<p>? Post it please! Why wouldn't it be?</p>
<p>Wow I can sleep better now....</p>
<p>Early</a> Applications Unexpectedly Surge at Some Private Schools - US News and World Report
thats the link.....</p>
<p>18%, oh wow.</p>
<p>oh my goodness. lol.</p>
<p>okay. ive lost all hope. now im just embarrassed for thinking i could possibly get in.</p>
<p>Oh. My. God.</p>
<p>ohmygoodness.</p>
<p>Isn't it pretty odd that in the midst of the economic 'downturn', the number of applicants to an 'expensive' school like Stanford has risen rather than fallen? I mean I know stanford is THE BEST, but Palo Alto is syill the most expensive college town.....It's like a conundrum....</p>
<p>Yeah, but Stanford has one of the best financial aid programs out there. My family figured out that it would be cheaper for me to go there than to a public in-state school... It's crazy, but true.</p>
<p>Hmm...Interesting....
So 25 days to go......where else are all you people applying??</p>
<p>Nowhere as sweet as Stanford, that's for sure.</p>
<p>That is most certainly true....</p>
<p>Yikes, I just got supernervous. I'm really horrible at this waiting thing. It seems like decades ago that I submitted my application...</p>
<p>5360 SCEA applications?!</p>
<p>yup....5360 SCEA applicants....up 17-18% from last year...If they admit the same number of students, the admit rate for SCEA is going to come down from something around 16% to less than 14%......
all we can do is hope....and continue filling other college apps....</p>
<p>5360?! wowwww</p>
<p>that's depressing</p>
<p>So let me get this right. More people are applying because of increased financial aid? My hypothesis was shattered as I thought due to the financial crisis people's college savings would have depreciated so less applicants. However if you are able to pay the full tuition does that give you a higher chance? Haha the numbers are scary so I am trying to give myself as much hope as possible.</p>
<p>ysbera,
my hypothesis was exactly the same.... Infact our thoughts on this subject are exacly the same.....haha...I'm also trying to convince myself of the same higher improbable chance....</p>