I’m only a junior now so I haven’t done a whole lot yet, but for next year what can I expect to feel/do between January 1st and April 1st?
Limbo
After apps I felt surprisingly relaxed. You get a big burden off yourself, since basically these 3.5 years of high school were geared towards college apps and now you’re done. For some, senioritis hits hard–all in all, there’s a general feeling of relaxation and relief definitely.
As the time for decisions approached however, I felt really anxious for some decisions. I remember I couldn’t sleep some nights because I was expecting a decision in the afternoon of the following day. This anxiety is common, and usually hits when decisions are about to reach.
Hitting the “submit” button for your last college application feels incredible. 10/10, would do again.
You will feel relieved after you submit the last app. Then the wait begins. After the wait, you are either excited or mad you didn’t get into your top choice.
Is rejection devastating or can it be OK if you try to shrug it off?
Don’t zero in on one college you feel you love. It isn’t worth it. There are tons of great schools out there. If you don’t obsess over one college it is not devastating to be rejected.
I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders haha. Personally, I am pretty fixated on attending my state university which isn’t terribly difficult to get into… so I’m not too anxious about the other colleges I applied to, which feels good.
I submitted my final thing last night, so I’m just basking right now, haha. It’s definitely a bit nerve-wracking for me that it’s completely out of my hands by now. I keep feeling like I should be doing something useful! But I know that this feeling will ease in a few days, and that it’ll return once I start getting nervous for decisions to come out.
Pretty shitty. The ECs are hitting hard now. I have less free time now than when I was writing apps. All those commitments, so little time
Feel? Relieved. Do? Maintaining decent grades.
THIS.
I think the best feeling is getting into a decent safety school. I got into a safety school that I wouldn’t mind attending and it was a huge weight off all my shoulders as I now wait for more decisions to roll in.
A tad uneasy, perhaps replying how you might have applied then rather than when you did. I know I recall mistakes I made, or edits I could have made to make a paragraph flow better.
But, I started this whole process without ever having had a particular college that I wanted to really go to, so I am not as anxious as some about getting accepted into one good college, especially since I have a great safety school acceptance already.
So now it becomes anticipation, March 31st et al to wait for.
Speaking for my D, I can tell you that her first EA acceptance from her safety school was just as exciting as if she had got into Harvard. It was a huge relief. So now, she just has to wait, but what a comfort knowing that she is in at least one school that she likes.
You have a good, healthy attitude about it, @Nedcone