Goodbye Stanford Board...

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<p>I wanted to congratulate everyone who got in... you deserved it.</p>

<p>So much for hating the past four years of my life... for nothing. </p>

<p>I am sad, yes, but I think this will only push me to further take on the existentialist life viewpoint that Camus' The Stranger has recently introduced me too... it seems, just so much more indiffernt... and I like that.</p>

<p>I hope you all enjoy it, enjoy life while you can... I have hated my life the last four years, the last two especially. And what for? A deferal. In a 15 minute review of the last four years of my life, a few people single handidly tore down my life dreams that I have had since 6th grade. To attend Stanford.</p>

<p>What for... what for>? Why do I [we] kill ourselves for no reasons whatsoever. So a select few will go onto stanford... well done. For me? Nothing. I have no more to show for my hours of studying, working hard, and having nill social life... sure my report card says straight A's... sure my GPA is good... but for what? </p>

<p>I wish I could bring cheer to this board again... but I cannot. </p>

<p>I am now proceeding to go in my room and put on the death cab for cutie... tis a sad time.</p>

<p>I am starting a novel: What not to do in your life. It is about how you should live life, and not look towards the future... life it for today. Sha la la la la live for today... I had always view Stanford as my means of achieving great life goals... curing cancer, ending poverty, learning to cook... but why had I been doing those things now? Life is how you make, not how the school makes it. I can get as good of education with a 5 dollar library card... if I put my mind to it.</p>

<p>I wish you all the best of luck. This is the worst I have felt in my entire life. I am glad some of you feel the best you have ever felt.</p>

<p>"sometimes, nothing can be a mighty cool hand"... I wish Paul Newman was right...</p>

<p>Will I be seeing anyone at Wisconsin Madison?</p>

<p>Stay classy guys...</p>

<p>Wolffy</p>

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<p>i feel your pain, man.
i don't think i'll be coming here again after today.</p>

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<p>It's only a deferral. You've still got a great chance in RD. You're a great guy, Wolffy.</p>

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<p>Seriously, man. It's only a deferral.</p>

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<p>Wolfy, I don't know you well. But, I know how you feel. I doubt I'll visit this forum again for a long time. But, chin up man. I guess, things happen for a reason. And in the end, I suppose things should come to a complete circle. Let's jsut hope that our time remains that ever glistenin beacon ever waiting. =\ Eitherway. Feel better; so long.</p>

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<p>Look, Stanford does not defer many people. You still have a great chance. Obviously Stanford wants to consider you again.</p>

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<p>Sorry.. I wanted to leave that as my final post... but I had to say:</p>

<p>Stanford accepts 10% of deferals..</p>

<p>even worse than RD</p>

<p>Good bye cruel world</p>

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<p>Hey....better than being rejected like me.</p>

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<p>ditto chloecat</p>

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<p>its a deferral.. don't call it quits yet.</p>

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<p>remember, it's 10 percent in a smaller pool of applicants.</p>

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<p>I say everyone that has been rejected after working day and night for four years. Doing community service not to feel good but to get into Stanford. Playing sports not because you want to but to get into Stanford. Joining debate, not to debate but to get into Stanford. Should just join together once we have enough money and just start a university called, "***** College". This will one day become the premier university in the world.</p>

<p>The worst part is that there probably is a rule against swearing, but I don't really care because I just got rejected, so **** 'em.</p>

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<p>Yeah, don't give up. . .my friend at school got deferred from Stanford, and as he put it. . . "I'll try to win as many guitar competitions as I can between now and the next deadline. . ."</p>

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<p>Aw, Wolffy, don't fret too much. I was deferred from Harvard and the acceptance rate is 3%! Don't worry, life will go on, and we're all here for you too.</p>

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<p>Wolffy, buddy, I know how hating high school goes. Listen bro, just because some group of random faces decided that we weren't good enough for them doesn't mean anything. I got deferred too. You know what, I probably didn't want Stanford as bad as you, but I wanted it too. And I know we probably aren't going to get in. But let's be optimistic. I went through an existentialist phrase. And it's not fun. Look, either way, this is past. There are really cool people anywhere you go. You'll have friends wherever you go. Because there's just way too many awesome people out there to be existentialist. Life isn't meaningless. We may make it so sometimes, but it is not inherently meaningless. Stick around, even if its only to share sob stories with anyone else who didn't get in. If I'm not mistaken, Camus, or maybe Sartre came around toward a more humanistic viewpoint toward the end of his life. This is long and rambling, sorry. We're forced to do things we don't want to in high school to validate ourselves with a letter from HYPS. We don't have to. Everyone who got in, congrats. But it doesn't mean the rest of us are failures as people. You have a whole semester ahead of you. Do something for yourself. Learn to cook. Or bake. I have the world's best recipe for chocolate-hazelnut biscotti. Hang around bro. I think I speak for the entire Stanford Board when I say we love you.</p>

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<p>Ditto to what megalomaniac said.. hang around deferred's, I have two close friends that got deferred, and neither of them are quitting- Stanford will be more than willing to come back for a second look.
To pick up the philosophical thread: basically, everyone got over their existential and meaningless self-loathing eventually. Even all the stodgy french bastards who basically pioneered modern-day nihilism and postmodernism have gotten bored with everything being meaningless and started reconstructionist philosophy, even just to entertain themselves, haha. So live a little, and construct your own meaning and fun, and never give up.</p>

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<p>College definitely isn't the end of the world. Plenty of people have become VERY successful without even GOING to college, so the fact that you had the courage to put yourself out there for such a big-name school is an accomplishment in itself. Believe me, there are a lot of very qualified people who are too scared to even apply. </p>

<p>I know this sounds like complete ******** now, but the only person who can make you feel better is yourself. So, decide to pick yourself up and accomplish great things in life. You're obviously highly motivated, highly intelligent, and highly well-read. That's a big thing -- whether or not you went to Stanford. Remember, an Armani model is still a person, and Stanford is still just a school.</p>

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<p>How come they censored p i s s e d but not bastard?</p>

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<p>Sorry I don't know you too well, but you've been given a second chance. You've been given the chance to prove yourself to them! So why not prove yourself? Don't let some 10% statistic deter you.
I got rejected and frankly I'm happy. That just shows that I need more work, I need to improve myself and apply for transfer next year.</p>

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<p>I am just as dissapointed as you. I'm asking the exact same questions as you. I got deferred from MIT yesterday and I've honestly lost all will to work. Just messed up a quiz royally today and haven't bothered to study for tommorrow's test. I think I'm going to just sick out. I hope I'm back to normal after Christmas break...</p>