<p>Believe we will get an email shortly telling us when the decisions are available, then the decision will be available on the website followed by an actual letter. I just gathered that from earlier posts of students accepted in past years.</p>
<p>PranamO- as in all things you seem to gauged this perfectly-- you nailed the dates Monday and Friday!. My D has a cold today so logged in at 10 AM-first almost had heart attack (purple smiley) as she thought she might have gotten in then the letter reads that decisions will be made available on Dec. 10., 2010 for ED applicants and just to make us wait a bit more they got out at 4PM on the 10th.
So, either a fiesta weekend or a total bummer-no in between, happy hour or sloppy hour!. Four MORE DAYS AND that’s all she wrote. Deferral to me is as bad as an out and out REJECT–you put it all on the line for Dartmoouth, say it’s your number one choice.- only one good choice for us and that is the word "ACCEPTED "=just like you Pranam- never an inkling of doubt ;!! Right? LOL–you are in pal.</p>
<p>I sincerely wish they could take you all, at least you most deserving—and to all every positive vibe I can send and have a good Friday Dec. 10th, 2010. Good luck all EDers. wlm-nomore</p>
<p>Thank you, waitlistman! 
But as your daughter will probably attest to, I am scared out of my mind! I’ve invested so much of myself in this decision…I really hope I get accepted! :)</p>
<p>She never gets sick and there is a bad cold going around but I think the stress of the decision has sent her into her first absence from HS due to a cold in 4 years. Alas, nerves do not do much for immunity…be well, and try diaphragmatic breathing, it helped me get through a bad boss years ago and kundalini yoga class at local CCollege was a god send. Literallly…</p>
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I’m super sick too! I keep have recurring dreams about Dartmouth. It’s so stressful!</p>
<p>wonder if it’s the dartmouth flu going around? haha i’m sick too…</p>
<p>^ Haha, I was up at Dartmouth a couple weeks ago visiting a friend and there was, in fact, a pretty nasty cold going around.</p>
<p>Word just came in. Decision letters are coming in on the 10th Dec at 4pm ET</p>
<p>woohoo, I saw that before english today and I couldn’t sit still. It seems like so far. and I’ll not going to be able to check my status until 9:30 that night because I have to work immediately after nordic skiing practice. I’m going to die. haha</p>
<p>Wait other people randomly got sick as well? Dartmouth flu for real. I’m freaking out.</p>
<p>Guys, keep calm and think of getting denied. Make yourself believe you have no chance and will get denied. That way, you won’t be as stoked and if you get deferred/accepted, you will be pleasantly surprised. That’s how I’m approaching it.</p>
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I’m thinking about it in a similar way. I would love to be accepted and would be sad if I were rejected, but I am completely ready to move on if rejected. I’ve accepted that denial is very likely (considering the percent accepted) and will be writing new essays for colleges at 4:01 on December 10 if I’m rejected.</p>
<p>^Let’s all be honest if we get accepted we won’t just be ecstatic that we got into Dartmouth. We’ll also be ecstatic that we don’t have to write another half dozen college essays and first semester finals kinda… not really matter.</p>
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Haha exactly. I want to get in so that I can actually go to Dartmouth, but also so that I don’t have to work my ass off all year.</p>
<p>I’m trying to think of it like I won’t get in, but it’s really hard not to hope a little–impossible for me actually. I know I’ll be disappointed if I get deferred or rejected.</p>
<p>Regardless of whether you get in or not, in a little over a month, grades won’t matter all that much any more (when 1st semester is over). Obviously you can’t get straight C’s, but it will be a lot less nerve-racking.</p>
<p>I’ve already started writing essays for my other schools.</p>
<p>The more I wait, the more I feel screwed. Especially after taking 1.5 hours to look through last year’s decision thread. Yeah…don’t do that.</p>
<p>^^ Been there man…been there… Although, I actually found last year’s decision thread rather encouraging somehow.</p>
<p>well, my SAT is below average so to see that first thing on all decision posts is a little wounding. Other than that and the fact that 7 other people from my school are applying ED, I feel like I have a decent application. I just don’t know if I have the luck factor.</p>
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7?! That blows. I don’t know anyone else from my school applying to Dartmouth ED. But then again, they might just be withholding that information…</p>