<p>i’m a little late to the game, but i’m an EA applicant from the lovely Chicago, and am currently enjoying an angry swarm of butterflies. best of luck to everyone! and for those from warmer climates, prepare yourselves for the Chicago winter: it started a month ago :)))</p>
<p>Yikes that emoji is terrifying and not at all what i’d intended</p>
<p>@mackeralwrath forgiven for the emoji 
good luck to you too! </p>
<p>i wish we could find out in a week :(</p>
<p>My finals start in exactly a week so idk if that would be great for me haha</p>
<p>I submitted Gollum Video and my Korean history UCC which went up to national competition of Korean history… Hope they would help bit</p>
<p>my finals aren’t until mid january :)</p>
<p>@Awflapjackz Same here! I really wish mine were before Christmas though so I wouldn’t have to worry about studying and apps over Christmas break 
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<p>@alleycat2 yeah, it seems like it would be so much more refreshing to just start fresh when you return from break</p>
<p>I haven’t sent my financial aid forms in, was that a stupid idea? I don’t know why I have waited so long. I thought they were due in the spring.</p>
<p>The anxiety is killing me. This page makes me nervous, but I can’t help but read it! Confession…about once a day I imagine reading “accepted” and get really really happy…then the reality of the chances sinks in 
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<p>I’ve become really pessimistic, but there’s always that little bit hope in me.</p>
<p>@Localdreamer15 im constantly checking this thread… it’s awful. just out of curiosity, what is your username referring to?</p>
<p>im getting really pessimistic now as the day gets closer. i also just want the day to come so i can have some closure, but at the same time im definitely not ready</p>
<p>The band Twenty One Pilots (Check them out! <a href=“twenty one pilots: Guns For Hands [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube”>twenty one pilots: Guns For Hands [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube; ). One of their mottos is “power to the local dreamer”…I have big plans, so I consider it fitting. </p>
<p>Yeah same. I think my essays were really good (but so are everyone else’s), so every few days I find myself reading them to give me hope haha. </p>
<p>Btw, skip the long intro @Awflapjackz starts at 1:00 </p>
<p>@Localdreamer15 OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS TWENTY ONE PILOTS BUT I DIDN’T WANT TO BE A WEIRDO AND ASK IN CASE IT WAS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIKE I DIDN’T WANT TO WEIRD YOU OUT I AM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THEM oh my god excuse that freak out</p>
<p>@Awflapjackz THIS IS AMAZING!! I’ve literally seen them 6 times! The first of which was in a basement with ~200 other people a month after Vessel dropped (amazing)…I’ve met Tyler once! So yeah, if we both my some miracle get in, at least I have a friend to go see them with! </p>
<p>@Localdreamer15 that’s so amazing, wow! six times! nice. i’ve only listened to them for about a year now and saw them live for the first time in october. was meeting tyler as amazing as it always seems to be? ah yes even more of a reason to hope that we are both accepted. im so afraid of lacking a concert buddy in college so this is awesome hehehe</p>
<p>@Awflapjackz Yeah, I’m lucky to live right near Philly, which is basically their largest fan base outside of Ohio. I actually ran into him by pure luck (It was at a radio station concert…I walked to my bathroom, which was kinda at the outskirts of the venue, and he was walking from back stage to his bus)! I was able to get a quick picture with him and an autograph before a ton of people noticed…but I seriously reverted into a fan girl (I’m a guy), shaking etc…so it was my fault we didn’t get to talk much, but still awesome nonetheless! </p>
<p>But yeah, same! One of my match schools is right in the city and has a great music scene and another is in the middle of nowhere…so we’ll see how that weighs in on my decision should UChicago not work out (welp). </p>
<p>I TOO LOVELOVELOVE 21 PILOTS</p>