<p>Ok so I hope I'm not the only one but I've finished most of my applications (last one will be submitted probably tomorrow) and I am kinda losing my mind with this whole waiting until March to find out where I'm going. It's like the more time goes on the more I obsess over being admitted and the more I start to doubt myself :( I was so confident in my applications and was so happy once I've submitted it and felt super confident about my chances at given schools. But now I'm second guessing EVERYTHING! Like what if my essay wasn't good enough or maybe I should have talked about this instead of that etc. Or the fact that maybe I'm not as good as a match as I thought i was like going through the Chance Me forum always leaves me completely demoralized :( Like I have a pretty good GPA and my scores aren't terrible but at the same time it just seems like EVERYBODY on here has 4.0s and 2000+ SAT scores and I'm doomed for rejections from everything </p>
<p>I totally just ranted but honestly, I just need advice how is everybody else dealing with their waiting anxiety and what can I do to stop second guessing myself and just not stress over this ugh</p>
<p>The kids on CC are self selective and many of the kids on here with 2000s and 4.0 get rejected. CC is beneficial for info, but I think being able to see the stats of ther students is really intimidating and isn’t healthy for applying students. I am nervous too! My biggest decisions come out in April! So there is a long wait. The only thing that is helping me calm down is thinking about how fast the past 3 months have gone by. Basically the time from October 1st to today is roughly the same amount of time from today to April 1st, weird as it may seem. So when you consider that, it should calm you down :). Think about how fast time has been going by since October 1st. Crazy huh?!</p>
<p>I definitely need to stay away from the Chance Me forum it honestly hasn’t helped me at all rather made things worse! You’re absolutley right, time is going by super fast! Admission decisions will be here in no time, thank you </p>
<p>Keep in mind there will always be folks above you on the academic/athletic/wealth/looks/whatever ladder, and there will always be folks below you. You have to learn to accept your position in the universe without getting a big head about whom youre above or depressed about who’s above you. </p>
<p>I told all of my three kids that they would get in where the belong. And it’s true. They each got in to several schools and then they had to figure out where they would fit. They all loved their schools and all 3 went to different schools in different parts of the country.<br>
The best advice I can give you is that you need to finish out your senior year strong. Focus on your classes. If you stress, you’ll tank in your classes. Some kids get rescinded after the final report goes to the colleges. Focus on finishing all of your grades and senior activities.</p>
<p>Like other people are saying, CCers are NOT representative of all types of high school students. If colleges only accepted people with 4.0 GPAs and 2400 SATs, there would be very few college students. There is a college for you out there. Don’t worry. I quote from a wise poster: </p>
<p>(by @comfortablycurt) "The people on CC are very far removed from the norm. The vast majority of students apply to the schools that are typically considered “safety schools” on CC. Not everyone can or even wants to go the HYPSM route. Most students are happy to go to lower levels schools…and there’s nothing wrong with that.</p>
<p>If you take the typical picture painted on CC as the norm for all students, you’re going to have a very inaccurate picture. Believe it or not, you do not need to have 4.0, 36/2400 ACT/SAT, 15 leadership roles, three homes built by hand in Africa, and two types of cancer cured in order to get into a top school. It’s easy to forget that the “mediocre” students as perceived by CC are in reality…really good students." </p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your reassurance and advice!! @albert69 thanks so much for sharing that honestly going through some of these forums really makes you second guess yourself! I’m not even a terrible student, I should be proud of my achievements!! </p>
<p>I like almost all of CC except for the chances threads. Someone else called the Chances section “a useless pit of ignorance.” Unless those are all top college admissions people commenting, everybody is just guessing. And you should be proud! Just go where you can and do as well as you can. Things will work out. Someone told me once, if you shoot for the stars and fall short, you can still land on the moon. Basically meaning that even if you don’t get to the top of whatever your aiming for, you can still be in a pretty great position just for trying. Just chill. Good luck, and let us know how things turn out! </p>
<p>If this comforts you, there have been SEVERAL times on the decisions threads when I’ve seen a student with a 3.8 GPA and a 2100 SAT score get in while another student with a 4.0 and a 2300 doesn’t. Especially for competive schools (specifically Harvard). </p>
<p>As a parent of a current college applicant I have learned a great deal of helpful information from this website, particularly with regard to financing a college education. A lot has changed since I went to college and graduate school. As a mental health professional, however, I have been extremely concerned about the impact of chance me threads, as some posters seem to have a list of accomplishments that seem over the top in terms of do-ability. Even a highly accomplished senior could become unduly discouraged in comparison. I have learned by watching my own awesome daughter, that selecting a balanced list of schools, all of which you believe you will be happy at helps with the stress a great deal. Also, the process of the wait is part of this life transition that you can find as exciting as scary. Try to enjoy it. Best of luck. </p>
<p>albert69 - Thanks! I was going to post the same idea that you did! So Chilax OP!<br>
re: Chance Threads… I have rarely responded to them because nobody really knows but the AdComs. If someone is smart enough to get into a college they are smart enough to know this - or should know this! IMHO Chance Threads are a useless waste of pixels - so again OP - Relax! As NortherenMom61 advises - Try to enjoy your successes and good luck.</p>
<p>One thing I’ve wondered about all the ECs people list on the chances threads - is there really enough room on a college app to list and explain all those? On my apps I know there wasn’t, but I wasn’t applying to top colleges. (I didn’t even need letters of recommendation or essays.) </p>
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