<p>Haha, i will be leaving the board because it will just rub in my "non-acceptance" but you guys are all wonderful, and so many of you are going to go far in life with the drive you guys have (that is - go far with or without stanford)</p>
<p>To acceptees - i wish you the best of luck at stanford and i hope you picked the perfect place for you.</p>
<p>To the fellow rejects - hell yeah baby!! Class of 2009, Somewhere-not-Stanford. lol - but seriously, we can move on to places that will fit us just as well. so what if we thought that stanford was our first choice? and so what that, despite all the odds, we just KNEW we had that leg up because we were people and not pieces of paper without personality? - lifes rough, and rejection is a growing experience. so learn from it. I've kept trying to tell myself over and over that im still smart and i still can get into other places, and that im still a qualified human being, and i almost believe myself.</p>
<p>I agree completely. For most of us rejectees, this is the first real-life rejection we have experienced as adults. We can take it as adults and become more motivated, or we can dwell in the unforgiving past. I chose the former.
Peace</p>
<p>i completely agree. initially i was very upset and felt like * I * had failed. but it was't a failing on my part, it was the randomness of the system. It was hard b/c GGG is right, this is the first rejection of my life. yes there have been the occasional bumps in the road, but for the most part life has gone as planned. This was the first time, i had my heart set on something-that i didn't get. This time around the hard work didn't pay off, but thats life-and that happens. I have become more focused, and i realize that there are many many other schools out there which are perfect for me. Good luck to everyone, SCEA-ers and RD-ers alike, i know we will all go on to have fabulous lives and do fabulous things. I have a lot of faith in the future of the world, because * we * are the future, and what a remarkable qualified future that will be.<br>
Love,
Vaish
~like Rani, feel free to PM or email me!</p>
<p>I hope everyone the best with their colleges. To those that got into Stanford, congratulations and I hope you have lots of fun! (and perhaps we just may be rooting against each other....) To those that didn't, there are tons of applicants every year who are just as qualified as those that did get in and I am SURe that each of everyone of you will get in somewhere good. To those deferred... welcome to the club.</p>
<p>Rani, don't worry, I'm sure you will get into another great school. Plus since you're from GA you'll always have the in-state schools to go to on the HOPE scholarship for free if nothing else works out. But I'm sure that won't be the case.</p>
<p>As for me, looks like I'll be sticking around here for another 3 1/2 months...</p>
<p>Wooohooo! Rock on, people from GA who didn't get accepted at all! I'm with ya... maybe they don't like me because I live almost in the boonies.... jk, jk. Where all else are you looking to go, Rani?</p>
<p>Yale (but i wont get my hopes up this time. haha) emory scholars, foundation fellows... umm. northwestern maybe? umich is an option... so many.</p>
<p>haha i clicked on this straight from my control panel, i cant bare to look at the other threads. too painful. but you guys who did get in, dont worry i dont think you didnt deserve it, you wanted it as much or MORE than us who didnt get in, and i still love you guys DESPITE the fact that you got in. hahaha.</p>
<p>haha college_hopeful, yeah, UGA is always an option to get for free from HOPE, im already in, but i'd rather get out of the state, i feel like nows my time to shine and see the world beyond the south where i have lived since...ever, pretty much.</p>