RD 2013 Anxiety Thread

<p>I'm hoping that RD applications are down but for a school like Barnard, I feel like that's unlikely. </p>

<p>Yesterday, I was in the bookstore and I was getting coffee so I could go sit in the current affairs section and read when I saw my ninth grade geography teacher. He asked me where I want to go to school and I was talking about Barnard and my heart started hurting because I want it so badly. I've never wanted anything this badly in my life. I came home, downloaded twenty dollars worth of sixties music from itunes and cried. Because, even though the sixties music was intended to make me happy, it reminded me of Barnard (for no real reason, actually, except "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful). I just want to find out now. Not knowing is driving me crazy. I keep trying to get excited about the other schools to which I applied, but I can't Whenever I try to picture myself anywhere, I just see myself walking up Broadway toward 116th. And I had to rant about that.</p>

<p>Well. I'm not sure what to say, since I think we're basically in the same boat. </p>

<p>Good luck. </p>

<p>We need to start a countdown to April 1st. As of today, that's 43 days remaining.</p>

<p>mp153- aww, i love Barnard too ! I cant believe this thread is 17 pages long already ! 43 more days yay ! Whether its good news or bad, we have to promise each other to update on our plans ! : )</p>

<p>fb group anyone? 'cuz I definitely need another one. </p>

<p>or would that just end up with a ton of creepers?</p>

<p>firefly- I think there is one already. Search "Barnard CC."</p>

<p>yay! I just added the group, and I added you too mp153 and I added etched! My initials are L.A.W. (couldn't give out my name lol, but I posted on the group page!)</p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>haha, well. looky that. </p>

<p>XD</p>

<p>I'm sad that our story died :[ RIP how vampirically the story was! Haha! We should come up with something else to do...</p>

<p>A countdown does sound good; we can totally do it in this thread. Too bad days go soo slowly :/</p>

<p>mp, smile :) Relax. You're a fantastic person (from talking to you on here I can clearly see that), and if Barnard can't, they're missing out on one hell of a woman! </p>

<p>...and I feel the same way about Barnard, soo...</p>

<p>But yeah, I accepted the friend requests from you two. Maybe in the Facebook group we can converse more and be the "anxiety crew" (name is definitely subject to change!) 'cause really, we all are awesome and I'd love to see the wonderful things and places you guys end up (be it Barnard or elsewhere...but hopefully Barnard!).</p>

<p>Now that I know Hillz is commencement speaker, I'm even more nervous. I WANT TO GET IN DOUBLY BAD NOW. :OOOOO</p>

<p>etched- thanks you too! Yea, the anxiety is just building up, this vacation is gonna b a very long one for me! It's still cold here in Boston, ugh :( . This is how you know you can't wait to find out: you wake up around 8 to check your email and see if you got any replies on CC and then you find yourself reading through your submitted application on the common app. (gah! me this morning lol.) Although I can't do anything about my app now, it just feels good to read my essays again and pretend I'm one of the "adcoms" lmao! Hopefully our awesomeness does shine on our applications, and we all get into Barnard ! (crossing fingers/biting bottom lip/crinkling forehead)</p>

<p>squaregirl- I know! Let's make that triply bad : p</p>

<p>I can totally agree with the Hillary comment. Even though I was an Obama supporter in the primaries from the beginning, I admire her so much. I really want to be a politician when I'm older, so she's one of the people that set a great example for me, a strong woman in politics. Ugh, love her.</p>

<p>I love you guys so much<333 No matter what, this thread always makes me feel so much better.</p>

<p>Aww! Me too :)</p>

<p>Heh, one of the great things about the primaries finally being over is that Hillary and Obama supporters can talk again. Things got tense there for awhile. =P But this Hillary supporter really wishes she'd waited to be comm. speaker during MY YEAR. :| Still, B '09 girls, YOU ARE SO LUCKY. !!!!! If we all become '13ers, I hope we get someone equally amazing.</p>

<p>It's so nice, having this little support group. Admissions are SO STRESSFUL. :(</p>

<p>Oh, I know what you mean. One of my best friends was a Hillary supporter and we fought...a lot. I felt so guilty because I thought I was cheating on my love for the Clinton family, but just really believed in Obama. Toward the end of the bitter battle, my friend came with me to an Obama rally. Right before the election, I went with her to a speech by Hillary while she was campaigning for Obama. So I think we've come full circle. I think she's doing fabulously as Secretary of State (and am trying to intern in the department of state this summer even though it probably won't happen haha).</p>

<p>Indeed, this whole process is SO stressful.</p>

<p>My bff was an Obamano, so I know how that goes. I did drag her to a few rallies and vice versa too. =P AND DITTO ON A STATE DEPT. 'SHIP. My dream, heh. :)</p>

<p>Haha wouldn't it be fun if we somehow both interned? Win. I just read through all of my state department daily updates and haven't gotten the update on applying yet :(</p>

<p>I actually just ordered Hillary's biography [and Bill's too...but since everyone says they like him less after they read it, I decided to buy it used on BN (so if I stop reading it because I don't want to think less of him, I don't feel bad about wasting money) and I keep getting 'sorry we sold that already.' Fail.] and just got the shipping confirmation. Coincidence?</p>

<p>Living History is great, but it's definitely best on tape. Her voice just makes everything come together personally. As for Bill's....I love him dearly, but every now and then, I want to smack him. :(</p>

<p>I am getting so antsy! They're probably making a lot of decisions everyday now, how scary!</p>

<p>Does anyone know if they post on the tracking site whether or not they received your mid-year report? Mine doesn't have a category for it and I don't know if that means they haven't gotten it or...there just isn't a category for it. My councilor called me in today because another college I applied to hadn't received the report but she sent them out in January....</p>

<p>This is making me so nervous.</p>

<p>don't worry - Barnard will tell you (probably next week) if they haven't gotten it yet.</p>

<p>Again, good luck ladies - it's stressful but almost over!</p>

<p>A little over a month left...ARGH. :|</p>