<p>Which makes sense. Why would CC’s acceptance rate be more (or less) than the overall acceptance rate?</p>
<p>“wierd statistic considering that we can almost say for sure that some of us will make it while the majority of us wont…”</p>
<p>You made it sound like a life and death thing, like the hunger games.</p>
<p>May the odds ever be in your favor!</p>
<p>hahah yea sorry if i made it sound like that!</p>
<p>@aviraldg i wasn’t inferring that it didn’t make sense, just pointing it out. It does logically make sense anyways.</p>
<p>@StanfordMan1891 I don’t know much about the admission process of Stanford but I would assume that with a single digit admission rate, essays will make and break applications. Your application has to be decided on by a board which means that someone on that board needs to campaign for you. The only way I really see that happening is if you either inspire your essay reader or you’re a legacy applicant. Don’t get me wrong, you definitely need outstanding stats to even be considered, but for an acceptance it takes more than that.</p>
<p>I agree with bro grammar… I have a wierd feeling that my essays are the reason I get in or don’t get in…</p>
<p>Do secondary legacies help at all? I was able to list my mom and both uncles. I was just wondering if my uncles having attended will also help at all.</p>
<p>I have the same question as the Stan-Man. Two of my uncles attended Stanford and I’m pretty sure one of them made a sizable (not huge, think 4 digits) donation. I mentioned them both in my family section. Do I get an assistant dean read or something?</p>
<p>As far as being pessimistic about it or preparing yourself for rejection, I take an opposite approach! I simply remind myself that if I don’t get into Stanford there’s a number of other schools that will accept me. I mean, in the end if you have the credentials to apply to Stanford you should be able to be accepted into a large number of prestigious places, each with their own special lil things to offer.</p>
<p>Well said BlueTyphoon. We are all worthy of any prestigious school, and I think we should remember that as our decision date comes around. Whatever happens is meant to be, and each of us will be led down a path that is the right one for us.</p>
<p>I hope we are all in the ~5% that make it.</p>
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I’m not sure how one could conclude this from this SCEA thread. Among class of 2017 SCEA thread posters, 48% were accepted, 41% were rejected, and 11% were deferred. I expect the high acceptance rate relates to a combination of SCEA thread posters not being representative of the full applicant pool and selective postings. Students who are accepted are more likely to post results in the forum threads than students who are rejected. When I looked at the RD thread earlier, this effect seemed especially prominent among Asian posters. All but 2 posters who listed their ethnicity as Asian had acceptance decisions.</p>
<p>Ah, if only everyone here was accepted. I have something that attracts me at each college I’m applying to (except for my safety school, but even then I wouldn’t be unhappy with it), so I know that if I’m rejected, I’m not going to be as crushed as those who have Stanford as their absolute top dream school. I’m trying not to let myself become too attached to any single college just in case I obsess and then get rejected.</p>
<p>However, I did do something that guarantees me some happiness even if Stanford tells me “lol not you.” I ordered a few things online during Black Friday sales that will ship in around the same time, so at least I’ll have presents for myself while I prepare for or recover from the email.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t that be great… It’s been really hard to focus for me lately with this decision (that has probably already been made) looming over my head. I’m probably much more confident than I should be, too. I’m kind of expecting to get in at this point, which is silly. December 13th can’t come soon enough.</p>
<p>And Aegise, me too! I ordered my laptop for college on Friday and it should arrive tomorrow. Hopefully shiny technology will take my mind off the decision.</p>
<p>How do we know that it is 12/13. I hope that it is earlier. Do they notify you exactly when like other schools or is it like a surprise?</p>
<p>Hi guys!! </p>
<p>New user here. </p>
<p>I can’t believe that it is already December. Who else is freaking out? I’m expecting the worst, but obviously hoping for the best. If things don’t work out for me, I hope they do for some of you. You all seem like extremely talented students whom I would be delighted to fountain hop with 
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<p>Crossing my fingers for all of us. </p>
<p>By the way, if you visited campus, did you have a sandwich from Ike’s?! The Menage a Trois is truly a culinary masterpiece… So much honey, and barbecue sauce, and chicken, and mmmmmmm.</p>
<p>They should post a message on admissions.stanford.edu 1-3 days before the email goes out. 12/13 is just the most-repeated speculation I’ve heard on here, and it makes sense because Stanford likes to release decisions on Fridays slightly before the advertised date. Of course, nobody actually knows.</p>
<p>Dopamine, the first thing I did when I visited Stanford was grab that exact sandwich from Ike’s! It was delicious. If we’re both admitted, make sure to PM me and I promise that I’ll eat one with you in September. :)</p>
<p>What if the admissions officers come on here and read our posts just to giggle to themselves about the stress they put us through? They hold our fate in their hands.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the actual admissions process at Stanford? Like do one admission officer read and decide, or is each case debated and voted by a relatively large committee?</p>
<p>@Orbdas and @dopamine… Can I join? :D</p>
<p>Exactly, gabrielamontez. A quick glance at our application that has taken us four years to build, then BOOM…they make their decision, changing (at least) the next four years of our lives.</p>
<p>So did you guys write about your passion in every essay? My essays were pretty good, but I didn’t say, “OMG, I love politics.” in each essay. Like, my intellectual vitality essay was a much broader topic, not just related to my interest in poltical science. What about you all?</p>