<p>Can someone give me the link of the thread with the list of things that show that you're obsessed with ivy admissions? It was really hilarious and ice searched all over... Thanks! It featureed getting excited over little envelopes that could be likelies and mood swings due to ivy optimism pessimism mood swing disorder...</p>
nooob
March 10, 2009, 12:44am
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<p>could someone also bring back the “wait for us!” berkeley thread from last year, i’ve searched everywhere and can’t find it, i just wanna know what the end result was of that letter.</p>
<p>Bump? Come on I know you guys loved this thread, I just didn’t post on it apparently so I can’t find it!</p>
<p>link for everyone’s benefit? :P</p>
<p>lol this seems interesting. I think it would be funny esp since we all know 60% of CC is obsessed with the Ivy name brand</p>
<p>I’m interested also. please share…</p>
<p>oh sorry guys haha </p>
<p>Okay credit goes to Sijit, who posted the thread here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/663981-harvard-decisions-soon-0-a.html[/url] ”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/663981-harvard-decisions-soon-0-a.html</a></p> ;
<p>I’ll copy/paste it.</p>
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To my fellow substandard applicants (you know, those of us that have less than 2100 and 3.8, mediocre ECs, etc.) How are you feeling about your chances? Do you have a interesting background that will overbalance (A word?) your stats. Or are you like, and you’re picking out your rejection themesongs? (Suggestions would be appreciated, so far I’ve got ‘So What’ by P!nk, ‘Hallelujah’ from shrek, and that one by Nickelback that has the phrase ‘all got drug dealers on speed dialers’.</p>
<p>Seriously people, chill out about decisions. They will come and they will be good or bad, and you’ll reconcile yourself with them, whatever they are (I hope). Hovering over chance threads won’t change the outcome…Some indications that you have a problem are:
You have recurring dreams of being rejected from X Ivy school.
Your ‘favorites’ include more than two chance sites.
You got a 28 on your last Calc test because you decided hovering around chance threads would be more beneficial than studying.
If you can rattle off the 25%-50% SAT ranges for every ivy you applied to.
You curse the ancestors of the freakish people who get 2400s (congratulations to those of you that pulled that off)
You cyberstalk people with similar stats to yours who were <em>gasp</em> accepted.
If you go into cardiac arrest everytime you see a standard white envelope with your name on it.
You have IOPMSD (Ivy Optimism-Pessimism Mood Swing Disorder).
You have calculated your personal probability of getting accepted. (If any one has done one for someone with 2060, 3.88, 700, 700, 660, let me know).
You don’t care about any date after April 1st.</p>
<p>So if you have 5 or more of the above signs, don’t worry, there is help. </p>
<p>Stage 1:
Realize your personal worth will not be determined by how many (or if) you get in to.
Remember, It’s more about what you do in college than where you go. Surviving an Ivy League college won’t matter that much if that’s all you managed to do.
Know that people with 2400s/4.0s get rejected too. It’s a crapshoot.
Recognize that one of your ‘backup’ schools is probably also a great school and you might get a lot of money (I got 10,000 from my backup school)
Realize that Ivy acceptance doesn’t = happy ending. There are plenty of people that just aren’t cut out for the rigor of Ivy League.
Oh, and you might just be one of the smarter people at your ‘lesser’ school. Just like in high school.
Remember, you still have to graduate high school. Even if you are accepted by your dream school, you probably won’t stay accepted if you graduate by the skin of your teeth.
Stop picking out rejection themesongs (From personal experience, this is hard).
There’s absolutely nothing you can do about your app now, so don’t worry if you began a sentence with a preposition.</p>
<p>Stage 2:
Get off the chance threads and do something worth doing (like alphabetizing your video games, which is totally underrated).
Start looking for scholarships. No matter where you go, you’ll appreciate the extra cash.
Slay the rest of high school. Leave on a good note, not begging for mercy.
Pour your heart into something you’ve been longing to do, but haven’t had the time. After all, its a universal expectation that senior year grades will take a slight dip. Why not make the reason for the dip worthwhile.</p>
<p>If you were not amused by my poor attempt at humor, I humbly apologise. Just trying to lighten things up a bit. Put it in perspective. So, if it helps you to solve your problem, feel free to rant about the inadequacy of your stats and leave your frustration here. Remember, there’s at least one other person (aka me) who is feeling your pain.
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