<p>What will you be doing right before you check your admission status of whether or not you made the cut? Let's take a poll.
(repost from RainbowSprinkles- Harvard) </p>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support?</li>
<li>Listening to song or not?</li>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?</li>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you're scared.. or not?</li>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?</li>
<li>Checking all your schools' decisions at once or one-by-one?</li>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?</li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
9. WAITLISTED
10. REJECTED</p>
<p>have fun, folks! 3 more days until my dreams are crushed..</p>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
Alone, I want to figure this out for myself</li>
<li>Listening to song or not?
no song</li>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?
computer :)</li>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
I’m going to look at it myself! :o</li>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
I will check right when I get home from school, since decisions would have been out for 2 and a half hours </li>
<li>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
one by one!</li>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
neutral, but wishing to get in!</li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED <em>scream</em>"OMYGAWD YES"then cry
9. WAITLISTED at least I didn’t get rejected?
10. REJECTED :'(</p>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
Alone, but will tell family shortly after checking all decisions.</li>
<li>Listening to song or not?
No… that would be too distracting for me.</li>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?
Computer.</li>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
No way. I need to see it first.</li>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
Won’t be able to check until later at night. Will check at first opportunity.</li>
<li>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
One-by-one. Draw it out a little.</li>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
Neutral with tinges of pessimism.</li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
Shock. Relief. Giddy silence, probably followed by laughter.
9. WAITLISTED
Disappointment. Bitterness. Silence again.
10. REJECTED
Dejection. Anger. A bit of denial. Tears.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Alone. Door locked, mom can stay downstairs.</p></li>
<li><p>Silence.</p></li>
<li><p>Macbook</p></li>
<li><p>I’m not letting anyone come near the decision portal.</p></li>
<li><p>I’ll be ready to go at 4:55 PM.</p></li>
<li><p>I have the portal pages bookmarked, but I will only have one tab open at a time. I’ll also probably be taking a minute or two after each decision to let it sink in.</p></li>
<li><p>Pessimistic about Princeton, but I’m freaking praying that I get good news from somewhere on Wednesday.</p></li>
<li><p>Accepted: Cardiac Arrest</p></li>
<li><p>Wait listed: Surprised
10: Rejected: “Bring it on, you other Ivies”</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
mOST likely alone. I havent figured it out though-I get out of school at 2 PM West Coast Time-so Ill probably go home to look at decisions-meaning Ill check like at 215. If Im at school, Im sure someone will be next to me.</li>
<li>Listening to song or not? Probably not</li>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?
Computer!</li>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
Haha, no. Ill do it myself. </li>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
As soon as possible</li>
<li>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
One by one</li>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
Neutral-I didnt get into my top choice so far, so I im not expecting anything.
What will your reaction be if you are:</li>
<li>ACCEPTED Holy ****, I’d probably read it like 4 times in disbelief</li>
<li>WAITLISTED-Um, well, i guess its better than nothing</li>
<li>REJECTED-=sucks. oh well.</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
Alone</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
I am not yet sure</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
Computer if I am home, phone if I am not; however, I believe I will be home at that time</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
I’m going to look myself lolz</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
Definitely checking ASAP</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
One by one</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
I’m not yet sure. I have been bouncing back and forth between optimism and pessimism since submitting my application, so we’ll see hahah.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
Screaming and generally freaking out/dancing around my house</p>
<ol>
<li><p>WAITLISTED
Not terribly enthused, but flattered not to be rejected</p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED
I definitely won’t be happy, but I don’t know how I will react. I think it depends on which schools I’ll have gotten into by then.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
with my gf at least haha, probably mom/sister too.</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
idk yet, but most likely not</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
computer is my only real option haha</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
idk haha, I like the idea of someone else looking first but again there’s no point</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
as soon as I can- hopefully right when they come out</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
2 Ivy’s at 4 then Duke at 5</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
pessimistic definitely, despite everyone’s advice to remain optimistic… maybe I should leave some room for hope haha.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
OMG…thank you Jesus! Will probably be in too much disbelief to jump for joy or shout.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>WAITLISTED
well…that’s pretty respectable I guess; not what I’d prefer but always better than rejection</p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED
depressing…but told you I was realistic, (mom) lol.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Yay for filling this out instead of studying for a test tomorrow!</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
–> Alone, definitely. In fact, I’m banishing my entire family from the second floor.</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
–> Yep; “Ride of the Valkyries” by Wagner. It’s only fitting!</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
–> Computer; I’m on east coast time, so I’ll be home.</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
–>DOING THIS ALL BY MYSELF, MAN.</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
–>I may wait an hour so I can open all four of my Ivies at once – I got a 6pm timeslot from Brown, eugh.</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
–>One-by-one, in a specific order specially designed to minimize disappointment. :)</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
–>Pessimistic to the max. I believe in the reverse of positive thinking…the less I expect it to happen, the more likely it is that it will! Or am I shooting myself in the foot by acknowledging that that’s supposed to increase my chances? Hmmm…</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
