<p>I have had this awful, nagging feeling all day - the feeling that plain and simple, I'm not going to get accepted to any of the schools I'm applying to, bar UMass Boston - but even that isn't set in stone. </p>
<p>People at my school are getting acceptance letters already (I was a total idiot and applied RD everywhere except Emmanuel, which I won't find out about until January 15.) -- two people in my AP Literature class just got into Brown. The feeling keeps getting worse. </p>
<p>The problem is, it isn't like I'm putting all of my eggs into an ivy league basket. In fact, out of the 15 schools I'm applying to, the only upper tier one is Cornell. The rest are less selective (between 30-80% acceptance rate.) But still.</p>
<p>Is this a normal feeling?</p>
<p>All of this stress, along with some personal stuff I'm dealing with regarding some friends - its driving me up the wall. I just want to get some sleep, knowing that everything is going to be ok. I keep overanalyzing the past four years of my life, every little thing I should've done differently. </p>
<p>AGH.</p>
<p>Being stressed about getting into colleges is not abnormal. It affects the rest of your life. Everything will be okay.</p>
<p>I’ve sort of gotten absorbed in other things, I guess. I had three math finals this week, and I was worrying about those instead of college admissions. I’ve been hanging around on here flipping out about college admissions for a year and half, but now that it’s actually happening I feel kind of numb.</p>
<p>For me, it is the opposite. I’ve been on this website since Freshman Year - I created an account three years ago - and I’ve checked this website more than any social networking site I’ve ever had. Up until very recently, I’ve had the whole mindset of “whatever happens, happens”, though I expressed academic concerns on this site, I’ve never really flipped out about college the way others do, until this year - now I’m suddenly overwhelmed with absolute, unflagging terror and anxiety. I don’t know what to do. I can’t focus on anything.</p>
<p>I’ve been watching youtube videos about the SAT for the past hour, and I don’t even know why because I already took the SAT and agh, I’m gonna be sick.</p>
<p>Both of my kids were terrified that they would not get into ANY college they applied to, even though they had reasonable matches and safeties. And of course they got into multiple schools. As you can see from the people around you, getting even one acceptance is a huge relief. Hang in there, OP. You ARE going to college, even if you have to wait until January to start finding that out. 
I will also tell you that while D1 attended a school where she was accepted EA, D2 ended up at the school that sent their notification at the very end. I think it arrived on something like March 30. So while it takes some pressure off to have an acceptance, sometimes good things come to those who wait!</p>