<p>It gives great pleasure to inform you that initial review of your application indicated that you will be offered admission to Stanford. This early approval is a tribute to your extraordinary achievements as a student and scholar. ....</p>
<p>We will hold a place for you in the freshman class and send you a formal announcement of your admission in early April by letter and email. Information about Admit Weekend, scheduled for April 23-25, as well as details about your enrollment will follow with that letter. ....</p>
<p>signed
Dean of Admissions </p>
<p>handwritten note next to signature: "come to Stanford."</p>
<p>How did you get an acceptance letter to Stanford so early? Were you SCEA and deferred? Because the only letters that went out in December were SCEA and then it is my understanding the next round of letters are for RD or SCEA deferrals that are being considered for RD.</p>
<p>To those getting rejected in the EA round, don't let that rejection email define who you are. Every single one of you is a successful, motivated individual. Keep in mind that a lot of students I know who attended top colleges for undergrad are now unable to attend top grad schools because they do not have the grades.</p>
<p>I however, know plenty of people who attended public schools and small liberal art colleges who now attend top, prestigious grad schools. Think about undergraduate college admission this way.</p>
<p>You'd rather thrive in smaller, non-prestigious schools than flounder in top schools. (It would be best if you could thrive in both prestigious undergrad and grad schools. Hehe.)</p>
<p>"I however, know plenty of people who attended public schools and small liberal art colleges who now attend top, prestigious grad schools. Think about undergraduate college admission this way.</p>
<p>You'd rather thrive in smaller, non-prestigious schools than flounder in top schools. (It would be best if you could thrive in both prestigious undergrad and grad schools. Hehe.)"</p>
<p>This isnt true. That doesnt make sense. i know for a fact that ur better off going to a top undergrad school and doing decently than going to an average school and doing really well. U make it sound like a school will punish u if you have a lower GPA at a top school. Quite the opposite. Grad schools will want u more because they know u are prepared for a competitive environment like that.</p>
<p>^The statement about it's better to do decent at a top school than doing very well at an "average" school is false. You do not know that for a fact. And the data almost unanimously stands against that statement.</p>
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^The statement about it's better to do decent at a top school than doing very well at an "average" school is false. You do not know that for a fact. And the data almost unanimously stands against that statement.
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<p>It depends what kind of grad school you want to get in to, but I'd say you're wrong for about 75% of grad schools/types.</p>
<p>Beef supreme, i know this is so good, even i doubetd if it was a joke.</p>
<p>but gee golly it's right here. i am surprised Stanford would write such a stronly worded "likely" letter, that it is a de facto admissions letter.</p>
<p>i want to know if anyone else received similar likelys.</p>
<p>what's this "likely" mean, seems well beyond likely as in slam dunk
I have never heard of Stanford sending such a letter, however that means little. It is possible I suppose that you are such a strong applicant and they assume you have applied elsewhere and want to get you thinking in terms of Stanford before the others, maybe even committing to it, before you hear from other schools.</p>
<p>Or could be wishful thinking.</p>
<p>I hope it is true though. Because it would be pretty cool if it was.</p>
<p>"The statement about it's better to do decent at a top school than doing very well at an "average" school is false. You do not know that for a fact. And the data almost unanimously stands against that statement."</p>
<p>Tyler 09, you think that grad schools dont know that its harder to do well at the " more prestigious/ competitive" schools? They're not stupid. A guy who comes out of an IVY with a decent GPA is usually put above a guy with a higher GPA at a " less well known" school because the guy at the ivy was challenged more and competed with the best. Even my grandma knows that.</p>