<p>you can’t tell how someone is academically superior/inferior just through a couple numbers. You need to actually know the person?
Yeah I’ll end up leaving…soon. maybe. I’ll probably join another thread so uh watch out for me? haha. This was fun while it lasted, at least it wasn’t the day before my birthday. Ew great…I just found out Taylor Lautner is hosting SNL.
All of us who got rejected, let’s party (:
Diglett used earthquake! and magnitude 10! California <em>coughcough</em> Stanford has fainted! You have earned 99999999 exp points xD
justkidding I still love this school and everyone here</p>
<p>+1 to the above about academically superior/inferior</p>
<p>Looking through them, I’d say stock for Stanford SCEA. Not a good idea to apply if you are a more conventional applicant with a 2300+.</p>
<p>I can’t even bring myself to cry. I was so prepared for rejection but now it’s so final. It’s like, “Whoops, not even the slightest chance now.” I’ve tried to stop complaining, but I just feel so sad that I’m never going to meet you guys.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who got in. </p>
<p>Nitro, Snowy, Prussia, we can still go somewhere together!</p>
<p>Starmie/Fashion/Everyone else I skipped over because I was crying too hard - CONGRATULATIONS. I would love to be you right now. So, how does it feel to be accepted?</p>
<p>I’m applying regular…so I shouldn’t really be here.
But reading all these acceptance posts just makes me really happy…haha</p>
<p>To all those who got rejected: brush it off. You don’t need Stanford…and colleges are 50% luck anyways. You’ll find a school right for you (:</p>
<p>@sg12</p>
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<p>Are you checking the right email? Are you sure it’s not in your spam box or trash box on accident?
If so, call the admisions office. Like now. Maybe there was a problem with your application. Figure it out ASAP.</p>
<p>I believe this thread was supposed to be about discussing the applicants and decisions, so…</p>
<p>Any crazy applicants who should have gotten in, or vice versa? Feel free to start off the gauntlet with me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824187-official-stanford-university-rea-decisions-class-2014-a-5.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824187-official-stanford-university-rea-decisions-class-2014-a-5.html</a></p>
<p>What’s the opinion on Stanford this year? Too harsh? Too lenient?
My opinion has always been that they don’t look for “cookie-cutter students,” i.e. students with good numbers and president of four clubs and varsity letters and yada yada. They look for students who are special, who really stand out and make them feel good inside. The essays and recs are the most important parts in my opinion, because they give an insight into the actual person behind the application. Numbers are just a cut-off. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Anon, it makes no sense to me that you were rejected. Your stats are astounding.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m not too excited about being accepted. At first, I was kind of depressed that so many of the other regulars didn’t get in. And then we discovered a huge plumbing problem in our house that could cost thousands of dollars, and the rest of my family spent like an hour crying.</p>
<p>I think it’s a testament to my enduring positivity that I’m actually still in a pretty good mood. :****)</p>
<p>You don’t need to feign being demure and indifferent to your acceptance. Any displayed “survivor’s guilt” at this insincere and appears as little more than a condescending attempt to patronize those less desirable to Stanford than you.</p>
<p>LOL i just saw that movie. :]
i got rejected too but i’m taking it pretty well LOL. surprised myself a little there.
