Friday, November 20, 2015

Waiting to Hear


        A couple of weeks ago, I finally submitted my common application to college, and I am very happy to finally be done with the application process. However, I am far from relieved. I thought that I could finally kick back, and just enjoy the year as a senior without thoughts of my application planted in my mind. I did not think of this before, but the suspense of waiting for a decision may kill me. I won’t hear from any school until at least the end of December, and I won’t hear from two of my top schools until the spring. I would certainly feel very relieved upon finishing the common app if the waiting periods was a couple of weeks or so, but a couple of months is painfully long. Some of my decisions should come in around Christmas time, and I know what I want Santa to bring me this year; acceptance letters.
        Just waiting is extremely painful and I do my best not to worry about it but it is hard not to, this is my future after all. Thirteen years of schooling and countless hours of work will hopefully pay off. The only question is when will I know that it has paid off? I worked very hard to get to this point, and all my hard work has lead up to what will hopefully be a three letter word that starts with “y” and ends with “e” and “s” from all the colleges that I applied to. I just have to wait a few more months. I never thought that I would be this anxious as a wait for some mail.
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  1. JonathanNovember 21, 2015 at 10:41 AM

    I feel the same way. Luckily the three schools I applied to early will get back to me within the next few weeks, but the suspense is pretty brutal. I find it is easier to deal with the stress knowing that everything will work itself out in the end, and I'll find somewhere good that I want to go to.

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  2. Andrew SNovember 22, 2015 at 3:27 PM

    I know how you feel. I have literally been doing everything I can to just not think about the schools I've already applied to, which is difficult because every other day I get another email from them. The only thing that makes the wait even worse is knowing how much I have to get done for regular decision before I find out. It is weird to feel done with applying, but still have so many applications left.

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  3. UnknownNovember 22, 2015 at 3:49 PM

    I find it pretty exciting. I've applied to the majority of my schools already, so now I just have to sit and wait. Every time I get something in a mail from the schools that I applied to, I get excited. Unfortunately, most of these are the same advertisements that I have been receiving for the past year. Hopefully they respond soon.

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  4. UnknownNovember 22, 2015 at 7:32 PM

    I agree that the stress of waiting sucks too, but i think it is going to even worse in the winter/spring waiting to hear from all the regular decision schools. At least now I still have application work to be focused on as I wait early action decisions. Once I submit everything for regular decision, I will have nothing else to do but wait. I think the only way to get past the strenuos waiting is to stop thinking about. I find that the minute I start second guessing myself about college and applications that I nescisarily over-complicate everything. Once it's out of your control you just have to forget about it and hope for the best.

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  5. Kevin ShannonNovember 22, 2015 at 8:13 PM

    I agree with what jonathon said in that everything will work out in the end, and that we will all end up in a good college. That is the mindset that I've kept within the year and it has served me very well.

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