<p>Well, most applicants have got their apps in (not me) and earlies are hearing back, but the competitive atmosphere at my school still hasn't died down (if not exacerbated!). just today i was asking a girl about a school we were both applying to and whether the instituion had received the materials our school sent to them. after replying 'dunno srry', she pours bullets on me w/ ' whats ur sat? i heard you got over _ _ _ _'. oh, 'whats ur gpa'? ' are you american citizen'? and iwas like :0...i got to go to class... haha~ it's SOOOOooooOOO intense at my school! Ppl are stressing (adjective to indicate intensity here)! We've got students crying, whilst hypreventilating 'i dunno why i'm doing this. i feel so stupid but my life is over because i'm deferred' and no one REALLY knows where anyone else is applying because ppl are so secretive--and a lot of relationships are being hurt by it. </p>
<p>I dont' know if its because i attend an intl schl where everyone is nerdCORE or if its like that in some schls in the US too~ </p>
<p>But whatever your schl atmosphere is like, or for whatever reason you're stressing out. this is the place to let it alll out~~ share your anecdotes about how competitive the students at your school are, or whether or not you're feeling pressure and why. and feel free to share your methods and positive thoughts on how to keep up confidence!</p>
<p>so we can maybe help each ohter out, or just be comforted in knowing you're not alone! And maybe even laugh about how seriously ppl take the whole process, when in reality, it can be very arbitrary. and no. it is NOT the end of hte world if you don't get into the best college, or a better college than ___ did. </p>
<p>I don't know about you, but my school is really chill about the whole thing. I mean, I applied EA to the same school as someone else, and neither of us showed any hostility towards each other the same way that your school does. We both got in, so that was a plus.</p>
<p>But maybe I don't know as much because I was the only person from my high school applying to my dream college, and didn't really have anyone to really compete with.</p>
<p>People are pretty nosy and slightly competative at my school, but only within a fairly small group of kids. It's more nosy-ness than anything else that is annoying. People always want to know youre SAT, rank, where you applied, where you were accepted, and more important where you didn't get in.</p>
<p>It's not that bad though. At a private school near my public high school, the kids are ridiculous. One of my "friends" who goes there is really secretive and competative.</p>
<p>haha for me, not heated at all. I have yet to stress about any college stuff, and have been leisurely sending in a few applications. Getting into a rolling admissions "safety school" that I really like, really early has helped.</p>
<p>Our school has some pretty competitive people, IB and all that, but not in a negative way. Meaning people aren't jealous or anything. I think it's mostly been deferrals up til this point, though.</p>
<p>We don't really talk about college apps... it's mostly, "where are you applying?" which isn't very nosy. And everyone knows my SAT score, which is fine with me because I kind of screamed when I found out.</p>
<p>When I applied two years ago, no one at my school really cared (mostly because everyone just goes to a state school or CC). Those of us who were ranked the highest would sometimes casually converse about where we were applying and our SAT scores, but no one was really competitive about it (save one or two who still both ended up at a state school, haha).</p>
<p>I'm at a private school, and everyone has been intensely supportive of everyone else. I was in the college counseling office the other day, and when I told one of the counselors that I had gotten into my EA school, I was suddenly surrounded by other students congratulating me and giving me hugs (and the majority of them were people that, while we talk and are in some classes together, aren't really that close of friends). Several people who are only doing RD have mentioned that they're enjoying living vicariously through the early crowd, haha.</p>
<p>people are curious, but the overall atmosphere is more congratulatory than hostile.
personally i want to go to the college that is best for me. why wouldn't i want others to get into the colleges that they want to go to?</p>
<p>Um.. my school isn't competitive at all. One applied EA MIT, one was accepted. One applied ED Davidson and she was accepted. That's about it for the earlies. Everyone's very supportive. We have 3 Harvard applicants, none are cut-throat or anything. I'm really tired, I'm logging off now. :x</p>
<p>LOL dude i dont think anyone even applied early from any of my schools...
-_- including me ahahahaha.
but they're all hardcore tutor kids that pay to raise their SAT scores and package their apps/essay editors... excluding me ):
but it is somewhat competitive still but mostly, its friendly.</p>
<p>lol. i think ppl who go to schls where there isn't that overcompetitive atmosphere are lucky.</p>
<p>but sometimes the whole college app process seems such a psychological game anyway, trying to second guess what the colleges 'really' want in your essays, and then wishing you'd done amilion thihngs diff, been born another race or sth.</p>
<p>ppl at my school are going crazy. Some true sides of ppl are showing. One girl turned on one of her good friends bc they were both going to apply to the same school EA.</p>