) and it hasn’t for days, so maybe this is a good sign?! I won’t be able to get much cleaning done today with 5 kids home, so I’ll be on the refresh button all day!</p>
<p>Another MOM here. I’ve been stalking this thread for several days now…but this is my first post. I want to wish all good luck! My son is the applicant. He is in the same situation as Threegirlsmom’s. Somehow, an acceptance from Carolina just completes the accomplishment. Although he is an excellent student with very good to excellent stats, no changes on his portal so I am preparing for a denial. I guess competition is very stiff this year! He is either hiding his excitement well, or just allowing his cool head to prevail, but he has only checked his portal at my suggestion & has only checked 3 times in 3 days, but never any problems. I just have a sick feeling about it. I think I’m more nervous than he is. To make it worse…we will be out of town w/limited internet access when decisions are posted, so I think we’ll have a longer wait for news than the rest of you on here. Again…good luck to all!</p>
<p>I’ve been praying on it and my mind is at ease. I took a hard blow from Ohio State who deferred and probably won’t accept me. If I don’t get in to UNC, there’s always State :D. Also there’s always transfer. I really do want to get in though. My heart is telling me to keep hope alive and my head is telling there is no way in hell I will get in. I’m nervous because if I see denied on my decision tomorrow then I’ll be devastated. Life will go on though I’m praying for y’all, good luck!</p>
<p>I really don’t know about the portal change issue…I’m just going by what I’ve read here on this thread…that some are experiencing glitches. UNC admissions has posted that the glitches don’t mean anything, however, after reading some posts on last year’s blog, I got the impression that only those accepted were experiencing the glitches as they prepared the system for decisions. I’m just not sure. I guess we’ll all know soon enough. I was hoping decisions would get posted early. I know NC State had announced they would post decisons on 12/15, but actually posted them a week early. Was hoping same for UNC, but at this point, I really don’t expect them before tomorrow, & even then, given the number of applicants, I would expect some problems & delays as EVERYONE tries to access their portals at once. I see their system crashed last year with 13K applicants, so with more this year, I think the liklihood of problems is high.</p>
<p>DS’s portal also works perfectly. His stats aren’t as strong as yours, but they’re OK for in-state, methinks: 2100: 700M, 690CR, 710W; plus subject tests: 800 Latin, 790 Math II, 700 physics. Home-schooled. Weak ECs. Rural area (Stokes County, NC). The ECs are our big worry. We never even heard of that “service hours” stuff till I started frequenting this board, LOL!</p>
