<p>It really is an inspiring rejection letter.
Here’s to the hopes that none of us have to see it Haha. Stanford SCEA CCers unite!</p>
<p>Hey, I’m curious: what are you guys’ classmates’/teachers’/etc reaction to your college choices?
Everyone at my school pretty much laughs at the notion of me being rejected anywhere (Despite my frequent objections to their confidence.)
On the other hand, almost no one has even heard of Stanford at my school. I do not kid.
Only one kid has made it to the state flagship in previous years, with everyone else going to other in-state colleges or community college. Which I fully support, since it’s all about finding the college that fits you! But personally, I really don’t want to stay in FL.
But anyway, when I wistfully sigh about choosing Stanford over Harvard, they’re pretty confused… (Especially when I lament the harsh chances of admission.)
However, my high school was only just added on to the elementary grades about two years before I entered. We have about 160 students… in the whole HS. (28-36 seniors.)
What about you all?</p>
<p>I’m in a similar situation. My school’s near Stanford, so everyone’s heard of it, but we only have two or three applicants each year, and we’ve had two acceptances in our entire history. Consequently, all of my peers and teachers are convinced that I’m going to get in easily. Normally I wouldn’t mind, but I can already see the incredulity on their faces when I get rejected… It doesn’t help that the town is small enough for rumors to spread like swine flu. If I get rejected, I will be dealing with questions about it for the rest of my senior year. :/</p>
<p>Man this is so crazy. all my life I wondered if I would get into Stanford- and I only just realized that the answer is right around the corner. I am really scared! Part of me wishes I dont ever have to find out</p>
<p>Those e-mails from last year made my heart jump a little…</p>
<p>But for those confused about the “SAT or ACT” thing, I talked to my counselor and she said that because I listed both SAT and ACT scores on commonapp, it should be fine. Yay for processed credentials!</p>
<p>As for expectations, almost no one knows I am applying to Stanford…or LSE for that matter. :)</p>
<p>Aw man, that is one great rejection letter. I have even greater respect for Stanford, now. In fact, I don’t really mind if I get it because it’s so much nicer than the other two letters. :P</p>
<p>I know what you mean. The deferral letter is just a sort of brush-off: “Yeah, you’re okay, but… Eh. We’ll figure it out later. Don’t bother us.” Plus, unlike the other two (“It is with regret,” “Congratulations!”), it doesn’t give you the news right away (“After thorough evaluation of your candidacy…”). I really, really don’t want to be deferred now. :P</p>
<p>I would be sad to receive the reject, but not devastated. There are other wonderful schools that would be an incredible opportunity to attend. And, of course, one’s statistical chance of admission to Stanford is rather low! I am already incredibly lucky to have even the shot I do. I may consider it my “dream school,” but I trust the admissions officers’ opinions on whether or not its a true fit. I think I’ll end up where I’m meant to be, even if that’s not where I would have planned. </p>
<p>Of course that doesn’t stop one from hoping. :)</p>
<p>And yeah, Xargon, I know! It’s so weird to think it’s so relatively soon. And yet, I feel this is going to be the longest month-and-a-half I’ve ever gone through… Haha.</p>
<p>Man, Starmie, I know I’m pretty at peace with the idea of being rejected for my own sake, but I’m gonna feel bad for letting my school down. Everyone is so excited for me.
In fact, my guidance counselor and principal personally volunteered to pay my app fees, just to help my (very financially struggling) family out… I hope I don’t let them down.</p>
<p>Prussia and Starmie, you’re right about the “You’ll get into any college you want easily” comment, it’s really annoying. Especially because I wish it was true but I know it’s not.</p>
<p>I’ve been looking forward to learning of my decision for a while, deferral would be really disappointing just because of the huge wait added on.</p>
<p>I’m actually from a school where at least 3 or 4 get into the top schools each year; and everyone applying to the top schools here are pretty pessimistic; No one expects anyone to be a shoo-in</p>
<p>Does submit by Nov. 1st mean:
12:01am Nov.1 or 11:59pm Nov.1, EDT, PDT, EST or PST?
