<p>sounds like she chose brown?</p>
<p>just read this thread for the first time...what a great post! Thanks for timeless advice!</p>
<p>seempand, yes she chose Brown.</p>
<p>I'm being a little negative here, but this thread doesn't cheer me up. All of these "inspirational stories" have extremely happy endings: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst, Williams, and the like. I honestly think that EA is my one chance since I have so-so standardized tests (there are a bunch of other little reasons). Clearly these Yale deferrals had the stats for similar institutions, which I believe I may not have. If Yale deferred people who could be accepted to Stanford, Harvard, etc., what chance do I have? Your daughters/sons were amazing in the first place, so they had great chances in the RD round.</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>I'm sorry to rant and I'm really sorry if I brought other people's confidence down. I just can't help it with decision day approaching.</p>
<p>wow im being very serious but... thx so much Coureur, your advice is so comforting!! still, I'm really eager to get into Yale....:P</p>
<p>It's not really Yale I am worried about. I know I will get in somewhere great and will end up very happy. I am just not looking forward to the 4 month RD waiting period between December and April that I'll have to suffer through if I get rejected/deferred EA from Yale. It's the waiting that is torture.</p>
<p>I'd have to agree... It makes its so much worse when other people are getting into school and relaxing. Deferral especially stinks knowing that I could have just applied to an easier school early and gotten that early acceptance. Waiting sucks.</p>
<p>Need this thread.</p>
<p>This thread is a lifesaver. Thank you, thank you, and thank you again. I'm going to reread it every day. I got deferred on Friday and have been feeling extremely depressed since. THANK YOU. Anyone else got stories? This thread should be highlighted on the site.</p>
<p>Bump!
I'm about to find out my EA decision a week from tomorrow. The trouble is, five are applying from my school, two have already been accepted and the other two I feel are stronger applicants than I am. I'm bracing myself. Yale saw a 36% increase in EA applicants this year. Looks like I'm in for a disappointment. </p>
<p>Yes, the waiting will be the worst. I'm one of three in a Greek class. The other two will have been accepted to Chicago and Yale. That's gonna be painful.</p>
<p>Good bumping, Toban. The thread's quite appropriate at this time.
It's been so difficult to look past that dreaded date, and it'll still HURT if we get rejected, but as other people have said, there are always other schools to look forward to and be happy at.
Anyway. We'll see soon enough.</p>
<p>OK, Neurosurgeon.... You are going around to every thread and "outing" these people. What does it accomplish? I'd be on here in disguise if I were them, too. Be cool, boy... real cool.</p>
<p>Hahaha excitement I love... supersleuth=overboard..</p>
<p>thank you for bumping this thread, it made me feel a little better. everyone keeps telling me that not getting in wouldn't be the end of the world, but it's nice to see real examples.</p>
<p>...that being said, i still want to get into yale really really badly.</p>
<p>amazing thread.</p>
<p>after reading all these stories, i feel like i'll definitely be okay come december 14th and i get rejected. =)</p>
<p>hahahaha ohhh akiiriah, why do I get the feeling that you and ursel4some1likeu are both ridiculously smart and this whole time I've been in the presence of goddesses?</p>
<p>You guys don't understand how low my chances are. Probs negative.
Hehe, gooooo optimism!!</p>
<p>haha NO you wont believe how badly I messed up my SAT IIs. and yale wont see my december scores for early action so i'll probably get rejected/deferred because of those =(</p>
<p>and fringey, the yale adcoms might be reading CC, identify you, and then accept you out of your love for yale. you never know =)</p>
<p>Psh any of my SAT scores, I or II, are considered paltry on CC. Truly.</p>
<p>I'm reeeeallly, really hoping that happens, haha. Bout the only chance I've got. SOOOO any curious adcoms (haha neurosurgeon, this one's for you), PM me.</p>
<p>Fringey, as are my SAT scores (both I and II).</p>
<p>Weeeee but I really mean that.... they are severely unimpressive to these folks.</p>