***Official Stanford RD 2016 Applicants' Discussion Thread***

<p>I guess everyone’s too preoccupied with their own lives to give me a second opinion on the cell phone dilemma so I think I’m going to check after work. But if you do want to give me your opinion, my post is on the bottom of page 27 :)</p>

<p>Good luck all and remember that no matter what happens… at least you tried (which is more than some people can say). And most stores are stocked with a lot of chocolate and you can always blast the song “Somebody That I Used To Know” for however long until it helps (singing along encouraged). I’ll even virtually share my five boxes of Kleenex.</p>

<p>Um… are we all 100% certain Stanford will be announcing its decisions today? The admission news website hasn’t been updated…</p>

<p>Apparently that’s what’s been told to someone’s guidance counselor and another CC user via phone. I guess we can never be sure, but I don’t think Stanford will act later than today, which is already after Ivy Day…</p>

<p>@calgirl15: i was thinking the same thing… ive been checking it all day… wasnt it supposed to update an hour ago if they are releasing them today…?</p>

<p>I would think that they would update it…but I guess not? I’ll go ask my counselor later today.</p>

<p>@smewshie:
I don’t think you should open it! haha being anxious is better than being tearful, esp. in front of a lot of people, right? I opened my email(for EA) right before an orchestra concert, and everyone was staring at me while I started to tear up; then I started to cry. Then everyone asked -.- and I had to explain. haha if you post it on here in the morning, we’ll all celebrate with you!</p>

<p>Good luck :)</p>

<p>^Agreed! :)</p>

<p>Last year they apparently posted the update at about 11:45 AM PST…</p>

<p>I’ve been reading this thread for a while, and just finally made an account and decided to join in on the anxious waiting. :] so nervous!</p>

<p>but I was looking through Stanford’s old admission update posts, and last year for Regular they announced at 11:23 the morning of that decisions would be released that day, and in '09 for REA, they update was posted at 2:15. So I think any time between now and then is fair game! We just have to wait and see :)</p>

<p>*the update was posted at 2:15 PM</p>

<p>haha all this nervousness is making me antsy on the keyboard. -_-</p>

<p>how do you know when they released the announcement in the past?</p>

<p>Hehehe keeidy, I opened up that link twice before I finally understood the joke. :slight_smile: Haha, thanks for lightening up the thread!</p>

<p>Oh, and FYI in case anyone is looking for something to do that will kill time before decisions come out, I have found sunbathing and listening to Jason Mraz VERY HELPFUL. Also, do not (I repeat, DO NOT) turn to outsiders for help. They do not understand what we’re going through, and I find it increasingly less helpful to try and explain. Just keep your emotions to CC.</p>

<p>if you check stanford’s feed for their admission announcements, it gives a brief beginning to the article as well as the time it was posted at</p>

<p>“haha being anxious is better than being tearful, esp. in front of a lot of people, right?”</p>

<p>Yeah, it’s also a good exercise of self control. I think I’ll just do that. But if I open it right after work, I won’t be able to sleep. Eep. Leaning more towards morning now. Thanks for your opinion ^-^</p>

<p>And dang AforAmbition, I was hoping it would be a good hint for you to go back and read my post too because it was about you & Berkeley (unless you already read it and just didn’t reply). Guess the hint didn’t work haha :x</p>

<p>Welcome gumbi!</p>

<p>Wow, I just completely freaked out while checking my email. There was a message in the inbox, and I screamed (mentally) as it was loading…
It was a Groupon.</p>

<p>@smewshie Oops I didn’t see that earlier! Thank you for your words of comfort :smiley: I know I should be ecstatic about Berkeley (#1 Public School in the Nation!) but I guess all those rejections overwhelmed me. I will get over it soon though. I know we’ll all be great wherever we go :)</p>

<p>Although I will be disappointed if I’m rejected this afternoon, I will be happy at BU with my $40,000 scholarship. I’m getting off of CC until decisions are released. Going to lunch with my boyfriend will hopefully make the time go by faster. Good luck everybody!</p>

<p>I just got an email and I got tense but then it was just NC State accepting me into their honors program! At least some good news will come from today! Haha</p>

<p>I just got an email about fighting my hair loss. </p>

<p>NC State acceptance > hair loss help when you’re not even losing your hair. CONGRATS :)</p>

<p>Haha thanks! I know I am losing my hair waiting for this decision!</p>

<p>Time to jump into the fray…Stanford is the last decision I’m getting that I care about at this point (still waiting on Harvey Mudd, but I basically decided against that one at this point) and probably the most important to me. My hopes, however, are pretty low because historically my high school gets almost nobody into Stanford whereas we do get people into Ivy League schools, etc. Best of luck to everybody though, I know I would be completely freaking out if I hadn’t lucked out and gotten into one of my top three schools at this point.</p>

<p>Stanford is my last important decision as well! My school has an awful output of students to the very competitive schools (our last student that was accepted to Stanford graduated over 10 years ago, and our valedictorian last year was rejected from every Ivy/Stanford/UChicago type school except for UPenn). </p>

<p>Best of luck to everybody awaiting decisions. Hopefully they come out soon!</p>