The, "reJECTED! in YO face." thread.

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>Just thought I'd get this over with, and start the rejection thread. Lets face it, I'm getting rejected, and you sir, YOU are also getting rejected. Might as well start consoling each other now, while we still have some dignity left, since in a few days we'll all be bawling our eyes out.</p>

<p>And please. If you get accepted, don't rub it in our faces. This is the thread of the people who would like to be left alone with their carton of Haggen-Dazses to weep the sorrow puddle of hopelessness.</p>

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<p>my dad bought 10 cartons of ice cream yesterday (!), is that an omen?</p>

<p>I keep thinking of the Langston Hughes poem..."what happens to a dream deferred?..."</p>

<p>I did all my other college apps today and yesterday so i didn't have to worry about being too depressed to do them on the ninth :-p</p>

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<p>At least you're done with all yours. I'm still working on mine, and I've just discovered the horrific consequenses of not using the common app- piles and piles upon essay after essay....</p>

<p>What the mother of crap is with NYU's questions???</p>

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<p>They're not as bad as Princeton's massive application -- luckily I have no interest in Princeton...</p>

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<p>I have one more essay to write, then I'm done with all my other apps. I have them all sitting in a stack on my desk. I was going to just not mail them until the day after I heard from Dartmouth so as not to potentially waste the app fees...but as it gets closer and I start to panic more I'm considering sending them out this week. You know, the superstition...toast lands buttered-side down, as soon as you go buy a new thing to replace one you lost you find the old one, if I send in my other apps I have a better chance of finding out it was unnecessary. And I am not usually superstitious at all. Worst case, I lose a few bucks and have to make calls to cancel applications. Best (and most likely case), I am free to wallow starting Thursday afternoon without worrying about other apps. I wonder how much $$ my parents are willing to pay for the peace of mind...actually, my app fees don't add up to very much anyway. Perhaps I'll do it.</p>

<p>I'm so pathetic. Good luck on the apps, you guys. Good luck waiting until Thursday without gnawing your limbs off in nervous anticipation (that's what I'll probably resort to). </p>

<p>A friend and I are planning an ED-rejection party for the week after decisions, at which we will (of course) eat Ben and Jerry's out of the carton and brownies slathered with chocolate frosting and watch sappy movies. It's basically what we usually do when the opposite sex rejects us, but hey, college rejection is even more significant. You can all join us in spirit.</p>

<p>end rambling</p>