<p>OMG ONLY ONE WEEK UNTiL DECiSiONS lol yay!!!1</p>
<p>16 more days for me. :(</p>
<p>chill lol (10 char)</p>
<p>lol i was jsut kidding haha im excited but nervous</p>
<p>Don't be nervous. Take a hard look at what these schools look for, at how good your stats are for a school, at whether you have a hook or not, and really the 10th won't be a big mystery. Also add in that apps seem to be up five plus percent this year at the top schools.</p>
<p>suze - these kids are excited about their futures. let them get excited; it's not hurting anyone. they'll learn from it.</p>
<p>Grow up Blairt. Good advice from Suze. Top boarding school kids tend to be analytical and pragmatic.</p>
<p>blair, you're right. it's natural to be nervous. a lot of kids have put some serious time and effort into these applications -- it's perfectly normal to be excited and nervous about the results.</p>
<p>Yes, but reality is a really good things because 13-16 year olds can take rejection hard.</p>
<p>the poor kids are shaking in their little bodies. admissions are fairly mercurial; we really don't know who will be admitted. let them experince the glory/agony of anticipation.. they will benefit from their experience no matter the outcome. i think it's wrong to hint that __________ will not be admitted; you do not know that. i wouldn't be suprised if there were a few panic attacks. it's rather cruel to tell someone in such a state their worst fear. everyone needs to quit it with the omniscient posts. </p>
<p>and applicants: read my Good Luck post.</p>
<p>Man, it seems like it's parents vs. kids in this thread..</p>
<p>Jonathan, you know what? I really agree with you.</p>
<p>Kirmum -- it's true that kids can take rejection hard -- it's not easy to be rejected - but still, you can't exactly tell a kid NOT to be nervous. this is a big thing in a kid who's applying to boarding school's life.</p>
<p>Just trying to bring a bit of reality to what has been a very surreal board this admissions season. I think everyone should really take a hard look at the numbers, at reality, before the 10th so that they do not (as MANY do) feel like faliures if they don't make AESD. </p>
<p>Kids this year have seemed out of touch with lots of realities.</p>
<p>Anyone else remember the kid from last year, a 99% URM, who got in everywhere and only then figured out they all cost a different price? His ending was as happy as anyones but I don't think he saw it that way. </p>
<p>Unfortunately last years' kids leave the board after revisits (or sooner....).</p>
<p>I don't know, suze. For a few schools, I can guess that I'll get rejected and one I think that I probably got into, but there are a few schools that I really, truly, honestly don't know. It really must have depended on who they got for applicants this year. If you'd think you know, I wouldn't mind if you told me your thoughts, but I myself really don't know. Consequently, I'm quite nervous.</p>
<p>My opinion only. We do know apps are up. When you have high stats, as I'm guessing you do, there are schools that will be a crap shoot. Any school you applied to where your SSAT is 10 or more points over average and your GPA competitive, is a pretty sure thing if you don't need aid. What's the mystery and what does being nervous do for you?</p>
<p>It doesn't really do anything for you; I'd rather not be nervous. It's not really a choice. Did you feel nervous the few days before?</p>
<p>I was an athlete and had some big hints. But of course. however, I know so much more now than I did than and for college I was much more quant.</p>
<p>really? so my ssat, which is 97, and my GPA, which is 3.8/3.9 is "a pretty sure thing" for me w/ choate/SPS, except that i need aid? what about if your SSAT is 30 points above a school's average and you need FA?</p>
<p>how does applying late change your chances?</p>
<p>Not at all. Those schools are a sure thing for no one. The average SSAT of the unhooked is probably above 95.</p>
<p>My personal opinion is that applying for aid is no small thing.</p>
<p>"We do know apps are up. When you have high stats,"
you bet.</p>