<p>I think your chances are only lowered if 1. you live in nyc 2. an extrememly high number of people from your area apply</p>
<p>I feel like I am hated by some people when I mention the schools I am applying to. . .so for the most part I don't make a mention of it. Where I get admitted will also be my own little secret. IMO, it's best to keep quiet in order to avoid conflicts of jealousy and what not. </p>
<p>Personally I haven't gotten mad at people applying to the same prestigious schools. If I don't get in, I know I'd be fine. But if I get in I wonder if they'd be mad at me. Best to keep quiet about it i guess.</p>
<p>Applications time is always harsh, especially if you go to a public school. It's the time when you realize that some of your friends are going to Harvard or Princeton, some are going to state schools, and some literally are applying to McDonald's. Education is a way out. It's the only way out. </p>
<p>Don't get too torn up about it. It'll all be over soon. The people who are your friends now will still be your friends now will still be your friends when all this is over, and the people who give you so much greif about it are probably just bitter.</p>
<p>Not nearly as bad at my school, although my school is extremely academically competitive (only 5 or 6 people are applying to my top choice... up from maybe 2 or 3 (MIT)) we have about 30 people applying to stanford and like 20 or so to U Penn early (class of about 450) but I haven't seen much of this... interesting</p>
<p>I don't think this one friendship I have with a kid is destroyed, but I told him that he will not get into Lehigh with a 3.3 weighted GPA (40th percentile) with a max weighted of 5.0... Also the school offers 27 APs and he has only taken 4 Also for soph and fresh year only 2 honors with a majority of these kids taking every class honors.... A majority of the kids applying to schools such as Lehigh have 10 APs</p>
<p>Also I think a lot of kids in my grade are becoming very snobbish.... I don't give a rat's you know what that you want to go to Stanford... People are even making fun of me for wanted to go to the University of Rochester.... I just can't wait for all this to be over...</p>
<p>that was uncalled and utterly unnecessary dutchie</p>
<p>Well, your unrealistic friend can be helped out by gently saying, "that's fine, but all the guidebooks, counselors & experts recommend at least 2 safety schools, just in case". This way, you are not insulting your friend & can sort of shift the onus of the argument to the college admissions field in general. It allows your friend a chance at admission while saving face.</p>
<p>you have to find a balance between telling someone they won't get in, and not telling them anything at all, it's not worth it to destory a friendship over college applications</p>
<p>the applications have made me become aneroixic bascically, or is that wrestling? i dont think this 400 kcal diet is really working well on my brain. i hate app essays, filling the rest out is ok.</p>
<p>screw friends, getting into college is more important. :p</p>
<p>but seriously, college is very important... no one really cares about college in our school.</p>