<p>The more i look at posts and stories and crap the more afraid i get. Im even getting afraid of being rejected by all my safeties. I've been spending time making plans of how I can quickly apply to more schools if i get rejected by the 3 ive applied to so far. I dont think I'll relax until i know im in somewhere and I'll probably have to wait until mid-october to find out. Is anybody else feeling like this or is it just me?</p>
<p>rejection sucks.</p>
<p>im a junior and i think of this every once a week
I think i'll be really really really crushed (like suicidal crushed) if I dont get in ED or EA anywhere lol</p>
<p>Yes, I am feeling this way. I won't know about my 1st acceptance for 4-6 weeks after I apply, and I haven't even applied yet (my safety). So I feel your pain. And it's kind of like once you submit that application, it's out of your hands and up to others to decide. :)</p>
<p>March last year was a hellhole for me because I first feared rejection from SSP upon learning that the number of applicants drastically increased from last year, got rejected, and then feared rejection from an early entrance program but got in. Nonetheless, I got rejected by most of the other summer programs I applied to.</p>
<p>i'm actually pretty optimistic, but a little freaked out about being rejected ED from NU, since they don't defer, and my 2nd choice school is one i can definetely get in and would be happy at, but my parents hate it and wouldn't want to pay for it, so a lot of drama and hassle would ensue.</p>
<p>I think we're all somewhat scared of rejection from college. What's this site for anyway? lol.</p>
<p>Oh, dear, I know your fears :).</p>
<p>I have an application I'm itching to get sent out by AT LATEST the end of October. If I don't get in, I'll be so soul-crushingly crushed :(. And it's my safe match!</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. By April we'll laugh about it. Have a grand ol' party. :)</p>
<p>I want to fast forward to April....sighh...</p>
<p>I am pretty sure I'll get rejected from Caltech EA...</p>
<p>The super-self-esteem-destroying Caltech board doesn't help either. lol</p>
<p>Sometimes I get angry that a 1470 isn't good enough for anywhere anymore. I'm like- give me a break. A 1470 is different from a 1540 by how many questions? Maybe 10? Less? It's kind of dumb.</p>
<p>Yeah the caltech board scares me a lot. I dare not venture there more than once a day.</p>
<p>Lol I think about getting into Princeton ED next year and I'm like...I have no idea whatsoever what will happen....at all. Worrying won't help now...all I can do is study for the SATs and do well in school.</p>
<p>That's not to say that I don't get nervous. Everyone asks me where I'm applying and once I say Princeton they are like "oh you'll get in" and when/if I get deferred (I'm trying to accept that it will be the former) I'll feel miserable to tell them that I didn't get in.</p>
<p>Ahh, Ben Golub at the Caltech forums is really nice. Caltech boards don't scare me much, not as much as AoPS does. ;)</p>
<p>Now what is really self-esteem blowing is Art of Problem Solving.</p>
<p>Simfish! I guess we are opposites! I really, really enjoy the AoPS website because even if there are problems that are a little abouve your level, people are happy to explain them. I think I learn something new everyday from that website, especially about proof writing by people like Myth and liyi and other cool posters.</p>
<p>I think Ben Golub is cool at the Caltech boards. He is, however, very honest about Caltech admissions. And while that is a good thing, it scares the hell out of me. lol</p>
<p>I almost ran out of the room when I read the last chances post on the caltech board. lol</p>
<p>Haha, yes, I probably don't frequent AoPS that much. The major deterrent to my frequently visiting there is simply that it takes too much bandwidth. It won't be a problem when I move into UWashington dorms tomorrow though. :)</p>
<p>I like Ben Golub's honesty (especially when he says how meritocratic Caltech admissions is and how one doesn't need to be well-rounded, which I am definitely not), and he said that I might have a decent shot if I could get something exceptional. In fact, that comment dissuaded me from applying to UW for early entrance until SSP rejected me, in which turn I got despondent and immediately took the UW Academy acceptance offer when it came.</p>
<p>those butterflies are alot worse in senior year than junior year, last year I wasn't sure what I wanted, so nervous about being rejected wasn't an issue. however now I've made the list of schools and began the applications , all I can do is stare at the calender mark of each day til Dec 15th >.<</p>
<p>As a junior, it was all fun and games. Where am I going to apply? That was fun. I didn't think about rejection. But, now as a senior, I wouldn't be surprised to get rejected by my threee reaches, and even my safeties. It's just a lot scarier when you're actually facing it.</p>
<p>^ yup..
I was so depressed last year when I was rejected by some programs (not even colleges) and then realized that I probably wouldn't get into the schools that were my top few choices. At this point, I just want to know where I'll be and accept it.. but come March/April.. I know I'll just be devastated if I don't get in my favorite schools.</p>
<p>I dont even go near any of those What are my chances threads.. especially ones for my matchy/reachy schools..
But sometimes I like to risk myself and I click on a Chances thread for my matchy/reachy school (eg. jhu) and i'm either - "oh thank god i still have a chance" or "holy crap!!! Im going to get rejected everywhre! kill me!"</p>
<p>I like the caltech boards.. there's so many overachievers and they sound funny because they all seem like a know-it-all (no offence..) and in debates, they try to kill each other out with their know-it-all-ness. and I'm not applying there so I just go to the boards for the entertainment lol</p>