@NEF2016 it has kinda been established that decisions are thursday afternoon
Thursday afternoon when?? 6 PM? 7? 8?
@mg29409 They have not clarified when. I would just wait for the email until then 
@schroscat I’m absolutely terrified. Getting my last 3 decisions that day 
@mg29409 Think of it like this: after 5:00 that day, it will all be over. There will be no more worrying, no more stress, and no more college confidential (ideally). It’ll be bittersweet, but more sweet than bitter.
@schroscat It’s funny–but I don’t want it to be over. I know that sounds strange, but I feel like I won’t be able to move on if I get a rejection from my dream school (looking at you Brown; pls let me in 
) If I could go back and do it all over again, I would change so many things I did in a heartbeat. The things I know now would have benefited me so much back in 9th grade, and I would have done so much to set a good foundation for apps.
Thanks for this.
Yeah I would have changed so many things. I see so many opportunities now that I never took, and classes that brought me down that I should have dropped, etc
@mg29409 and @anon9362: I totally agree with you both. I sometimes think, “I could have studied more,” because I have a great average without studying; I wonder what it could be if I DID study. I wonder, “I wish I did more activities,” but then I look at the list of what I HAVE done, and realize I did it all because I loved it. I think, “Maybe I should have rewritten my essays,” but now, I know that it was perfect at the time I sent them.
Do not dwell in the past. You did what you felt was right for that time; even if you don’t feel it to be true now, the “then” you was happy with those decisions. Your entire high school career is not just for an application of a few words and comments. Your high school career is a time where you, in retrospect, have found yourself whether you realize it or not. Your high school career is a conglomeration of memories and activities and events you cannot sum up in a 650-word essay or listing of this and that. Perhaps you won’t receive the decision you want–in the grand scheme of things, many of us will not if we look at the way admissions is working–but think about this: if you went back in time to fix all those “wrongs” in the 9th grade, you may not be the person you are now. Each step we take influences who we become, and by some work of magic, you are where you are supposed to be. Relish in that, because the road only gets tougher from here.
okay, mom pep talk over
Yeah. I just had a few extremely big roadblocks in my high school past(if you look in my past threads you’ll see what I’m talking about). And I feel like if I could have addressed some of those issues earlier on, I would have done so much better. Instead I’m just a 17 year old almost adult who has no idea how to get her life together. I’m a mess, I always am. I think I feed off of chaos. But I guess it’s in the past
After a rejection from Amherst and a wait list from Swarthmore and Wesleyan, I’m very worried about my Tufts decision. The blog post about the “20,000+ applicants” didn’t put my nerves at ease either… The more I look at Tufts, the more I fall in love. Hard to think it will all be over in a few days–bar an unlikely rogue wait list acceptance.
@anon9362 Just caught myself up; please hear me out: people here on CC are very brutal. I’m on the same boat as you with the subject tests. I received somewhere in the 600s on tests I should have done better on. I was not feeling it that day. Look, I know it’s a lot to think about, but for the next two days, please, at least for me, forget about it. What’s done is done. If they are going to reject you based on a silly test, then shame on them.
@schroscat Wow. You’re absolutely right. It’s just that the facets of my life that are out of my control are driving me nuts. I wish I could be with the officers in the decision room, defending myself and making a case as to why I should be admitted. It truly is a flawed process, and the fact that the number of kids applying each year gets higher and higher makes everything worse. Hell, look at Stanford: 4.7% acceptance rate this year. How low can it go?
In retrospect, I am happy with who I turned out to be, and your pep talk just made me realize that. But with 30k+ people applying for a mere 1600 seats, its just not feasible. There has to be a threshold for applicants and requirements. At that point we are not people anymore–we are data points. And the fact that college admission has turned into a jumble of numbers, trying to achieve “diversity” within a campus, or any other BS that we’ve heard, is just sickening.
I hope that you, I, and the many others that care here get the decisions we want, and rightfully deserve. We’ve sacrificed so much and toiled through many tribulations, so it would only be fair that we get what we deserve.
@NovaCat I got rejected from Amherst too. Here; this video will make you feel a lot better. Shows how BS the evaluation process at Amherst.
Yeah Ik the subject test thing sucks. But not even that. Like I’m doing worse and worse in school lately. Teachers have started just giving up on me. I wonder if I’ll even pass college
@mg29409 Yeah I watched that a long time ago. “There are times honestly, where I’m not sure why I put my hand up.”
Subject tests are a bit of a crapshoot–barely any practice resources, and you don’t know what they might put on the exam. They only released like 1 or 2 tests, and @schroscat, I wasn’t feeling it the day I took them either. Math II was like a “what am I doing” moment for me, so I was forced to settle for Math I. Bio was really easy, but I still ended up with a 680 somehow…
Like you said, what’s done is done. Now for the tortuous 2 days of hell that await us before decisions come out.
@NovaCat Lmao “…or fail to put my hand up. I’m just going with my gut here.”
And these are the people in control of our future.
Did anyone else have a rap as their common app essay? I decided I would showcase myself by showing off some of my rhetorical talent. Hopefully they will appreciate my willingness to try new things even in this context. My counselor was extremely against it, but I think if my school doesn’t respect my lyrical talent I wouldn’t have much chance fitting in there to begin with.
@mg29409 For what it’s worth, when I get a string of rejections, I’ll know myself that I’m better than that rejection. If I could just show admissions how great I am, I’m sure they would accept me on the spot. (I’m not saying this in a narcissistic demeanor.) To them, we are a bunch of numbers and quotas, but if you and I were to stand in front of them, we would be a human being. A breathing, caring, passionate being who will serve x school right. It is much harder to reject someone who has devoted their time for an application when he/she is standing before you.
For me, I’m hoping my story will propel me to an acceptance. It has shaped who I am; I have learned so much about the world, as well as myself, from my father’s death. Perhaps admissions will see the value in a student like me. This, I do not know; they could have an ideal student in mind, and I may not be that student. What matters is that, in the end, we are happy with ourselves. There is only so much a then-17-year old can do. We are trying to impress educated individuals who know much, much more than we do about their university. In retrospect, many applicants will try to manipulate the system, and my only hope is that that manipulation will come to haunt them.
We just need to remember that we are better than this system, better than this stress, and definitely better than an unwarranted decision. Forget the numbers and the statistics, and remember: screw that college if they choose to reject us. Clearly, they will be missing out.
@anon9362 at 17 life is felt intensely - don’t believe that anything you’ve done is permanent. I’m a parent of a 17 year old, and see the stress and strain and second-guessing… please make sure you talk to someone - your parent, a friend, a counselor, a teacher, a mentor. If you’re feeling your life is a mess you need some support. There are so many good colleges in this country, and LOTS of them admit LOTS of their applicants, who can still have a great life. seriously . don’t feed into the craziness that your life is over if you don’t get into one of the most 20 selective colleges in the country.