<p>Rejected.</p>
<p>MIT is waiting. :)</p>
<p>Aw, hookem, you got rejected too? Lolololol</p>
<p>^ Yep :)</p>
<p>How did you fare today, IV?</p>
<p>Damn hookem you too huh 
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<p>So…anyone gonna make that Encyclopedia Dramatica article about Stanford ad coms now? :D</p>
<p>Yup, rejected. It’s funny: I was totally sure I was going to be rejected until everyone started freaking about decisions coming friday. Then I got all excited to see my decision, which kind of overrode my rational self. I’m not terribly crushed, though, just a little disappointed. I’m sure I’ll have a blast at UC Davis, though.</p>
<p>i’m really kinda ****ed. it’s depressing getting denied from stanford with a 2370 SAT score, a 4.54 GPA, and having thousands of extra curriculars.</p>
<p>but whatever.</p>
<p>I’m weirdly relieved to be rejected after being deferred for all these months. I preferred UCSD’s less elitist atmosphere and got a full ride there and I wasn’t looking forward to choosing between Stanford with minimal aid compared to UCSD with full package. More than half of my aid was not need dependent so Stanford wouldn’t have offered nearly as much. San Diego or bust…see ya’</p>
<p>what exactly is the staircase theory?</p>
<p>Staircase theory = Admission officers at schools like Stanford are so overwhelmed (either because there are too many apps to read or it’s too hard to pick people) that they take a basket full of files and fling it down a staircase. The files that go down far enough (past a preset point) are rejected and those that are awesome in that they seem to defy gravity are admitted.</p>
<p>Obviously, for most of us, our files follow the laws of gravity. Plus, they set the bar pretty high.</p>
<p>I’m going to UCLA or UCB 
Rejected from Stanford… but it’s all good. Things will be OK. :)</p>
<p>[Dirty</a> Secrets of College Admissions - The Daily Beast](<a href=“http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/dirty-secrets-of-college-admissions/full/]Dirty”>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/dirty-secrets-of-college-admissions/full/)</p>
<p>I shall post this link forever!</p>
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<p>Choose Pomona with me haha</p>
<p>^ScaredAsHell: You love that article don’t you? I do too.</p>
<p>Why? It gives me more truth. (or things that I want to hear)</p>
<p>Daughter Deferred EA and now Rejected:</p>
<p>SAT: 2210, SAT II: 2140
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.89 W
Rank: #1 of 700
Hook: Legacy</p>
<p>So don’t ever let anyone tell you that legacies get a big admissions boost or that high stat legacy kids are a sure thing. It just ain’t so.</p>
<p>But hey, she is accepted at Dartmouth, Rice, Berkeley, and UCLA. I’m sure she’ll be very happy at one of those schools.</p>
<p>Stanford sent out another wave of e-mails…I got rejected.</p>
<p>Berkeley is waiting…</p>
<p>Eh. Screw Stanford. I spent hours playing in two of their orchestras and doing research at their lab, but I guess the love wasn’t mutual. Well, I’m off to Princeton!</p>
<p>^ScaredAsHell: You love that article don’t you? I do too.</p>
<h2>Why? It gives me more truth. (or things that I want to hear) </h2>
<p>Yes, I truly do. These admissions are completely and utterly random. From reading this article, I’m pretty damn sure the Ad coms at stanford(and pretty much every college that gets lots of applicants) employs the Staircase Strategy. I mean what is going to stop an AO from simply putting a 100 applicants into the reject box when he/she is feeling lazy? They can just pass it off as “we are a very selective school”. It’s random : /</p>
<p>After this massive blow to my ego, I gotta muster up whatever I have left and check Brown and Upenn decisions :(</p>
<p>^^nogivingup, you worked in their labs and their orchestras, and they rejected you! That sucks! And coureur, freaking high stats plus legacy; that sucks, too! Damn I understand why I didn’t get in, but that’s ridonculous.</p>