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Well just because you didn't get a likely doesn't necessarily mean you didn't get in. You just weren't Stanford's "top pick".
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<p>Well, in that case, a pick is a pick, so any kind of pick would sound good for me. Not that it would matter, because most people don't get either picks. Most people would probably include me.</p>
<p>I think that was really confusing.</p>
<p>Accepted: "Cool, I got into Stanford." (Tell people)
Rejected: "Cool, I didn't get into Stanford." (Tell people)</p>
<p>Accepted: "How on earth did that happen?!"</p>
<p>Rejected: "I expected it."</p>
<p>So there's this guy named Jerry. He has always been looking down at me, mocking me, & laughing at me for even APPLYING to Stanford.</p>
<p>I will be on a trip to New York w/ the orchestra for a carnegie hall performance & will find out all my college decisions at the hotel.</p>
<p>Accepted: Jump up & shout "holy ****!!" Call everybody. Tell my conductor. Buy pizza @ this place right next to the hotel & have a party in my room for my roomates & all my orchestra friends. When Jerry (who shares the same friends as me) tries to come in, I'll tell him to GTFO & shut the door on him.</p>
<p>Rejected: Be pretty sad. Especially when I got hope from being deferred. Beat the ***** out of Jerry w/ no restraint if he laughs at me again.</p>
<p>Waitlist: FML</p>
<p>w0oj0o: I sympathize with you. Just ignore those jerks. Their remarkable confidence will be reflected in their essays ... but your humble personality will as well. Which will pervail? Humbleness. (I think) If it doesn't work out that way, then think in your mind that at least you're a good person, and Jerry isn't. </p>
<p>I'd go on talking about the people who are the same at my school, but the same people also go on this web site to read through these posts and results threads (to see how great they are compared to the competition), so I can't go much in detail without revealing my identity. </p>
<p>Anyways, have fun at Carnegie Hall. Just play your heart out and hope for the best.</p>
<p>How much does humility matter anyway?</p>
<p>I wish it mattered more.</p>
<p>I know this sounds hypocritical, especially after what I posted last night, but I'm beginning to realize that it doesn't matter that much. </p>
<p>Humanity won't be truly humble until after being conquered by aliens, because only then will we have a chance of understanding the meaning of being inferior and plain stupid.</p>
<p>Ya no seriously, humility is so worthless. All that it's good for is making friends with people who are aware and appreciative of your "talents".</p>
<p>And yes, the plain stupidity thing is always an issue too. :)</p>
<p>Ok. What gets me is that sometimes successful people have such crappy personalities.</p>
<p>I guess we live in a cold cold world.</p>
<p>Though it's also nice to imagine ... some people are like "I'm so awesome I got into Stanford etc etc now bow to my superior intelligence" ... if aliens conquered Earth, the stuff Stanford teaches could essentially be the 1st grade equivalent of alien schooling. (not dissing Stanford, just hypothetically speaking)Now wouldn't that Stanford admit appear as a genius? </p>
<p>Ok. That was REALLY farfetched.</p>
<p>haha, this discussion has certainly taken a turn.</p>
<p>^Greetings fellow Earthling!</p>
<p>We're just being ourselves. Care to join? You're welcome to do so whenever you want.</p>
<p>Um, i don't think that people who Stanford admits are "superior" -- they just happen to be lucky enough to have the combination of intelligence, personality, talent needed to get in... I heard some employer say that the best thing about Stanford students is that they got in. So don't sweat it, it's no biggie if Stanford rejects you.</p>
<p>If you got in, it's not like your life suddenly is PERFECT either.</p>
<p>I realized that quite a while back. But some people don't exactly see it that way.</p>
<p>What do you think of the phrase, GOLD SHINES EVERYWHERE?</p>
<p>It doesn't shine in the dark.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, what was the name of this thread again?</p>
<p>What the hell happened to this thread....</p>
<p>Something about aliens, I think.</p>
<p>^blueducky: </p>
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<p>Well, it used to shine everywhere and humans were attracted to it as a means to make life meaningful and to make oneself superior over another. The more gold one collects, the more successful one is. So we spend our lives chasing after this gold, just like how animals fight over food. And of course, Darwin applies here: A select few - not necessarily the high school valedictorian with a perfect SAT, just an average Joe who plays the game right - win the most gold, the rest get shut out of the game. </p>
<p>Aliens must really be laughing at our materialism and stupidity. We laugh at animals and pick on those we think are worth less than we are, aliens laugh at us. Chain of life.</p>
<p>I think I should go to bed now, and tomorrow will be another day of gold mining.</p>
<p>haha i had a feeling you might miss the point</p>
<p>Two ways of reading it i suppose: </p>
<p>1) If you are truly "gold", you can indeed "shine" anywhere. The prestige of your college does not define you.
2) You can find gold anywhere, even in unexpected places.</p>