<p>... waiting for these decisions. I know we can't do a countdown since we don't actually know when e-mails are coming, but who wants to freak out with me?</p>
<p>I'm scared that I liked Reed so much that if I don't get in I'll be disappointed with any college I end up at. Maybe that's too maudlin, but whatever.</p>
<p>Freaking out here too! It is extremely hard to wait AND have no idea when it’s coming!
But I’m worried that if I am accepted I won’t be able to afford it because FAFSA thinks we are better off than we are… but we’ll see.
There really is no other school like Reed, so I totally understand what you mean!</p>
<p>If it’s any help, according to old CC threads, the past RD emails have been sent out on the 26th at about 4:00 PST. Best of luck!!</p>
<p>Gang, read this before the envelopes arrive: </p>
<p>[Admissions</a> Messages vs. Admissions Realities](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/admission_messages.html]Admissions”>http://www.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/admission_messages.html)</p>
<p>I just read it, i hate it. I am an international student. Decision are going to be mailed soon.</p>
<p>kdurs11 - The fact that you used an Anchorman quote to describe this horrible process (also the word “maudlin”), may have caused me to fall in love with you inadvertently. Marry me?</p>
<p>There are so many better places to hit on girls than a college forum…</p>
<p>Good luck! </p>
<p>[Voices</a> from Reed](<a href=“http://blogs.reed.edu/reed_voices/]Voices”>http://blogs.reed.edu/reed_voices/)</p>
<p>Haha, not hitting on anyone, just making a joke to relieve the tension, as evidenced by the fact that a) I’m a girl, b) I had no actual idea of the gender of the orginal poster, though I did kinda think it was a guy, my b and c) I’m about to have a nervous breakdown from stress and the Anchoman reference really cracked me up so I had to say SOMETHING.</p>
<p>Haha, francis, my friend, the fact that you would find outdated vocabulary attractive is an attractive quality in itself. As for Anchorman, that movie is fantastic in every possible way, so less impressive. It was a very sad day when I saw that cc had not allowed the title to be all caps, as intended…</p>
<p>In other news, two days? Possibly? Maybe? Katie, you shouldn’t get your hopes up your why Reed essay was inadvertantly disparaging to your high school and there’s no way the adcom would find that desirable?</p>
<p>Reed not giving a definite date is driving me crazy, especially in this CC atmosphere where every minute detail has to be confirmed in advance…</p>
<p>But it seems that decisions will be given either today or tomorrow, and ohmygoodness I’m freaking out in anticipation.</p>
<p>I am not scared of denials any more. I have had enough. I am just waiting for a miracle. I am an int. Student. who is not freaking out with me.</p>
<p>I am not scared of denials any more. I have had enough. I am just waiting for a miracle. I am an int. Student. who is not freaking out with me.</p>
<p>It seems that some of these schools are evolving into little more then a lottery - the common denominator among the participants being good grades and extracuriculars. Fortunatley, there ARE many great schools in which to obtain a first rate undergraduate education. Great success to all those waiting on this one! :)</p>
<p>I’ve been rejected twice, deferred once, and accepted once (to my safety), so “maudlin” is a perfect word for how I feel at the moment. I hate how out of my control this whole process is, and how difficult it is not to take rejection personally…I just feel like, when you’ve worked as hard as we all have, it’s impossible not to become hugely invested in possible futures. I can’t sleep or do homework or focus on anything anymore because I’m so terrified. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I insane?</p>
<p>No, I feel you. All the schools I got into I don’t really want to go to. And the one that I wouldn’t have minded, I got waitlisted at. I mean, I can sleep at night, but I really want to go to Reed. I just feel like going anywhere else would totally objectify college, when really I could care less about the degree in the end. They don’t do too much for you these days anyway. I’m guessing tomorrow is when we hear back. And I really am kind of an obsessive-type overthinker, so any hours I gain in sleep is traded for magnified mental torture during the day. Everyone around me wants me to shut the hell up just as much as I want myself to. We’re all going through the same thing, don’t worry.</p>
<p>Reed emails went out on Friday the 26th last year, late afternoon. Remember that at one second per email (I don’t think it actually goes that fast) it will take nearly an hour to deliver all 3000-some emails.</p>
<p>Oooh, i hope decisions come out tomorrow. hi vossron =)</p>
<p>8 hours left. I can’t wait. I can’t do anything my hands are shaking. God not another denial please.</p>
<p>My visit to Reed was the only one of many college visits that truly blew my mind. The students I hung out with were very welcoming and the scholarly yet peculiarly laid-back atmosphere in my class visits were enough put me in that one-school-possibility mindset. But sadly, I’m certain that my terrible habit of procrastination - and general feelings of apathy, for that matter - has all but guaranteed my rejection (I’ll spare you the self-pitying details). I’ve mostly come to terms with it in the weeks since the application deadline though, so I don’t think reading that letter this evening will send me spiraling into depression. But I’m obviously loathing myself quite a bit :P</p>