<p>Well, yeah I'll be extremely upset, too. Barnard is by far my first choice and I would turn down any other school, but I cope with this stuff by reminding myself that I have worked really hard and the college admissions process isn't exactly fair for any person.</p>
<p>@Baehrr - that's what I've been trying to tell myself, too. Thanks for putting it so eloquently. I know it's not the end of the world if I don't get in, and that there are plenty of other wonderful schools out there. Hopefully though, it won't come to that.
Not much longer now. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>1 week and 5 days! I'm way to pessimistic to think like that, Baehrr. I know there are other great schools on my list and I'm sure I would love many of them, but I'm having a hard time grasping what it would be like to have to put my love for Barnard behind me and move on. Barnard is my favorite BY FAR and I can't imagine having to let go of that dream.</p>
<p>I guess time will tell. Hopefully none of us will have to and we'll all see each other in NYC in 9 months!</p>
<p>Ahhh same here! I can't imagine going anywhere else. Also, I was looking at some of the older threads, and they mentioned plugging in the tracking number into the admitted students website to find out a bit earlier?</p>
<p>I think that only works for RD, mishka...but I'm not positive (I don't think the admitted students site comes up until spring).</p>
<p>11 days...I'm getting more and more nervous.
Baehrr, I wish I could look at it like that, but honestly, I don't want to go anywhere else.</p>
<p>I like that outlook...
If I don't get in I hope I can look at it like that.</p>
<p>I think I'll have a much more "woe is me" attitude though.</p>
<p>I think my point of view comes from the fact that I have older siblings/cousins who have gone through this process and didn't necessarily get into their top choice schools...and even if they didn't go to the ivy or the top choice, they had a really awesome experience and are doing really well now. It is really hard to move on, but there is life after all of this! But hey, I'm not saying that if I get a rejection letter I'll just say "whatever"...believe me, I'm going to feel really terrible.</p>
<p>I just feel like no other schools come close to Barnard.</p>
<p>ugh i applied barnard ed and i suk at waiting. ugh y am I so nervous?? I just feel like the days are going so long.</p>
<p>Just to let you ladies know of one example of things turning out for the best:</p>
<p>You all probably have read my repeated posts about how happy my daughter (who is now a senior) is at Barnard. She was denied ED admission to what she thought at the time was her first choice and she was pretty upset. Obviously, things did turn out for the best!</p>
<p>Hang in....it's much closer now than it was before (obviously.....but it's the most wisdom I can muster at this hour!)</p>
<p>1 week and 3 days! The countdown from 10 days begins today...scary. We could know a week from tomorrow (or possibly, though really unlikely, a week from today!).</p>
<p>The wait has actually been getting easier for me as the date gets closer. Kind of strange, but I've stopped counting down every day, stopped obsessing. I have no idea why, aside from the fact that I've been busy, but hopefully this will continue through next weekend.</p>
<p>Where did she apply ED to?</p>
<p>Ohmygod, ten days!!
How's everybody doing?</p>
<p>Rottedtofu, I assume your question was in regards to my daughter. She applied ed to Columbia College thinking that was where she wanted to be. By the time we visited and she interviewed at Barnard later that fall (in November, I think), she was regretting it and wishing she had applied ED to Barnard. Still, it was a slap in the fact to get rejected and she really was nervous about her RD admit status then...</p>
<p>Churchmusicmom: My D had no idea that Columbia and Barnard are so entwined. One can read it, but until a student experiences it, the words don't convey what it really feels like.</p>
<p>One of D's one year younger friends grudgingly applied to Barnard when rejected from Columbia ED, and I am pleased to say she was wait listed. She had the credentials, alright, but Barnard could tell that she didn't really have the Barnard spirit.</p>
<p>To echo Churchmusicmom's post -- my S got deferred from his ED school from which he was ultimately rejected. It was a good thing, too, because the school he attends was his first love. He had a bit of wavering when he applied ED somewhere else, but he is so grateful he wasn't accepted ED at the first school.</p>
<p>I am sure be both hope you all receive the results you desire, but if not, don't be completely discouraged. These things do work out, and better than we think in most cases.</p>
<p>It's supposed to snow here on the 15th. Hopefully that's a good sign (I love snow).:p </p>
<p>Mythmom, I'm glad to hear that that girl got waitlisted. A classmate of mine is applying to Barnard solely as a door into Columbia (she thinks it would be easier to transfer into CC from Barnard if she gets rejected from Columbia, I think she's wrong) and I hope that she is rejected. I am going to be especially annoyed if she gets in and I don't. We have comparable stats (I have better stats, she has better ECs) and I so badly want to go to Barnard while she couldn't care less. Unfortunately she is a good writer and may be able to persuade the adcoms that she loves the school...</p>
<p>Thank you both for your stories. While I'm sure it will be hard for those of us who are rejected/deferred to face rejection, it is encouraging to hear these success stories. I do have a few more schools on my list that I like a lot and hopefully will end up at one of those if not Barnard (I'm sure it is the same for most others here)...</p>
<p>I found some stats on the Barnard website:</p>
<p>You guys might be interested in page 8...</p>
<p>You know, they've probably made all/most of their decisions by know. Isn't it kind of scary to think that they already know who is in/out?</p>
<p>haha...my last post is supposed to say "now"...I'm having trouble with grammar today!</p>