If Columbia Rejects Me

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<p>I think I'm going to be okay with it. I know right before opening the application decision, I'm going to take 5 to 10 minutes of serious thinking and resolve in my mind that it is perfectly okay that I will not go to Columbia. Even though I will be disappointed that I will have to hassle with my parents over another month of college apps, I hope that something constructive can come from a rejection, like getting accepted to another good college. At this point, I like to be thankful of even having the opportunity to apply and be considered by a college such as Columbia. </p>

<p>Oh yeah, and if I do get accepted to Columbia I am so blaring the Sinatra music. </p>

<p>Sorry if this post was kind of pointless, but I think it reflects the general mood of people right about now.</p>

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<p>all too well. I might steal your coping strategy, although it’ll probably take me a little longer to convince myself that I’d be just fine somewhere else : (</p>

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<p>Yeah I completely agree. Have been working and sending in my other apps, pretending I never even applied ED. Hard to do though ahah</p>

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<p>hate to break the optimistic trend but I’d probably jump off of a bridge…well not really. But I still don’t know how I would cope</p>

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<p>im just gonna burn my letter of rejection and move my attention to RDs… though disappointing, I gotta move on with life…:)</p>

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<p>@jive–i agree. it’s not that I haven’t considered backups, but I really can’t envision a post-rejection life. it’s just…unfathomable. which obviously isn’t good, since I’m unlikely to get in anyway. oh, well. maybe I’ll whip up some kind of coping mechanism within the next 45.5 hours…</p>

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<p>What do your parents have anything to do with RD apps? Mine never read my essays.</p>

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<p>i know i’m going to be fine somewhere else. and rejection from columbia is just a sign that it’s not the best place for me. however, i am too lazy to finish the other apps…especially before dec 19 when i go on vacation…so i’d rather be accepted, of course.</p>

<p>i’m going to post my rejection letter in the main hall of my school where the “wall of shame” is every year. senior tradition…yay…</p>

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<p>^ that’s awful :/</p>

<p>if i’m rejected, i will be depressed for the first time in my life :(</p>

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<p>Wall of shame- good idea. If I am rejected (and there is a 95% chance of that for me), I think I’ll request the rejection letter to be mailed to me so I can put it up. Or maybe I’ll just print it out… it depends on what format it is? I might get to be the first letter on there. Now that’s something to be proud about haha.</p>

<p>I’ll tell everyone it was pretty much wasting my early decision slot anyway, since it was unrealistic. I’ll tell everyone i was expecting this all along, which is what I’ve been trying to tell myself. If I tell enough people that, and if I repeat that to myself enough times, even now, everything might be okay. If not, I’ll be crying inside.</p>

<p>I’ve heard that Columbia has the largest workload out of all the ivies. There have been about 2 times in my life when I have had more schoolwork than I could handle, a dangerously unhealthy amount. If Columbia’s workload would be too much for me to learn as best I can and still be a human being, it’s not right for me. In that case, maybe it’s a good thing I’ll get rejected. The campus might be a little too intimidating at times too, with all the HUMONGOUS stonework and I heard the food in John Jay is just terrible (Barnard food is better though). And the sports teams there aren’t exactly the best, so there’s not as much school bonding over sports. I want to go to some school too after college (law or grad school, I’m not sure which), and maybe it’s not such a good idea to go to a school where I’ll be buried under so many geniuses. Will my self-esteem take a serious hit again? And maybe I would have a better chance of getting into the school I will ultimately want to go to if I can get better grades. </p>

<p>So that’s what I’ll be using to convince myself if I don’t get in. Anyone willing to post other potential negative aspects of Columbia so that we can prepare ourselves better for rejection?</p>

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<p>^^What are you doing?</p>

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<p>Is it bad that i read all those negatives and still want to go?
roooooooooar lions roooooooar <–sports might suck but the song is good! i can sing it at fencing matches (meets?)…</p>

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<p>there are some letters on the wall of shame now…but they’re all of failed attemps at athletic recruitings</p>

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<p>You can always come watch the medical students kick butt at rugby. Undefeated among graduate schools for the season :)</p>

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<p>I’m bound to be rejected. I just like the people here:)
And I’m going to move on to other schools that are better in other ways:)</p>

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<p>i think i would rather just kill myself</p>

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<p>I would be filled with genuine disappointment and sadness. I don’t think there has been anything in my life that I’ve wanted as much as this acceptance.</p>

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<p>I would be sad, but not terribly surprised. I have some nice hooks, but just looking at those of other students at my high school make mine seem insignificant. Mock trial attorneys, Model U.N./congress captains, and an internationally ranked fencer. Meanwhile, I’m just a minority that gets good grades and did decent on the S.A.T’s :(</p>

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<p>rejection seems so immanent for me. :(</p>

<p>I really never had a shot. I figured I would try anyway. </p>

<p>sighsighsighsighsighsigh</p>

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<p>This is a very depressing thread. Has anyone considered making a thread discussing how you would act if you got in? I think that would make people happier.</p>