<p>Yeah…it is so much more difficult to get in especially with such high standards that these schools hold their students to.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford, which disappointed me not because that I didn’t get in (I was flattered that they were not ready to let me go that easily) but rather that I have to wait for another month or so for the decision…=[</p>
<p>But seeing that I did not get into any top tier school, I was crying because I thought I disappointed my parents, who told me that they were still proud of me regardless of what happened. And, I would have to say that is what I am most grateful for. =]</p>