<p>...I'm allergic to palm trees.</p>
<p>haha, so that was lame, but I saw this on the Yale forum (kudos to princessbell!) and thought it might be interesting. yay for mutual stealing of ideas!</p>
<p>anyhoo, we're all stressing about decision time, so just come up w/ the most ridiculous excuse possible if some random adcom decides that s/he doesn't like you because your essay wasn't the right font (not Garamond?! gasp! rejected!).</p>
<p>have fun!</p>
<p>...I committed a felony and now have to go to community college</p>
<p>I would have gone to Stanford, but I died seeing how large and beautiful the campus was. :P hahaahha.</p>
<p>I would have gone to Stanford, but I just would have missed subzero temperatures too much. and I can't ride a bike, for crying out loud. What on earth would I have done at Stanford?</p>
<p>...but then their football team lost the big game to Cal...</p>
<p>IWHGTS . . . but I saw this blurb in their viewbook about <em>shudder</em>.... "Full Moon on the Quad," when all the seniors get together with all the new freshmen under the full moon and kiss in the fountains! Guh-ross! No kissing at Stanford for me! </p>
<p>lolz :)</p>
<p>... Stanford is too cool for me</p>
<p>...but there would be no chance to wear my newly bought winter coat. :D</p>
<p>...too much sun is bad for my skin.</p>
<p>...i hate being happy.</p>
<p>^can't top that.</p>
<p>...I found a better school.</p>
<p>Ok, I lie. :(</p>
<p>HAHA I just remembered the most perfect anecdote for this thread.</p>
<p>My English Lit professor got her PhD from Stanford. The other day she was comparing it to Columbia (where she got her B.A.) and she basically said "well, here's the thing: I loved Columbia because it was cloudy and dreary all the time. At Stanford, I would crawl out of the library after pulling an all-nighter of analyzing medieval poetry, and the sun would be shining brightly, people would be frolicking in fountains with their shirts off, throwing frisbees....I HATED IT! I was like 'screw you guys! I'm gonna go study and read more books!'" hahahahaha that's my Lit teacher for you :D</p>
<p>...because oprah got in :D</p>
<p>...I found out that Leland Stanford was an evil robber baron. mwahaha</p>
<p>hookem, why did she go to california in the first place? :P
and st. aegis, you would.</p>
<p>loving the responses! although oprah's makes me sad :(</p>
<p>I would have gone to Stanford...but I made a wager with my friends that I got in I would have to endorse Sarah Palin's next bid for office, so I committed a felony in order to ensure my rejection from Stanford...</p>
<p>i would of gone to stanford...but i got rejected</p>