The Waiting Game

Long time no post! Since my last post I have visited dozens of colleges, sent in twenty-one applications, won a nice scholarship, have received three acceptances, and (this is the best part) zero rejections.

But I'm still waiting. Eighteen more colleges have yet to send me an admissions decision and it is absolutely painful to think that I have to wait more than a month to hear from them.

I've tried to busy myself with school, extracurriculars, deciphering financial aid requirements, and filling out scholarships. But that hasn't stopped me from obsessively checking my email and various colleges' checklist portals several times a day. I know that constantly checking isn't going to make schools send me a decision sooner, but I don't know how to channel all of this nervous energy I've found myself with.

Many adults have called this phenomenon "the waiting game." I don't see why it's called that; this is far from a game and not very fun at all. Does anybody out there have any advice on what to do while one waits to hear back? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Accepted:
Georgetown University
Lewis & Clark College
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Honors Program

Rejected:

Waiting to Hear From:
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Carleton College
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Kenyon College
Macalester College
Pomona College
Rice University
University of Pennsylvania
Vassar College
Washington University in St. Louis
Wesleyan University
Yale University