<p>"My Palo Alto vicinity daughter got the Congratulations letter today. Congratulations static. I have followed your posts. You have soul."</p>
<p>aww thanks a lot. Now I am so torn and confused. My goodness....sigh!</p>
<p>torn between what?</p>
<p>hm.. the mail comes at about 1 pm to my house.. i'll be at work, conveniently missing it.. ugh. not looking forward to coming home after a nice, long 8 freaking hour shift to an effing thin envelope.. gwah.. hahaha i like how we're all dramatizing this..</p>
<p>I hope I was the 2, 411th person accepted.</p>
<p>I love Stanford HumBio program, but it's too close to home...
I love MIT's hardcore Bio program, but I'm scared I'll fail out and that it will kill my dream of being a pediatrician.
I love the fact that Columbia is in NYC, but I hate Columbia's Core.</p>
<p>that is torn.</p>
<p>Given that there are so many people here who are interested in becoming doctors, why would you not have applied for one of the BA/MD programs that are offered which assure you of a place in a medical school without having to worry about the MCAT, etc? It usually works out cheaper, as well.</p>
<p>I happen to be one of those who did apply and got into one of the BA/MD programs but I also have been accepted into a couple of top-notch undergrad schools and am in the process of deciding what I should do.</p>
<p>I thought about a combined degree program, and I decided no because I would be missing out on my undergraduate experience. And plus, I wouldn't mind going through this whole admission ordeal again for medical school :)</p>
<p>For me, even though I'm very much set on being a pediatrician, I want to explore in college. I want to take classes in Psychology, Philosophy, Health Policy, Economics, Management, etc. I want to explore and find new interests, and I felt like a combined program would limit my experience.</p>
<p>i applied to stanford for fall 05' and the css profile for financial aid...i got a postcard in the mail to send my family's 05' tax returns to stanford..does this indicate admission? b/c y would a school even consider u for financial aid if they aren't considering u as an undergraduate? i kno i sound crazy....but im DESPERATE! haha =)</p>
<p>I think this would mean that you are in!</p>
<p>don't get my hopes up! haha.....=)</p>
<p>i thought stanford uses idoc.. which means u send the tax stuff to idoc.. </p>
<p>anyways. no mail from stanford yet. my mail has been really slow lately. i didn't get accepted to harvard, which is pretty sad.. oh well.. i knew i wouldnt tho, since my school is so concentrated and i was doing 5 apps over winter break.. a lot of bad news this past weekend. stanford is my last letter, im hoping it will break the series of bad luck.</p>
<p>best of luck swtvtgyrl!...</p>
<p>Static,
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I love Stanford HumBio program, but it's too close to home...
I love MIT's hardcore Bio program, but I'm scared I'll fail out and that it will kill my dream of being a pediatrician.
I love the fact that Columbia is in NYC, but I hate Columbia's Core.
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Follow love, conquer fear. That said, we'd love to see you at Stanford. I promise, Palo Alto isn't really the backyard from Oakland. But my D is having a similar issue - Princeton, Cal, or Stanford. And we've decided there's no checklist answer, only following your gut. Go visit the places again. If you can't afford it ask them to pay. Since you have a soul, let it talk to you.</p>
<p>Yes! Got in today!!!</p>
<p>I just got mine like 20 minutes ago! I thought i had no chance i'm so freaken happy!</p>
<p>congratulations guys.</p>
<p>im from chicago.. still no letter.</p>