<p>All of my reach schools release decisions on Wednesday at 5 PM. I'm trying to minimize my freaking out on this date. One option I've heard of is searching your email for "congratulations" so that you see where you've been admitted, and then not worrying about the other colleges (until a few hours later, just to confirm the waitlist/rejection).</p>
<p>I'm already planning on checking my email by myself in my room.</p>
<p>I'm not going to be on facebook Wednesday evening comparing myself to my super smart friends.</p>
<p>I might even not check my email on Tuesday, because that's when one of the schools that sent me a likely letter releases its official decisions, so at least I'll have that to console me on Wednesday (if I save it until then).</p>
<p>Check the one you care about most first. If you’re accepted, any other rejections will be largely irrelevant. If you’re rejected, any other acceptances will help cheer you up. If you’re rejected from all of them, you still have the likely letter acceptance.</p>
<p>If you applied to a rolling admissions safety and were accepted last fall, print out that acceptance and hang it on the wall above your computer screen. Your mantra should be: I’m going to college this fall at a place I like, any other admission is gravy.</p>
<p>… except that I really (really, really) DO want to get into my reach schools!! <em>sigh</em> Why is this whole process so potentially devastating?</p>
<p>well from the time i guess your “reach schools” are probably the ivies. in that case searching the email thing wouldn’t really work since harvard is the only ivy that sends decisions by email…</p>
<p>Look at the first line. Usually, they’ll say “Thank you for applying to [college].” That means that you are not in. If you’re in, it’ll say “Congratulations!”</p>