<p>dunno what to say... seeing so many of you fulfulling your dreams. </p>
<p>although there are two years away for me to apply for college, i can see my future is doomed.</p>
<p>so depressed. i just WANT to study in ivy league so much.
but then my sixth sense tells me,"you are dreaming."</p>
<p>what should i do?
i am so hopelessly depressed.</p>
<p>anyway congrats to all acceptees. you people deserve this joy and honour.
work hard for graduate colleges. strive for your dreams.</p>
<p>If you have two years left, why feel doomed?
Now you know what colleges are expecting by seeing the stats of some of these kids, so just prepare yourself. =)</p>
<p>thanks...
hey i am taking ib exams 2 years later</p>
<p>so do u think the adcoms in uni will look at my gcse results?
or is ib everything?</p>
<p>I agree -- there is no logic or need for you to feel depressed with two years to show Yale and/or the other Ivies the best you. Learn from our mistakes/what we have (not) offered, and make your application the best it can be.</p>
<p>But also (hopes she doesn't get bashed since this is the Yale board after all), you shouldn't apply JUST BECAUSE the school is Ivy League. To be honest, that was my initial thought when I entered the Yale campus for a visit last April..."oh, it's an Ivy, I shouldn't apply"...but then I listened to the tour guide, who was studious but also knew how to have fun, and realized how perfect the residential colleges, the library, etc. were. So what I'm saying is, base your applications on more than just a name; you want a college tailored to what you want to study/achieve/experience.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>if you think you're depressed... how do you think those who were rejected/deferred are feeling right now?
and I mean that in an as non-accusatory way as possible.
You have two years. Have fun.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, I tried to read your post with some sympathy, but I can't. Just like a couple of the posters above me, your ranting makes the people who didn't "fulfill their dreams" feel awful. You're depressed? Have you sat in front of a computer to read a simple, emotionless letter that basically tells you that you are not good enough, then look around CC to see so many others screaming their heads off in happiness because they got in?</p>
<p>You're not there yet. If you let yourself get down, then the effort you put into your work will diminish, I guarantee it. A lot of us were deferred/rejected, and we have to get over it, because we still have to apply to other colleges now. Even some people who were accepted might be just as depressed--no financial aid, parents want cheaper school, etc.</p>
<p>And it isn't really appropriate to post in the Yale forum about how "depressed" you are about ivies. This is Yale first and foremost, not an "Ivy." If we just wanted "Ivy" a lot of us wouldn't be this depressed, I suspect.</p>
<p>So get your head up. You still have time, you still have SATs, ACTs and whatnot, and an upward trend is never a bad thing.</p>
<p>Oh dear...just don't worry about it. When I saw a bunch of my friends getting in to top schools last year, I felt like that probably wouldn't be me. Then I got accepeted early this year!!! You can't predict your future, so just do the best you can, have FUN in high school (something I forgot to do frosh/soph years and reallllly regret) and you WILL get into an amazing school.</p>
<p>thykingdomcome basically said what I wanted to more clearly. thanks tkc.</p>
<p>yeah thykingdomcome said exactly what I'm feeling. I'm bitter, humiliated, and I'd be disappointed to have to go to another Ivy (no offense to people accepted there, but it's just not the same kind of accomplishment).
Yale accepted 19.7% of early applicants. I didn't even qualify for the top 20%, that is such an ego-killer</p>
<p>I agree with thykingdomcome. Plus, dont get depressed before you have a reason to. Please remember (this is not meant as accusatory at all) that hundreds/thousands just got rejected or deferred a few days ago, and wounds are still pretty raw</p>
<p>Good point, EliHopeful07. It IS humiliating to some extent to invest so much time on CC and on this board and have it amount to nothing. Well of course we don't know what'll happen in RD, but to go through the process once is enough stress for a lifetime.</p>
<p>So, really, have some decency. Most of the people reading your post just had their hopes crushed - even if just for a few months, because it still hurts - and you're talking about how bad YOU feel? Come on now.</p>
<p>It's high school. relax. have fun. Yale or any other school for that matter does not define who you are or who you can become...</p>
<p>I'll admit, when I saw the caliber of the kids that got in SCEA, I was a bit depressed. I even had a bad dream about it lol.</p>
<p>Hey, but today I saw "Singin' In The Rain" and wrote a kik ass english essay and went to lunch with friends. and life is good.</p>
<p>In the long run, where you go to college will not matter.
Even in the short run, you'll probably be happy where ever you end up.</p>
<p>Let me say that again, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
it's hard to think of it that way now, i know, but it's way true.
i wish you the best and i hope you don't let obsession with college make you miss out on more important things.</p>