<p>For me, the nervousness is definitely increasing. And it doesnt help that HYS etc are releasing their decisions within the next couple of days. Gah.</p>
<p>5 PM-ish is when the results are released, right?</p>
<p>Oh I forgot my own song suggestions:</p>
<p>Accepted:
-Dance With Me Tonight by Olly Murs
-Tongue Tied by Grouplove</p>
<p>Deferred:
-Featherstone by The Paper Kites
-Thirteen Thirtyfive by Dillon (the lyrics are unrelated, but I like the rhythm and style.)
-Young Blood by The Naked and Famous</p>
<p>Rejected:
-We’ll be Alright by Travie McCoy
-Don’t You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia</p>
<p>“Gah” is right. All my friends are getting into amazing colleges, and I’m sitting here still waiting… And yeah, I think around 5pm east coast time from what I’ve gathered? So in Hawaii it’s gonna come right in the middle of the day, shoot. I’m going to either spend the day rejoicing, or pass the time curled in a fetal position.</p>
<p>ACCEPT: Believe, Justin Bieber
DEFER: The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, The Script
REJECT: Someone Like You, Adele + Farewell, Rihanna</p>
<p>For me, the decision will come out at the middle of the night. And I’ll have an exam at school (full year’s course) the following morning. Gah X 2.</p>
<p>Oh, that’s horrible timing…I lucked out by a hair, the 18th is the day RIGHT after my finals. Good luck to you (on both the decision and exam)!</p>
<p>Thank you, @guresu. Hope all goes well. I’m um, ‘Living on a Prayer’ at the moment :D</p>
<p>I’ll be travelling the 18th! The decisions better not come out when I’m on the plane…</p>
<p>thekid95-- Love that song, adding that to my “waiting” playlist. I’m drowning myself in music these days.</p>
<p>Accepted: We are the Champions - Queen 
Deferred: Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
Rejected: Someone Like you - Adele</p>
<p>I’ll have my MIT interview Tuesday around 6…perfect timing. I’m thinking I might have to torture myself more and just not check Princeton’s notification site until after its over.</p>
<p>letsgoflyakite - I’m trying to schedule my MIT interview for after the 18th. That way I can cancel if I get into Princeton… lol.</p>
<p>oh my god guys, it’s 3:22 right now, so next Tuesday around this time I’m going to be at home on my computer and literally DYING. thanks for all the song suggestions and here are mine:
Accepted: Pocket Full of Sunshine, Natasha Bedingfield
Deferred: Gotta Go My Own Way, High School Musical
Rejected: Sad, Maroon 5</p>
<p>How do you guys suggest confronting the news? I’m not sure if this is the kinda thing that I want a friend to look at first and then judge by her reaction, or if I want to be entirely alone and then send out a mass text/tweet/status (what’s the classy option here?)</p>
<p>I have the irrational fear of clicking to see a long letter full of text and having to read several lines before realizing that it’s actually a deferral or rejection.</p>
<p>baddriver-- It will be daunting and incredibly nerve-racking, but I suggest looking at it and finding out first by yourself. This moment is about YOU, no matter what the outcome is. For me, I wouldn’t want someone else finding out before me, even if the outcome isn’t the one I want to hear. </p>
<p>Also, I believe someone mentioned before that if you get accepted an orange tiger will appear on the page, so if it doesn’t, you’ll know what’s coming next.</p>
<p>is anyone else going to attempt to wait for their decision to arrive in the mail? I know it means waiting a few more days and resisting the temptation, but I am going to try to wait for the letter.
We will see how this goes…</p>
<p>I wish I could wait for the letter, but I know it’ll be impossible for my impatient self.</p>
<p>Only 8 more days!</p>
<p>It’s just really unfortunate that we are literally like the last of the top schools to find out our decisions.</p>
<p>Just thought I’d post a quote </p>
<p>“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucious </p>
<p>doesn’t matter if it’s princeton or your local community college…</p>
<p>Here’s something from The Boston Globe in 1987–good stuff to read after having a rejection/deferral pity party:</p>
<p>THE COLLEGE REJECTION LETTER
By David Nyhan
This is the important thing: They didn’t reject you. They rejected your resume. They gave some other kid the benefit of the doubt. Maybe that kid deserved a break. Don’t you deserve a break? Sure. You’ll get one. Maybe this is the reality check you needed. Maybe the school that does take you will be good. Maybe this is the day you start to grow up.
Look at some people who’ve accomplished a lot and see where they started. Ronald Reagan? Eureka College. Jesse Jackson? They wouldn’t let him play quarterback in the Big Ten, so he quit Illinois for North Carolina A & T. Do you know that the recently retired chairmen and CEOs of both General Motors and General Electric graduated from UMass? Bob Dole? He went to Washburn Municipal University.
The former minority leader of the United States Senate, Tom Daschle, went to South Dakota State. The speaker of the US House of Representatives, J. Dennis Hastert, went to Northern Illinois University. Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, took a bachelor’s degree from Jamestown College. Winston Churchill? He was so slow a learner that they used to write to his mother to come take this boy off our hands.
I know what you think: Spare me the sympathy. It still hurts. But let’s keep this in perspective. What did Magic Johnson say to the little boy who also tested HIV positive? ''You’ve got to have a positive attitude." What happens when you don’t keep a positive attitude? Don’t ask.
This college thing? What happened is that you rubbed up against the reality of big-time, maybe big-name, institutions. Some they pick, some they don’t. You lost. It’ll happen again, but let’s hope it won’t have the awful kick. You’ll get tossed by a girlfriend or boyfriend. You won’t get the job or the promotion you think you deserve. Some disease may pluck you from life’s fast lane and pin you to a bed, a wheelchair, a coffin. That happens.
Bad habits you can change; bad luck is nothing you can do anything about.
Does it mean you’re not a good person? People like you, if not your resume. There’s no one else that can be you. Plenty of people think you’re special now, or will think that, once they get to know you. Because you are.
And the admissions department that said no? Screw them. You’ve got a life to lead.
© Copyright 1987 Globe Newspaper Company.</p>