<p>i know i’m a loser, but i’ve read a lot of the old posts from last year and I feel like there was a definete community of people that were applying ED. Another community formed RD. And each community was the same - first the questions about the apps, then some questions about hte school, and then just nervous chatter (that’s the phase that we’re at). Then the “X days left!” where x<10 posts showed up, and then X approached 0… and then people were accepted/deferred rejected.</p>
<p>I just think it’s really weird that we’re part of that sort of thing. Personally I don’t feel like I’m “there” at all, I still see myself as a stupid soph that’s just getting a hold of things. But after Thanksgiving break we’ll come back and it’ll be Monday, and the next Friday after that is d-day. Almost feels like the two weeks you have to wait to get an SAT score, except it’s a lot bigger than an SAT score.</p>
<p>I don’t know, it just hasn’t sunk in at all that we’re about to be “those kids” that either post “ACCEPTED!! 800/800/800/800/800” or “DEFERRED =(” or the other option. I’ve read a lot of all of your posts and have a loose grip on your personalities, it’s going to be weird to read choco and dosto and anu and everyone writing about their decisions when in the archive the screen names of the posts meant nothing to me.</p>
<p>ya. i still remember when i was young.. like 6 weeks ago.. just as i started coming back to the CC (i was on and off). but this time to the Penn section.</p>
<p>i know that most of us drudingly hope that school would just go faster, especially when you're in a boring history class with a pathetic teacher. but somehow, time seems to have flew. i still think of freshman year as yesterday, wistfully dreaming about college and the like.. </p>
<p>everything that's happened the last couple of weeks seem ethereal (for a lack of a better word); it still hasn't hit me that i am a senior and i haved already applied to the college of my dreams</p>
<p>good luck to everyone</p>
<p>P.S. anon311, don't be afraid to use the "R" word. it's going to be okay.</p>
<p>on another note: i just can't concieve what will happen if i don't get in. i seriously dont know. maybe ill be sad. maybe i w*ont care. all i know is that if i do get in i'll be the happiest kid in the world. it is going to be very itneresting to see who did and did not get in. on one hand i can be optimistic and think, maybe they'll love my essays, hoepfully i'll have good recs, hopefully they wont mind my slightly low sat1 score and they'll look at my sat2 scores, hopefuly they won't mind my bad freshman year grades and love my soph/junior year grades. and hopefully, all in all, they'll think, he's a nice kid, he wants to go to penn, let's let him in. on the other hand, i can see them going ..uhh...average ssays, normal recs, poor sat1, ok sat2, messed up freshman year....rejected/deferred.</p>
<p>i suppose all we can do is wait and see...and i guess that's what we're all doing....i think a lot of ya'll will get in...you guys have killer stats. but in the occurance I do get in...it'll be good to see you kids at penn.</p>
<p><em>tear</em> ya i haven't been much of a talker on this board but i do my daily read of the newest posts...it calms me to see others going thru the nerve-racking, minute-counting waiting until THE DAY! anyways, i reallllly hope we all get in(we obviously love and obsess about it!) and then well have to have a cc party when we meet at penn lol :) but if you dont, which i prolly wont, just try to be comforted in the fact tht u did everything u could and it just wasn't meant to be and u will probably be happy and succeed wherever u go, which is definitely going to be a great school!...alrighty--made my grand speech:O) good luck everyone!</p>
<p>First and foremost I hope all 3 kids from my hs that applied ED got in so we can celebrate together. If only 2 or 1 got in that couldn't happen.</p>
<p>Secondly I hope you all get in because that would be awesome and I've gotten to know some of you really well.</p>
<p>i love you all! i'm gonna cry and theres still 16 days left. lol. i lied i wasnt gonna cry. </p>
<p>we must not think of this as an end to something, but rather a beginning!</p>
<p>oh man. i suppose i could insert some fake optimism here. but i can't. nooooooooooooo.</p>
<p>ok. its going to be okay. no for real. this isn't fake. if i dont get in, well hell, i can always go to berk. i'll go to berk and go to parties every nite. and stuf like that. and then hey, my sister works for a firm (she graduated from mit) so she'll just hook me up w/ a job. then i can go to harvard business school for grad. and that'll be all that matters. yes. i'll be fine then. i can still be an i-banker. yes. i shall do that. ok. this is very good. good bye.</p>