<p>ah you are right bernadol. i definately need to be put into cryogenic sleep or something for the next month to preserve my health (and sanity). i guess ill go play some video games or something. </p>
<p>see, the problem is, i try really hard everyday to just not talk about decisions and stuff, but one of my best friends, who shares all my classes with me, doesnt god damn shut up about it. therefore, i cannot think of anything else. i think im just gonna tell him to shut up for a month... >.<;</p>
<p>lol...nice second post....</p>
<p>way back (like 2 years ago) i thought it was stupid for people to keep their hearts on just one school because if they don't get accepted, they would feel bad. but, now, i know what it feels like to want to so badly attend that one school and think it right for you. i like my state school and if i don't get into penn or can't afford it, that is where i will go, but i know i will feel horrible if i don't get in. i keep on thinking that i won't get in and all my hard work and the money we spent was a waste. i can't wait for decisions to come out, but for me, it just seems so soon. i was anticipating them coming out in april giving me a few more days to get ready for rejection, but now that we're in march, i don't think i will take rejection too well. i don't have high hopes since my stats are low compared to many who have gotten in and my ecs are sub-par. sometimes i think i should have applied ed because then all this would be over with (unless if i got deferred, then all this would just be unbearable), but i just couldn't make that kind of commitment.</p>
<p>collegenow, i think its great to have one school that you have your heart set on. for me, and you too (i think), that school is penn. and because you love it so much, it does you no good to imagine anything other than acceptance. im gonna repeat what i always do: be positive, have confidence. </p>
<p>i was confident in my application and in myself during the ED round, and i wasnt necessarily confident that i would get accepted, but i was confident i wouldnt be rejected - i was deferred, and you know what, my mom congratulated me when she saw that. she said: "you're half way there now. you just need to make that final push"</p>
<p>dont ever lost faith in yourself or your dream. i definately believe that if penn is where you want to go, if you wish hard enough and hold enough confidence in yourself and your application and the effort you put into it, then you will get it. just always think positive :)</p>
<p>Oh oh .. I am very sorry. I did not want to hurt any feelings, just give some hope to people. I was stupid not to realize that some of you might have also applied ED and gotten deffered. My apologies. </p>
<p>I just felt like sharing his story. He's an African American kid in my grade, I go to a prep/IB school - and he does mediocre - and by saying that I was trying to emphasize the extent to which your EC's could get you in. </p>
<p>I hope you all do well, best of luck.</p>
<p>lol no need for apologies, i know you didnt intend to hurt anyone and were just trying to be kind :) i thank you for that much.</p>
<p>impboy89, i would love to have your mindset because i always think of the negative</p>
<p>yeah i'm dead set on huntsman, i thnk about it every day. anyone know how to show penn how much you care? (Besides essays)</p>
<p>Donations. Big fat donations ;)</p>
<p>Man...I hate not knowing where I'm accepted! I applied to a bunch of different schools that all have notification dates at the end of March (except my safety, which I just found out that I was accepted at). I'm trying not to get my heart set on any one school until I know where it's possible for me to go, but it's really, really, really difficult not to get attached. My sister and I are going to Europe for the week before decisions come out (we didn't purposely plan it that way), so I'm really hoping that the excitement of my first trip out of the country will keep all these nerves away. Does anyone else start to feel violently ill whenever they think about the moment before they open their decision letters? You know, the "this is it...my future depends on this" feeling? I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling completely petrified by the thought of March 29th (but I'm impatient for it to come, oddly enough).</p>
<p>Oh, and I love Wicked!!! I'm singing "For Good" with a friend of mine at the senior banquet at my school. Gotta love showtunes...</p>
<p>hahaa thineOwnselfBtru - mee tooo!! "For Good" for senior cabaret! :)
lol okay...
back to Penn... well actually, I'm trying to keep my mind off of it.. makes the time pass easier... though, I must say, easier said than done.</p>
<p>its so hard to keep my mind off penn....I just don't want to keep my hopes up though...I figure if I keep my hope down, then if I get in I'll be ecstatic and if I don't, then I'll be aight...haha at least I try and tell myself that to feel better.......................deferral sucks</p>
<p>yea deferral does suck, word!</p>
<p>but really, im firmly against the idea of kepping your hopes low. you know me and my negativity crap im sure^^. im a firm believer that if you wish for something hard enough, and you believe in it, then itll come true. im trying to kick any doubts in my mind that i wont get into penn out. im just thinking positive, about how awesome itll feel when i read "congratulations": it gives me the jitters just thinking about it! :)</p>
<p>also, my mom convinced me that although im not really religious, i should just leave the decision and all my worries up to the higher powers (god if you will). i should just have faith that hell come through, and i definately believe he has for me on many occasions.</p>
<p>so yea, just believe itll happen, and it will :)</p>
<p>haha sorry, but I just have to point out the irony that you (impboy) said "i should just have faith that hell come through"</p>
<p>lol just a little more evidence that we are all starting to lose it... gosh.</p>
<p>losing it indeed :O</p>
<p>I had that same att. and look what happened to me</p>
<p>It is going to harder for deferred people this year than last year because the app rate went up.</p>
<p>on the other end of that thought, it might be better for deferred people that more people applied as penn will want to keep its yield in the 66%ish range, and thus will admitt more deferred applicants to do so.</p>
<p>just tryin to be positive :)</p>
<p>I seriously can't stop thinking about colleges, Penn especially, since they're my first choice. I did so many stupid things. I didn't do the optional essay. My senior year grades suck. My SAT II scores suck. I didn't get an interview. I'm from Long Island. There's no way in hell I'm getting in. Sadness.</p>
<p>So much sadness. I can't stand this wait. Arghhhhh.</p>
<p>And I'm getting real tired of the 7 AP classes I'm taking. I just don't care anymore. Meh.</p>
<p>Hey me too. My calc and physics grades dropped, my SAT physics was terrible, blah. we'll see. I'd love to go to penn, but i really just want to know where it is i'm going.</p>
<p>quark49, i'm in the same boat as you. i'm sure my SAT's were worse than yours and my SAT II's are probably the worst penn has seen. and i'm not even taking as many ap's as you.
waiting makes me so anxious. y can't the wait just be over. deliver my sentence already!!!</p>