<p>I'm going to Stanford in the fall. I told one of my friends I applied to Harvard, and considering my success with Stanford, he assumed I had gotten in and announced it to the entire class.</p>
<p>I was very embarrassed to tell everyone that he misunderstood me and that I was indeed rejected. I went with the flow and accept the congratulations and stated I declined Harvard for Stanford.</p>
<p>This news spread like wild fire and even people I barely know single me out as the kid who got into Harvard and Stanford. If it were just a few people, I'd own up to my lie. People think highly of me and aren't one bit suspicious that I'm lying about Harvard. Stanford is my first choice, and I'd go there even if I were admitted at Harvard.</p>
<p>What do I do?
1. Own up to my lie at expense of embarrassment and decrease in credibility
2. Just go with the flow and say I declined Harvard for Stanford</p>
<p>Option 2 seems the logical approach, but I just feel a bit uneasy about lying...</p>
<p>If OP is anything like me, they’d lie awake at night wondering if lying was the wrong thing to do. I’d tell everyone it was a big misunderstanding and you got put on the spot.</p>
<p>Just tell the truth. Tell them that it got out incorrectly and that you want to set the record right. You will feel better you did in the long run.</p>
<p>Does it matter? I mean, you probably wont see most of them after you graduate. And you’re going to STANFORD! As hard as it is to get into, It might as well be Harvard…</p>
<p>Umm, just say that it was all a big misunderstanding and Stanford has been and always will be your first choice. Then wear a stanford sweatshirt to school the next day. Duh.</p>
<p>Haha, this is funny but not really cause I feeel bad. Anyways, just don’t Lie. Don’t tell people you got accepted to Harvard if they ask. But if people are spreading the rumor just let people say whatever. Doesn’t matter you’re leaving in a like a month,</p>
<p>Omg people, ya’ll are a bunch of careless lair.
OP: truth is the way. Explain that your friend spread the rumors or just announced on FACEBOOK or Twitter that you’re going to Stanford. Don’t have them? Just tell anyone that asked.</p>
<p>Let’s play every CCers favorite game: Count Descuff’s Errors!</p>
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<li>y’all</li>
<li>liars</li>
<li>“OP: truth is the way.” is not a coherent sentence</li>
<li>Unnecessary capitalization of the entire word Facebook</li>
<li>“Explain that your friend spread the rumors or just announced on FACEBOOK or Twitter that you’re going to Stanford.” is not a clear sentence</li>
<li>You need to substitute “them” for “Facebook or Twitter”, because you didn’t refer to Facebook and Twitter in the same sentence</li>
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<p>And… we have reached a final tally of 6 errors! If you think you found more please feel free to post below and let me know! I hope you enjoyed this episode of Count Descuff’s Errors, tune in next time to see if the record of 6 can be broken!</p>
<p>OP, I would just tell everyone. I guarantee this is bothering you more than anyone else is thinking about your Harvard acceptance. They’ll hear about it and forget like two days later.</p>