<p>Last year it came out 3 central, most people on here got their results within minutes. It was actually pretty fun reading over that thread on decision day lol</p>
<p>i agree tht it will PROBABLY be dec 13th, cause we know its def not gonna be dec 15 cause thats a sunday. Saturday is unlikely because they almost NEVER release decisions on a weekend. Its either friday 13th or monday 16th. the only reason it would be monday 16th is if the extra days of deadline they gave everyone affected their processes (which i doubt) so on the basis of logical reasoning, its probs 13th… that being said, the 13th is the WORST date for me cause i have finals the days around that weekend! so the decision will be in the middle of my finals… and a rejection from STANFORD is gonna send me down a spiral hole…</p>
<p>which is why i think im bracing myself for rejection big time… we are competing against the top 6000 seniors in the whole dang WORLD and only about 12% of us will make acceptanca and only about 20% will be given a chance overall… </p>
<p>anyone have a ritual for college/scholarship decision times? i think im starting one for this admissions cycle…(not succesful so far but its the best way for me)</p>
<p>It just hit me that mid-December is next week. My brain is still thinking that there are a few weeks left before decisions come out even though I know that there are only about 10 days. NEXT WEEK, though. </p>
<p>Decisions on Friday the 13th… well then.</p>
<p>My ritual is to forget about my applications until someone mentions them to me, and then I panic for the rest of the day. </p>
<p>Forgetting is my actual strategy, though, just because stressing won’t help my application in any way and it’ll just distract me from school.</p>
<p>So who has any tips on how to psych yourself up for rejection? That’ll probably be my fate and I want to be ready.</p>
<p>I’ve been trying to think of bad things about Stanford, so when I get rejected I can try to convince myself I didn’t want to go in the first place.</p>
<p>Sure not all of us can get it, but why apply and spend $90 if you’re just going to wait for a rejection letter. If you applied, it means you obviously felt as if you had some sort of chance…</p>
<p>@hatebeinsober
LOL, I’m definitely going to try that. I’ve just been looking at other colleges and finding reasons to love them too… So far it’s working!</p>
<p>I think that I do have a chance. My grades, scores, essays, ECs, rec letters, and interview were all pretty nice. Still, statistically speaking, I have a greater chance of getting rejected than getting accepted. Getting ready for a reject letter vs getting ready for an acceptane letter is the difference between a cushioned blow and harrowing dissapointment, or a wonderful surprise and fulfilled expectations. (that made more sense in my head)</p>
<p>Friday the 13th. Hmm.</p>
<p>akashkumar: There is such a high chance of rejection that it just feels safer to prepare yourself for that. If you’re expecting and ready to accept a rejection, it likely won’t hurt as much compared to if you build up expectations for being accepted. In this mindset, if you’re rejected, well you were expecting it. If you’re accepted, then you can be happy.</p>
<p>I turned in an art supplement, and that may be the only thing that’s slightly different than the thousands of other applications. So if I’m very very lucky, that will catch their eye. I’m not a good judge of my own ability though, so I honestly don’t know how mine compares to the average supplement. The rest of my application… let’s just say that everyone else has the same.</p>
<p>Anyone have an idea of which essays the Stanford admissions board REALLY cares about? My best essay was definitely my common app prompt, and my supplements were good too, but just not as good. I’m also wondering if they read an essay that is truly amazing and insightful if it’s enough reason to admit an otherwise tentative applicant. Can our essays have that much power in REA do you think?</p>
<p>I would just like to vent that I’m DYYYYYYYYYYYYING to know the decision. I CAN’T WAIT 11 MORE DAYS. </p>
<p>Although I most likely got rejected</p>
<p>I can’t wait to find out omg!</p>
<p>Just joined this forum, my son applied REA - just want to wish all those who applied all the very best.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s really possible to change your fundamental attitude about a school (especially one to which you applied RESTRICTIVE early action…) by “psyching yourself out,” and I am doubtful as to how much it would actually soften the blow of rejection. I’m staying optimistic but my world won’t come crashing down if I get the thin letter/short email.</p>
<p>@Akashkumar
I am with you :)</p>
<p>@hatebeinsober</p>
<p>I think that’s a pretty bad way to psych up for rejection, because… I mean it’s nearly impossible to think of anything bad about a first choice school, at least for me. Nobody doubts that Stanford is a good school and it will be very very difficult for you to doubt that as well.
I’ve been reading so many depressing articles on “how to deal with rejection letters” but that didn’t help either. I guess the best way to be prepared is to start early on regular applications.
Obvious, I know, but there really isn’t another way…</p>
<p>i agree with the usefullness of psyching oneself for rejection but not in the methods some say. the way i do it is that i don’t find negatives about stanford to use the “i wouldn’t have gone anyways” excuse. instead, what i do is i just replay the future scene in my head over and over again and just find out a way of thinking. illl be positive and move on within a day or two of sadness but keeping in mind that there are other shcools that one is excited about helps alot. </p>
<p>but yea, no need to get hopes up to make the fall hurt more. would rather than a suprising happiness than expected happiness IF i get in…</p>
<p>I agree with all of these. There are so many people I know that have negative attitudes towards decisions overall but I can never bring myself to be pessimistic, especially about REA. I’m still hopeful.</p>
<p>apparently i think last year someone said that about 1/10 college confidentialers were accepted into stanford based on SCEA thread… wierd statistic considering that we can almost say for sure that some of us will make it while the majority of us wont…</p>