<p>u definitely reassured me and made my day! yea...i hope we both get in! good luck just one more day! where exactly do you live in southern cali? i live in cerritos in the orange county.</p>
<p>yah luckybonbon I live in the central valley and didnt get anything either...same here that it usually takes 2 days to get here.</p>
<p>hey was domestic mail priority or fedex, etc?</p>
<p>to luckybonbon: Bonnie J__? is that really you?</p>
<p>-"raymie"</p>
<p>to lucky and eiffel.. i live in socal too. i was so worried (and still am a little) when i heard that people had received their letters already. i dunno why i'm so worried - ish.. i wish stanford would just send my rejection letter already and get it over with so i don't have to wait till tomorrow.. :(</p>
<p>****ed RD</p>
<p>Hella Domestic: 3 miles from campus. </p>
<p>I'll post my stats when i get my letter. Should've just biked over and picked it up for crying out loud</p>
<p>I'm in norcal and still haven't received my rejection yet... so all you socal ppl don't need to worry :)</p>
<p>the four stars spell a word that starts with p and rhymes with mist</p>
<p>ARE U FREAKIN SERIOUS?!?!?! I've been WANTING TO TALK TO U FOR THE LONGEST TIME!!!!!!!!! O MY GOSH THIS IS FATE!! im me!! aim: luckybonbon3</p>
<p>whoa.... this is a pointless post of mine</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 760M 760V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 CHEM 790 IIC 750 WRIT
[<em>] GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: GCSE 8A</em> 1A, A-Level 4A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): International Award in Economics
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: UAE
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: All around academic achievement/No outstanding extra-curricula achievement
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Mentioned Tiger Woods in my "Jot A Note" essay!
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>stanford only has like a 10% acceptance rate and yet so many CC people are being accepted. this just shows that CC people are in general better than the average candidate.</p>
<p>** Accepted**
International</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I or ACT: 1440 (760V, 680M)
[</em>]SAT II: 650 IC, 690 Writing, 790 French
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: none.
[</em>]APs / other stats: Good IGCSE/AS Grades with total of three B's
[/ul]Major awards/ECs: photography, music (piano), editor of school publication, International Award, some French awards, exam awards, blah blah.
[/list]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: they were ok. not creative or anything, just personal
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I'm assuming they're good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Probably generalised
[</em>]Hook (if any): I have the daintiest feet!
[/ul]
Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Kuwait
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Arab, female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: excellent grades in French
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: I thought they were mad. COMPLETELY unexpected.
[/ul]Any other comments: You can see that my stats aren't the best of the best. I'm posting this to give others some hope: you don't have to be a stats-machine to get into Stanford. Coming across as a decent, sensitive human being on your application is what they probably value most.</p>
<p>**
Accepted
**
Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I or ACT: 800M/730V
[</em>]SAT II: 800IIC, 800W, 800Chem
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.97 uw, top....2%?
[</em>]APs / other stats: 5s on US, Chem, Bio, Calc AB, Compsci A, CompsciAB, 4 on Euro
[/ul]Major awards/ECs: AP scholar with distinction...vp of key club, on scioly b team for 3 years (our a team goes to nationals pretty much every year)....
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: i wrote to my roommate about curious george and me flooding my bathroom in a futile attempt to fix a toilet
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one was very nice, the other was positive but nothing spectacular i dont think
[<em>]Counselor Rec: she says it was good, never read it
[</em>]Hook (if any): my essays were pretty blunt about myself...
