To everyone who was deferred: Please cheer up

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>[color=blue][Decision: Deferred[color]</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M 780CR 800WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.84 W <--this is no joke...I have 8 APs and 6 courses taken for credit at Princeton.
[</em>] Rank: 1
[<em>] Other stats: APs - 5s on BC Calc, Phys EM, Phys Mech, Chem, US History, English Lit, Latin Literature; 4 on Art History (I took it for fun last year to prove to an Art-oriented friend that art is, in indubitable fact, easier than Physics. My friend got a 2 on the Physics C AP. I won the bet.)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Honest; My English teacher said the prose was more eloquent than that of the great Vladimir Nabokov in his acclaimed novel, Lolita.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both said I was among top 1% encountered in a 20 year career.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea. Counselor rec is useless...
[<em>] Hook (if any): During the summer of my Junior year, I built a 4-foot, solid alcohol propelled rocket that, contingent on my correct application of the Navier-Stokes equations, should be in orbit at an altitude of 239,400 meters.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Member of the 2006 U.S. Physics Olympiad team. I have organic chemistry research findings published in various scholarly journals.<br>
General Comments: </p>

<p>Please, everyone, cheer up. You are in distinguished company.</p>

<p>If you are now worried that you will not be among the 10% to be admitted out of the deferred pool, please do not fret. The purpose of deferral is, as Mr. Shawn Abbott so expressly pertained, to consider the applicant's 7th semester grades. Unfortunately, I must concede that this feat will be rather difficult, by virtue of the fact that it is impossible, for me to improve upon my 4.00 UW GPA.</p>

<p>Please do not attempt to interpret this information in a manner other than that of elation.</p>

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<p>I don't really know what you're trying to say, but nobody is going to take somebody named "ihatestanford" on the Stanford board seriously.</p>

<p>And if I'm missing the sarcasm/satire, I apologize. But are YOU the distinguished company you speak of? Sounds kind of conceited to me...</p>

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<p>Its pretty evident why Stanford deffered you. It seems you think you're ENTITLED to attend Stanford.</p>

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<p>No I rather doubt that anybody will look upon this with elation. Practically speaking, such notable stats (and credible as well) as yours will only hurt a deferree's chances.</p>

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<p>i think its kinda obvious why u were deferred...and i could care less if you hate my grammar</p>

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<p>Geez, I know some seriously sub-mediocre people who got in this year.</p>

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<p>While Lolita is certainly well written, it's not the kind of style I would use on a college essay. If you wrote about the same subject as Lolita, then that would certainly be the reason for deferral. =P</p>