<p>When school first started, I only told people that I'm applying to a few UC's. I told two close friends that I was applying to Stanford, and then all of a sudden, all the girls in IB knew that I was applying: one even went so far as to tell me that I had "no chance in hell." I was really offended, and to be honest, that's the exact reason I didn't want people to know. I didn't want people to be able to say "I told you you're not getting in," and I didn't want to deal with having to tell people that I didn't get in. </p>
<p>Maybe I'm insecure, but I just don't want to deal with facing people and shyly telling them that I didn't get in.</p>
<p>it seems to just cause problems -- if you get in ed, then everyone's gonna know you applied anyway. why talk about it when there's a chance that you won't be attending in the fall? obviously its really tough to keep it a secret. but i dont want to get into all that drama.</p>
<p>its kind of annoying when people keep asking you where you are going...especially if it is sep. of you senior year and you really have no idea...and indian people in michigan think that umich is the only school anyone should bother goign to ..so if i dare mention that im applying to purdue ive committed an ungodly crime...so i tend to keep it to myself for the most part unless its people who im close to and in a sense have a right to ask...</p>
<p>im so happy to know im not the only one! see im from the south and most of my friends are going to ole miss, alabama, and auburn. nothing wrong with that anywhere farther is considered crazy. one time in my junior year i casually mentioned UC berkeley and my friends flipped out, "WHY ARENT YOU GOING TO ALABAMA? CALIFORNIA IS TOO FAR!" and im thinking what the hell this is COLLEGE you are supposed to grow up and see other regions of this vast country!! my classmates are so ignorant..</p>
<p>I'm guilty too! I don't want to disclose becasue a) gossip -people are NOSY, b) I've done SO much research (95% of people who go to university from my school go to the local university) and I wouldn't want someone to "steal" my dream school, and c) people are ignorant...they think Harvard and UCLA are the only schools in the states.<br>
I get by with saying "places in the south," but when people get really nosy I use the old "I don't want to jinx it."
I have told co-workers (none of whom I go to school with), my principal (she asked)...</p>
<p>i'm terrible at keeping my own secrets. i'll tell people if they ask. for half a second i thought maybe i wouldn't tell anyone my early, but that died pretty quick.</p>
<p>I don't really tell people where I want to apply. I'm kind of insecure and I don't want to tell people "Oh, I applied to _______" and then have them ask me constantly if I get rejected or not because my school doesn't really put people into the schools I want to go to.</p>
<p>When the issue comes up, I say, "Oh, well...somewhere in the East Coast." People automatically assume Ivy, and I just shrug it off with a "I just want to go explore more of the US." It leaves them guessing if they were right or not.
But I'm a junior now...and when college apps are really due for me, I don't know if I can keep it a secret...</p>
<p>I tell people only a few - my safety first, then a safety-match, and then the place where I applied EA. I act really relaxed and flippant - everyone at my school is so hypercompetitive. I don't want to be that weird snobby girl who won't tell anyone where she's applying - then you just come off as obnoxious. On the other hand, I don't hand out copies of my list to everyone. And if it's someone I don't like, I point-blank say "Why do you care and why are you asking me? Go finish your own apps." XP</p>
<p>My top choice is a safety and no one's heard about it, so I don't mind telling it to people. My second is a reach, and my ex-girlfriend's top choice and she's pretty open about it, so I sometimes don't mention it. I'm really not looking forward to April, unless we're both accepted or both rejected.</p>
<p>Um, I stupidly said I was applying to 15 colleges, which is honestly, pretty ridiculous. I usually say a lot of northeast schools or whatever, and I'll slip in safeties or whatever, but yeah. I'm semi-looking forward to telling everyone about all my rejections. "Yeah, I was rejected from 8/15 schools..." "WHAT?! BUT YOU CAN GO <em>ANYWHERE</em> WITH A 33 ACT!" <em>sigh</em></p>