Stanford Class of 2017 RD Discussion

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<p>purmou, honey, it’s sweet to be optimistic, but we jaded, Debbie-downer seniors have the right to be grumbly about a ~5% acceptance rate too, eh? ;)</p>

<p>And HateSMUS, the whole fit idea is pretty swell. Still, if two people (I’m simplifying here) had the same “fit” about them and one was a national debate-winning, patent-holding researcher with publications, I think (s)he’d get accepted over, say, a high SATer with solid state-level awards and an internship who’s president of a club or two (which is what I assume we’re all at, more or less)</p>

<p>Blehhhh. But that’s my sourpus senior speaking.</p>

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<p>I agree that “fit” is a big portion of the admissions process, however no one will really know what each admissions officer considers a “good fit”, all they know is the average scores for admitted applicants</p>

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<p>Lol, fair enough. Just lighten up and hope for the best though!</p>

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<p>loooooooooool purmou</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>“Nope, no safeties. Call me an egomaniac, but I’m pretty confident I’ll get into at least one of them. :P”
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<p>Yeah, I gained some insight after seeing a counselor…that post was over a week ago. ;)</p>

<p>And does everybody here stalk the person they’re replying to? It’s getting incredibly annoying…</p>

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<p>Drastic perspective changes every week :rolleyes: #sophomorelife</p>

<p>Everyone on CC is only here because they are obsessive and have too much time on their hands, reading old posts is fair game.</p>

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<p>Well, considering this whole process started for me just four months ago, a week is long enough to change my perspective…I’ve had a crazy first semester.</p>

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<p>At this rate, by next week you’ll be a cynical old fogey like the rest of us.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t be surprised.</p>

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<p>You done with that supplement yet, unicameral? Gogogogogogo!</p>

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<p>But it’s soooo loooooooooooooong though… I have 3 schools I might apply to, Princeton, Stanford, and Cornell. In that order. So if I don’t hurry up with the Princeton one there’s no hope for Stanford lol.</p>

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<p>Come on unicameral2013!! 11 hours leftttt</p>

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<p>Nah there are like 30 hours left: [Admission</a> News : Stanford University](<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University)</p>

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<p>Wait, lol. I’m thinking about Yale.</p>

<p>Woopsies.</p>

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<p>Yeah I submitted Yale and Harvard a couple days ago, the supplements were so easy thank god.</p>

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<p>LOL I thought Yale’s were hard until I looked at Stanford’s.</p>

<p>That’s when I started dying.</p>

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<p>I think Stanford’s and MIT’s application essays took the longest time. I couldn’t apply to Yale because of my school restriction, so I don’t know about Yale’s essay prompts. It would be quite disturbing if the schools on which we put the most time on reject us. When I looked at MIT’s application, I was surprised that 4500 internationals compete for 150 spots despite the length of MIT’s application and its separate admission system from CommonApp.</p>

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<p>I thought Stanford’s was hard until I looked at Brown’s.</p>

<p>That’s when I decided not to apply to Brown.</p>

<p>Ooh yeah MITs app was massive, so worth it though <3333
It’s a little insane to think that MIT gets like 25,000 applicants, imagine how many there would be if it was a commonapp school. It’s definitely one of the hardest US schools to get into for internationals though.</p>

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<p>That’s what I’m worried about, tragically.</p>

<p>If the supplement is too bare-boned, won’t we lose a chance to show our precious voices? But if it’s long, then more chances for me to screw up arghhhhh.</p>

<p>And I did Stanford’s supp before anyone else’s, so everything after that was a breeze. Princeton’s, Yale’s, and Stanford’s were all actually kind of fun, if you take away the shame of knowing there’s way better candidates applying as well. But I have safeties, so it’s all good!</p>

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<p>^ LOL I totally agree with the easier to screw up thing. I already did, haha.</p>