<p>How do you feel now that you're accepted and that all of the anticipation is over? I always thought I would be relieved, but the strange thing is is that i don't feel any different now than I did before. I guess the gravity of the situation hasn't really sunk in.</p>
<p>PS: i just bought my stanford t-shirt and hoodie</p>
<p>Aaahhhh!!! You got your t-shirt and hoodie??? I wanted to get mine yesterday, but we started calling everyone and my whole family took me out for dinner. :D</p>
<p>Dude pyleela that's what happened to me. My parents called EVERYBODY.</p>
<p>When I first read the words, I tingled for quite a bit. And then I lifted up my dad like he was nothing, nothing at all. It was weird.</p>
<p>Now, I was hardly expecting to be accepted--it definitely wasn't something I felt I could count on. I think I set myself up so that I wouldn't be too upset if I didn't get in. So when I found out I was accepted... </p>
<p>I had the nervous anticipation, apprehensive tingling feeling, but I think the only visible manifestation of my feelings when I read the "it gives me very special pleasure..." was a slight widening of the eyes. Then I got up, went and found my dad, and told him--with a goofy grin on my face. He said, "Why, that's wonderful. Good for you." Then my mom walked in the door and I said "Hey, guess what?" And she said "You were accepted?" And I nodded, and she said "Really? Now, that's surprising! I didn't think they would!" (Not really as mean as it sounds--nobody thought they would. I mean, Stanford accepts, what, 11% of applicants?) Then she gave me a sort of a hug and made me call my great-aunt and my grandparents. (I hate telephones, but I made the calls anyway.) My great-aunt was the most excited person of all. </p>
<p>I'll feel kind of bad when all my friends and teachers are more excited about it than I am. Maybe the enormity of it will hit me by Monday. I hope so. :)</p>
<p>i know how you feel! i dont really feel like its happened to me at all. its like im in a big dream or something. maybe it will sink in soon.</p>
<p>I got my decision 7:00 in the morning, Taiwan time, after waiting up till 3AM the previous night. (I don't know why I waited up, I guess I was hoping they'd lied and would post the decisions sooner...:p) I was actually half asleep, very cold, chatter-teethed and hammer-hearted when I got the decision, and I'm still in some kind of a dream right now! :) Anyway, hope everything will sink in and I'll wake up to even more bliss on Monday!</p>
<p>woah</p>
<p>thats exactly how i feel!</p>
<p>everyone else was so much more excited than i was... maybe we all just need more sleep, and then it'll kick in</p>
<p>i sort of felt the same way... ;)</p>
<p>I checked in the last class of the day, just minutes the bell was going to ring, and the scene was something like this:</p>
<p>Friend 1: Go check.
Me: Really? <strong>jumps up and down</strong> I dunno...
Friend 1: Just go check already!
Me: Fine. <strong>goes to computer hidden in the corner and reads two words and comes back</strong>
Me: I got in.
Friend 1: <strong>nod</strong> <strong>pause</strong> Wait a second...you got in???
Me: <strong>enthusiastic nod</strong> <strong>goes back to read rest of letter</strong></p>
<p><strong>Friend 1 tells Friend 2 in the background</strong></p>
<p>Friend 2: <strong>points at me</strong> That girl over there?
Friend 1: <strong>nod</strong>
Friend 2: You got in???
Me: <strong>nod</strong>
Friend 2: <strong>yells to whole class in computer lab</strong> Guess what? Pyleela's going to College!!!!!!!!
Everyone: What? Where? Columbia? You got into Columbia?
Me: Stanford. <strong>blush</strong>
Teacher: Congratulations <strong>shakes hand</strong>
Me: You owe me a lunch!
Teacher: Nope.
Me: Pleaseeee!!!!! <strong>pout</strong>
Everyone: <strong>crowds around me</strong>
Me: <strong>goes to read letter</strong>
Chorus of: Oh my gosh...STANFORD. Congratulations! This is amazing...etc...
Me: <strong>looking dazedly at letter</strong> <strong>gets tons of hugs from the girls</strong></p>
<p>Me: GRIN!!!</p>
<hr>
<p>So yeah, usually only 0-1 people get into Stanford from my school. And, as far as I know, no one else got into their early schools. :( Except me!!! :) AAAHHHH!!! So pumped!!!</p>
<p>The best part was that everyone is just so supportive right now. I absolutely love life!!! :D :D :D (Not that I ever don't love life...<strong>shrug</strong>)</p>
<p>For some reason, i wasn't as happy as I thought I would be. It is as if it didn't feel important all of sudden...</p>
<p>but it is a good feeling nonetheless</p>
<p>^ I feel the same way</p>
<p>and now i'm beginning to get paranoid that i cant aford it</p>
<p>^ same here</p>
<p>Yeah...I don't think it will actually mean anything concrete to me until I go and visit again and seek out the nearest Trader Joe's and try to find good study spots in the grass and so on. Right now it seems very distant and intangible.</p>
<p>Wow, same here! :)</p>
<p>Too bad I can't visit or go to admits weekend...:(</p>
<p>I was pretty dazed when I first got in. My family and a few friends were around me while I was reading the letter. They were definitely a lot more excited than I was, but I still haven't quite recovered from the anticipation of waiting 45 days for a letter. Oh, and I probably won't be going to admit weekend either. I spent a month at Stanford over the summer so there's probably not going to be anything new to see at admit weekend.</p>
<p>PS, just do you know, the nearest Trader Joes from Stanford is in the San Antonio shopping center on El Camino and San Antonio XD
Congrats to all who got in!</p>
<p>And there's a free shuttle (the Marguerite) that runs multiple times every day to Trader Joe's and more (Target, Walmart, Safeway, Stanford Shopping Center).</p>
<p>There are plenty of lovely grassy spots to study on. =]</p>
<p>Hope to see some of you at Admit Weekend!</p>
<p>Sweet! Thanks, guys. Lord knows what I would do without my Trader Joe's fare...starve, most likely.</p>
<p>im very happy!!! but not quite as much as i expected to be...</p>
<p>garobi (and to everyone else not thinking about going to Admit Weekend), if you're on the edge about Stanford or even if you're having qualms I HIGHLY recommend you go to Admit Weekend, because even though you've already seen the campus the biggest thing to see that weekend is the class of 2011. Admit weekend is the chance to meet your future peers and get a feel of what theyre like. I admit (no pun intended) that I haven't really talked to those I met at AW, but I had a mediocre experience. Either way, unless you're sure you know you want to go to Stanford (as I was), you should make an effort to go to AW and meet some amazing people.</p>
<p>plus, as freshmen now, we're excited to have some fun with you guys. we have some big plans for youse.</p>