<p>I’m from Chicago and just over 21 hours until I find out whether or not I’m a Quaker for life!</p>
<p>I’m from Utah. I wrote about the “culture of Utah” in one of my essays.</p>
<p>I might actually be the only person in North Dakota who applied ED to Penn. I really hope I get in. Last year Penn took kids from 49 states… the missing one being mine!</p>
<p>I’m fluctuating between pooping my pants and complete indifference because I’m pretty sure I’ll either be rejected or deferred. That and my differential equations final are killing me D:</p>
<p>@waymer That’s my problem. About either deferred or rejected. But I want to get in SO BAD.</p>
<p>Good luck everyone!!! I feel extremely calm today, probably because I know that I am gonna be rejected. But still, can’t focus on any essays for now.</p>
<p>ugh being deferred from MIT yesterday is not doing anything for my nerves rn ;__;</p>
<p>^ I feel ya
Tomorrow will either be the best day or worst day ever</p>
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<p>I definitely thought that most of the board was international. Surprised to see so many domestic applicants. (I’m from Canada, by the way.) </p>
<p>And I don’t even know about tomorrow anymore. I’ve simultaneously convinced myself that I’m getting accepted and rejected. I’m just hoping I’ll survive until decision time.</p>
<p>Virginia here! But went to an international high school in India, does anyone know how that works?</p>
<p>@Harrovian
Same. I know I’m in but I know I’m out.</p>
<p>18 hrs left!!!</p>
<p>one minute i’m throwing a tantrum, one minute i am ridiculously calm…</p>
<p>I’m in China. At least the rain is helping with my nerves.</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Wanted to reiterate what others are saying. Whether or not you are accepted, rejected, or deferred, says very little about you as a student or a person.</p>
<p>Hey so I’m just going to vent here a little ~~~</p>
<p>Oh my god guys I’m SO NERVOUS. Ironically I wasn’t even going to apply to Penn, except a day before their ED deadline (that is, BEFORE I knew about the extension) I got an email from Penn Admissions encouraging me to apply. A few days (weeks? i don’t remember) before that I had been accepted as a Questbridge finalist, but opted out of matching schools because at that point I was unsure about committing to any one school. So yeah. If I’d have never done Questbridge, I would never be here, on this thread, waiting for PENN, a school I’d never have thought I had a chance at. </p>
<p>IDK why I’m so nervous though because I know my chances of getting in with my stats are slim. I’m so unconfident, in fact, that when people have asked me if I’ve applied anywhere early, I leave out Penn. And the few people I have told, I’ve felt bad about it. I can almost feel their contemptuous, judgmental stares. There have been plenty of students more qualified than I from our school who have applied and been rejected from Penn. Who am I to think I will be accepted? Am I that arrogant and/or delusional?</p>
<p>I’ve been flippant about the entire process, even to my parents. I’ve pretended that I don’t care about the admissions decision. But deep down… I want this. Badly.</p>
<p>@ariistocrat those last 2 paragraphs are so relevant to me. I feel the exact same way UGH</p>
<p>@ariistocrat i’m definitely in the same boat as you.</p>
<p>i made the mistake of telling my friends. they are so supportive, and it scares me how much the believe me. they cheer me on, and now i’m just going to disappoint them.</p>
<p>i regret reaching so far…penn is the only school for me. </p>
<p>i hope they see that i’m more than just numbers on a page.</p>
<p>@kayyyy
i think iPhones will work, I’m planning to check from mine.
the decision website opens up just fine, so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.</p>
<p>So nervous as well. All of my friends have got into fantastic schools- Stanford, Brown PLME, Harvard…
And I didn’t even have to tell my closest friends, they expected that I’d apply ED given how much I’ve talked about Penn the last year or so. And they’re all so confident in me and I just wish that I could be confident too- but from past experience, overconfidence just leads to disappointment.
Anyways, with just about 20 hours left, most of which I’ll be asleep anyways, it’s time to calm the heck down and enjoy winter break.
Good luck to you all! And I hope to see you at Penn next year</p>
<p>GottaGetThat24 ugh i’m glad someone else can relate! </p>
<p>Furthermore, there’s that whole camp of good-intentioned yet uneducated supporters wholly convinced that you’re gonna make it based off of “gut feelings”… ie uninformed public school guidance counselors, relatives, non-academically inclined friends, etc. I’ve been trying to soften the blow by showing them stats of the sheer volume of applicants applying… to no avail. Doesn’t really help with the pressure either. Needless to say I’ll not be looking forward to answering smiley “Did you get in??” questions in the coming weeks. :(</p>