<p>ditto chanfest22</p>
<p>ohhh come on that's ridiculously unnecessary</p>
<p>I'll be honest.</p>
<p>If I don't get into Stanford, I won't be too surprised. I know I'm far from that high-achieving student - don't get me wrong, I've done well in my environment - and I knew up front that applying was a reach. I've done a lot compared to the majority of my classmates (who have already have their college admissions process done and out of the way) but I suppose all that extra effort to say 'no' won't really kill me, even if I don't like to think about it. I might cry a little, but then I might buck up and go to one of the other schools I applied to. Just depends on how fate works...</p>
<p>well i already have myself set up to embrace rejection so that if i do get in, its a completely pleasant surprise and if i don't, then I smile and say "i knew it was coming." </p>
<p>It's just that if you get accepted, then basically you know early on that it all paid off...the sacrifices you made, the hard work you put in, the late nights freaking out. Oh how good it must feel to open ur email to the words "congrats"</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, I would probably be struck by the harshness of reality - not sadness - but just a sudden realization of the inevitable. Then I would have a rejection party with my friends.</p>
<p>Ultimately, I would just focus more energy on the 10+ other apps that I have......which I should be doing right now......damn.....</p>
<p>i'd be fine because if i (or anyone else for that matter) was rejected, it means that i wasn't meant to go to that school. </p>
<p>no, really.</p>
<p>If I do not get accepted by Stanford, I would be upset, but not surprised. I put many months of effort into the application (as I'm sure all of you did as well), so in that sense I would be disappointed. But then I'd move on and realize that I can apply to Stanford for graduate school. I love all of the other schools I'm applying to as well, so things will work out just fine :D</p>
<p>Overall, it wouldn't ruin my life (:</p>
<p>I'd say "duh" to myself and get on with it.</p>
<p>"the sacrifices you made, the hard work you put in, the late nights freaking out."</p>
<p>I've had wayyy too many of all of those, as I'm sure everyone else has. So, if I don't get into S, I'm bound to get in somewhere else. You get out what you put in, you know? It WOULD be amazing to get into Stanford, though. We'll see in about two weeks! I should probably work on those other applications...</p>
<p>I didn't put months into any application...should I be worried?</p>
<p>No. I didn't either. I think working on it in summer would have been too early. I did stop doing homework and wrote my essays for ~9 hours a day for 2 straight weeks (lol) before 11/1, though.</p>
<p>Let's see...I'd pull an Orange County like at91 haha</p>
<p>I have accepted my fate. There is no use in beating myself up about it. What's tough is that we are all brilliant, complex, talented individuals that have probably never been rejected from anything. That is what's tough. Accepting defeat in one of the most important situations we have faced in our lives. Everything we have done and worked for was for one end: college. Getting rejected from that place you have worked tirelessly for is going to be tough. But, alas, I think I am at peace.</p>
<p>Carnacki, don't beat yourself up about this-- you don't even know what the decision could be! Besides, if we don't end up in our top choice, we'll end up at a good school regardless =]</p>
<p>it would be saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad...:(</p>