<p>um I kind of want to know</p>
<p>...drink, smoke and be merry the rest of senior year...bask in the reward and sense of accomplishment until i actually start school there when i realize how average i am relative to the rest of the class</p>
<p>I am waiting for Harvard's response to act. If I get accepted, I most likely will not send out anymore apps. It is my dream school, why would I want to waste my time when I already got into the school of my choice? My mom said I should still apply to Yale. Lol. If Harvard changes their mind for some reason, or if the letter I get is the wrong one lol. If I get deferred, ill be depressed my whole senior year. The day after I will start completing the rest of my apps and be depressed some more lol.</p>
<p>maybe id play a joke on my family about how i didnt get accepted-id cry and feel really depressed, then id start laughing and tell them that i was in. seriously id play it cool. i wouldnt tell anyone about it. its so much cooler when people think your stupid, but then you suprise them by letting them know your smart. (ali g) seriously i wouldnt tell anyone. i got an ipod wayyyyy before the craze started and i didnt take it to school or anything. it kinda p's me off that people are going around using it like a status symbol. oh well. play it cool guys, play it cool.</p>
<p>that's the exact policy i've adopted, shark_bite. :-) play it cool.</p>
<p>oh yeah, now one likes a braggert, i've got friends who will do that for me...plus, once you tell one person, it'll be common knowledge within a few weeks; you're more likely to respect someone who goes to a school like harvard when they hardly talk about it than someone who continuously brag about it...if you're cool, it makes it look more like you belong there rather than the "its-a-miracle!" frenzy others display</p>
<p>Exactly. People respect those who play it cool a lot more than those who don't. If I got in, I'd be excited, but I wouldn't tell everyone (this is about Pton but it is all the same :p). Plus, I hate bragging.</p>
<p>if i do end up going to a big-name school, i dont want to be like most of the alums who went there who have to let you know in the first minutes of meeting them that they went there, i want to be secure enough with myself so that i dont have to tell them, and if they happen to respect me more when they find out, so be it...when someone suprises you like that, it leaves a much better impression...shows you're secure with yourself and capable of achieving great goals</p>
<p>I want my family to be around me when I find out. That way, if I were to get in, we could share the moment together (because it has truly been a team effort). On the other hand, if I am not accepted, then I wouldn't have to say anything later about it. :)</p>
<p>I agree with Matt. Id be estatic if I got accepted, and my mother would probably go more crazy. I really want my family to experience this joy, especially my mom. She has sacrificed so much,worked so hard, and this is the least I could do.</p>
<p>i totally second that!</p>
<p>I'm not even gonna think about it. That way, if I get deferred, it won't be as bad. It'll still be horrible, but not as horrible as it would be if I had thought about what I'd do to celebrate.</p>
<p>Well, I am past that point. It seems I have done everything within my context to be the best, and it truly is hard work. I would be honest in saying that if I got Deferred, I would be really really really depressed.</p>
<p>Well, I'd be depressed too. Actually, I'd be so depressed that I'd go into **** the world mode and just do whatever.</p>
<p>you're all so righteous for sticking with your ethical convictions! <em>sarcasm</em></p>
<p>quit being so self-righteous, im not saying i wouldnt want my parents to rejoice with me, all im saying is that i'll take an hour before i tell them to think by myself...to be the only one to know, at least for a little while...like the silence before the joyous frenzy...a moment of gleeful anticipation before i can share that moment you all are referring to...before my thoughts become cluttered with the compliments and congratulations of everyone else...i know someone reading this understands me...</p>
<p>I understand. I think my "alone time" would last about 30 seconds, though. I'd be excited, and I would want to tell my parents.</p>
<p>i think it would be a great opportunity to do something that your parents wouldnt really approve of...like you get home, find out you're accepted, go out and get a tatoo, come home...you're parents arrive, and you show them the tatoo...they're all ****ed off at you, and then you whip out the acceptance letter....i'd say seize the opportunity to defy them and then surprise with something that will completely eclipse their subsequent anger</p>
<p>rickster - that moment of silence seems really very soothing. I just might try it when I get in somewhere.</p>
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Haha. Been there, done that.</p>
<p>i kind of want a tatoo though, so im hoping i get in next week, so i can run off and get one real quick before my parents find out i got in...</p>
<p>knock on wood</p>