<p>I'm repulsed by MATH. haha. </p>
<p>i agree, but i think it just sounds weird when people say they "want penn"</p>
<p>sophomoric i know, but hey, we'll be freshman! HAHAHAHAHA</p>
<p>yeah, yeah...its way too late</p>
<p>Helix, I agree with everything you said! I think I might have to take a day or two off if I get rejected (which HOPEFULLY won't happen)... so many of my friends applied ED to Ivies/top colleges and I'll just feel horrible if they're all celebrating around me while I'm mourning.</p>
<p>yeah, hadnt thought of that. vacation for us.</p>
<p>stupid collegeboard!!!!</p>
<p><em>whew</em></p>
<p>astrid, I totally know how you feel. I think 90% of my friends are applying to Ivies ED. The day after decisions will just be MADNESS. The raw emotion that people will have either way will be so strong. I expect a lot of crying, both happy and sad, a lot of anger and disappointment, a lot of hugs, both for congratulations and pity/comfort, and every other emotion you can think of. </p>
<p>I just can't bear to think of my friends celebrating while my heart breaks.</p>
<p>I second the "stupid collegeboard" sentiment. I've been using my mom's credit card so often lately to pay for scores and such that I've memorized the 16 digit number. CB is totally robbing me of my money.......my parent's money actually, lol</p>
<p>just interjecting---sleep hours, past 6 nights: 5.5, 6, 6, 4, 5, 6.5. I'm tired.</p>
<p>Luckily for me, I only have 1 or 2 ivy ED'ers at the Most. None to penn.</p>
<p>my sleep hours have been more like 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, and 1.5 on December 31st. No lie.........The day before the app was due, I went to bed at 4:30. I don't know how I was functioning in school. My friends though I looked "confused", lol. Confused didn't even begin to descirbe how I felt that day. </p>
<p>I asked my friend who sits next to me in AP Euro to pinch me if I fell asleep.</p>
<p>i memorised the # too. I was impressed, i got it after using it 2 times, without even consciously trying to memorise it. But now i've used it like 80 times, spending my family out of house and home. Hopefully, I'll get the money back in the finaid package ;)</p>
<p>CB=ripoff. absolutely</p>
<p>Do you think it'll give me much of an advantage over the other candidates from my school (not necessarily in my school, but my competition in general), if my parents are blue-collar working people? All of the other ED applicants from my school have parents who do not have manual-working jobs (college educated I assume), and I seem to be the only one not in this situation. For example, another applicant from my school has identical EC's, GPA, SAT scores but his house is worth $3 million when my house is a tenth of that in value (just to give you an idea, and yes he's Jewish lol..) Any ideas or is it so minuscule that it really doesn't matter much, since we went to the same public school?</p>
<p>Not unless they know BOTH your financial information. But they do look at it somewhat by school, so low stats will be a big pain, but if you conveyed your situation in your essay, it could help.</p>
<p>In my school alone, I know of at least 15 applying ED to penn - it scares me to think of how much of the rest of SoCal is also applying ED! The thing I hate most is that I know when all the letters are sent out, everyone wil be asking everyone else whether they got in. One thing I regret about being an AP student - everyone is in everyone else's business! I'm just trying my hardest not to get my hopes up since the chances of me getting in are so slim T_T</p>
<p>I also have a lot of friends applying to other Ivy schools ED and I know they're a lot more qualified than I am for penn - I can only be thankful they didn't decide to apply ED to penn!</p>
<p>worst thing about CB = PROFILE!!!</p>
<p>I assumed the adcoms would pick up on the financial/education difference between two applicants by small things. For example, I wrote down "Dry Cleaner & Tailor" for my parents' occupation, which I'm sure they'll assume is not the same as "Doctor & Lawyer".</p>
<p>Yeah, I hate how so many are applying ED alone.. damn!</p>
<p>chibiajiajin, I totally agree about all AP kids being in eachother's business. In my school, there's like a group of the AP/Honors kids that have a bunch of the same classes together, and everyone is always trying to find out where the other kid is applying. I swear, I was sitting in my AP English class the other day, and the kid to my right was filling out his Harvard app while the kid to my left was editing a rough draft of her Cornell essay. So disconcerting!</p>
<p>It's annoying when some of them are really too overly confident about it. We were talking about Penn applications, and one kid was telling us how his essay was incredible, etc, etc. I think it's great that people are confident in themselves, but there's a fine line between being confident and cocky (or is there?). Anyway, don't mind me.. just venting..</p>
<p>oo speaking of having the same classes together, her'es the pathetically sad thing: since I'm an AP/Honor studnet, I've had pretty much the same people in my classes all four years. When my friend (who's not really an AP student) got a new bf, I was like, "Wow, I didn't even know you went to our school!" >.< oo, how sad my life is...I can't wait to meet new people in college!</p>
<p>well, just think: on the off chance that they don't get in, think, "that's what you get for your arrogance." being so "great" and all, I'm sure he's learned about hubris and it's consequences...</p>
<p>yeah, but what if he DOES get in? it always sux when that happens</p>
<p>AP ppl? it's even worse with IB people. same 20 ppl in the same 7 classes every single day, everyone applying to ivy leagues.</p>
<p>I can't wait till D-Day in April.</p>