<p>my principal asks me everytime he sees me also. one time he asked me in front of someone, and he said, "you know shes going to either havard or yale right, she gonna get in", and of course that person goes around and tells everyone. its like whisper down the lane!! I have people asking me if its true that I got a full ride to yale when decisions didnt even come out yet!! lol! I personally dont think I will get in, so its gonna be a real pain to explain my rejections to everyone.</p>
<p>what i dont like, is that since i live in canada, most students dont understand HOW HARD it is to get in.... like they equate ivy 5% admissions to mcgills like 50% haha
so when i say i got rejected... ill know what they are thinking.
**** i regret it too.</p>
<p>I didn't even want anyone to know, either. I told a couple close friends of mine, and then one day I missed part of school for a Harvard interview. I went back to school afterwards and entered my 8th hour class to find everyone cheering for me, gushing, "Is it true you had an interview with Harvard? OMG, OMG!" Evidently, one of my friends accidentally let slip where I had been and everyone interpreted my having an interview with Harvard as being as good as accepted to Harvard. And from there it came out that I was applying to other Ivies, too...ugh. :(</p>
<p>I'll have a lottttttt of explaining to do on April 1st. :(</p>
<p>i feel bad for u guys.
i just have to deal with family and a few close friends.
i have no idea how u guys r going to tell people if ur rejected (not that im saying any of u will). my uncle just called me a a few hours ago and asked if i heard back yet.
honestly i understand that when people ask they are concerned and its nice and all...but everytime i get asked i just want to slap the person across the face and yell "Does the month of April mean anything to u? How many times do i have to tell u i dont find out until April?" (Yeah i lied and told them i find out in april to give me some time to work up courage)</p>
<p>Wow! I guess I should keep it quiet. Anything can happen you know.
I got into the ideal school for me, but there are far more complications and the problem would come March 31st. </p>
<p>Guys, imagine keeping this secret within you for months. It is insane! I feel like Hagrid when he kept Grawp in the forest. When all looks like it is about to crash, then I tell those few whom I trust. </p>
<p>My mind is cracking!</p>
<p>What do you mean you have explaining to do? Where I'm from no one is that anal about college college college, ivy ivy ivy, what comes will come, what doesn't doesn't, and people's opinions of others don't really change based on where they get in. I like it that way.</p>
<p>bluewhitbulldog, hang in there, 28 days!</p>
<p>If I kept it a secret that I applied, and then I got in, the conversation would go something like this: </p>
<p>Me: "AHHHHHHH! MOM, I GOT INTO YALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mom: "Wait, you didn't apply there..."</p>
<p>ah I can't believe two months have flown by already</p>
<p>Maybe you guys are already doing this, but instead of sitting around waiting for the executioner to arrive at my prison cell door, I decided to start getting my application reviewed NOW so if they waitlist me I can have something better to say than pleasepleasepleeeeease Mr. Trump spare me BECAUSE I luuuuuuv YaleYaleYale. I think I must have said that at least once in my essay, so that message probably got thru. I'm just a little concerned about what else they might have seen/not seen. I get spooked everytime I see a black hoodie</p>
<p>^ I'll have explaining to do if I get rejected because so many people are sure I'm going to get in.</p>
<p>My school isn't all like "college college college, Ivy Ivy Ivy" either, but that's part of what is making the whole thing a big deal to people. I come from a small school literally in the middle of cornfields, and I think I'm one of the first people here to even apply to an Ivy. </p>
<p>In a way, like multiple previous posters have been saying, it's nice that people are concerned, and I know that they're genuinely excited for me, but that is exactly why I will feel like I'm letting everyone down if I don't get accepted.</p>
<p>Completely agree with that last paragraph, siemprecuriosa.</p>
<p>I don't know about you guys, but it's pretty scary to hear that teachers, principals, and GUIDANCE COUNSELORS are asking students if they have heard from Ivies yet. High school educators who don't know that schools send acceptances on April 1st? Yikes ! It's been like that for decades, and these people work in education. Scary and pathetic at the same time.</p>
<p>My sis tells adults who ask her about schools that she got in a few places EA (she may list them) and that she's waiting to hear from some more in late Spring (she may list those too) and then she says "But it will come down to a balance of academic reputation and how much money they give me". So for folks like iceman who are being hounded about schools they supposedly already got into, you can always say "Yale didn't come through with any money". It is unlikely that these people will know about Yale's 10%-of-income finaid plan, if they don't even know about the April 1st date.</p>
<p>/ End of rant.</p>
<p>Do we get a special e-mail with pin and password to look at decision on 3/31 at 5pm or do we see it on ELI account?</p>
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<p>Or maybe you just come from a high school in a disadvantaged area where no has ever even applied to an Ivy.</p>
<p><em>cough cough</em></p>
<p>hey, not dissing good teachers and counselors, they have formed me, but i think many teach because they either cannot do or didnt want to get out into the real world and take the crushing blows we are about to take. </p>
<p>i should be getting my results this weekend, will have a good idea where i stand. stay tuned</p>
<p>I swear, in Switzerland, everyone knows the ivy leagues for one thing only - namely television series.</p>
<p>Anyways, I only told a few of my friends about applying, and now, the whole school knows. When they ask me every single blasted day if I found out or if I got in or when do I get in, I try to think of witty responses (which I am running out of, fast) and then stammer a "but I probably won't get in... it's a 7 percent acceptance rate"</p>
<p>And then they say, "Of course you'll get in", and then I'm left with this sick feeling in my stomach from the nerves and an unexplainably guilty feeling, which I think comes from ME getting THEIR hopes up. Sigh. </p>
<p>btw, the most commen comment is, "That is like so cool that you'll get into Yale -- Isn't that like where (insert tv character) from (insert television series) went? That is so cool - tell me which you decide to go to."</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>Patting sev1991 on the shoulder
I feel your pain. Do not worry. </p>
<p>We would all be some characters of some sort, but that does not matter.
Keep the bulldog spirit up!</p>
<p>Guys don't worry about other people. You're not letting anyone down if you don't get in - at least you tried and were in the running! Please believe that where you go to college is mostly insignificant in your whole life, it just seems like life and death right now, but it will pass pretty quickly.</p>
<p>My daughter got in EA (in our town we get a kid in Yale about once every five years) and probably will not even go - the whole town is apoplectic but it's her life, not theirs, and in truth, they understand. Believe me, everyone just wants you to be happy, and you will be in whatever school you wind up at.</p>
<p>Good luck to you all and relax!!!</p>
<p>You sound like a mother. I wish you could speak to me directly.
I am sure that your words and voice would calm me down.</p>
<p>This is exactly why I didn't tell anyone I was applying to Ivies. I didn't want to have to explain to everyone when I don't get in.</p>