<p>act modest after applying to prestigious colleges, thinking that they'll either get deferred or rejected. Then when they actually do get rejected, they get ****ed off and blame established systems like AA for their decisions. It's almost as if they expected to be accepted but lied, trying to act modest. </p>
<p>That ticks me off the most--when people aren't honest. If you think you will get into Yale, just say it. Period.</p>
<p>^I second this, but at the same time, most people who apply to schools like Yale have been at the top for most of their lives. This may be the first “serious” rejection they get. It makes sense to be disappointed and lash out. But it would be more appropriate off the internet, and it does get old.</p>
<p>It’s not dishonesty or false modesty. It’s that you know statistically how slim your chances are, so logically you expect deferral or rejection, but there’s always going to be a part of you that feels that you will be somehow accepted against all the odds, so emotionally you hope for acceptance. And when feelings, no matter how small, are crushed, there is bound to be disappointment, at least initially.</p>
<p>I agree with you to an extent, but at the same time don’t we all try to downplay our confidence of getting into these schools. Even if we expect rejection, it still stings when we are faced with it.
Oh and we people say “It’s all AA, it can not possibly be my fault” it drives me bananas >[</p>
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<p>that’s a euphemism. “Rage” is a better word.</p>
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<p>If you’re talking about people who truly experienced rage, then I think that you’re talking about a very small portion of the deferred/rejected applicants.</p>
<p>Almost everyone I know who was rejected raged.</p>
<p>Also, some girl almost “raged quit” after being rejected from NYU (her dream school).</p>
<p>^ which is why I feel the RD round might actaully be generally easier to deal with…
True, you don’t really get a second chance after that, but you get most(if not all) of the news at once. You not only get closure, but it’s honestly harder to rage when you also simultaneously got accepted to other top schools. 
Best of Luck to everyone here. While it makes sense to be upset over your decision, please do not devalue to worth of people who got accepted. Do people who deserve to be at Yale get rejected, absolutely, and it’s a shame, and that’s why there are another 2 residential colleges planned…BUT, everyone who gets accepted to Yale deserves it. In your anger, remember that if YOU were the one ACCEPTED, you weould NEVER want someone to attribute your good fortune (and hard work) to something like the color of your skin. It’s unfair, and it is unworthy of anyone who hopes to be a Yalie.</p>
<p>^Well said</p>