–> Cursing. Loudly.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
I’ll be with one of my best friends. She was there to witness my Yale SCEA deferral, and it was helpful to make me less upset. We’re going to the mall to pass time earlier that day (Spring Break ftw!) I may ask her to leave the room for Yale (1st choice), though.</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
Probably not. I will have just loaded each decision page and entered in my login and password.</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
Hopefully I’ll be home by then. If not, maybe on my iPhone.</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
No, I’ll take it like a man. If P’ton were my number one choice, it may be different.</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
5 pm. P’ton will be my first because, while I could definitely see myself there, it is not my first choice. I’ opening them in order of increasing desire to attend.</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
One-by-one. I’ll load up all the login site, but click each and receive the news one-at-a-time.</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
Pretty neutral. I like Princeton, but like I said, it’s not number one for me.</p></li>
<li><p>ACCEPTED - A great option. I’ll have to do an overnight to see if I could really go there.</p></li>
<li><p>WAITLISTED - Probably won’t pursue it further.</p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED - It wasn’t meant to be. I won’t be too upset.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
alone, don’t want anyone to see me when my dreams are finally crushed lol</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
probably not, don’t want any distractions</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
computer, i’ll be home</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
i’d seriously harm my parents if they took it upon themselves to check. this is a trip best taken solo lol</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
waiting a few minutes after 5 so the websites don’t crash etc</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
one by one in alphabetical order. 1st harvard, then princeton, and finally yale</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
i’m actually optimistic. since i’ve gotten into amherst, bowdoin, swarthmore, and williams by early writes, i’m thinking i may actually have a chance.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
i will freaking scream like there’s no tomorrow</p>
<ol>
<li><p>WAITLISTED
growl in frustration</p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED
curse like a mother f*****g sailer</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
I’m flying solo, S-O-L-O</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
The song of my beating heart</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
Computer!</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
Hahahahaha I’m fearless rawrr</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
Right on time!</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
I didn’t even consider this! ALL AT ONCE! except maybe Dartmouth last so I can end on a good note :P</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
Neutral like Switzerland. </p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
Yaay! Praise the Lord! Now let’s go see how much financial aid they are giving me so I can decide if I really should be happy…and let’s go check on those other schools…</p>
<ol>
<li><p>WAITLISTED
I don’t really think I’d have a reaction…being waitlisted is a great accomplishment! woohoo!</p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED
I always new Dartmouth was the wiser Ivy :P</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support? </li>
</ol>
<p>At school, because that’s when they come out.</p>
<ol>
<li>Listening to song or not?</li>
</ol>
<p>No. </p>
<ol>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?</li>
</ol>
<p>Phone.</p>
<ol>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?</li>
</ol>
<p>Me first!</p>
<ol>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?</li>
</ol>
<p>2PM, actually. </p>
<ol>
<li>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?</li>
</ol>
<p>What do you mean? There’s no way to check them all instantaneously. </p>
<ol>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?</li>
</ol>
<p>Happy with where I’ve gotten in already, hopeful about where I might end up. </p>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED-- Happy, but restrained out of politeness.
9. WAITLISTED-- Angry. I’d rather be rejected. It’s like asking a girl to prom and getting the response, “Wait a moment, I’m seeing if anyone better than you will ask me.”
10. REJECTED-- A little disappointed.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
Alone. I’m expecting rejection, so I’d like to deal with it and then tell people.</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
I probably won’t even pause to turn the music on.</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
Computer.</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
Definitely looking myself.</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
I checked my UChic decision during school (I’m on the west coast) and was really disappointed when I was waitlisted, so I think I’ll wait until I get home from play rehearsal at 7 p.m. (10 p.m. EDT) </p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
One-by-one. I only have three, and I think I’l check Dartmouth, Brown, Princeton.</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
Pessimistic because I’m already waitlisted at Wash U in St. Louis, UChicago, and Vassar</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
Shocked and absolutely thrilled. But I’ll probably keep it a sweet secret until my mom asks.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>WAITLISTED
I’ll laugh. It would be nice not to get rejected, but really funny if I was waitlisted at all the schools I applied to besides my safety.</p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED
Disappointed, but not horribly upset.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
= with my twin brother, who also applied to many of the same schools (including Princeton). We’ll check the decisions for all the overlapping schools at the EXACT same moment, as in, 1…2…3… CLICK!</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
= nope. will listen to an inspiring song beforehand though haha.</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
= computer. </p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
= no way. </p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
= well I will start checking my decisions for the ivies from 5PM, and princeton comes after a couple schools. Will still probably be before 5 10 or something.</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
= one by one</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
= absolutely pessimistic</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>ACCEPTED
= I don’t believe it. tell my parents and cry, but call the school later to confirm. </p></li>
<li><p>WAITLISTED
= oh well that was anticlimactic. but still better than rejection</p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED
= expected but…</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
– I’d be better off alone, being with family only means a bit of mocking and arguments for me.</p></li>
<li><p>Listening to song or not?
– Hell No! No songs, you crazy?</p></li>
<li><p>Checking your phone or the computer?
