And Now, the Nerves...

Well, it's that time of year.  The time when all us seniors start getting our acceptance/rejection letters from colleges.

So far, the process has not been very kind to me.

I have yet to get accepted to one of the schools I really want to go to.  As of today, these are my college decisions:

Accepted at...
Earlham
Hollins
Simmons

Denied at...
Beloit
Bryn Mawr
Wellesley

Still waiting on...
Carleton
Mount Holyoke
Scripps
Smith

So far, my only real choice is Earlham.  Hollins gave me a lousy financial aid offer (seriously, my family's expected contribution is literally our entire yearly income).  As for Simmons, well, they basically screwed me over.  They had me fill out their priority application and PROMISED they'd give me my decision result within 3 weeks.  Well, three weeks came and went, and what I ended up with was an email from them stating that they were putting my application "on hold" until they saw my first semester senior grades.  Which was uncalled for, really, because my GPA was already above their average.

And after I send them my latest senior grades, they decide wait yet another month before giving me a decision!

After a while someone from admissions contacted me telling me to submit my college transcript from my Japanese Language I college class because she's trying to "push my application through."  Finally, on Monday (March 19, 2012), I get an acceptance letter going on and on about how great I am.

Just by reading it you could tell how fake it was.  I mean, seriously, if they thought I was that great than they would accepted me within three weeks like they promised, not three months.

Anyway, I was thoroughly irritated by this and refuse to even consider them now.  That was a bad move for a college to make.  Promise someone a decision within three weeks and then wait three months to give them a decision.  Like I'd ever want to go to a college that lied to me like that...seriously...

However, I'm digressing.  The point is that none of the colleges I actually want to go to are accepting me.  I really thought I had a chance at Bryn Mawr since they accept almost 50% of their applicants.

For the sake of not making myself feel more depressed, I'm going to assume that my rejection was NOT based off the fact that I'm such a failure that I can't even get accepted at a school that accepts nearly 50% of their applicants.  Instead, I've decided to attribute my rejection to my abysmal interview.

Of course, if I get rejected at both Smith and Mount Holyoke, I'm going to have to rethink that assumption.

I'm really only waiting for Smith and Mount Holyoke now.  Like I said before, it's really important to me to go to a women's college.  Carleton is kind of like "meh" to me because it's co-ed.  Scripps was originally pretty high on my list, but then I heard that it's like girls gone wild there, so...yeah...

I really, really, REALLY hope I get accepted at Smith or Mount Holyoke.  If I don't get accepted at either or them...well...welcome to co-ed bathrooms, I guess.

For Smith I'll find out tomorrow at 4:00PM (Mountain Time).  I just looked on College Confidential, and it appears that Mount Holyoke's decisions are supposed to come out an hour after Smith's (5:00PM Mountain Time).  Even after getting rejected from Bryn Mawr today, I'm still trying my best to be optimistic.  Never say die!  So fingers crossed, right? : )