Sorry for splitting hair but these are important answers for me.</p>
<p>@Everyone who is constantly told you’ll get in…</p>
<p>Yea its pretty ****ing annoying. However Im not exactly the top of my school, one of the other Stanford applicants (we have like 9 O.o) is the crazy parents who forced them to study their life awaycoughI mean “Shining Star” (my apologizes, she is actually a pretty cool person, but I do resent the fact that she is sort of a vessel for her parents unfulfilled ambitions so her accomplishments dont exactly reflect an “insatiable thirst for knowledge” but rather her vacant, eternal consent to her parents. </p>
<p>While what I just said may or may not be true (I dont know much about her but I’ve found that she is an excellent punching bag for my frustrations <em>sorry student’s name here</em>) I just feel people like what I imagine her to be (which again may or may not be true) drown out people like me, the self-mades. People who only answer to themselves and not to some higher power trying to slam our metaphorical square peg into the circular hole. People who do whatever the **** they want because they have a mission, a goal that they painstakingly pieced together, after years of finding who they are. </p>
<p>So anyway back to the you’ll-be-accepted thing. I’m not the one that everyone thinks will get in. So all the condolences I get feel more patronizing then heartfelt, which will make it all the better if I get in because I get to be like told ya so *****, (which I imagine will be very satisfying) but all the worse if I dont because then Im forced to grapple withand dare I say it, acceptthe mediocrity with which people see me.</p>
<p>Another random point. If god willing, you do actually get accepted, isnt it going to suck that nobody else will understand how awesome it is to be accepted? We will get the oh cool, congrats, but I dont really understand, and the I thought you were going there already, from those dip****s who dont know that applying is different from being accepted. Even though, all the while, we are sort of hoping/expecting everyone will be excited as we are. If there is one thing Ive learned, its that life never really gives you lemonade </p>
<p>Anyway, thats just me. Can anyone else relate?</p>
<p>Well, it’s kind of late now (curious- why do you need to know?), but basically you had until 11:59 PM Nov 1 PST. At least, that’s to my knowledge. I submitted at about 11:30 PM EST on Nov 1, and Stanford has confirmed that they received my SCEA app.</p>
<p>I realize that many of us are anxious about our results, but to warp and twist the personality and intentions of others just to appease ourselves isn’t a healthy or moral thing to do. I, too, am one of the many Stanford EAers at our school so I can understand this person’s method of “stress-reduction”, but I encourage my nuclear flying friend to find another method to “make himself feel better”. </p>
<p>But to be honest there was a time when I tried to use the “Oh her parents are making her do it thing” but after getting to know her, I realize her ambitions are sincere and all her own. I shall conclude this post by saying Good luck to all and let us be at peace with this matter.</p>
<p>PS: Nitro Hawk seems like a really cool person so in no way am I bashing on him. Just using his comment to make a universal point.</p>
<p>Nitro Hawk: I honestly hadn’t even thought about what would happen if I got accepted. I’m used to those muted reactions by now, after twelve years of my parents responding to all my report cards with: “Straight A’s? That’s great. But let’s focus on what’s important, here: sports. Also, you need to get a girlfriend.” I suppose I’ve learned to motivate myself, rather than relying on the enthusiasm of others.</p>
<p>Wow, that sounds depressing. I’m a happy person! Really!</p>
<p>Not to sound out of the loop, but isn’t Starmie a Pokemon. Yeah it’s the cute star fish thing! adorable (I know that’s somewhat random). They still haven’t gotten my test scores…but I guess I’ll give them a few more days before I start to panic. lol</p>
<p>@Diivio, I didn’t intend what I said to be an umbrella statement</p>
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<p>good for her, I’m sure whoever she will go far in life, I realize there are people who are exceptional and have ambitions of their own and are able to accomplish significant things before graduating high school and my post wasn’t intended to be directed at them. Sorry if that post addressed something personal to you…</p>
