<p>Is everything you talk about your dream school? Is your room covered with posters of your dream school or fully decorated with logos of your dream school? Is your wallpaper on your desktop/tablet/ phone your dream school? Do you have a burning passion for it and does your heart palpitates when you talk about it? Do you pray every night that you will get into your dream school or do things because you feel that karma will occur and you'll be thanked with admission to your dream school? I just want to know how much do you love your dream school. I was just wondering because I feel that some people want their dream schools more than others. In addition, also want to know how you showcase your affinity to your dream school. </p>
<p>I want to go to Emory really really bad but I have never done any of that. </p>
<p>@Lacoste How do you express that as inn showing not telling?</p>
<p>Wear a crew neck of Emory and just talk about it being my ED school when I talk about colleges with friends/teachers. </p>
<p>I pour my heart into my application, not my outward expression. </p>
<p>@Lacoste Hope that you get in 
and @ivyhopes12 That’s a great approach to be honest. I feel like my application is going to be a diary of how badly I want my dream school.</p>
<p>@IWantStanford16 Yeah, I mean, the application is what matters most of all. But if I get into Princeton, I’ll make up for my lack of expression somehow (Tiger tattoo? lmao)</p>
<p>Yes it is, but I feel like I have to somehow vent about my emotions and my application time is a year away :/. And haha yeah, but hopefully it’s temporary :P</p>
<p>@IWantStanford16 Lucky you, knocking out these supplements is brutal lmao, definitely worth it in the end. </p>
<p>As a parent who has been through the college process with multiple kids, I urge anyone to not become obsessed with one dream school (especially one that is hyper competitive). The only kids I’ve seen hurt in this college process are ones who put all their dreams into one school and then either they don’t get in or can’t afford to go. There are tons of amazing colleges and universities out there. </p>
<p>Admissions at the super competitive schools are a bit of a crapshoot. Admissions is looking to find a diversified and well rounded class. All too many applicants with great stats and a passion for a super competitive school don’t get in. If you get into your dream school and can go – great. But whatever happens, don’t take an admissions decision as a referendum of if you are worthy or if you can be happy. If one great school doesn’t pan out then find another school that wants you and go on to have a great experience there.</p>
<p>And the rule in my house was always no hoodies or tee shirts until a kid gets into the school!</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone.</p>
<p>@happy1 Great advice, thank you! Also, that sounds reasonable (the no hoodies/ t shirts) haha.</p>
<p>I wear the hoodie around my house 24/7 and have added the college + class of 2019 to my Instagram bio.</p>
<p>Well I am only a Junior right now so my anticipation for Emory will probably increase through the next year or so</p>
<p>@HeisAidanD Haha that’s great! What’s your dream college if you don’t mind me asking ? @Lacoste Same here if that is possible :)</p>
<p>@Iwantstanford16 Babson College lol.</p>
<p>Don’t fall in love w any school until AFTER u get admitted. And keep in mind that the school u attend is only a means, not an end. You graduate at 22; you’ll move on, then still have 60 more years of living to do. Once you’re in the work force, no one gives 2 hoots about the school u went to.</p>
<p>Don’t obsess. </p>
<p>Thanks @GMTplus7 that makes a lot of sense :)</p>
<p>It is not smart to get so attached to ONE school. There are thousands of schools in this country, and most students only set themselves up for heartache if they think only one school will work well for them. Plus, what you think you want now may change in six months. One of my kids thought she knew the order of her preference for her colleges, and got in everyplace she applied. She visited her top 3 choices for accepted student days (clear #1 and #2 choices, and more distant #3). After 24 hours on each campus, she discovered that #1 and #2 weren’t all they were cracked up to be (both top 10 schools). And that #3 she had been not so sure about emerged as the clear front runner. She is a happy sophomore at “#3” today, and thinks she dodged a bullet by not attending #1 or #2.</p>
<p>My other kid was rejected at her top 2 choices, and while she had several acceptances, she decided to attend her safety with great merit aid. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with no debt, got a great job at graduation, and loved her school. She says now that the admissions committees knew what they were doing, and it was best that they didn’t accept her.</p>
<p>Of course, you may not get in to your “dreamy” one. Thus setting yourself up for moping and unhappiness when in fact you probably have some other perfectly fine choices, at least if you didn’t let “dream school” get in the way of conducting a college search that helped you find match & safety schools you would be happy to attend.</p>
<p>And sometimes students can’t afford the “dream” school even if they get in. It isn’t a dream school if you and/or your parents would be drowning in debt, or if you would have to drop out after a year or two due to finances.</p>
<p>So… get the stars out of your eyes. Every school has its flaws, and most have strengths as well. Make a solid list with a couple of reaches, several matches, and a couple of safeties you would be happy to attend.</p>
<p>Oh, and one of the top schools my kid was accepted to sent us t-shirts (parents & student). We parents did not wear them until after she decided (didn’t want to help the school market to our kid!). Wear it all the time now, after she decided not to attend. :)</p>
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Unless it’s a game day and your boss went to the rival school. </p>
<p>@intparent thank you, makes sense and similar to what @GMTplus7 said. I know that I will most likely not get into my dream school and I know not to set my heart on it even though I want it very bad. I have conducted a list of reaches, matches, and safeties. </p>