<p>I've been rejected, but right now, I really don't care. Throughout the past years of high school, I've worked my hardest and tried my best, but apparently my best just simply wasn't enough. </p>
<p>This makes me think of the famous quote "Success is a journey, not a destination." My journey was most definitely an incredible success, and I discovered so much about myself that I surely wouldn't have had I not applied to Stanford. I didn't reach my destination, but the path I walk is one of no regrets. </p>
<p>Despite what happens, Life must and always will go on. Best of luck to all of you in the same boat as me!</p>
<p>"Throughout the past years of high school, I've worked my hardest and tried my best, but apparently my best just simply wasn't enough."</p>
<p>Indulge me in my rephrasing?</p>
<p>"Throughout the past years of high school, I've worked my hardest and tried my best, but what I had to offer didn't fit the needs for one class of one very selective, notoriously fickle school."</p>
<p>I just hope my choice of other colleges isn't aiming too high. :/ I got rejected, it doesn't really phase me. I'm really hoping I can get into UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>The class that everyone, accepted or not, has shown on this board is so very impressive. You guys dont need Stanford. Anyone of us could of gotten in and it doesnt change your abilities. My heart goes out to you all and good luck in your future lives.</p>
<p>consider it a possibility that with Harvard and Princeton giving up Earlies, Stanford picked up their slack..huge applicant numbers..smaller acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Berkeley is definitely much harder for OOS, since they're a public school and want to give CA taxpayers their worth, and Cal has the whole ELC things that OOS can't get.</p>
<p>As for Cal being considered a match... stanfordrejects.com</p>
<p>For the past four years, I didn't work hard to get into Stanford, I worked hard to become the best person I could be.
The Stanford result isn't about whether you worked hard enough, it's about the things you learned about yourself. Whether it was just recalling a childhood memory, or reflecting on a past experience, the things you've learned while exploring the fibers of your identity is more valuable than any acceptance letter.
I know and you know that we just because we didn't meet the criteria of a specific picky group of old men, we are still successes in life,
Destiny also has a habit of working out for those who seize every opportunity they get. We are at a fork in the road with many paths ahead, one closed because we weren't meant to take it. There is another that is better.
So my fellow rejectees, have faith.</p>
<p>I'm quite a religious person, so I just believe that God has something set in store for me that is not Stanford. I know he has plans for what he wants to do with my life and for that reason I was rejected from Stanford. There is another school out there for me and I just have to keep on praying I find it.</p>
<p>I was deferred. As I counted down the days and hours until Monday, this past week seemed to drag on indefintely. Yet last weekend, I realized that I didn't need Stanford. I had worked hard and exceeded my expectations for myself. My teacher recommendations made me feel great about all I had accomplished. It was clear that my teachers loved me and were impressed with my achievements. It is so easy to get caught up in the admissions frenzy, but this whole process has made me really proud of who I am. I think we all need to remember how completely unpredicatable the whole process is. There are so many factors which affect decisions (e.g. When your application is read, the mood of the person reading it, etc.). We all need to realize that we don't need Stanford. If anything, it is the university who is losing out in not accepting so many unique and qualified applicants--not us. Once I decided I didn't need Stanford's approval, that I had so many other school options, I felt so much better. I know this seems like a pivitol decision at this point of our lives. Yet all of us will end up at great places and we need to take pride in all that we have achieved.</p>
<p>I got rejected with USAMO. Everyone thought I had a very good shot, considering my school sends out so many kids to Stanford each year. I was truly shocked by who Stanford chose to admit from my school this year. But for better or worse, Stanford decided that certain daughters and sons of alumni and "well-rounded kids" who have C+s in BC calc deserved that spot. Stanford has been my dream school since age 5, and I still have a lot of respect for the University, but I find their undergraduate admission policy to be a cruel joke.</p>
<p>yeah, im pretty disappointed, but im just gonna suck it up and move on. this isnt going to ruin my life, and there are plenty of other great schools out there.</p>
<p>but stanfordrejects.com=hilarious
i wonder if they know about that?</p>
<p>yeah guys, we can recover... I was already beginning to imagine dropping my other apps and going out to party for the next week, but I've had to shelve that obviously. </p>
<p>In a way, it's almost better because it gives me a way to motivate myself for the next couple of months while my friends goof off, watch their grades collapse and wonder what to do with themselves.</p>