<p>I'm at the point where I have stopped counting the weeks and am now counting the days until REA decisions. Only eleven more as of today, the fourth, by the way. Is everyone feeling the same crazy anticipation that I am?</p>
<p>Definitely, I’m just trying to write other college essays to get my mind off of it; some days I’m like; this is in the bag and others are like: *** was I thinking by applying?</p>
<p>How are you dealing with this?</p>
<p>haha besides college confidential? well i guess I’m also finishing up my last apps</p>
<p>Yeah, I started counting the days when the message came up on the admissions site…
My goal/distraction is to get all my other apps done before the 15th.</p>
<p>10 days, 18 hours, 44 minutes.</p>
<p>i’m not even feeling any anticipation or anything. i know i’m not going to get in.</p>
<p>It’s harder when everybody you know says “oh, of course you’ll get in!”</p>
<p>thats very true, nickst. everyone is like I’m sure you will get in, and I say i dont think so. but then they think you are being modest and when I actually get rejected they will think I just wasnt good enough. awesome lol. im sure it wont be that bad :P</p>
<p>@arbitraryname</p>
<p>haha, I first initially read your post as “i’m not even feeling any anticipation or anything. i know i’m going to get in.”</p>
<p>I was like: wow, that’s pretentious, but cheer up, I’m sure you still have a chance like everyone else!</p>
<p>@ nickst22 and Xargon42</p>
<p>Ugh, story of my life. People have no clue how hard it is to get in – they think that if you go to a good school and have good grades, oh, well, yeah, you’re in at Stanford. Psht. When I get rejected, I’m so scared of how I’ll be judged by people…</p>
<p>haha “chance like everyone else”. yay 8 %, maybe 13% for rea. hopefully admissions are random enough to work in our favor.</p>
<p>It’s harder when everybody you know says “oh, of course you’ll get in!” </p>
<p>Agreed. If only they had any idea of how hard it actually is to get in…</p>
<p>I hate hearing “i’m sure you’ll get in”. I agree with Xargon42, it just sets you up for disappointment when you don’t. It’s easier when no one expects you to get in anywhere, and when you do, it’s like “omg wow good job” rather than the “oh. too bad … [edges away]” you get when you end up getting rejected.</p>
<p>haha thanks Rolandic7. But I think I might just end up not even checking my application status until a few days after they come out. I have 2 exams that day, and I know I’m going to be depressed and unproductive all day when I get rejected.</p>
<p>:( If only we could go back in time to when getting into colleges didn’t require a 4.0, 2400 and 9001 extracurriculars</p>
<p>Look at it this way: you ALL have a 50-50 chance of getting in.</p>
<p>Either you do or you don’t… 50%, right?</p>
<p>Whoaa Selter, it’s not 50-50, the acceptance rate is like 12%. So it’s more like 12-88, sorry to burst your bubble, haha!
“Either you do or you don’t… 50%, right?” only holds if “do” and “don’t” are equally likely… which they aren’t…</p>
<p>I’m ridiculously nervous. I wasn’t when I was writing the app, but when it came time to submit, if finally hit me that this was going to determine whether or not I got into my dream school… I sat in front of the computer for like 2 hours scanning everything for errors before I got the nerve to hit submit. xP</p>
<p>I agree with pretty much everyone else - it’s going to be so embarrassing telling people I got rejected…</p>
<p>so do you think we will hear before the 15th as in past years, or right on the 15th?</p>
<p>we will hear right on the 15th</p>
<p>[Admission</a> News : Stanford University](<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University)</p>
<p>canary: im pretty sure its sarcastic humor.</p>
<p>Canary, I think selter was being sarcastic. There was actually some interview done where someone said that the chance of the earth ending was 50-50. Or something like that. I can’t really remember.</p>
<p>They posted results before the 15th in previous years??? I’m praying that it’s right on the 15th, or later, I don’t want to read my results before I’m mentally prepared to hear them hahaha</p>
<p>Oooh. Detecting sarcasm on the internet is not really my thing. I haven’t heard that interview but now I’m really curious hahahah</p>
<p>Agreed. We’ve discussed that a million times on the Stanford SCEA 2014 thread, but I still haven’t decided which one is better. Obviously the 11th would be better but now I think I’m prepared for the 15th.</p>
<p>I think some perspective is in order. Stanford’s good, and I like it here, but it is not worth this much fuss. Nowhere is. </p>
<p>I recommend that you do two things after getting your rejections. Read “The disadvantages of an elite education” and also read some article about impoverished kids in Africa or somewhere. </p>
<p>I know it’s hard to realize now, but in a few weeks or months you’ll look back and realize that all of this is a bit overly-dramatized.</p>