By Natalie Khor
After the first semester of college application frenzy, the long, arduous wait awaits seniors in their last semester of high school. Every day, we check our emails obsessively to see if there will be any updates to our applications.
Angelia Loo (12) applied under early decision to Northeastern University and was among one of the first to receive an admissions decision. “The waiting game was pretty torturous and painful because all it was that it would come out by December 15, but it had come out earlier previously, so I was just checking my email every morning,” she said. When that fateful day arrived, she opened her university portal to gratifying news.
Joshua Emmanuel (12) received similar news in his applications and admitted, “Once I got [the acceptance], I couldn’t care anymore at school.”
There’s a long-standing joke that no one is more pathetic than seniors in second semester, and with acceptances pouring in as time goes on, it is only inevitable. After all, why keep working hard when you’re already in college?
However, the decisions that wait in the portals aren’t always good news, and seniors have to make the difficult choice of fighting the urge to check during the school day or giving in to temptation as it can make or break their mood--deferrals are disappointing, and rejections are downright devastating. Not to mention, college admissions is not just about being accepted but also about whether they offer enough scholarships and financial aid for the student to have the means to attend. Oftentimes, financial aid packages come after decisions and thus commence the second “waiting game.”
Decisions may be trickling in slowly now, but in March, they will start pouring in, and all the seniors have to mentally prepare themselves for the rollercoaster of emotions that will be sure to come in the month of March.
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