<p>I hate to sound blatant, but I think your success story about living at friend’s houses… low income level… and your other circumstances sets you apart in a positive way because you have overcome so much adversity. Also, Stanford also smiles upon questbridge kids.</p>
<p>I got deferred from restricted EA, but I think you have more of a chance than I did during the first EA round of reviews.</p>
<p>ok thanks! bumping this back up again</p>
<p>bump! :)</p>
<p>please chance me! post a link and I’ll return the favor!</p>
<p>since you have won nobel prize,i’d say you are solid in with a great financial aid package.:)</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>I guess my update is overdue… Here were the results:</p>
<p>Stanford - rejected
Harvard - rejected
Penn - rejected
Columbia - rejected
Brown - rejected
Duke - rejected
Cornell - rejected
NYU Stern - rejected
UChicago - rejected
GWU - rejected
Middlebury - rejected</p>
<p>Bates - waitlisted
Williams - waitlisted
Dartmouth - waitlisted</p>
<p>Emory - accepted
UMiami - accepted
UCs (Cal / UCLA / UCD / UCSB) - accepted
CSUs (Cal Poly SLO / SDSU / CSU LB / CSU Chico) - accepted</p>
<p>I still haven’t recovered from these decisions :(</p>
<p>Don’t worry. Getting waitlisted to Williams and Dartmouth is impressive. I was in a similar situation and I’m at Berkeley now. :)</p>