<p>I've been fortunate enough to be admitted to a few prestigious (Ivy League/Stanford/Oxford-level) colleges. </p>
<p>Would it be a bad idea to let people at my high school know?</p>
<p>My high school is one of the top in my nation, and the students are extremely cutthroat-competitive.</p>
<p>I am afraid of others hating me out of jealousy and feeling bad about themselves.</p>
<p>However, if I try not to tell them, they keep annoying me.</p>
<p>Please let me know what you think.</p>
<p>just keep it on the down low until you decide which one to go to and you’ll have to say where you went</p>
<p>Thanks for your advice, loljk1123</p>
<p>One of the schools is my top choice, to which I will obviously attend, except…!
If I don’t tell anyone, then nobody (besides my counselor) will know until graduation day</p>
<p>If I tell one or two students, in one day the whole school will know (rumours spread quickly here)</p>
<p>Why are you even asking? </p>
<p>What I really think is you know people are jealous and will react badly but you ego is pushing you out to want to brag.</p>
<p>I’ll bet that’s the real issue. You know your options. Take one and then shush.</p>
<p>Pfftt…</p>
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<p>This. No one on an Internet forum can possibly provide you additional information to make your decision. Part of (adult) life is figuring out things like this on your own.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses so far.</p>
<p>@T26E4: Okay, if that’s your opinion. And I agree with you. I seldom brag. People who brag are annoying. </p>
<p>It’s just that everyone else is posting statuses on Facebook, and I feel left out. It feels strangely awkward.</p>
<p>@DwightEisenhower: Yessir, however, don’t adults ask each other for opinions? Asking for advice is a life skill, too. Even presidents have advisors. </p>
<p>I just want to hear people’s stories, whether others have experienced any resentment from their peers or whether the negative feelings dissipate over time.</p>
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<p>Asking isn’t a life skill. People begin asking as soon as they begin talking. Knowing when to ask is the life skill.</p>
<p>I agree with T26E4 and Dwight, but I understand your position. The reality is that your situation WILL make some people uncomfortable, even if it’s subconscious and perhaps involuntary. Heck, at this point during my high school year I might not be super friendly with you even if you were my friend. Man was that a high stress period. And man, could I be a douchy person then…</p>
<p>But get this, you will encounter more high stress periods like this. When you get 3 job offers while your roommate is struggling to nail down that summer internship, or when a friend just got selected for a fellowship that you were passed over for. When all in your closest circles are paired up and/or married and you’re single. Or vice verse. Sending out engagement invitations when your best friend just broke up with his/her significant other of 9 years. </p>
<p>Etc. etc. You’ll–over the course of the next few years and in life–experience all of that, and from every possible end. And it doesn’t get easier. And you’ll have to figure out the best way to deal with it. You can’t control what other people think, but you can do your part. Be gracious, humble, and proud. That’s it.</p>
<p>A lot of people don’t decide until May 1. Just say you are waiting to hear from all the schools you applied to.</p>
<p>P.S. I didn’t know the type of schools you imply you have been accepted to have anything other than binding or single-choice early action.</p>
<p>@sally305: MIT, CalTech, UChi, UNC are among some of the top-tier schools with early action programs that are not binding. I’m also certain you can apply to either Cambridge or Oxford in addition to those.</p>
<p>Though of course, SeytonMarik is posting this on the Harvard board…</p>
<p>My recommendation is don’t tell anyone unbidden, but respond truthfully if asked a direct question. </p>
<p>If you haven’t made up your mind which school, just say that. If you’ve settled on one school and committed to it, then tell them the name of that school if they ask. And if asked, just answer - don’t play evasive hide-the-ball games. It makes it seem even more like boasting when they finally wring it out of you or otherwise find out.</p>
<p>Making it a big secret is the second-worst possible option, after going around yelling “I GOT IN AND YOU DIDN’T SUCKERS.” I didn’t make a Facebook status or anything until I committed to Harvard, but at the same time, don’t condescend to people like you think they’ll break down in tears if you tell them the truth. One of my friends was ED to Cornell, and that she refused to admit it until May–even to me, and I carpooled with her so I knew from her parents–was just the most annoying thing.</p>
<p>I would tell close friends and anyone who asks. Not telling, or refusing to tell, just seems bad.</p>
<p>So in the end, I did tell a few close friends who were all very positive and supportive =)</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for the input</p>
<p>Fair question. Looked like a couple of erratic aggressive responses were mixed in here for no good reason. </p>
<p>You handled it great. Congratulations.</p>
<p>not sure if this is in bad taste, but I’d also like to call the OP out for being unlikely. If s/he did get into Harvard (as implied), then that would be the only acceptance. Same with Stanford, which was mentioned. While its nice that WindCloud is giving him/her the benefit of the doubt, UChicago and UNC haven’t released yet. So as far as I can tell, it could be a Harvard acceptance OR Stanford OR MIT caltech Oxford. Maybe there’s something else I’m not thinking of though, who knows?</p>