<p>Almost no matter what, I can’t help but hope for admission. In cases where I’m sure I’ll be rejected, I can extinguish that expectancy (ie: around 8:00 Dec 16th 2009, an hour before MIT released decisions), but I don’t want to be sure about Yale :(.</p>
<p>anytime someone’s sure of getting accepted into a school like yale…u no ur arrogant…</p>
<p>I think we can all hope for admission, but, I think we’re all smart enough to “prepare for the worst.” With the number of applications Yale and its peer schools get these days, it’s just impossible to be sure about anything. And well, after getting rejected by Columbia ED, I’m about 99.9% sure I’ll be getting the same type of letter from Yale. But meh, that’s just me.</p>
<p>I mean, we can always attempt to transfer right? Although transfer acceptance rates are even more ridiculous.</p>
<p>I just got rejected by UChicago. There go my thoughts that I had a slim chance at Yale.</p>
<p>hope for the best; expect the worst!
its not like there’s an in between though :)</p>
<p>every time i get anxious about college decisions, I just come on here and realize how many other people must be freaking out too. then I feel a little better.</p>
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<p>Was that in response to me? Sorry if I wrote in a confusing manner. By “I don’t want to be sure about Yale,” I meant that I don’t want to be sure that I’ll be rejected. Also, by “expectancy”, I meant what Ophelia intends when she calls Hamlet the “expectancy and rose of the fair state.” Expectancy=hope (that for, not expectation of, acceptance).</p>
<p>No. No. No! Not a Hamlet reference! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
We just read Hamlet in school. Let’s just say Shakespeare is not my cup of tea. I mean, when I finally understand all the literary elements he stuffs into his plays, I really appreciate how great of a writer he was, but ahhh. And we are now in the process of reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. LOL. So much Hamlet!</p>
<p>Anyway, I think ayeeeconnie said it best.</p>
<p>I don’t believe I’ve posted here before. I was deferred from Yale in December, and this wait has absolutely killed me. Yale has been my first choice for so long, and I’m bracing myself for April 1, but I can’t help but be hopeful… I mean, someone has to be accepted, and it could very well be one of us. So, as long as that possibility remains, there’s no reason to feel discouraged. </p>
<p>That said, submitting an application on October 28 and still not having a final decision on March 19 is a huge b-tch.</p>
<p>Yale is my first choice, but I don’t want it to be because of how unlikely it is that I’ll be accepted.</p>
<p>But thanks for your encouragement. I really just want this process to be over. As I imagine all of us do so we can continue on with our lives.</p>
<p>my comment wasnt directed towards anyone.</p>
<p>hamlet…read that a long long time ago.</p>
<p>I’ve never read Hamlet. My English teacher changed the senior lit syllabus this year and cut out Hamlet, because he thought it would be more interesting to read one of Shakespeare’s less popular plays, so we’re doing Measure for Measure. I’m kind of apathetic, really.</p>
<p>I know what you mean, syllyaardvark. I have friends who were ecstatic when they got into schools I consider safeties, and I don’t say that in a condescending way at all… I’m happy that they will be legitimately happy once this process ends, while there’s a high probability I won’t be. Oh well. We’ll see what happens - less than two weeks remaining.</p>
<p>My friends think I’m nuts because I don’t want to go to my state’s flagships (UVA and W&M). Especially since I’ve been designated an Echols Scholar at UVA already and received a full-ride to W&M.</p>
<p>Oh well. Sometimes I wish I never told my friends where I applied. But, I can’t change the past. :)</p>
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SO true. although idk anyone like that</p>
<p>I know a girl who was like that for UPenn, and then she got in. Sucks.</p>
<p>My friend who is like that received a likely from UPenn. :/</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone in living memory from my school has got into Yale. Or any Ivy Leagues for that matter. I’m hoping to be the first :)</p>
<p>What do likely letters say anyway?</p>
<p>Basically that you have been designated as a “likely candidate for admission”, or something along those lines, and that you’re pretty much guaranteed a spot come April 1. Oh, and of course, subtle hints not to accept any other schools in the meantime :P</p>
<p>All of us CC people will get in no matter what :D</p>
<p>I got deferred in December. Not really expecting to get in at this point but I’m still pretty anxious about it.</p>
<p>I have no clue why I applied, but hi! xD</p>