<p>OMG… I’m so nervous… I have a final today and two tomorrow and know that I will receive rejection letter sooooon…</p>
<p>Just called Admissions. They say they haven’t decided on a notification date, but it will “probably be in a couple weeks.”</p>
<p>so it may even be AFTER the 15th?</p>
<p>Okay, so I’m a legacy. My dad recently got a letter from Stanford. I forget what he said it was about, but apparently it stated that I would hear my decision around 6pm May 9th. Not sure if this has any bearing on most of you guys, but I thought I’d share. </p>
<p>6 pm what time zone? Thanks so much for sharing @vt2umich </p>
<p>@Sharingan100 before the 15th</p>
<p>thx @ILikeCheeseNWine @vt2umich</p>
<p>@moriartee I asked them thru email</p>
<p>@ILikeCheeseNWine 6pm Eastern, I believe. I’ll check back in with my folks to see if it says anything else that might be relevant 
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<p>hi just curious, what is a legacy? and wow I hope it is May 9th! Did it say if it going to be the decision date just for you or for all transfers?</p>
<p>legacy is when one of your parents/siblings went to Stanford. It guarantees two read throughs of your application. Your chances skyrocket TREMENDOUSLY being legacy (I think it is 30% acceptance rate vs 5% for freshman’s)</p>
<p>ahh so this is how institutionalized privilege works lol</p>
<p>@Sharingan100 Wait, what? I heard that legacies have roughly double the acceptance rate, but I guess I’ll take whatever unfair advantage I can get.</p>
<p>Legacy usually has a large advantage. I got admitted by Washington U in St. Louis when I applied for college as a legacy. </p>
<p>@v2umich i could be wrong, but I am pretty sure the advantage is far greater than that. </p>
<p>Last year, my friend who was a legacy student (father, mother, and sister went to Stanford) applied to Stanford. She had okay grades (I think her unweighted was 3.8-3.9) and only one extracurricular. I had that same extracurricular as well as others, and I did MUCH better in the ec that she did (I went to highest prestige possible in the national circuit, while she stayed on the state circuit). she got into stanford, i didn’t. </p>
<p>Lets just say if there was any one thing I would want to have going into application reading times, it would be legacy :)</p>
<p>Sorry about that rant, just releasing some nervous energy!</p>
<p>@vt2umich i know where u got that number from, but I think your chances double PER READING. If you are voted for on any one read through, you are in no matter what.</p>
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<p>@Sharingan100 and others…@vt2umich’s legacy letter informing the parents of decision date for transfers as May 9 can be counted on to be accurate. They usually send these letters to all legacy parents as “courtesy” with a caveat of not being disappointed if their legacy child may not be admitted due to the stiff competition…before the release of REA decisions, RD decisions, and transfer decisions. </p>
<p>If recent history tells us anything…your decisions will be released next Friday, May 9 at 3PM Pacific Time.
Good luck to all!</p>
<p>thanks @gravitas2</p>