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DS was rejected from Stanford's SCEA on Friday. He was a very strong contender and we are doing the same thing as Saints--rethinking and mourning. He's white but also has Hispanic ancestry on DH's side. >2200 SAT, multiple 5 APs, Math II 800 and other subject tests >750. UW GPA around 3.9, weighted around 4.3. Multiple legacy (he filled that category out entirely from DH's side and we have donated a fair amount every single year since S was born). Biggest weakness by far was less than stellar EC's and volunteer work. His essays were pretty darn good. Not a single applicant from his very competive public high school has been accepted to Stanford in the last two years and only one three years ago. Thank goodness he is a strong candidate for UCB (and wants to go there very much now) and is in love with a second tier UC where he is basically guaranteed admission and probably some merit money. We are grateful to live in Cal and that those applications are in already! We're going to look at other privates after he finishes finals this week. Straight A's so far this semester, so that's good.
I actually think H is taking it worse than S--when I called to tell H, he went down and ripped the Stanford license plate holder off his car with his bare hands and threw it away (at work, not in front of son!). He then came home early to pack up every piece of Stanford clothing and memorabilia (his and son's, including two of my favorite wine glasses) and put them in a box in the attic. In front of S he has been nothing but supportive and proud of the effort S put out, but in private he has been a bit of a mess. I hate to admit it, but although I am very sorry for S's disappointment (and cried a few tears myself in private), I am also relieved since we do not qualify for need-based aid but would have struggled quite a bit to pay for Stanford. UCs we can do much more easily even with the recent tuition hikes.
Thanks so much to everyone who posted, it has been very helpful. I don't post much but I wander around here quite a bit.
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