<p>URGENT:
Is putting “Wookie” as a language on my application a bad idea?</p>
<p>^^ lol is he trolling? What’s wookie?</p>
<p>You know, like Chewbacca. LLLRRRRRRRRRRR. [The</a> Many Moods of Chewbacca - YouTube](<a href=“The Many Moods of Chewbacca - YouTube”>The Many Moods of Chewbacca - YouTube)
Too late anyway, I just submitted it. My chances of getting accepted are 1:20 anyway so at the very least it will set me apart.</p>
<p>lol the video is hilarious. But why would you write Wookie on Common App language portion? I can’t imagine it helping you positive way if not negative.</p>
<p>I wrote one of my supplement essays (not the roommate one) about playing FIFA, so in some ways I feel taking a risk is worth it. It’s Stanford, so I just tried to be myself for everything.*</p>
<p>Seriously, I’ll be heaving a huge breath of relief when this is all over. They’re always telling you to “be yourself!” or “show your personality!” or “write what you want, not what they want to hear!” but then again, there’s always that, say, “is putting Wookie alright?” or the “out-there” essays that could be either great or ridiculous.</p>
<p>I’m really not sure what to think anymore.</p>
<p>It’s important to evince your personality whilst remaining professional, imo. </p>
<p>I think showing some quirkiness is fine, though.</p>
<p>That it is, that it is.</p>
<p>Hurr, though realistically my essays really have no impact on my application as a whole. Same level of competence. Good to look at but nothing that screams ADMIT. Like, the 2016 results thread is depressing. You have all these Intel/Siemens/USAMO winners encouraging people that “you don’t have to be president of all the clubs to get in!”</p>
<p>Um, okay. You just have to be a freaking genius. That’s fine too.</p>
<p>I with you randomazn14, There are so many people applying to Stanford, how am I better than 95% of them? And yeah, thse results threads make it worse. Especially after you see people with perfect GPA, perfect scores, president of 5 clubs, USAMO winner, said they wrote great essays, said their LoR were amazing but not get in… I’m not any of those, so how do I look to those admissions officers?</p>
<p>Omg agreed.
I can’t even compare to these people. Lol.</p>
<p>Wow um…does staying in high school for two more years make you cynical too?</p>
<p>Why am I the only one that isn’t worrying about it that much?</p>
<p>Seriously guys…we are all qualified in some way…no offense, but shut the heck up and get your application in on time! :P</p>
<p>^ No one on this thread is being cynical… You just have unrealistic expectations. 19 out of every 20 people who apply get rejected. 18 of those 19 were probably “qualified in some way.” That’s reality, not cynicism.</p>
<p>(b)Not cynical, but realistic.(/b) 
I know we have a chance, but I don’t want to get my hopes up too much, or else I will be depressed for the rest of my senior year.</p>
<p>purmou, I’m not being a cynic, I’m being a realist. When the RD acceptance rate is 5%, you can’t assume anything.</p>
<p>^ wow nice job! We all said the same thing without reading each other’s post.
Probably because it’s the truth</p>
<p>Yeah. Given the sheer amount of qualified people applying, it’d be silly to let expectations soar.</p>
<p>lol guys I love that we’re all on the same page <3</p>
<p>In an attempt to comfort myself, I’ve been trying to convince myself with adcoms’ official position on admission. I’m actually quite convinced that a quality the student would bring to their campus and whether the student is ‘fit’ for the university have a huge impact on admission. There will be A LOT of USAMO/Intel winners in U.S but I’m sure the spots given to them are limited as top American universities pursue diversity. I implied what I’m going to contribute to the university in my essay, which I hope can appeal to adcoms. I broke minimum academic qualification, that is SAT 2200+ 3.8+GPA 750+ SAT2, so I think I have a shot. I think being accepted doesn’t indicate whether admitted applicants are ‘better’ than rejected ones. They are either better fit, lucky, or somehow attractive as top American universities reject thousands of very bright applicants every year.</p>
<p>I know chances are low too. I’m not sitting here laughing it up, knowing I’m going to be accepted or anything.</p>
<p>But when you guys are here blasting “I don’t even measure up to the accepted people, blah blah blah,” it’s not reality, it’s cynicism. The reality is expecting any outcome, because that’s how it’s gonna happen.</p>
<p>But don’t sit here and tell yourself you’ll fail because that’ll make it harder and harder to wait for it. Just submit it and wait. That’s it. jeez…</p>
<p>^Yes. Stanford doesn’t admit people willy-nilly cause of great scores or competition wins. If they have bad essays or recs, then they’re done with.</p>
<p>purmou: It’s definitely your decision and we have no right to interfere with it. Some of us gave some advice and that’s it. I just think your chance is lower than other senior applicants with similar SAT scores and ECs (assuming both of you wrote essays that are comparable in qualities). Other than that, everything’s fine. You took the risk and either consequence or reward is yours.</p>