<p>If people ask me where I'm applying, I give them every college on my list. I don't give a crap what people think....I don't get the whole embarrassing thing. So what, you didn't get into your top choice...when people tease, they are not your real friends. You should be happy where you're going rather than ashamed of people knowing where you got rejected. People get rejected all the time. When my aunt asked last month where I'm applying to, I said it straight out and no, she didn't criticize me for applying to a hard school(USC). And nosy is the wrong term. I ask people where they're going because I want to see if we're applying at the same school.</p>
<p>Just tell them some local state colleges. And then when you get into the hard school you want to get into (which I hope you do) you can tell them you didn't think you would get in, so you didn't tell them.</p>
<p>Personally, I don't care if people find out I got rejected from x or y school - I just don't want to seem like I'm bragging when I answer their questions. I don't want to come off as stuck-up just because I'm desperate to escape from Ohio and they aren't.</p>
<p>around me, there are definite "swells" in schools. Nobody will apply to school X, then a popular kid will talk up his/her favorite school-and woohla, there's 80 people from each private school applying..I'm not even exaggerating.</p>
<p>Personally, I don't want to have my somewhat out of the normal range colleges advertised to such people. Plus, I don't think it's their business. </p>
<p>I honestly tell friends and people I know however.</p>
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Obviously, a lot of people on this thread do. There is always the risk that (if you're applying to the ivies, for instance) people will think of you as a pretentious person who thinks too much of him/herself. This happens naturally, as many people also harbor secret dreams of attending an ivy but know there is no way they can make it. And then, if you don't get in, they will be able to walk all over your dream, now having complete justification for saying, "Aha! I was right and this person was thinking too much of him/herself." So, instead of a pretentious person, you will now be a pretentious idiot. Not many people like to see themselves in this position.
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olgita, you said it all.</p>
<p>It depends on who I'm talking to. Around my intellectual peers, I'm pretty honest. I don't name off everywhere, just a couple of the 7-8 privates I'm going to apply to, in addition to the state school.</p>
<p>Around other people (the kid sitting next to me in X class, someone who probably wouldn't even recognize some of the places) I'm a lot more general. "A few private schools around the country." People know I'm smart, but I don't want to appear pretentious. "Yeah I'm applying to JHU, Duke, Rice... You? Oh, StateU..." That isn't how I would be, but I'm afraid that's how I'd be perceived. :< Now once I get accepted somewhere... different story. :)</p>
<p>Many people at my school applied to top schools so I didn't run into this problem.</p>
<p>I usually say "Oh, you know, U of M, MSU..." (referring to University of Michigan and Michigan State), even though I'm applying to five other schools if I don't know the person very well (my friends know exactly where I'm applying). The thing about a lot of my classmates is that a lot (most, at least out of those who ask me) are applying to those two schools, and they expect that answer. After all, over a fourth of the class of 2008 at my school went to one or the other.</p>
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<p>Hahahaha I love this post. Maybe I'll use it cuz my parents have been worrying about me blurting my ivy league dream schools and getting rejected from them later. I've already told my close friends, but eh for the others this response seems adequate enough.</p>
<p>I'm assuming this is for mere school acquaintances and not for real friends, but my plan is...</p>
<p>"I'm EDing to The Catholic University of America"</p>
<p>lol ppl always used to ask my friend that question, (he ended up going to Umich engineering by the way) but when someone asked him where he was applying to he would say Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts School of Las Vegas lol which is actually a college surprisingly</p>
<p>Son would say he is still looking and ask where the questioner was applying. Would say he's looking for ideas. He said that usually ended the discussion.</p>
<p>lol thats a good one ramen. Im now thinking that I shall create a list of eightish completely random schools and try to recite them in an intense and serious tone---good plan</p>
<p>I didn't mind so much when other students or my friends asked me. It bugged me when adults asked me. I think my all time least favorite question, though, was definitely "so, what are your plans?" after decisions came in. "Not sure" was pretty much my standard answer for every nosy question.</p>
<p>Only my bff's know where I really want to apply, and some adults know that Brown is (well, was) my top school. </p>
<p>Reason:
I'm known around my school as an intellegent yet ditzy slacker who doesn't do hw but writes amazingly and is passionate about life and newspaper and participates in class. There are a lot of super geniusy people who do all the hw and ace every test , etc. But right now, as far as I know, I have the highest SAT score out of any one in my grade (2340), including the all the super smart people. So people think I will get into "any college I choose", which I know from CC is complete bs, considering transcripts trump standardized scores in the admissions process, and my transcript perfectly reflects my laid back approach to learning. So bascially, I'm still aiming really high (Yale SCEA, Brown, Williams, Northwestern) while being realistic (Scripps, Northeastern, Oberlin- all for merit aid), which makes my list enormous (about 12 schools). So the reason I avoid answering where I'm applying to when my peers ask is 1) I'm applying to wayy more places than the average kid, even the smart ones and 2) I don't want to have to listen to "oh, how'd you get rejected with SAT scores like yours??" 20 billion times when I potentially get rejected from Yale/Brown/Williams. So basically, I won't tell anyone where I'm applying or where I get rejected, I'll just wear my Yale/Brown/Williams sweatshirt with pride if I'm lucky enough to get a big envelope. :)</p>
<p>I usually just say "out of Minnesota." For now, I'm gonna stick with "don't know yet..." But I don't know what I'm going to do in a few months. I don't plan to tell anyone (except for one person) because, like all of you said, I feel like they're going to think "YOU'RE applying to ___. You'll never get in..."</p>
<p>Hmmmm, I think I might just name a few community colleges for kicks...</p>