<p>yup... that was a fast post by you!</p>
<p>yeah...i got the email too...but i should have no chance of getting in stanford anyway :)</p>
<p>^^^ neither do any of us.</p>
<p>Tomorrow's the day.</p>
<p>haha, i've already stopped worrying since rejection is inevitable</p>
<p>yeah, im very much at peace right now, hahha.</p>
<p>Guys, don't even worry about it. Late last week, all registrations/sunet ids were updated to reflect the transfer decisions. Axess has also been updated.</p>
<p>^^^ i don't think anybody is expecting to get in, so nobody's worried (if you are, you're, well, an idiot).</p>
<p>Well honestly I feel I had unique attributes to my application that still kept me thinking I had a small shot at being in that group of 20 (as naive and pompous as that may seem when taking a relative perspective), but if the SUid/application ID trick posted last week was true, then I'm doomed.
Still expecting a rejection.</p>
<p>u's doomed 4sho</p>
<p>yeah brackis , i know where ur coming from man, i think/thought my application was pretty solid (better than the one that got me into WashU, by far), but with such a low acceptance rate, it's disheartening.</p>
<p>Interesting how here <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/announcements/decisions_transfer.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/announcements/decisions_transfer.html</a> they say the decisions will be posted at the frosh app site <a href="https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=su-ugrad%5B/url%5D">https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=su-ugrad</a> and the email says to go to the transfer app site <a href="https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=SU-UT%5B/url%5D">https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=SU-UT</a>
Well, I thought it was interesting, at least. :P
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We plan to post all decisions on Tuesday, May 15, after 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time at <a href="https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=su-ut%5B/url%5D">https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=su-ut</a> Please note that you will receive an official decision letter by mail whether or not you choose to view your decision online.
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Ugh, 3pm! I gotta be on the road to class by 3pm, then I'm in classes till 9pm. I might as well just not "choose" to view my decision online.</p>
<p>the thing is EVERYBODY who applied to stanford for the most part likely had "unique attributes" to set them apart from the competition. we all likely had gpa's around 4, stellar test scores, great essays, fine ec's, and high school transcripts most would kill for. the thing is, with 20 spots, and that many qualified applicants, chances for admission are next to nil.</p>
<p>OMFG I just got a TEXT from stanfurd!!</p>
<p>m<em>lp</em>ql_m you're in!!!!!</p>
<p>EVERYONE ELSE = rejected!!!</p>
<p>I agree with jna, but want to even push it a step further. Stanford is big on legacy, donors, sports, and campus connections. You can at least assume that there were 50 of those within the 1400 who applied. They picked the top 20. </p>
<p>Btw, Michigan's Forcier transferred. So there are 19 spots left!
<a href="http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/2/michiganQbMovesToFarm%5B/url%5D">http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/2/michiganQbMovesToFarm</a></p>
<p>I doubt there was any competition at all.</p>
<p>With regards to my uniqueness I was referring to Stanford specific attributes and connections with the campus through extracurricular activities. Basically what this means is that I do not wish to transfer schools, but that I want to be at Stanford above all other places. But regardless of how much I pad my previous statements, we're all screwed.
Anyone who has a right to be upset about a Stanford rejection is likely at or going to a great school next year, so it is hard to lose.</p>
<p>^^^ lol, your "uniqueness" was pretty much the points i emphasized as well. </p>
<p>as for the forcier comment, i think athletic transfers aren't taken into account with the 20 spaces.</p>
<p>If you wrote about living for a year in a Mexican slum of east Menlo park, working construction/building houses for low income families as a fulltime job, and biking to Stanford every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evening to tutor a highschool sophomore raised in the less than affluent neighborhood you lived in, then you are prolly right.
Let me be clear that I'm not saying this is more valuable, eccentric, or important than anyone else's achievements, but I feel like it is quite specific to Stanford and the community students at the school live in. Do I think I deserve a spot at Stanford simply for doing these things? No, but it certainly couldn't have hurt my odds. I only hope that my absence from the student body means that there are already better and smarter people championing the issues I care deeply about.</p>
<p>^^^ you're absolutely right. you're SOOOO special.</p>
<p>by the way, menlo park?!! you serious? live a week in hunter's point before coming at me with that bs.</p>
<p>brackis, you're ECs are clearly centered around the school. But as a slightly side note...I live around Stanford as well and actually went to a school where ~25% of my graduating class got accepted. </p>
<p>ALL of these kids had parents which were either on the board, attended Stanford, worked/lectured, or donated millions. From a friend who served on admissions during Mamlet's time, the University barely ever accepts locals who do not have a deep connection or legacy. </p>
<p>I don't agree with it either. I didn't apply as a freshman because I wanted to leave home. But they view it as creating diversity by selecting individuals from places outside the Peninsula.</p>