@“Erin’s Dad” Haha, yeah I’m shocked as everyone else! 
But I don’t think it’s harder for OOS students is it?
Lol, I can’t really put my mind to how this happened, but something just compelled me to apply…? Which is crazy because one of my original criteria was to stay in the Northeast…so me applying, it just sort of happened on a whim? It’s probably the only school in the world that could have had the initial potential to break me out of my comfort zone to go far away for college–and look what happened! Even then, the whole time I didn’t think I had a brink of a chance because apparently they had a less than a 1% acceptance rate for transfers the year before.
When decisions came out, I told myself to get over with the rejection early… it was not like my heart was set on going or anything (because I never thought I would get in). Then I saw the word “Congratulations” and I completely freaked out.
In the end, I narrowed it down to Columbia and Stanford. It was an incredibly difficult decision for me. However, as a transfer, Columbia was making things difficult for me in regards to course load because of their Core Curriculum and other various factors. After visiting and a lot of deliberation, I chose Stanford!