<p>Thanks to all of you people who were admitted but are going elsewhere - I was waitlisted, you're helping my chances :)</p>
<p>Gutrade, Yale is a pretty good school. Why are you considering transferring to Stanford when you haven't experienced Yale yet? What if you happen to like Yale?</p>
<p>I declined Stanford too. Admit Weekend seemed kinda fake and too contrived. If Stanford really is as great as they say, there's no reason to keep on reiterating "Go to Stanford."</p>
<p>Thus, I'm heading to Columbia in the Fall.</p>
<p>My daughter loves Stanford. She got admitted but declines because she was accepted into BS/MD programs. She wants to be in medical field and in the end, having a guaranteed seat in Medical school wins over sweating in pre-med at Stanford (plus fun if there is life for pre-med). She choses to be in CA and accepts UCSD BS/MD.</p>
<p>"I declined Stanford too. Admit Weekend seemed kinda fake and too contrived. If Stanford really is as great as they say, there's no reason to keep on reiterating "Go to Stanford."</p>
<p>You shouldn't be so hard on admit weekend. Most of the events are planned and carried out by students. It's not like the administration or the admissions office was trying to make a contrived attempt to snare you. Go easy on the kids who tried to plan a fun time for you.</p>
<p>Columbia is a great school though, and I hope you have a fun time there!</p>
<p>Declining Stanford was extremely tough. Gave me an awesome financial pack, and had been my dream school for as long as I can remember. Ultimately, I chose Northwestern's HPME (7 yr guaranteed med program). Couldn't turn down the guaranteed spot in med school. I do, however, hope to be a Cardinal after 3 years for Med School.</p>
<p>Yeah it was difficult for me too... and I really liked admit weekend. I turned down Stanford for Princeton for better undergrad focus and just because of a gut feeling... though I loved Stanford's feel, campus, weather. (I'm still second-guessing my decision and its driving me crazy). But they are both great schools and you guys going to Stanford are going to have a blast...</p>
<p>haha Gutrade, I'm the opposite. Yale was my first choice (although not absolute) and I got rejected early and I'll now be going to Stanford in the fall. Not interested in transferring though, I'd rather just be gung-ho for Stanford...GO CARDINAL!</p>
<p>wow, caballero, I had the opposite reaction at Stanford. I like that they are trying to impress me because I feel like I've been spending so long trying to impress colleges. Plus, the "go to stanford" thing was just for laughs. Anyways, I loved admit weekend and was sad to leave. Made me so excited for next year, now I dance around the house singing all right now and i can't concentrate on classes or aps!</p>
<p>Oh man, I wish we could trade. They should totally let people trade admissions to comparable schools....just like glorified baseball cards. </p>
<p>Anyway, I envy you signigying. You get to be the top-dawg in your school rivalry with Berkeley. All I will hear about is how Yale is full of Harvard rejects (sigh).</p>
<p>Gutrade: I know you're probably just kidding about trading admissions, but if that were the policy, then each school would let in much fewer students (since the yield would be so high), and it would end up being that for students that didn't get accepted, the ones with the most qualified friends would get in, making college admissions essentially a popularity contest.</p>
<p>I was only put in on the waiting list... but I decided to go to another school. Another good friend was admitted, but rejected stanford for a UC</p>
<p>Every year, there are only 2 or 3 students that choose a UC over Stanford. Your friend is one of the lucky few.</p>
<p>Anyway, before people start questioning me, here are the official statistics:</p>
<p>"Of the 821 students who declined admission...28 percent said Harvard, 20 percent said Yale, 13 percent said MIT and 8 percent said Princeton. All other universities that were mentioned did not represent more than 2 percent, and no more than 1 percent indicated that they would attend a Pac-10 school, according to the figures provided by the admission office."</p>
<p>It says "no more than 1 percent indicated that they would attend a Pac-10 school". Since there are 821 students who declined admission, that comes down to about 8 students who choose to attend a pac 10 over than Stanford. I assume most of them are recruited atheletes, and at most maybe 3 or 4 attend UC Berk or UCLA over Stanford. So the next time somebody tells you they chose a UC over Stanford, think twice before you believe them.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/october6/decline-106.html%5B/url%5D">http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/october6/decline-106.html</a></p>
<p>I declined the offer. I'll be going to MIT.</p>
<p>I choose Dartmouth.</p>
<p>übermensch: you're reading that wrong. When they say "no more than 1 percent indicated that they would attend a Pac-10 school", they mean that for each pac-10 school, up to 1% could have chosen to go there. Not that 1% represented the entirety of those who chose pac-10 schools. Up to 8 students may have gone to each Pac-10 school.
There are not 30% who declined stanford for non-Pac-10 schools.
People also do choose the cheaper UCs over UCLA, Berkeley and Stanford for money-matters, believe it or not.</p>
<p>I have to say that YOU are reading it wrong. No more than 1 percent chose to attend a pac-10 school. This does not mean that 1 percent chose to attend EACH Pac-10 school. It means 1 percent chose to attend one of the 10 pac-10 schools as a whole. WHich means, on average, 0.1 percent of students choose a particular pac-10 school over Stanford. That is an incredibly small number. </p>
<p>*Please note this is not a combative post. I capitalized certain things for emphasis, not sardonic derision.</p>
<p>"Of the 821 students who declined admission...28 percent said Harvard, 20 percent said Yale, 13 percent said MIT and 8 percent said Princeton. All other universities that were mentioned did not represent more than 2 percent, and no more than 1 percent indicated that they would attend a Pac-10 school, according to the figures provided by the admission office."</p>
<p>Ubermensch,
I believe you are misreading this.</p>
<p>Note that 28% + 20% + 13% + 8% = 69%
That means, 31% attend a different institution.</p>
<p>But the very next line says: "All other universities that were mentioned did not represent more than 2 percent, and no more than 1 percent indicated they would attend a Pac 10 school..."</p>
<p>This CANNOT mean "... not represent more than 2% [TOTAL], and no more than 1% [TOTAL] indicated they would attend a Pac 10 school..."
The numbers just don't add up.</p>
<p>Clearly, they must mean: "All other universities that were mentioned did not represent more than 2% [EACH], and no more than 1 percent [EACH] indicated they would attend a Pac 10 school..."</p>
<p>Otherwise, it doesn't make sense. I note that it isn't necessarily your fault... whoever wrote the article did a poor job with writing clearly.</p>
<p>"This CANNOT mean "... not represent more than 2% [TOTAL], and no more than 1% [TOTAL] indicated they would attend a Pac 10 school..."
The numbers just don't add up.</p>
<p>Clearly, they must mean: "All other universities that were mentioned did not represent more than 2% [EACH], and no more than 1 percent [EACH] indicated they would attend a Pac 10 school..."</p>
<p>Okay, assuming that you are correct, then 1 percent attended each Pac-10 school. I don't neessarily agree with that, but for the sake of argument, let's say you are right. Then in total, no more than 8 people attended Berkeley. That's still a very small number, and since it says no more than 1 percent, it could be anywhere from 0 to 8 and is probably around 3 or 4.</p>
<p>My son is accepting Harvey Mudd over Stanford, Caltech, Cornell, CMU, U of Chicago +. HMC is the best fit with a lot of pluses.</p>