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<p>There’s nothing you can do. I felt that way while waiting for Stanford, and again while waiting for HP. But getting rejected from everyone IS a possibility, so just accept that you’ve been rejected from ALL schools except your safeties and move on. At least, operate under that assumption. I know it’s hard, but the alternative, from personal experience, is much harder.</p>
<p>And seriously, Stanford doesn’t mean anything. Plus, that school isn’t worth stressing over.</p>
<p>Rejected from MIT/Stanford. lol On the bright side (or maybe not), safety school (UT Austin) will honor most of my 86 college hours so it’d make college a little more inexpensive, I suppose. Does anybody think these top-tier institutions look down on dual-credit programs as opposed to AP/IB?</p>
<p>So I know I’m kind of going away from the original topic (I didn’t apply to Stanford), but I’m feeling pretty awful about my chances for Princeton… Amherst flat rejected me yesterday. -_-</p>
<p>To RTGrove: I’m a radio DJ with high scores, and that did nothing for me at Stanford :P</p>
<p>I’m still hoping for Princeton, but I’m content with Chicago and NU (though I’d take Pton over them).</p>
<p>I was deferred then rejected at MIT, waitlisted at WashU, now rejected at Stanford. Talk about bad starts :(</p>
<p>The only schools I’ve gotten into are my safeties, but the Dartmouth likely definitely makes me happy knowing I’ll be going to a top school for sure.</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted everywhere except UCLA and Stanford. California hates me lol. Maybe b/c I live in Arizona bahahaha jk. If not Princeton, Penn, or Columbia then I’ll have to look at Cornell and NU.</p>
<p>i got into caltech, northwestern, chicago, and dartmouth, but stanford still stung a little bit =/ i was waitlisted at mit, so it was my first official college rejection. it’s okay, though, there’s a lot of reaallyy qualified kids out there… i honestly don’t think there’s much of a correlation between stanford and hyp/other selective schools or programs, though. each school has its own unique process, and beyond a certain point it’s really just luck.</p>
<p>let’s just be happy and think good thoughts for next week :]</p>
<p>This thread makes me feel a lot better. I was super bummed to be flat-out rejected by Stanford–a one time first choice–and figured that meant I had no chance at Harvard or Princeton (legacy at both, though). Thanks for the optimism guys 
It sucks to get rejected! </p>
<p>I already got into BC and NU so I have backups if Harvard, Princeton, or Penn don’t end up working out.</p>
<p>I agree. There are so many people who are brilliant who didn’t get into Stanford. Congrats mifune.</p>
<p>I was also rejected by Stanford and I also would love to go to Princeton.</p>
<p>I love Princeton. It’s like home. It’s such a beautiful place where paideia thrives.</p>
<p>@ BSMDNCE: Luuucky - Legacy at my top 2 choices</p>
<p>and what is it that I hear of 2 Harvard interviews? Does getting only 1 mean you’ll be rejected?</p>
<p>No. 2 interviews at Harvard does not mean accepted and 1 interview definitely does not mean rejected. Sometimes they just need extra info…relax.</p>
<p>And sometimes you still get rejected with 2 interviews. 
<em>cue Beethoven’s Lacrimosa</em></p>
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<p>Thank you, Anonymous93. :)</p>
<p>@phosphorly: Yeah, but these days I really don’t know how much legacy helps. Neither of my parents donate millions to new libraries or whatnot, so I’m pretty sure I’m on my own in terms of getting in. But I suppose it doesn’t hurt :)</p>
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bsmdncechick:
Ya…donating helps. However, Pton admits legacies at 3 or 4 times the normal rate. Many on this forum like Randombeltch know alot about the school and really believe legacy is a boost period.</p>
<p>this sucks.</p>
<p>my test scores are sort of high (SAT: 2200, ACT: 33, GPA: ~4.1).
i wrote about how my name means poet in Farsi. however, instead of typical poetry, i started rapping. then, i started to really love the whole hip hop scene and whatnot and how music helps connect my quantifiable and non-quantifiable desires to understand the universe. i play the violin. i play tennis. i have my own foundation with which i did tons of community service.</p>
<p>but i still got rejected. this bodes miserably for HYP.
in all likelihood, im just a terrible writer. im a good thinker, but really bad at expressing my thoughts.</p>
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<p>But that statistic is somewhat incomplete (this applies to all schools). We don’t know exactly how much legacy factors in – as has been stated by many on this board, legacy applicants also tend to be very strong applicants because their parents clearly valued education (as defined by Princeton/whatever college). So the legacy factor might pale in comparison to the actual accomplishments of the student; it’s just hard to tell.</p>
<p>@Baelor</p>
<p>actually, Pton has said that “The latest Princeton legacy admission rate is 40% compared to 13.1% of all applicants”, which is slightly over 3x.</p>
<p>O_o </p>
<p>my kids will be screwed, then. Chicago doesn’t factor in legacy status, and I’m probably not going to get into Princeton.</p>
<p>Does grad school count for being a part of the alumni network/legacy status for kids? I’d like to go to an ivy (or stanford) grad school…</p>