congrats to all those accepted. I’m sure you guys deserve it. I get the feeling many people here, regardless of admittance to stanford, are more than qualified. good luck in all your other college endeavors. :]</p>
<p>Okay I’m sorry but there are way too many acceptances on the decision thread. At first they were all legacies/athletes/etc. and I was like “okay, that’s understandable.” Maybe a lot of the rejects didn’t post, but I just don’t understand how my 3 friends and I could all get rejected based on the accepts that I’ve seen. (I mean I completely understand the arbitrary nature of some decisions and that at myself and another girl would probably get rejected, but 0/4 accepts (with all 4 having 35 or 36, pres of multiple clubs, huge amount of passion, some to RIDICULOUS national success/exposure, great essays and recs)…</p>
<p>I mean I know that I had flaws in my app and one of the other 4 did too (so I can accept my rejection), but the other 2… They are honestly better than almost all of the kids who did get accepted; I’ve never met more impressive people in my entire life. It just makes me question everything.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of the accepted! I’m just airing my frustration/confusion. XD
Enjoy Stanford. You really have no idea of how much I loved it. I’m burning everything Stanford related tomorrow, I’ve got to move on, it’s too painful. (in a safe, outdoor firepit :D)</p>
<p>Yale SCEA’er here. Your guys’ decisions make this so real. Congrats to those accepted. It feels weird to see some of my fellow classmates and CCers are future cardinals. To those rejected, we may just sulk together in 2 days. </p>
<p>P.S. In regards to religion, I’m a Christian, but have been an athiest so I’m rather moderate in how I express my faith. I just want to say that this debate has gone on for forever, and won’t be resolved. As applicannot said, appreciate the diversity and let people credit their success to whoever they want!</p>
<p>got deferred :/</p>
<p>So far i have only seen one other deferral on CC. It KILLS to not know. I think i got deferred because they want to see my fall semester senior grades. I go to a small highly-competitive private school where the first 4.0 in 22 years was recorded last year, so good grades are tough. I have a 3.45 due to weak frosh and fall-soph grades. My spring-soph and junior grades were bomb. I’m pretty sure Stanford was into my upward grade trend, but they want to see me continue that. I just really hate not knowing. I would go to Stanford in a heartbeat. By far by #1. </p>
<p>Does anyone know about what percent of REAs at Stanford get deferred?</p>
<p>amciw: Every single one of the SCEAers who I considered my friends got rejected. Every single one. Every single one of the of the people who I talked to for hours every day, every single one of the people who I engaged in a ridiculous posting flurry with to get our count higher than Yale’s. All of them were rejected. I’m not “faking” anything.</p>
<p>Plus, I guess this wasn’t clear before, but about three hours after I got my acceptance, we discovered a problem with our house that could cost thousands of dollars to repair. Thousands of dollars that we don’t even have in the first place. I might not be able to go to Stanford at all now, depending on financial aid and whether our insurance covers this damage. Last night my mother felt so guilty that she cried until she threw up. I’m the only one in my family calm enough to play the adult right now so I’ve been spending the hours since my acceptance trying to simultaneously console everyone and make sure the insurance claim gets filed.</p>
<p>Yesterday was one of the crappiest nights of my entire life. Sorry if you thought I was being “patronizing” by “feigning indifference.”</p>
<p>Starmie: That’s really disheartening to hear, and it certainly must be even more so if I was in your position. For what my two-cents is worth, I just want to encourage you to hang in there. It doesn’t matter if you’re Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Atheist, or anything else. There is enough hope to go around. Don’t give up!</p>
<p>Starmie, sorry to hear about the house problems. Stanford has extremely generous FA. If there is a problem in light of the repairs, you can appeal your FA package and send in the new information about the situation.</p>
<p>Starmie,</p>
<p>Congrats on Stanford! and sorry to hear about your situation. Contact Stanford, I’m sure they’ll make sure you can attend.</p>
<p>USNA Golden, I find it very offensive that you categorized your friends as “better than almost all the kids who did get accepted”. You dont know me, as much as I dont know you, your friends, or any of the other applicants. I’m sorry if you truly feel that you were more deserving than I was, but I think I speak for all the other acceptees by saying that you should keep those thoughts to yourself. I understand that you are disappointed, but to blatantly claim that you and your friends are better than me, going by a simple list of test scores etc should make you ashamed of yourself</p>
<p>You know, what USNA Golden has posted might very well be true, despite the wording. Let’s face it, Stanford decisions, well most college decisions, are utterly arbitrary. These kids could have been among the best and brightest. Nevertheless, when I contemplate the reasons for their rejections, I always think of one thing: that these people told the adcoms what they did in their applications, but did not truly resonate as an individual with them. I really think it boils down to who you are behind the stats, not what the stats themselves are behind you. I believe that every acceptee had something that put flesh to their already good grades and ECs. </p>
<p>To USNA Golden: You know what? Stanford might have made a grave error in rejecting you and your friends. Hell, I would be willing to bet that they did, but as patronizing as this seems, take this rejection as a lesson to further improve your future applications. I firmly believe that you guys will all get into some of the best schools in this nation, no joke. You have the grades, the ECs, and probably the passion. All I can say is good luck.</p>