<p>I just stared at the screen in amazement and called my mom when I saw "Welcome Admitted Students" on my account page... (she didn't even want to go out to dinner :/ or celebrate) Not a very good story, but I did get to jump up and down at work and freak out all my office-mates! For my deferral, I just stared at the screen for a couple minutes and then ate a pint of ben and jerry's.</p>
<p>How do you predict you will react for each outcome, and how did you actually react?</p>
<p>Well it’ll be 3am when I get my decision, so I’m not allowed to scream if I get in. I will probably do a silent shriek and try not to burst.</p>
<p>I’m an international who needs full aid and has less than amazing grades. So I’m not going to be surprised to see a rejection, but I’ll still probably cry a little bit because that’ll be the end of my UChicago dream.</p>
<p>Waitlist - oh boy. My reaction will probably be somewhere between the two.</p>
<p>I’ll just go back to bed if its bad as expected. I’m pretty much in the same position as ninja
If not, LOL NO IDEA!!! But I’ll do something REALLY silly for sure :D</p>
<p>A sigh if I don’t get in and then I’ll go to bed.
A sigh if I get waitlisted and then I’ll go to bed.
A smile if I get in and then I’ll go watch March Madness.</p>
<p>If I get in, I’ll probably have the same reaction that I had when I checked UCLA, except 10x’s the exuberance. I’ll load the page, see my admission, shriek a little, and then run downstairs to tell my mom and run back upstairs and refresh the page and re-read the admittance letter. Then I’ll go post a status update on facebook and lie around all happy.</p>
<p>If I get waitlisted, I’ll just get up and go tell my mom, and then carry on with scholarship applications due on monday.</p>
<p>If I get rejected, I’ll go tell my mom, and then play the Sims for a couple hours, forgetting about life. I’ll probably become quite depressed, as 4 of my other colleges have <12% acceptance rates, and even if I shouldn’t, I’d take it as an indicator.</p>
<p>If i get accepted, i will go on a run, just to distract my heart from thumping out of its cage. I will then crash down on my bed, sweaty and panting. Laying back, I will listen to Feeling Good by Nina Simone ([YouTube</a> - Nina Simone/ Feeling Good](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8tuTSi6Sck]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8tuTSi6Sck)), and go over all the Chicago booklets and viewbooks I have. </p>
<p>If rejected, I will go watch The Wire for a couple hours.</p>
<p>If I get accepted I’ll try not to brag and just be extremely happy and want to do something wonderful.
Denial: Probably cry. And pretend it doesn’t make me miserable to get rejected from my possibly top choice.
Waitlisted: Try not to be bummed out, it’s not denial.</p>
