<p>So there's only two more days till admissions results come out, and each one of you have a 94.1% chance of being rejected. If you're not rich or crazy smart, your application has already been thrown down the drain. So what will you do when you get rejected?</p>
<p>Overdose on my medication.</p>
<p>A bunch of applicants who apply to ivies (in this case Harvard) are wasting their time submitting apps when they start suggesting they are going to get rejected and blah blah blah. If you believed that, why bother applying to begin with? If you apply to these prestigious schools, there has to be a reason why you feel like you stand a chance. </p>
<p>Secondly, all the people who do make posts/threads about anticipating their rejections, hopefully don’t get admitted because Harvard and other ivies do not need that kind of mentality from students. </p>
<p>It’s not difficult to apply to a school and then wait patiently for decisions to be released. You don’t have to tell the whole world that you’re going to be rejected, and your saddest mentality is the final arbiter of the admissions office decision.</p>
<p>To answer your question, I think the only thing to do is MOVE ON. What other answer is there to give? Are you really going to dwell on something that can’t be changed until the next 2 years of your college years, and even afterwards like post-graduate school? If you can’t handle rejections, then you’ve made a mistake applying to these ivies, because they want strong and competent applicants, not feeble adolescents who will break down because they can’t get what they want all the time. </p>
<p>Also, your statistics are true, but don’t judge others through your standards.</p>
<p>Solrak, I see your point. I’m still going to be pretty sad, though. :\ Some of us applied as a shot in the dark.
For example, I know I have little chance and yet I still applied. Why? It’s a dream.
The reasoning behind applying isn’t so cut and dry as “you must think you have a chance–why else did you apply?”
I hope I explained myself well. <em>^▁^</em></p>
<p>solrak – my thoughts exactly.</p>
<p>Not care, because I’m going to my first choice anyway.</p>
<p>Go to uw madison</p>
<p>@solrak, with less than 10% acceptance rates, schools like harvard are a shot in the dark for everyone. Would you prefer students to all have unrealistic expectations? I would much rather be pleasantly surprised than have my dreams shattered because I was too optimistic on a school that will reject 90%+ of qualified applicants.</p>
<p>On that note, when I’m rejected from the ivies i applied to I’ll be disappointed, eat a ton of brownie batter, then persuade myself that I would’ve chosen MIT anyways (which is probably true).</p>
<p>@National, I’m not telling anyone to be optimistic about getting admitted into the top tier schools. I’m simply saying that it’s best not to get your hopes up or down while waiting for decisions to be released. If people are applying only to tell the whole world they are going to be rejected, what is the point of submitting an app to begin with? </p>
<p>I’m suggesting that no one should take a saddest approach when applying to Ivies, because that’s not what the ideal ‘Ivy material’ student is like. </p>
<p>Again, you prove my point, “When I’m rejected from the ivies…” it’s an IF, not when. Are you an admissions officer? I doubt it. If you’re so sure you’ll be rejected, just withdraw your application. But you won’t because you know it’s a matter of IF not when. </p>
<p>Of course there are perks of being a pessimist (even though that wasn’t my premise or conclusion and is completely irrelevant) because a pessimist is either proven right or pleasantly surprised. </p>
<p>Ultimately, I’m suggesting that if you apply to these top tier schools, then don’t preoccupy your mind with rejection, because you honestly do not know.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, who knows, and why does it matter? I’ll eat a fair bit of chocolate, have a rejection letter burning party with my friends, and enroll in whatever school will be lucky enough to have me. Then I’ll go on with my life. </p>
<p>Seriously, though, my future is pretty darn bright, no matter where I do or don’t go to school. I’m young and smart. I’m making epic gap year plans with my best friend, I’m going to travel the world, I’m going to study science, I’m going to do what I love for the rest of my life. </p>
<p>This applies to the rest of you, too. If we are truly realistic applicants to Harvard - regardless of the decision we receive - we’re the top of the class of 2013, and we have the entire world at our fingertips. I really don’t mean to sound arrogant; I’m just excited for us! We have worlds of opportunities waiting for us, and that’s true whether or not we end up at Harvard. </p>
<p>/soapbox</p>
<p>^Gap year plans? I wish my parents had money :/</p>
<p>^ So do I, lol. We’re planning on cleaning out our savings accounts to get to Europe, where we’ll hop from country to country, frolic in fields, take tons of photos, and work on farms to be able to eat. But that’s beside the point of this thread…</p>
<p>I’m on a gap year.</p>
<p>No money. Like, at all.</p>
<p>…go to BC. a stone’s throw away. for me, it really is the city, not the college.</p>
<p>@Solrak, so I shouldn’t apply because my “hope for the best, expect the worst” mentality isn’t “Harvard-ey” enough? I’m going to apply because I feel I stand a better chance than most (I feel like this site completely disregards the thousands of unqualified applicants who DO apply and are soundly rejected; for most people on this site, the chances are undoubtedly above 5.9%). I DO think I’ll be rejected, but I’m hoping I won’t be. I think there is an infinitely miniscule number of people who wholeheartedly believe they’re a shoo-in for Harvard, and that encompases two groups: the Intel/Siemens finalists who won the USAMO three times, and the people who got a 34 on their ACT but live under a rock and don’t know how much more is required to get in. </p>
<p>Hoping for the best but expecting the worst is fine; don’t try and patronize the people of this site into believing that if they aren’t confident, they don’t belong at HYPS.</p>
<p>@efeens, I agree that the less-qualified bunch are largely forgotten here. Fitzsimmons likes to say that 85-90% of applicants are “qualified,” meaning they could do good work at Harvard, but even out of that number, several thousand don’t have the ECs or whatever else necessary to make the cut.</p>
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A thousand times this. I am not extraordinary and I am not ignorant. I really don’t think I’m going to get into Harvard. But at the very least, I think I have a chance.</p>
<p>I shall retain my confidence until the fat lady sings. I’m optimistic. After I get my decision, who knows! I’ll probably just move on. It’s all for a reason</p>
<p>My son knows it is a real long shot to get accepted. So he will go to Georgia Tech which may not be an Ivy but is still a good school.</p>
<p>The admit portal launches right before my major IB Spanish presentation. I dunno if it’s a good idea to direct test it before or just bear the anxiety…</p>
<p>I will lift things up and put them down… aggressively.</p>