<p>what kind of feedback/reactions have you been getting from them? i feel like only a small amount of my friends (and i have a group of like, 9 best friends) have really stuck by me and supported me through all of it.. i mean like asking me how it has been going with applications and everything. a lot of them have either been mad at me, don't understand why i'm doing this, or haven't treated me as they used to, because of what i'm assuming as jealousy.</p>
<p>ever since the beginning, i feel like i've drifted from a few close friends as well... and i feel like it's their parents doing. i think a lot of parents are also jealous/misunderstanding the reason i'm doing this. i think they believe that i think myself as too good for the school or something. some of my parents friends have been really surprised and kind of unsupportive in their decision, and kind of making my parents feel guilty about this.</p>
<p>i really wanted to keep this whole process a secret, but it's been impossible because of my frequent trips to the guidance office, obviously tours/interviews, not having time to hang out because i'm studying, etc, needing to ask teachers for recommendations, and the obvious excitement. now i wish that nobody knew about this except me and my family until the final decision.</p>
<p>anyone else feel a little similar to this at all?</p>
<p>i really have.
To begin, I really don't have friends in my grade.
I found out the other day that im "the popular" girl in my entire school.
which was hard to believe considering I cant even trust one person to tell anything to..
But I've got like 2 "friends" who treat me very poorly, and Ive been very stressed from this whole process, and so I finally told them about it, and the one day they decided to sit with my at lunch, they full on attacked me about how stupid it is, and OH COOL PREPPYPANTS WANTS TO LEAVE US, and all these horrible things like, we all know your a "hotgeek" which i REALLY hate, and they were saying, its not like you have to prove it by becoming a wasp.
i couldnt believe the things they were saying to me.. and it showed me I really have no good friends. Which I know BS could bring to me, cuz these kids are actually mature..
and then my mother wasn't a help whatsoever during the application. She was very much a putdown to me. Whenever I got an a- or b she would say something like "you HONESTLY think theyre going to want you now!?"
it really made me feel horrible, but its all in the past and made me a bigger person in the end. [ not just from the stress food..] haha but it made me figure out that nothing could stop me, and I was a bigger person then they were, and i succesfully finished everything, practically alone.</p>
<p>I really hope I get it, It will not only make me BEYOND thrilled, but it will help really prove myself.
Im glad you have such good friends that stand by you, thats soo important in something like this.
even though I didnt recieve that feedback, it still payed off in a bigway.</p>
<p>I think, a lot of different things can be said for that but basically you're assessment is right. People will come and go and good friends will always be there. New friends will be made, life goes on. Don't let any of it persuade you from your goals and ambitions.</p>
<p>definitely. it just sucks how i expected everyone to be thrilled for me.. and they werent. like a lot of my teachers even were kind of taken aback. for example i had this one teacher in my economics class, which i had a solid A+ in and everything, and i was without a doubt her favorite student because i was in her club and everything too, an active member and all that good stuff. and she'd always call me her future club officer everyday and stuff. and then one day i asked her if i could bring in some recommendations for her to write, and she was like "oh sure! what's it for?" and i told her that i was applying to boarding schools. and then all of a sudden her face drops and she says, "...but i dont want you to go. you have to stay. you ahve to stay and be an officer." and i was like "uhhh... but this is my dream" hahah like it was just so weird and creepy! and she kept trying to tell me that i had to stay, then finally agreed to write the recommendation, but she "really didnt want me to go." so then after i gave her the recommendations i got really afraid she was going to sabotage them. after that day, she started to hate me.. i mean i'd volunteer to answer a question and she'd scold me saying that she was going to call on someone else, i'd ask her about my recommendations (which she kept putting off) and she'd be like "'coolgirl', ive been REALLY busy lately! can you just talk to me after class?!" and things like that. it was NOT good.</p>
<p>awh!
jeez, having a teacher be like that i cannot imagine.
Although, I highly doubt she would have a negative POV in your recommen.
cuz 1] that's plain rude, and she knows it would hurt your chances[not much]
2] she would mentally have to actually make stuff up, just to hurt you, which I really don't see happening.</p>
<p>what a lame attitude. im sorry your having to face that, but hey, one more year with her!
haha</p>
<p>haha actually i dont have her class anymore, it was only a half year course, so no more her at all! except at the club of course.. haha. but whatevs. what schools/year are you applying for?</p>
<p>wellll im applying to enter for my 9th grade year
and I only applied to one school, Mercersburg Academy.
Andd im pretty obsessed with it.
ahah you?</p>
<p>yeah it has like 37% ish.
I thought i would get in, but lately im starting to think that its not possible.</p>
<p>do you have top choices?
those are great schools, my cousin transferred to Berkshire for her junior and senior year from a diff prep school and she LOVED berkshire.
just a heads up=]</p>
<p>yeah i really loved berkshire, it might be one of my top choices. my parents want exeter or brooks. haha. st george's was my original top choice, but i found out they're only accepting like 2 new applicants for juniors so thats iffy now.</p>
<p>woah!
that sucks, but hey its good you have other options.
idk anything about exter or brooks
although ive heard exeter is amazing, so it sounds like if you end up going there or berkshire youll love it.</p>
<p>haha yeah definitely. haha my friends have been calling me elle woods from legally blonde because at one of the schools im trying to get into is a boy that i used to be with, and maybe kinda sorta wish i still was hahah. and not a lot of people believe that i'm smart until they're in one of my classes because i live a good life and am always laughing and such haha. but i totally wouldn't be too upset if i didn't get into that school, because the others are amazing as well. why are you only applying to 1 school?</p>
<p>aw! thats sweet though, and its great that you have that attitude.
Okay,well honestly, I applied to BS cuz its like my life long dream, and I'll just say I live very comfortably, but not comfortably enough to send one of three daughters to BS, due to my two sisters being older, and maybe only one..going off to college. So I never really thought it was possible, but I really went for it.
Now, my grandmother [ who has an insane amount of money] JUST approached me offering to pay for my bs, no matter what.
sooo im like, ehmygawd, now i really could go, without the scholarship, and i only applied to ONE school.
not a good idea..
buut i got really great feedback from my interviewer, she wrote me 5 letters the month after the interview saying good specific details, like how my enthusiasm was contagious and how she cant wait to see me next year [which i know evryone hears] but when i told my friend who goes there now that my interview was like 50 minutes, she was shocked cuz she said she got like 20 from the same interviewer, clearly cuz they were done talking.</p>
<p>so, i would of applied to more, and if i dont get in, then ill apply to 4 or 5 next year...but that would be a drag=[
so i can just hope for the best</p>
<p>it sounds like you've done well. haha my interviews were really long too. my poor dad was like falling asleep in the sitting rooms waiting for me hahaha. but yeah, definitely expect the worst, and hope for the best. thats what i always do. haha</p>
<p>haha yeah, sounds familiar..
yess i so will.
im going to start a board a few days in advance to the tenth, raising awareness for like a CC march tenth midnight party.
i might of asked..but do you find out then?</p>