<p>@teahouse, I agree, but I think CC’s acceptance rate has traditionally been higher than the “normal” populace. Normal being the “average” Stanford applicant. Average being 2300+ SAT and such.</p>
<p>haha i dont want to read those letters, that would be like spoiling the surprise</p>
<p>Oh, ha “CC” acceptance rate. Sorry I misread that.</p>
<p>Teahouse, do you have a Y chromosome? Sorry, just trying to keep everyone’s gender straight.</p>
<p>And yeah, I would love to have a 1/4 chance of getting in. Actually, 1/1 is preferable.</p>
<p>I do not have a Y chromosome.</p>
<p>how many posts are we up to?</p>
<p>Hahahahahahahahah, mfederman, you were the 666th post :)</p>
<p>what about today?</p>
<p>Y chromosomes FTW</p>
<p>126 posts including mine. </p>
<p>7 guys, 5 girls.
I would still like to know everyone’s gender, but this is as new topic that would spark more discussion:</p>
<p>How do people react when you tell them that you’re applying to Stanford/HYPM?</p>
<p>Most people look at me, glance away, look at me again, look confused, and then say “Wait, seriously?” To which I respond “Yes…” and then they say “Of course you’re going to get in! You’re you.” And then I recite various admission rates/statistics and such, and then they say “Oh my God,” and walk away.</p>
<p>People are impressed but they think its way easier to get into than it is. People seem to be more impressed with Yale though. I like Stanford much more.</p>
<p>@ teahouse, that’s exactly what I was going to post… we can tell our decision just by looking slowly at the first letter.</p>
<p>Better hope that first letter has some nice curves ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, people seem to be much more impressed with MIT particularly over here, but I try to tell them Stanford’s pretty much the hardest school, maybe even harder than H&Y.</p>
<p>Anon, were you born in '93? If so, I feel old >.></p>
<p>Forgot to mention I have two Y chromosomes. Super male.</p>
<p>yeah. ahhaahaha. i sort of stopped telling people i was applying to stanford after the 3rdish person. because all the responses I got were of like speechless faces and they were like " you’ll get in" and i was like" no i won’t"…afterwards i just settled for telling pople i was appling to the university of maryland.</p>
<p>torcher- you can’t have 2 Y chromosomes. If you’re a male you’ve XY, X inherited from the mother (who has XX) and Y inherited from the father (XY). genetics! :p</p>
<p>Not exactly, [XYY</a> syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYY_syndrome]XYY”>XYY syndrome - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>lolol snowy, same here cept i say ASU</p>
<p>Torcher, I was born in '93. But you’re not old, I skipped 2 grades. A long time ago.</p>
<p>Only in the Stanford forum can a simple question regarding gender lead to a discussion of genetics and possible mutations.</p>
<p>Most people think that Harvard and Yale are much better schools than Stanford. If there is any difference, it’s minute and I like the atmosphere of Stanford much better. Most people don’t understand why I would choose Stanford over Harvard in a heartbeat around here though. They just shake their heads in disbelief.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten into the habit of saying “I’m not sure where I’m applying, yet.”</p>
<p>People here like don’t even realize their is a world outside of Oklahoma. They think I’m mad at them because I want to go out of state. haha.
Some people go to Texas schools but only like 5 or 10.
Has anyone gotten mad at any of you for applying to the same college?</p>
<p>No one’s gotten mad at me, no. Though, many get defensive when I tell them I really don’t want to go to UF (despite my assurances that, yes, I know it’s a good school.)</p>
<p>People at my school don’t really know what Stanford is, so telling it’s my #1 is generally met with confusion.</p>
<p>BYU is the “omg omg omg” school here</p>