<p>So I casually check my email to see if there was an email regarding logging in to check my admissions status on April 1st, and I notice an email "regarding my decision". Rejected. Well, I am currently more confused than upset. What an interesting way to announce decisions, without any forewarning.</p>
<p>If you can discuss something, cool. If not, I guess this is just a rant.</p>
<p>The same thing happened with EA decisions. They were sent several days early, with only a few hours notice (on their website.)</p>
<p>What?! You don’t like when the email says your decision? For me my hands get all sweaty and my heart starts beating when I get the email notification, so its better that they don’t redirect me to another website, where I have to waste time remembering my username/password/id. It definitely is sudden but I like how Stanford makes things simple for us.</p>
<p>I don’t think I ever expected to get accepted, but…this still hurts. At first, it wasn’t too bad. But now I think it’s starting to sink in…</p>
<p>And yeah, one of my school friends called me at work to tell me decisions were out. I basically freaked out because I was so set on getting a decision on the 1st. And when I was checking my email, my heart was beating like crazy. I was expecting to see the email open up through slow motion or something for some insane reason, but no, it was REALLY fast. Saw the first line, and my heart sank.</p>
<p>If anything, I wish I could ask them why. Just…why, you know? Why was I not good enough for you?</p>
<p>Sigh.</p>
<p>^ You always want to know why, but honestly it isn’t that you are good enough, it’s that they may be looking for different people. Many people get into Harvard and Yale but rejected from Stanford, does that mean academically they aren’t strong enough for Stanford? NOO, it just means Stanford is looking for different types of people. Don’t worry blissfulting, other schools will snatch up you like a hot cake, I’m sure you’ll find somewhere absolutely fantastic!!</p>
<p>You know, I hate to say it, but I’ve become indifferent towards decisions. I got into my state school, a well respected one too (GA Tech), and I had already been rejected from MIT. If I get into my other schools, sweet, if not, well sucks for me/them. In the end, all this stuff really won’t matter anyways. While I am not a religious person (in fact, I would identify myself as an atheist at this point), I have recently started resting my hope on fate. Or maybe I just like to go more with the flow and live in the present now. Who knows, all I want to figure out is whose bright idea it was to release admissions with such short notice. These things DO take preparation, both mentally and emotionally.</p>
<p>@collegestress16
Thanks for your kind words. And you’re absolutely right; different schools look for different people. It’s just extremely difficult to adjust to that mindset after a LONG-awaited decision turns out to be a disappointment, you know? I’m actually waiting on H&Y, but I would’ve gone to Stanford over either any day. Regardless, I do have a school in mind that I know I’ll be happy at, so it isn’t too terrible. Just…nothing beats the dream school :(</p>
<p>^ Yeah I know EXACTLY how you feel! I applied Yale SCEA and after my rejection, I felt like I wasn’t good enough. So I actually emailed my regional admissions director and he just told me that he couldn’t tell me anything specific, but that there were too many strong applicants and that I might not have been the best fit. I’ve learned to not take rejections so personally, its really not your fault but the institution that didn’t choose you:)</p>
<p>Haha kudos for taking the initiative to email that admissions director! I may have to do that just to make myself feel better…but I probably won’t, lol. There’s something about first rejections that make it that much harder…I purposefully placed Stanford at the bottom of my order of college decisions to check on April 1st JUST so Stanford wouldn’t be my first rejection hahaha. Sad, isn’t it? I know I sound like such a bitter reject, but I feel a bit…betrayed…in a way because I was just sooooo prepared for an April 1st decision. The fact that they didn’t keep their word upsets me a little. Of course, I know that had I been accepted I probably would’ve loved them all the more for it. Everything’s just so so relative. :/</p>
<p>I feel for you all. I applied Stanford SCEA - rejected. I’m over it, but hearing about RD decisions is sort of making me feel bad all over again.</p>
<p>It’s especially frustrating when you can’t find any rhyme or reason to their decisions. Of course, many of their acceptees are qualified and wonderful individuals - but many are not. And that’s what hurts. But that’s life, I guess. And it’s not just Stanford, obviously.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, don’t worry when I got my Y rejection, I knew exactly what day and time it would come. i thought I had prepared for the worst, but when reality actually set in, I just couldn’t bear it, and bawled my eyes out for the rest of the day. Unfortunately the rejection came the day after my birthday, so it didn’t make me feel much better. My mom actually told my GC about it, and the next day my GC spent the entire day comforting me. I never thought I would be such a wuss, but I just felt a mix of anger ( why didn’t they choose me!!!) and sadness. I was lucky that I was forewarned by my friend about Stanford, so the email didn’t come as a surprise, but if I hadn’t known, I probably would have stared at the screen for 10 min. with my mouth open.</p>