<p>I consider myself fortunate in the way I'm approaching the process. My goal isn't to attend the school with the best stats; I want to find the best fit for me. I looked for schools that had the atmosphere I wanted without even looking at the stats until after I decided to apply, with one exception. Because of that, I basically ended with five safties and a match-reach. The biggest hurdle I'm facing is that I like to see to believe, so right now I'm sitting around wondering, 'Did they really re-work my GPA like they promised?' 'Will I really get my decision by that date?' and worrying about things like that rather than panicking about getting in. </p>
<p>I was freaking out while I got my apps together. Now, I'm done. The interview for my reach-match went pretty roughly, and that upsets me when I think about it. So I don't. I think about what I'm looking for. If I don't get into my top choice, it obvisouly wasn't the right one for me, not this year. Like a lot of you, I think about college constantly and have moments of great confidence and moments where I'm sitting around thinking about all the rejection letters I'm going to get. But now that I'm finished applying, I feel much better. I sent my apps (with every part of the app included) to half of my schools a few weeks ago and the rest of sitting, closed, on my desk waiting for my final rec to be mailed. I'm expecting my first decision during or before the first week of school. I'm done with the SAT. I think mailing those first few apps is what really took the weight off my shoulders.</p>