<p>Man, the nerves are getting at me! My hardest finals are on Monday, and decision comes out in between. So nervous…</p>
<p>Seriously pessimistic. Just found out that the smartest guy in our class, who got a 2400 sat as a sophomore, got deferred by MIT. I’m toast. </p>
<p>anyone know anyone who got in caltech? </p>
<p>All 3 of the kids at my school who applied early to MIT got in lol</p>
<p>A girl who’s a national debater and very accomplished pianist got deferred from Columbia…I’m beyond toast lol</p>
<p>It’s all luck at this point</p>
<p>hey guys… lurker here. i’ve been fighting the urge to make an account on CC for a while now (since, let’s be honest, a lot of the threads on this site are quite stress-inducing and i really don’t need an excuse to stalk them any more often than i already do), but seeing the positivity and support on this thread… well, i couldn’t resist joining the conversation. all the posts i’ve seen on here in the past few days perfectly capture how i anxious i am right now. it has gotten to the point where i start shaking every time i think about monday! what really isn’t helping is the fact that it seems as if almost everyone i know is getting deferred, despite being amazingly qualified. i guess this whole college admissions thing really is something of a lottery…</p>
<p>@hopeforamiracle your URL says it all</p>
<p>Just something I was thinking a lot about today: As long as I have been immersed in the college process, I have looked at College Confidential in a negative light. Maybe there are negative aspects of this website, but in being yet another (mostly) lurker, I have found that this website gives me what I need most in this hellish process: perspective. Camaraderie. I’m sitting here thinking about how I NEED to get into Princeton, or why I deserve it, or how I cant stop thinking about this, and it feels like I’m the only one. I have actually thought to myself (while in the shower or trying to fall asleep or something) that I want it more than anybody else. That’s not true. We’re all going through this together, and we’re all very similar (stressed out 17/18 year olds… there are only so many varieties). I don’t NEED an acceptance, I sure as hell don’t deserve it any more than the rest of you guys, and I’m definitely not the only one who can’t stop thinking about this monday and what will come after it. </p>
<p>Not getting accepted is not a personal statement (pun not intended) about who we are as people. It’s taken me way too long to realize that, and I only did with the help of this somewhat absurd website. So, I guess, thank you everyone here. Now, if only posts like these actually helped me come to terms with this whole process. But I can try.</p>
<p>I’ve been following this thread for a while now and I finally made a CC account because I have realized that it is inevitable. Today I found out that my school’s valedictorian, who was a top recruited athlete at MIT, got deferred. At this point, I’m pretty sure that Princeton will actually be sending me something that asks for a formal apology for even thinking that I could apply.</p>
<p>@oneappatatime I could not agree more! I also love the community this website provides for us SCEA Princeton applicants. Everyone is so nice and supportive! </p>
<p>@oneappatatime you said it perfectly. this is what i’m (finally) coming to realize. still, letting go of this twisted illusion of uniqueness is difficult – i realize, in theory, that there are so many others going through an experience nearly identical to mine, yet i still can’t help but feel alone (and, as you said, i feel as if i “want it more than anybody else”). i realize that my success in life depends more on what i make of my education than whether or not it takes place at princeton, yet i still seem to care way too much… only once i come face-to-face with my (probable) deferral will i really accept this, i think. probably not even then. maybe by april or may… in the meantime, it helps to imagine how ridiculous all of this anxiety will seem when i’m remembering it several years from now (no matter what school i call my alma mater).</p>
<p>and yes, @Frozengogurt, the princeton scea thread is amazing 
a lot of people in my region are incredibly competitive and cutthroat, so it’s great to see people rooting for each other’s success rather than trying to sabotage it! this is the kind of community i hope to be a part of in college</p>
<p>@HPClee @hopeforamiracle same. I’ve literally had five emotional breakdowns in the past two days since my friends got admitted.</p>
<p>@SteventoCollege Yes, I go to MVHS, unfortunately.</p>
<p>@AnxiousG In the 0.0001% chance that I get in on Monday, I would commit immediately and withdraw all my other applications. If I get deferred/rejected, I’ll be applying to 11-12 more schools. I already submitted my state school app.</p>
<p>@Frozengogurt I know three girls who got into both MIT and CalTech! Only one of them goes to my school though.</p>
<p>@Ambitious19, thank you so much for all of your advice it has really helped and you deserve to get in! I am so nervous and seeing the reactions of my friends who got accepted and then the ones that didn’t has scared me to death! </p>
<p>Also, does anyone know where they’re going to post the decisions. Is it in our application tracking portal?</p>
<p>@durakk I think we ALL deserve to get in. Everyone on here is incredibly unique, intelligent, well-spoken and supportive. I’ve seriously never experienced anything like this before!</p>
<p>I think this was mentioned earlier on the thread, but to find out your admissions decision, go to notify.princeton.edu and enter the username and password you used to set up your App Tracker.</p>
<p>good luck to all of you! If I get in, screw every application and school. @Ambitious19 I’m going to withdraw everything too hahahahaha. I only wish ><</p>
<p>IF I get in (the big, unlikely “IF”–it’s an entertaining thought), I’ll probably still apply to 8 more privates (Stanford, Brown, Harvard, etc) since I already have a good portion of those essays done, and I’m interested in several combined programs. But my heart is set at Princeton right now… 
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<p>Gah, can’t focus on anything right now! This is like my summer app decision anxiety, except magnified twenty times! </p>
<p>from the Yale board:</p>
<p>Just like there are no atheists in foxholes… there are no atheists waiting on Early Action results. :)) </p>
<p>All of us won’t need the name of a college to make a name for ourselves, but it sure would help. </p>