<p>Describe what it would be like.</p>
<p>Assuming that Harvard is your Dream College. I know this thread is a bit pointless but it is interesting to think about. I always imagine what it would be like.</p>
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<li><p>How would you first react to the word "ACCEPTED"</p></li>
<li><p>Who would you tell first?</p></li>
<li><p>How would you tell people?</p></li>
<li><p>How would your friends and family react?</p></li>
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<p>I would run around the street naked, screaming on the top of my lungs.</p>
<p>I’m sure the neighbors won’t mind ;)</p>
<p>Harvard’s not my dream school, but I’ll just substitute my dream school in here.</p>
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<li><p>I know this sounds pretty low-key but honestly, I would probably smile at the screen for a good 10 minutes, wondering about the next 4 years of my life. Then, I would frown for another 10 minutes, knowing that in all likelihood I will not be able to afford said college. I would then contemplate my options, whether the college is really worth thousands of dollars in debt for both me and my parents.</p></li>
<li><p>Probably my sister, not necessarily to rub it in her face, just because I talk to her about college all the time. I like breaking really important news to her before I break it to my parents :)</p></li>
<li><p>FACEBOOK STATUS UPDATE…LIKE OMG…</p></li>
<li><p>My parents would tell everyone they knew…I mean everyone. They already do this now, when I score 2 3-pointers in a basketball game they announce that I’m the next Michael Jordan to everyone in the vicinity. Then they would realize that they probably can’t afford to send me to this college. My friends would be like “I knew you would get in, you’re a f-ing genius,” “I hate you,” (would actually probably be what my sister says) and the occasional “I’m so happy for you” (thinking to themselves, how the hell did she get in, she isn’t that smart).</p></li>
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<p>I would *<strong><em>ing scream at the top of my *</em></strong>ing lungs!! Wooottttt but no really getting into harvard is not a *<strong><em>ing big deal. It’s all what you make of it. If you *</em></strong> up your life, than its your own *<strong><em>ing fault. teh college you *</em></strong>ing go to won’t make a difference.</p>
<p>I did get into Harvard. I hadn’t expected to be very excited, but I was much less emotionally affected than I thought I would be. It was minor. A solace for having been waitlisted at Yale (which was how I updated my FB status: "Yale’s waitlist letter looks like a rejection at first glance). Soon after that, it was something I wished hadn’t happened because I didn’t want to be forced to go there.</p>
<p>I told my parents a while afterward, I think. The same day, but not for a few hours, mainly because I didn’t want to mention that I had been waitlisted, especially since I hadn’t been anything but accepted anywhere else (well, I was pooled at Cambridge, but that lasted a week). People at school just asked, since everyone knows when Ivy results come out, and I tried to emphasize my waitlisting because, well, it mattered more to me, and because I think it’s more modest and appropriate to mention one’s failures in these situations. Everyone knew soon enough. They were excited about it.</p>
<p>I was actually really excited about telling my sister though. I had told her a while before how I would tell her if I were accepted. She’s a Matt Damon obsessive, so I called her nd was like “Do you like apples?” Obviously, she was supposed to say “Yes” so that I could say “Well, I got into Harvard. How do you like them apples?” But since she actually doesn’t like apples, she said “no,” ruining the whole convo. What a lame.</p>
<p>I don’t think I would go screaming. I might, but it would be a fabricated reaction just so I could remember the moment.</p>
<p>I’d probably just sit there, shocked, and then update my status.</p>
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<p>Hah, that happens to me all the time, which is partially why I don’t joke too often.</p>
<p>I have a few ‘dream’ colleges, none of which are Harvard:</p>
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<li><p>Big-name university
I wouldn’t tell people except for my friends and family (and even then, casually) and other fellow-alumni-to-be in my college graduating class that I could co-congratulate.</p></li>
<li><p>Small-name college that’s actually prestigious to those who’ve heard of it
I would post it everywhere and excitedly tell people for the irony of the confused looks on their faces and their hesistant “…congratulations.”</p></li>
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<p>But I think (especially to CCers) rejections weigh a lot more heavily and are easier to share without sounding arrogant.</p>
<p>My dream is Columbia, but if I got accepted…</p>
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<li><p>How would you first react to the word “ACCEPTED”
My jaw would probably drop. </p></li>
<li><p>Who would you tell first?
I think I would run screaming out of my room and tell everyone at home.</p></li>
<li><p>How would you tell people?
Facebook.</p></li>
<li><p>How would your friends and family react?
Happily, I would hope.</p></li>
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<li><p>How would you first react to the word “ACCEPTED”
Probably drop the letter. Like seriously. And just stand there… until my parents asked why I was wasting time ;)</p></li>
<li><p>Who would you tell first?
