<p>Just got the email saying Decision would be available online Friday at 6! I’m so nervous…</p>
<p>Wow…ok game on folks!</p>
<p>I got that email, too. On one hand I’m thrilled that they FINALLY gave us a date! On the other hand, I’m absolutely terrified of getting rejected.</p>
<p>It’s to the point where I’m so terrified of rejection I’m actually contemplating whether or not I want to see my decision Friday or just wait for the letter in the mail. At least with the hard copy letter, by looking at the envelope you can usually get a good idea of whether you were accepted or rejected. That way you can brace yourself. I hate not knowing what to expect.</p>
<p>Ahhh! Internal freakout for Friday :(</p>
<p>Start checking around 4pm Eastern as they came out a little early last year for some people.</p>
<p>Eek I’m freaking out because I’ll be in the car all Friday afternoon-evening, driving back from an accepted students day in Vermont! I’m kind of tempted to give my username/password to my best friend so she can check it and update me, but it would be so awkward if I got rejected… :/</p>
<p>Ahh I’m so nervous! D: I’m down to 4 of my top schools- Smith being one of them, and I currently can’t afford any of the ones I’ve been accepted to, except for the local Community College. It’s make or break time! I almost don’t want to check the results. 
My friend applied to Smith, too. There might be some unwarranted bitterness if she gets in but I don’t. We are very similar applicants. I’m Valedictorian and she’s Salutatorian, but she has one extra, substantial Extracurricular than I do, but I’ve held a decent job for 4 years and volunteer regularly. It seems unlikely that they’d accept both of us, since we’re from a small public school. I hope we both get in so there’s no hard feelings!</p>
<p>/end rambly rant</p>
<p>Do you think they’d really not accept two people from the same small school? I mean, sure they like to have diverse areas represented, but why should two people with very similar stats be judged on the fact they go to the same school?</p>
<p>Have to agree on that one…Smith looks at each file individually. I know of a number of girls who were in high school together and got into Smith the same year. You sound like a strong candidate(as is your friend). Don’t stress…only three more days. :D</p>
<p>I’m just saying, the odds of one of us getting in already seem slim, considering our High School isn’t very well known (out of the 3 college interviews I had, 1 state over, all 3 asked me where my High School was because they hadn’t heard of it before) And I’m just worried, that’s all. 
I’m not saying they’d not admit one of us based solely on that fact, but they’re sure to have many similar candidates to my friend and I, and since we’re in a lot of the same extracurriculars, we don’t seem like we’d contribute to diversity very much. Yes, only 3 more days! Then I can stop stressing (over Smith at least, then I only have to wait for 3 more…)</p>
<p>Does how well known your high school is really have much affect? I mean, I go to a small private catholic school (>250 students total.) and I’m pretty sure we’re the first people from my school ever to apply.</p>
<p>Kids- I really can’t imagine a “selective” LAC not admitting 2, or more for that matter,
superb applicants from the same high school. These schools are in competition with
other selective institutions-- I would assume they’d want to enhance their chances
of at least one accepted student matriculating at their school RD. </p>
<p>If the LAC had a handful of accepted students thru the early decision process
then maybe an issue would exist as it relates to diversifying a class. Otherwise,
I’d want the best and brightest.</p>
<p>Just my .02 David</p>
<p>I have to agree - it’s in Smith’s interest to admit the best-qualified applicants without regard to what school they come from. I can’t imagine they would reject one of you for coming from the same school as an accepted student.</p>
<p>Yeah, but our school isn’t exactly /great/. We’re a public school, and we only have 4 AP classes offered, and I only got a chance to take 2 of them (and AP Art, but I’m not counting that). We don’t have any Science clubs or anything, we are mainly sports oriented, and neither my friend or I are athletes. Most of our “good” classes, we just got in the past 2 years, so it might look like we were slacking off Freshman and Sophomore years, even though we didn’t have anymore options. Our school doesn’t let you take most classes until Junior/Senior year, unless that has changed since then. Plus, we switched from a 4-block to a 5-period schedule after my Freshman year, so I’m lacking 2 credits that I would otherwise have.</p>
<p>I guess I’m just nervous and trying to justify it to myself if she gets accepted but I don’t. I don’t have any “safety” schools at this point because I can’t afford any of them (my parents won’t cosign on the amount of loans it would currently end up being) and Smith is not only a great school, but also one that would probably give me the aid I need to attend, according to their net price calculator.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure the colleges also receive information about your school with your application. There is an incredible amount of variation in what people can take in high school - some schools let you take AP classes throughout, some only begin in junior year, and some limit the number of AP’s or honors classes you can take in 1 year… The colleges have to have information about what is available at your school, not just about what you did; otherwise they wouldn’t be able to make fair assessments.</p>
<p>A high school’s guidance counselor is requested by Smith College to submit a statement that indicates the size of the senior class, the course offerings available at the high school and who is eligible to take them. In addition the statement is to indicate the number and type of honors and AP classes. The whole point is to place into context the rigor of your schedule in light of the course offerings available to you. If you have taken a rigorous course selection based on your available choices you will not be penalized. Remember Smith College is trying to evaluate you from an intellectual, personal, humanistic and holistic viewpoint and in doing so grades, SAT/ACT scores, teacher and GC rec’s and the essay each will connect the dots in the aggregate for Smith if they believe you can both be successful at Smith and that it is the right “fit” for you. Good luck.</p>
<p>A friend of mine applied to smith but didn’t get the “decisions available this day, this time” email. Should she be worried?</p>
<p>Hmm, ok, thanks. That makes me feel a little bit better. Still, I feel like they’d want students who have had vigorous classes so they can handle the courseload in college. I got rejected to my dream school (Which had a decently lower acceptance rate, but still) ED I, so now I’m just more paranoid. </p>
<p>And I wouldn’t be worried. I doubt they’d just email those who were getting accepted. Maybe her email address was wrong in their database or there was simply some other technical error?</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone, by the way. (: Just two more days to wait!</p>
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<p>Yup.
I can’t speak for other high schools, however, at my daughter’s relatively small school, she and three or four others from her class were admitted to Vassar. I assume additional students applied.</p>
<p>@wallflower the same thing happened last year. Don’t read too much into that. Make sure she is checking the email address she gave to the school when she originally applied. That seemed to be an issue in a few cases last year. Good luck to all.</p>