<p>surprise, i actually got admitted to stanford. however i also got into harvard, my other number one choice. SOMEONE HELP ME, PLEASE!!!! </p>
<p>In layman's terms, what would you do, because i'm going bonkers...</p>
<p>I know how you feell</p>
<p>I got into Yale AND Stanford and I don't know what to do</p>
<p>i'll probably go to Yale because it's far away but I'll visit both</p>
<p>No contest. Stanford is in California. sun > snow ;)</p>
<p>In all seriousness, though, you can't really go wrong, so I'd visit both and decide which one you think you'd be happier at. It's not like you have to worry about academics being bad.</p>
<p>Relax, and go to visit. My son got into Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. Visiting and talking to people will lead you to the choice.</p>
<p>Virtuoso I've been on this forum five minutes and seen you mention your double acceptance about 14,382 times. (jk)</p>
<p>actually i've mentioned it three times or so but i feel i should be able to post about it since i thought i would never get into any school like stanford</p>
<p>I wish I could be shouting THAT kind of "nooooooo".</p>
<p>My son was actually kind of relieved not to be in your shoes. Have you visited both places? They are very different. I have a very definite preference. But I'm a city person.</p>
<p>stanford's visting weekend is april 19-21 and harvard's is 21-23, so i'm planning on attending both. i'm consulting every person i know that has any legitimate information regarding both universities, but i'm still in complete shock that this has happened to me. in hindsight, "bonkers" is a severe understatement</p>
<p>First of all, congrats! It's nice to have colleges courting you now, instead of the other way around, isn't it? </p>
<p>I might be very biased as a Stanford student, but I really don't know why you'd choose Harvard over Stanford if you are going to be an undergraduate student. If you <em>love</em> Boston or must be in a city, Harvard might be a better choice. </p>
<p>Although I admit that my sample size is very small, of the people I know who went to Harvard and Stanford those at Stanford were on average much, much happier with their college experience. I know at least a couple of people who chose Harvard over Stanford and regret it, none the other way around. I had friends who visited Harvard, talked to students and faculty members there, and were told to go to Stanford. </p>
<p>Stanford students are, in general, very happy with Stanford. That doesn't mean that their lives are suddenly perfect, that's just unrealistic, but all of my friends have had a great experience so far at Stanford. We get very high ratings for quality of life year after year. I think that's very important. I think that the quality of your life for four years should matter more than the slight difference in prestige between the two schools. </p>
<p>Weather will sound like a dumb reason to choose a school, but it really makes a difference. Students are much happier when it is sunny, and it sucks to bike to class in the rain (or I imagine go to school when it is freezing, snowing, hailing, etc.). When I was applying to schools I would never have considered this, but I've found that my college experience is actually affected quite a bit by good/bad weather. </p>
<p>If you decide Harvard is a better fit, that's perfectly fine, go there. But PLEASE do not choose Harvard simply because you think it will sound better to say you graduated from Harvard than from Stanford. This seems to happy all too often and is likely to be the reason that students at Harvard aren't happy with their experience once they get there.</p>
<p>thanks, marlgirl. if you don't mind me asking, what are you majoring in?</p>
<p>If I have to choose between Stanford and Pton, it'll be straight-up Stanford.</p>
<p>I'm still planning to major in physics</p>
<p>Reading ROCKao's thread might help you a little.</p>
<p>And marlgirl, weather was definitely a factor in choosing where to apply. A little shallow, maybe, but definitely important!</p>