My parents! </p></li>
<li><p>How would you tell people?
Facebook. Twitter. Text some of my closest friends.</p></li>
<li><p>How would your friends and family react?
Parents: … you got in? HOW? I guess you DID write a good essay then. (;D)
Brother: You were lucky.
Friends: OMG OMG OMG IM SO HAPPY FOR YOUUUUUUUUUUUU <yeah… heh. They did that for UW Honors… UW at my school is just a given that you’d get in, but barely anyone ever gets into Honors from my school.</p></li>
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<p>But anyway… HUSKIESSS HERE I COME! and no, I didn’t apply to Harvard. Haha</p>
<p>I got into my dream college (WUSTL) ED and had to back out because I couldn’t afford it.</p>
<p>Whooo. It was a rollercoaster. I’m glad they let me back out with no problems.</p>
<p>i would be happy, but i probably wouldnt be that much happier</p>
<p>because im so happy right now, like, im buzzing with happiness as it is, i dont know how much happier i could get</p>
<p>LOL this sounds so narcissistic</p>
<p>1.) Scream and possibly faint from the shock.</p>
<p>2.) My parents.</p>
<p>3.) Text message, wear a Harvard t-shirt so maybe some people get the message.</p>
<p>4.) Parents: Oh boy, we can actually afford to send you there!!!
Friends: OMG…I knew you’d get in…I told you so…that’s amazing…
Teachers: Wow, maybe I shouldn’t have given you that B+ in English freshman yr.</p>
<p>I would be unsurprised. </p>
<p>/feigned narcissism</p>
<p>Probably the same as when I found out I got a 5 on AP chem. Just sit there with a big silly grin on my face for about 5 minutes then start texting my buddies and ask how they did.</p>
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<li>How would you first react to the word “ACCEPTED”
complete and utter shock. i’ve been dreaming of going to harvard since the third grade. unfortunately, i can’t run around naked, but i might just run as fast as possible to the pond and jump in in full clothing</li>
<li>Who would you tell first?
anyone who would listen. i think i might just scream at the top of my lungs. then skype the fam. they can tell extended family</li>
<li>How would you tell people?
tell the fam via skype, also have huge facebook status with harvard in all caps about 40 times</li>
<li>How would your friends and family react?
likely shock, followed by crying, joy, and congratulatory exclamations</li>
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<p>Wish I could have a “dream college.” If I had a dream college that would be awesome. But for now I’m just hoping that I get accepted to wherever I apply. </p>
<p>How did you all find your “dream college” ?</p>
<p>If I got into harvard, I wouldn’t be particularly excited. I would be proud of myself (personal accomplishment) but harvard doesn’t = happiness or gauranteed future or anything. Would I even have fun in harvard? Idk. I actually still have to visit harvard.</p>
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<li><p>Put the letter where I put my acceptance letter for Gov School, in a folder.
Then prepare for business.</p></li>
<li><p>My parents, since they get the mail before I do.</p></li>
<li><p>I only would tell people that ask me, no one else.
4.They would be elated.</p></li>
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<p>I was kind of peeved that I got into Brown tbch</p>
<p>^ lol yeah, I only told my family, and then my mom and sister pretty much told everyone</p>
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<li><p>How would you first react to the word “ACCEPTED”
Overwhelmed. But not in a bad way. I’d be over the moon… since people around me don’t think I’m the usual smartass who “goes to Harvard”.</p></li>
<li><p>Who would you tell first?
Since I would probably be at home (and for other reasons) I would tell my parents first.</p></li>
<li><p>How would you tell people?
Well I’m guessing if I got accepted, it would be in a few years (since I’m only fourteen currently), so when people say, “So where are you going for college?” I’d tell them I got an acceptance to Harvard.</p></li>
<li><p>How would your friends and family react?
Parents: Really happy. Unless I wasn’t happy.
Brother: Shocked?! Not sure though.
Sister: “What is a Harvard?” She’s only 7 and I like that she hasn’t been brainwashed into an Ivy League obsession (since she doesn’t know what it is, or why people like it).
Friends: “OMG that is awesome!” Then maybe behind my back some would wonder how such an ordinary person like me got accepted.</p></li>
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<p>So overall, it would be a good day for me because it would be such an accomplishment. However, I can’t resist saying that what’d really make me crazy is a Yale acceptance :p</p>
<p>True Story</p>
<p>1) I tried to be cool about it so I wore a smug grin on my face for a while.
2) I told my Dad, at that point he broke my “play it cool” act.
3) I liked Harvard on facebook as a knee jerk reaction after got in. I didn’t intend for everyone to learn about it that way but that’s what happened
4) My Parents were more excited than I was which was really quite funny. My friends were happy for me, we went to the pub.</p>