[/ul]Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): Southern California
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: Asian Indian, male
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: strength...honesty in essays and strong courseload...weakness....wasnt really an allstar in anything
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: REALLY wasnt expecting this...i woke up from a nap with my sister holding a huge stanford envelope next to my head and i was lke "wow, nice dream"
[/ul]Any other comments: congrats to everyone accepted, good luck to all</p>
<p>sik..where are you from? you said that your SO team goes to nationals every year....lucky lucky you..wish ours did. I'm from socal also..that's why I think I might have seen you at the science bowl competition...though I might be completely off track..neways CONGRATS!</p>
<p>troy, in fullerton....i'm not on the science bowl team, but the people you've seen there are my good friends...anyway, thanks and congrats to you too! (although this may be 4 months late...)</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!!! YES!!!!!</p>
<p>Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I or ACT: 1530: 800V/730M
SAT II: 800 writing, 790 math 2c, 790 world history
GPA, Class Rank/Size: 3.95uw, 2/490
APs / other stats: 5's on AmGov, CompGov, Bio, World Hist, Euro; 4 on Chem, probably 5 tests this year
Major awards/ECs: NMCS, AP Scholar with Distinction, South Coast Honors Scholarship, Harry Kirsch Prize, First Place UN Essay Contest</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: cliched long essay, cute roommate short answer, very good "idea" one
Teacher Recs: one good/personal, one great
Counselor Rec: very affectionate, personal and glowing. everything one could want in a rec letter
Hook (if any): political activism, passionate update letter with tons of new accomplishments, Junior Statesmen at Stanford maybe?</p>
<p>Personal:
Location (State or Country): SoCal what what!
Ethnicity & Gender: white male
Major strength/weakness: strength...grades, scores, very high level of interest in Stanford, despite not going EA...weakness....nothing particularly dominant, essay was a little overdone
Your thoughts on your decision: WOW. I was sorting through the mail, and underneath my Brown and JHU packages was a big Stanford envelope. Then I started jumping up and down.
Any other comments: waitlisted at first choice Yale. Not staying on it. CARDINAL 09!</p>
<p>
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<p>hmmm not quite =)
Those posting their acceptance are a self selecting population... those that get rejected don't exactly rush to the CC board to tell everyone, whereas those that did would be more likely to do so!</p>
<p>Accepted - Yahoo!!
Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 780M/730V
SAT II: 800 Math IIc, 800 Physics, 730 Writing
GPA: 4.0/4.0, Class Rank:1/88
APs: No AP's but university classes
Major awards/ECs: Seimens Semifinalist, RSI, Good Score on Putnam</p>
<p>Essays: I thought great. Anna Marie made note of one of my essays on my acceptance letter.
Teacher Recs: 2 Great
Counselor Rec: Good (but it had typos!)
Hook: Lots of Research</p>
<p>Personal:
Location: So Cal (I never thought I would get in because of my location)
Ethnicity & Gender: White Male
Major strength/weakness: Math, Physics and CS
Your thoughts on your decision: <stunned>
Any other comments: <so stunned,="" can't="" think!=""></so></stunned></p>
<p>**
Accepted RD
**
Domestic</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT I or ACT: 800M/750V
[</em>]SAT II: 800 W, 750 US Hist, 750 IIc, 700 Chem
[<em>]GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.37 uw; no rank, but top 5% of 550
[</em>]APs / other stats: 5 AP Art History, 5 AP US History, 4 AP Latin Virgil, A's in linguistics and first year Russian at UCI, sent in supplemental music CD and original scores
[/ul]
Major awards/ECs:
[ul]
[<em>]I don't want to write them all out, but I've won A LOT of stuff for Latin/JCL, including things on the national Level. I have some gold and silver medals on the National Latin Exam. I've also won various awards for piano and composition (statewide and one national). Nat'l merit finalist and AP scholar. Nothing else major.
[</em>] Water polo, track, and swimming for sports. Jazz band two years. President of Young Musician's Guild (community service club) two years. Work/other volunteer experience at UCI medical center and voting registration. Debate three years.[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>]Essays: VERY original. I thought they would really stick out. I didn't write anything "traditional" or expected. I think I answered every question with a bit of humor and sarcasm. I think they all were very "me."
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I imagine glowing
[<em>]Counselor Rec: ditto
[</em>]Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Personal:
[ul]
[<em>]Location (State or Country): so. CA
[</em>]Ethnicity & Gender: white female
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: strengths were probably my overall good grades/stats and the fact I participated in sports for four years... weaknesses- well, over 70 applied from my school, and probably at least 20 had a fighting chance, not to mention we ALL look the same on paper, that makes it REALLY hard to stand out
[</em>]Your thoughts on your decision: ... complete and total shock. Never expected this in the least.
[/ul]Any other comments: For those of you who are upset over this, please recognize that these admissions are SO random. I got into Stanford and Yale, but rejected from Harvard and Duke. Go figure the logic there. Who knows what gets anybody in anywhere...</p>