<p>For all those whose admissions is dependent upon a refusal by an admit...</p>
<p>I have to say sorry to Stanford after a month's consideration.
Stanford gives me an aid amounting to 46,553 dollars a year, but still, I have to kiss the admission letter with tears to say goodbye. Good luck, every Stanford newcomer!</p>
<p>aw, why don't you want to go Stanford? or rather, why can't you? you got 1600 in your SATs!</p>
<p>William, why do you HAVE to say goodbye to the addmissions letter? I mean money isn't the issue AND it sounds like you REALY want to go there.</p>
<p>Four years ago, Stanford was undoutedly my No.1 choice, but now, I find I'm more suitable for elsewhere. Still, I'm grateful that Stanford can make a positive evaluation about me. I love the university, which makes the decision even harder.</p>
<p>Like williamzhang, my daughter has found herself in a different mindset than the one she had as a child. Stanford had seemed unreachable to her for so long. She was very emotional as we mailed in her cards and letters today accepting one school and saying no to others, including Stanford. </p>
<p>She loves the school too. I <em>LOVE</em> the school! it's only 20 minutes away!!! (thus her choosing somewhere else, now that she's older she is aware that there is so much more out there, outside of this beautiful bay area)</p>
<p> Good luck to those waiting, I hope your dreams come true. </p>
<p>I am declining...heading to Yale</p>
<p>I <3 California, but change is good</p>
<p>I'm about to mail off my enrollment paper but everytime i start sitting down to fill it out i just CAN'T. I get very emotional, i'm a guy and its hard for me to say that but its just the plain truth. I will mail it off on May 2nd for sure though. I'm just afraid of change i guess. I'm first generation for everything in my family even to graduate from HS that may be impacting it and the fact that i love where i live and it will be hard to separate from friends.</p>
<p>I'm not declining, but I felt horrible saying no to UChicago and UVa. It was like giving up a puppy you'd raised for a few months.</p>
<p>...then I remembered all the qualified applicants that were turned down by these universities, and all was well!</p>
<p>I know this is the opposite of what this thread was intended for but I wanted my 100th post to be on the Stanford board. So, this is to indicate that I WILL BE enrolling at Stanford for the fall of 2005!</p>
<p>inuendo, I will try to meet you when I travel to Stanford. haha</p>
<p>I declined yesterday. Heading to MIT. Don't worry Stanford, there's always graduate school! :) I will most certainly be interested in the MBA program in a few years.</p>
<p>oneunknown: Do it! Of course it's a new adventure. You will be the trailblazer for your family. What a fantastic opportunity that has been placed before you. I am not sure where you are coming from, but you will be happy with the Bay Area, it's the best place in the world!!!!</p>
<p>Amrik: Congratulations on choosing MIT!!! </p>
<p>Thanks for the giant big-red-letters. :)</p>
<p>i am declining (actually they declined for me.. as in I am a bitter bitter EA Defer then reject... GO CAL!)... for Harvard.</p>
<p>goodbye stanford
hello Yale (or MIT)</p>
<p>awesome, amrik. me too - i'm off to mit in the fall (despite the fact that plenty of people i saw at admit weekend and cpw are choosing stanford instead. sigh)</p>
<p>Stanford was my absolute first choice and they flat out rejected me early action. I'm heading off to Yale but I'm thinking about applying as a transfer after my freshman year.</p>
<p>I am accepting MIT over Stanford.</p>
<p>Stanford was my first choice, but I was still feeling very emotional saying no to the other schools that accepted me. Then I realized, hell I've been accepted at the most well-rounded school, where atheltics are as good as academics and students are actually happy about their lives, and I said to myself, " what the f$#@#ck am i waiting for?"</p>
<p>I gave them my response card during the admit weekend.</p>