<p>stats:
-Valedictorian
-4.7 GPA
-IB diploma with a prediction of 45/45
-SAT’s 2030 (720 writing, 660 CR, 650 math)
-SAT 2’s: 700 math, 600 french, 600 lit
-International student in London
-Varsity soccer and track captain
-MUN, head of a school run charity fund, NHS
-I’ve also done foreign exchange programs and foreign community service in South America</p>
<p>I was really nervous I wouldn’t get in because my SAT’s were so low, but I think what really helped me were my strong essays and really good rec’s from my counsellor and teachers. Also, my IB predictions helped with the low SAT II’s. </p>
<p>Maybe you guys could help me solve this dilemma. I’m sleeping over at my friends’ house tomorrow–without my phone, because my mom needs it–and I’ll already be over there when my mail comes. Should I have my mom get the mail, call me on my sister’s phone, and tell me whether or not I got in? Or should I wait until Sunday and open it myself?</p>
<p>If I ask her to open it Saturday, I’ll know right away (I’m super impatient, in case you don’t know by now), and I can tell my sister and my best friends right away. Then they can comfort me if I don’t get in. But if I do get deferred, I know I’ll be in denial since I can’t see for myself and I’ll be a pain for my friends to be around. And if I get in, I won’t be able to tell my family or other friends, or post on Facebook or CC. </p>
<p>OTOH, if I wait, I can see for myself, in private, whether or not I got in. I can break the news to my mom if I get deferred and it’ll be a more special moment if I get in. Plus, I can tell my friends and family right away. But I’ll be SO stressed waiting all night, and my friends won’t be there to comfort/distract me if I get deferred.</p>
<p>I think your description of waiting makes it sound like you would be more comfortable in that situation. There will be time to be comforted/celebrate</p>
<p>No worries, fellow Floridian! I am still on the edge of my…mailbox? as well. And a friend of mine is waiting still here in FL. Also, both my counselors told me that if your reccommendations don’t make the deadline, it doesn’t matter if they’re a few days late as long as you’re in on time. Ahhh, I’m nervous. </p>
<p>@evillakers1,
I’m pretty sure that it’s against the policy to apply for Georgetown EA and another school’s ED program. However, I don’t know how both schools will react. Worse case: both schools retract their offers. Best case: you go to your ED school…That said, they should have known from the start that applying to ED and EA is ill-advised → bad consequences if either school finds out</p>
<p>I think I’m going to have my mom open it and use my sister’s phone to tell my grandparents and post on FB and CC. I just can’t wait until Sunday.</p>
<p>I am also waiting anxiously in Florida! This sucks. I’m reading all those cheesy New York Times articles about being deferred/rejected and how your dreams are not dead. It’s not really working.</p>
<p>Finally got my decisions at 11 am at my post office (we don’t really have individual mail boxes in the Virgin Islands). Overjoyed to say I was accepted. Congrats to my fellow acceptees and good luck in the RD pool to those deferred.</p>