<p>HAHA i just had the worst experience with this today...I haven't told anyone...A good friend of mine just found out that he got accepted Early to the school he applied to and he hadn't told me he applied early anywhere so I was very surprised and happy for him! Like, i didn't care at all that he hadn't told me. So then I was talking to another good friend about it and when I brought up the part about him not telling me, she FLIPPED OUT and was ranting on about how she hates it and thinks it's sooo annoying when people don't say where they are applying early. I am sooo upset haha I feel so bad because i haven't told her that I applied early!! AH</p>
<p>The worst part is when people say, "oh you'll get in" when I tell them I'm applying to Princeton. It's going to be painful going around telling everyone I was deferred if it ends up coming to that.</p>
<p>Yeah because on December 15 or whatever date we'll find out, everyone will call or ask me at school if I got in.
And I'll say ummm no =/</p>
<p>yeah actually i tried to keep it secret until my recommender told someone. yeah.</p>
<p>haha one of my teachers said it in front of the class.
"WOW. PRINCETON? THAT MUST BE A LOT OF PRESSURE."
Then I said, "Yeah....thanks."
(Like he didn't add to that pressure by saying that in front of the whole class lol)</p>
<p>Yes, I too hate the "You'll get in," that everyone says.
Half the school (ok, maybe 10% of the senior class) knows that I applied to Princeton ED, but after others got deferrals from Columbia and MIT, I think I can take a deferral from Princeton. Everyone I've talked to doesn't know of anyone else who applied Pton ED - however, I know that there's at least one other person who has told NOBODY. If we get letters before school gets out for Winter break, and I'm accepted, I'm definitely going up to that person and saying that Princeton letters arrived :P</p>
<p>hahahahaha</p>
<p>oh well. i've gotten over it because i really don't care what other people think. except i don't really want their pity either...</p>
<p>^^Agreed...it's a good thing I'll be on Christmas break right after we get our letters.</p>
<p>ugh you're so lucky. not only do i have to go to school, i have to take exams the week after the decision is sent.</p>
<p>honestly, aside from our closest friends, I don't think anyone cares enough to pity us anyhow. =)</p>
<p>wow...ur xmas breaks start early my last day of school is the 22</p>
<p>yeah but more than my closest friends know about it, and they will ask and fake pity me lol</p>
<p>i just hate when people say "your going to get in" becuase they have no idea that everyone applying is just as qualified as you are</p>
<p>yeah i hate it too when people are like "okay be quiet you are going to get in" and it's like what no... some people figure out ways to date crocodile teeth and do research on :LAKFNkenrbr.</p>
<p>haha.. yeah i usually just tell people northwestern or some place like that</p>
<p>I've memorized mine in alphabetical order, so when I get to Princeton I just say it quickly and move on to the next one. Sometimes I joke about it, though, like "omgah! I need to write the superamazing essay that'll get me into Princeton!" but that's only to poke fun at myself and the whole crazy admissions process in general, so that hardly counts.</p>
<p>lol same here...</p>
<p>I just shared my school list to some of my closest friends and there're like 2 kinds of reactions:</p>
<p>1--> Oh, I'm sure you're gonna make it (I don't know if they mean it or not, and it would be such a horror when I get deferred/rejected)
2--> a kinda more straightforward answer: "*** you're climbing too high!!!!!", which really gets me down... And this kind of person would probably say sth like "See! I told you... sorry but I was just being honest"...</p>
<p>Anyway, I try to lie that I apply to other schools.... and that I didn't apply any ED....</p>
<p>I'm glad to see that everyone is having the same problems. Here is my normal scenario:</p>
<p>I work at CVS on weekends, so pretty much a lot of people I know through all of my ECs, especially parents of kids I know, etc, come in and ask where I've applied. So like a million people know I'm applying to Princeton (because I can't keep it a secret lol) and everyone is convinced I'm getting in, so it will either majorly suck to tell everyone I didn't or rule to tell people I did. :p</p>
<p>I know what you're talking about JTC, I work at a restaurant and everybody from my high school always comes in with their parents and the whole college talk gets started. I have been playing the whole "yeah, I really don't know where I want to go yet" (even though Princeton has been my first choice since...my birth, or freshman year, depending on how you look at it) until like a week ago when somebody pointed out that I can't not know where I'm applying in mid-December. </p>
<p>My parents always tell everyone that I'm planning on applying to Princeton though and they fawn over me and act like I'm practically going to be the next President (at age 18) if I get accepted/attend.</p>
<p>hahaha funny post j07 ^_^</p>
<p>yea same situation with me (as with everyone else)
I guess I don't hate telling people, but I hate when people say "oh dont worry you'll get in"</p>
<p>but then, what do you say when someone tells you "oh I'm applying to MIT"
one of my friends said that, and I didn't think she was qualified to get in...but I didn't want to lie and say "oh you'll get in"....(and she probably heard that a billion times) I just said "oh..good luck =)"
I felt kindof bad for not saying what everyone else said...
the guy next to me said "oh you'll get in"....but she got rejected.</p>
<p>yah....same here
not only do i go to an uber-competitive school where wherever you get in is announced in front of the entire high school.....
but i work in a smoothie place...(have been for 2ish yrs) and all the customers who i dont even really know ask me repeatedly where im applying and the regular customers even check in to see how my apps are going ARGHHH
responses i get
1)ooooh....princeton....wow you dont seem that smart
2) youre for sure gonna get in</p>
<p>not sure if i really like either of those....</p>