<p>How did your parents and friends react when they found out you got in to that dream college? Your friends probably patted you on the back, smiled, congratulated you, then proceeded to become jealous and paranoid for their own waiting period. Your parents probably did one of the five:</p>
<p>a) Looked at you and said, "Finally. That freaking took forever."</p>
<p>b) Said, "Oh honey, that's fantastic! I'm so proud of you!"</p>
<p>c) Said, "Good job, now stop wasting my time and get back to your hw"</p>
<p>d) Ignored your excitement and merely asked, "What about that other college?"</p>
<p>e) Baked you a cake, took you out to dinner, or threw a massive party. </p>
<p>So how did your folks react? Sadly, my parents took option B.</p>
<p>My mom was really excited about three out of five acceptances. She's not too keen on the other two schools (UCSD and Marist- she doesn't think they're right for me, and I'm inclined to agree with the latter). Every time the subject comes up, though, she says something about how she's sure I'll get into Columbia...I just don't want to let her down come the 31st...=/</p>
<p>For my dad, we have to create option F:</p>
<p>Gave perfunctory congratulations, then proceeded to interrogate me about financial aid for as long as I could possibly answer his questions.</p>
<p>Complete and utter D.
Essentially, all of my acceptances have gone like this:</p>
<p>Me: Mommy, I got into UCSB.
Mother: Ohh, I thought you got into an important school. It's not like that whatever-you-called-it school is Stanford.</p>
<p>Me: Daddy, I got into UCSD.
Father: Why would you go out of state? Do you have to accept? God, what have you done!?!</p>
<p>Me: Family, (sigh) I got into UCLA.
Family: What's UCLA? Is that some kind of club? Aww crap, now we have to drive you to do more communiy service! God, why are you punishing us?</p>
<p>I am so excited to have gotten into Cornell, but my dad really wants me to go to Caltech (I was waitlisted). I just can't see myself at a school with 900 undergrads; I don't care how much higher my starting salary would be. Unfortunately, if I do get off the waitlist by some miracle, it would be hard to pass up a top 5 school for #12. :-(</p>
<p>My parents did B but went way beyond it. They were running around the house screaming more than I was when I got into Yale.</p>
<p>My friends were amazing, though. One took me out to dinner, others baked me cookies on the following Monday, and so on. In my area, HYP is very uncommon, and it was only EA time, so there was practically no jealousy, just sincere happiness for me. Now, however, some are starting to be a little paranoid/jealous...one in particular...</p>
<p>I find that friends generally express sincere appreciation initially, but only very briefly. Later, it just makes them a little more nervous for them own wait.</p>
<p>I got my bffjill balloons in Notre Dame colours when she got in EA (it's her dream school). I hope they do something nice for me, esp. to cheer me up when I'm rejected from Princeton, Stanford, etc.</p>
<p>I had some friends say I'm selfish for applying to so many colleges(and I didn't even apply to that many, just a lot compared to their 2) and that it is a waste. They say places like hyps(for example) are just full of rich kids and prestige and aren't that great and are too expensive for normal kids. She implied that people go there because they have money and that some kids are smart, but only some, like anywhere. They think there is something wrong with me. My happiness for being accepted at great schools isn't really expressed with them. They show the least excitement and have no idea how hard it is to get into such schools. It is quite depressing. Only people on cc get excited, because they are going through the same thing as I am. I feel like I have worked so hard and no one cares, I am actually shunned. This is really depressing. No one where I lives values a good education, they settle for mediocrity and find I am being elisist wanting to go somewhere besides community college.</p>