<p>Yup, my Stanford ID did come in a later email. Thanks for the help</p>
<p>I still want my email…</p>
<p>Accepted at 3:05 pacific 
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<p>Sent from my SPH-D710 using CC</p>
<p>Congrats on Harvard and Wharton!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown):2180 (760 M, 740 W, 680 CR)
[</em>]ACT: nah
[<em>]SAT II: 720 USH
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.6882
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/381
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t report them.
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP English, AP Music Theory, Physics Honors, Honors Wind Symphony
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Well, I feel honored to be alive.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drumline - 4 years (section leader senior year, took two best percussion titles); Regional/All State Symphonic Bands - percussion; Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader, Eagle Scout in 10th grade); Church’s Young Men’s group (president all 4 years); Jazz Piano - (regional bands, county college ensemble, school ensembles, paid jobs); National Honors Society; JSA (treasurer); 1st or 2nd chair percussionist in school’s wind symphony (#2 HS ensemble in the nation); etc.
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, NHS, etc.
[<em>]Summer Activities: Enjoying my life.
[</em>]Essays: Turned out really nice. I thought they fit the Stanford “vibe.”
[<em>]Common App Main: Really moving, emotional, and strong. I wrote about the loss of a friend and related it to the power of music. (10/10)
[</em>]EC Short Answer: Basic - just a few sentences about drumline. Should have put more into it.
[<em>]“Profile” questions: Hey, I spoke the truth.
[</em>]Intellectual Vitality Essay: Pretty Ill - talked about how my chem teacher was corny and said “It’s all about the learning,” but that it legitimately changed how I approached school. (8/10)
[<em>]Letter to Roommate Essay: Fun, light hearted, and humorous. Even threw in a bit about collaboration - thought they’d like that, but apparently they didn’t ;). (8/10)
[</em>]What matters to you and why? Essay: Straight from the heart - wrote about how much my family matters to me. My introduction was in the form of a disconcerting, melancholy daydream. I liked it. (9/10)
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them, but they may not have been that great. Precalc and APUSH teachers. Eh.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Probably not good. What the guff. I had a new counselor every year of high school.
[<em>]Additional Rec: Nope.
[</em>]Interview:Nope.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah.
[</em>]Intended Major: Econ or Music or whatever.
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey!
[</em>]Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White!
[<em>]Gender: Male!
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~$125K
[<em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I sent in a nasty Jazz Piano Arts Supplement. I thought it would do the trick, but it didn’t. Hey, it was still a blast to make. I played original arrangements of “Giant Steps” and “Over the Rainbow.”
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: Strong focus on music, Arts Supplement, GPA, Eagle Scout.
[<em>]Weaknesses: SAT?, unreported AP’s (I got a 4 and 3 on two tests, just didn’t report), recommendations?, and the fact that 36,000 people applied :).
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected because they can only take about 2500 kids, and maybe the girl that looked at my app was on her period that day? Haha I don’t know.
[/ul]General Comments:
It was a nice challenge to apply to a school like this, but I know I’ll have an awesome time at UCLA or BYU. Thanks!</p>
<p>Wait listed. If you guys don’t mind, I’m going to sit at the corner and draw tiny circles on the floor while singing to Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz.</p>
<p>And maybe cry a little bit. 7.30am here now. Nothing like waking up in the morning with news like this.</p>
<p>Rejected. Can’t say I wasn’t expecting it. On to other schools I go!</p>
<p>Anyone know why I haven’t gotten an email yet?</p>
<p>Someone’s email was caught in there REA and they didn’t find it for hours.</p>
<p>I took break at work and found out I got rejected. I think I’m gonna cry :,(</p>
<p>Congratulations to those of you accepted! Now go and join the facebook group: “The Official Stanford Class of 2016”</p>
<p>It looks like I’ll be attending Berkeley! Funny how my (ex) dream school will soon be my rival school… even if Stanford doesn’t really recognize Cal as its rival LOL. </p>
<p>I’m honestly very oddly calm and content right now. I thought I’d be sobbing my eyes out and cursing the world, but I’m not </p>
<p>I’m going to make the best out of where I go, and I hope you all do too <3</p>
<p>I am checking my spam folder… I still haven’t gotten it… I can’t really call them either since they shut down the Ad office.</p>
<p>Rejected :/. I’m glad I got into Cornell but they probably won’t give me enough financial aid like Stanford would :(.</p>
<p>I got in. I know a lot of people say this, but I honestly don’t know how I did. I got rejected/waitlisted from almost every Ivy I applied to. When I think about all of the other qualified candidates in my grade, I genuinely wonder how I was lucky enough to be in my situation now.</p>
<p>An ongoing dialogue that I’ve been having with a few friends the past few weeks is that it doesn’t matter really where you get in. College admissions is a crapshoot, and getting rejected from one or many colleges doesn’t mean you aren’t qualified, accomplished, or any less than anyone else. Don’t forget that.</p>
<p>Hey guys! I got into Stanford and am excited and pleasantly surprised. However, the cost is freaking the hell out of me. For upper middle class families with certain circumstances, could Stanford be willing to give me a decent aid package? My dad has Polycystic Kidney Disease and lately has not been feeling well, spends a LOT of money on medicines, and I’m worried about his health and the medical costs. I have a younger sister who is 12, but i dont think that is a dealbreaker for some financial aid. I got a full scholarship from WashU, and want to weigh my options. Stanford was my uber reach, and so I never really became attached/researched Stanford as much as I should have. I’m planning to contact the Finaid office and discuss my circumstances. Stanford’s sciences are SUPERB, especially the chem department, plus the humanities are out of this world. Not trying to sound like a spoiled brat b/c I know a lot of people wish to be in my position. I just wish I was very rich so I wouldnt have to worry about this tuition business.</p>
<p>Where did you find the financial aid information? It didn’t come with the acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Awkward wrong forum. Sorry guys didn’t mean to spam</p>
<p>This isn’t good. I’ve been crying for five hours and I can’t stop. I’m almost done with my tissues. And there’s no appeal process. It’s just so…final.</p>
<p>Re-applying next year or for grad school for me would be a huge joke. I don’t even know what to do with myself…</p>
<p>Congrats those who got in or got waitlisted!</p>