– Computer, nuff said.</p></li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
– I’d find the reality by myself first before letting anyone else know about it.</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
– All my decisions come out at 1am the next day for me (especially for Ivies) given the location where I live, so I guess I’ll find out at the exact time.</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
– I’ll check all of them one-by-one.</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
– Even though decisions are a do-or-die decision for me, I’d rather be optimistic and smile than be a pessimist and go on cursing around. I really hope I get in.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED – I won’t be able to sleep for the next 2 days as a result!!! Super effin’ excited (I hope this is the reality).
9. WAITLISTED – A bit disheartened, but I’ll at least have that ray of hope inside me. Won’t be surprised though.
10. REJECTED – Don’t know (I hope this is NOT the reality)</p>
<p>What will you be doing right before you check your admission status of whether or not you made the cut? Let’s take a poll.
(repost from RainbowSprinkles- Harvard) </p>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
Alone, but with a QQ conversation open</li>
<li>Listening to song or not?
NO</li>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?
computer</li>
<li><p>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
nope, no one else in my family understands english LOL</p></li>
<li><p>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
waking up at 6am 31st march (6pm, EDT). Cos dont need to wait for duke this way :D</p></li>
<li><p>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
One by one! I have 5 schools >.<</p></li>
<li><p>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
Pessimistic haha applied for the fun of it. But still dreaming of miracles i suppose :)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED: What the…!!!—> tell parents + friends!–> go back to bed–> wake up for work
9. WAITLISTED OMG i wasnt rejected!!!</p>
<ol>
<li>REJECTED
i knew it haha–> continue checking</li>
</ol>
<p>have fun, folks! 3 more days until my dreams are crushed too :D…</p>
<p>What will you be doing right before you check your admission status of whether or not you made the cut? Let’s take a poll.</p>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support? Most likely alone (But I think my family members might crowd around the computer)</li>
<li>Listening to song or not? Don’t think so… it will be the first thing I do after I wake up because of the time difference</li>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer? computer</li>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not? I’ll look at it myself. =)</li>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later? Maybe a few minutes later? My usual “wake-up” time is around 8am local time (=5pm EDT)</li>
<li>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one? I’ll open them at the same time but of course I’ll have to look at them one by one</li>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral? Neutral. I’ve already gotten into one of my top choices- so no pressure. =)</li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED WOWWWWWWWWWW (JUMPING UP AND DOWN)
9. WAITLISTED
At first: not again… (I have 3 waitlists out of the 6 decisions I’ve received so far)
A while later: that’s actually not too bad at all
10. REJECTED
Oh well…</p>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support?</li>
</ol>
<p>Alone (well, sorta. My roomie will be around I suppose)</p>
<ol>
<li>Listening to song or not?</li>
</ol>
<p>No, I’d prefer silence. </p>
<ol>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?</li>
</ol>
<p>Computer. </p>
<ol>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?</li>
</ol>
<p>NO!</p>
<ol>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?</li>
</ol>
<p>I’ll begin a few minutes later. </p>
<ol>
<li>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?</li>
</ol>
<p>One by one.</p>
<ol>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?</li>
</ol>
<p>I have always been realistic. I know that it’s extremely unlikely for me to get in. I do feel however, that as an individual, I am particularly well-suited for Princeton. Hopefully, the adcoms will also see it. </p>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>ACCEPTED: Cardiac Arrest (Sorry ccuser, couldn’t find something original to match the occasion)</p></li>
<li><p>WAITLISTED: Elated! The people there in the admissions committee actually liked me. Surely there are things in life worth more than acceptances. Appreciation is one of them. </p></li>
<li><p>REJECTED: Ahh. ■■■.</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Being alone or with friend/family for support?
Alone please.</li>
<li>Listening to song or not?
No way.</li>
<li>Checking your phone or the computer?
Computer. </li>
<li>Getting someone else to look at the decision before you do because you’re scared… or not?
NEVER HAHAHA.</li>
<li>Finding out right at 5pm or waiting until later?
Well, I actually check it at 5am on the 31st due to time difference… Thanks Ivies for granting me a sleepless night. Oh wait, you’ve been doing that since December. But not to worry, I shall either go out karaoke-ing with fellow applicants/watch Disney marathon/write letters to self to brace for impact/eat junk food/count down with CCers all night long. </li>
<li>Checking all your schools’ decisions at once or one-by-one?
One-by-one. My computer would probably freeze otherwise and so would I. </li>
<li>Optimistic or pessimistic? Or neutral?
Hah. Are you kidding? Hoping for the best but expecting the worst. </li>
</ol>
<p>What will your reaction be if you are:
8. ACCEPTED
Cry.
9. WAITLISTED
Laugh, because I’m kind of on a waitlisting streak right now. Overall I’d be feeling brilliant though!
10. REJECTED
More laughter. And then fall into major distress for a week and shrug shoulders at people who’ll be bombarding me with questions when I get to school a few hours later. Nooooo.</p>
I need to see it first.</li>
OMG i wasnt rejected!!!</p>