<p>And to be fair, are strangers anonymously posting on some random thread really in a position to judge each other? I may be some [donkey]hole who is resentful about a second place finish in life, but I’m comfortable enough with myself, what I stan(d) for(d) (lol pun if you re-arrange the letters) and what I’ve become to sincerely believe in my frustrations.</p>
<p>I know I’m a special person and that’s enough for me. </p>
<p>@Starmie, i kind of have the opposite problem, OMG NICK YOU SHOT A 40 AT <em>golf course</em> YESTERDAY, LETS HAVE A PARTY, BOY YOU ARE SO AWSOME… (im a 1 handicapper and a 40 is pretty bad…)</p>
<p>To Starmie: I’ve gotten straight A’s too but only a 31 on my ACT and 740s on my subject tests so my standardize category is somewhat lacking and I prolly won’t get in, But yeah my parents are like that too “oh wow, that’s nice, but you’re lacking in the sports area and you don’t have a girlfriend!”. I suppose they do that to as a way to make sure we don’t become too full of ourselves and learn to be happy by enjoying all aspects of life.</p>
<p>PS: I apologize to anyone who is annoyed by my long statements, I’ll try to quit doing that.</p>
<p>Cool, you’re welcome. Welcome to the SCEAer’s club, haha :)</p>
<p>I don’t know, I’ve never had to deal with “parent-funneled” kids. Sometimes I do wonder if I would be different if I had grown up in a huge high school.
I’ve always been perplexed when kids mention things about their overbearing parents, though. Things like being forced to study by parents, not being allowed to do X until they’ve finished their homework, being scolded for some grade on some project, not being allowed to go out at X time to do X thing or hang out with X person. Also silly censorship rules like not being allowed to read Harry Potter, or go see Saw, or listen to some band.
It almost always leaves me blank for words, because I literally have zero parental restrictions or anything. My parents couldn’t name the classes I’m in, let alone ever see my grades, let alone know what assignments or tests I have coming up at any given point. My dad usually forgets even what grade I’m in. I’m allowed to do whatever I want to do; I’ve been expressly told that I can do drugs, get pregnant, skip school, watch porn, or anything else I choose. I don’t, but the point is that they tell me to make my own decisions, and deal with my own consequences.
I’ve done a lot of self-exploration to figure out what I want to do in life. For my entire junior year, I actually planned on going to art school. (I already do a lot of professional illustration work, long story.) After a year or so, I realized that I love academics too much to give them up forever. Health issues have affected my life indescribably- partially in myself, mostly in my family- and I’ve since decided that I want to pursue professorship in public heath. It’s so strange to me hearing about these kids whose parents tell them where to go for college, what to do for a career, etc.
Sometimes I wonder if I would have been better off with more parental guidance, or worse. I lean towards the latter, because I’ve tended to see that restrictions tend to lead people into (sometimes over-the-top, self-destructive) rebellion later in life.</p>
<p>What are you guys’ parents like?
( Haha, I just really enjoy learning more about my fellow SCEAers )</p>
<p>Haha I have to admit, I wondered the same thing as Diivio. Starmie, are you named after the pokemon, or is it just something to do with stars?
(I’m Prussia because my ancestors actually immigrated to America from Prussia. It’s right on some document we have!)</p>
Haha. Stanford SCEA CCers unite!</p>
(Despite my frequent objections to their confidence.)
<em>sorry student’s name here</em>) I just feel people like what I imagine her to be (which again may or may not be true) drown out people like me, the self-mades. People who only answer to themselves and not to some higher power trying to slam our metaphorical square peg into the circular hole. People who do whatever the **** they want because they have a mission, a goal that they painstakingly pieced together, after years of finding who they are. </p>