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03-29-2008, 12:13 AM
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#31 | | Junior Member
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| Well I at least tried my best and I have no regrets. (After the few hours of just utter silence, I have recuperated.) =] Though now I am worry about the Ivies (4 possible rejections on Monday) | 
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03-29-2008, 12:23 AM
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#32 | | Junior Member
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| ^Exactly the same case with me dwindlelights.
I was over at a friend's house when i checked and was utterly silent for a long time.. and now I feel much better.
I'm REALLY worried about my 4 ivies coming out on Monday too!
Do you guys think that Stanford is tougher to get into than some ivies? :\
I guess my decision to put myself on the waiting list would depend on what comes out on Monday..
Good luck everyone!
I'm 1/688, 4.7 GPA, I worked really hard on the essays and such (poured my heart out), but I suppose I was lacking in uniqueness. | |
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03-29-2008, 12:48 AM
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#33 | | Senior Member
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| I double checked my list.
I have 5 Ivy League universities responding to me on Monday with their decisions! | |
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03-29-2008, 12:51 AM
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#34 | | Member
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| Ugh... I hate being on the waitlist. And let's just not even think about the Ivies... | |
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03-29-2008, 01:00 AM
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| i told a few friends that im quite happy to be waitlisted and most responded with confusion, so here are my two reasons:
1. wait list is not acceptance; i wont be over-confident on monday with the ivy decisions. high expectation usually means heavier fall.
2. wait list is not rejection; i wont lose the momentum ive gathered in the past few months (like barack obama, in a sense).  | 
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03-29-2008, 01:20 AM
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03-29-2008, 01:28 AM
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#37 | | Junior Member
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| OMG elisaxbanana! Same here! I'm ranked 1/692 students, 4.4 GPA, and poured my heart into the Stanford essays but maybe we are just unoriginal. =[
Oh well, I have my beloved UCLA and UC Berkeley to fall back on. =] | |
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03-29-2008, 03:54 AM
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#38 | | New Member
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| Bitter Sweet ?
I got wait listed at around 3:50 PM. I didn't even know how to feel !
Optimistic point of view: We didn't get rejected...we actually qualified for Stanford!!! There just wasn't enough space....
Pessimistic point of view: We didn't get accepted...
I'm tired from the adrenaline running through my veins every time I see a college letter. I feel like crashing now.
::SIGH:: So much for my dream school...the admittance rate for people on the wait-list are worse than regular admissions. | |
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03-29-2008, 03:58 AM
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#39 | | New Member
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| I thought that the freshman class was only 1,670 or so it said on the e-mail. | |
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03-29-2008, 04:44 AM
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#40 | | Junior Member
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| me too dwindlelights!!! March 31st seems so ominous after waitlists from Duke and Stanford  but we are in the 15% !!!! Don't lose hope everybody!!!! We are all amazing people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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03-29-2008, 05:41 AM
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#41 | | Junior Member
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| I was honestly kidding about my earlier post in this thread-I don't know if any of you feel the same but there's a bit of pride in being waitlisted. Not 1/4th of being admitted, but lets put things into perspective...
Stanford admissions officers have placed us in top 15% of applicants. It's been repeated here, but honestly-that's pretty good.
As the post before says, we are all amazing people. It's true, and keeping this in mind nobody should give up fighting-especially when we've been given a chance like this.
Whether we get into Stanford or not, it remains that we must have done something right in our teenage years.
And on a final note-it's more than likely that other schools have been pitching better offers. Best of luck to everyone. | |
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03-29-2008, 08:19 AM
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#42 | | Junior Member
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| Agh, this Stanford waitlist business adds on to my feeling that I'm at "the bottom of the top"; good enough to be considered but not quite stellar. (Also adding to this notion is the fact I've been deferred from Yale EA, and I passed the first stage of Oxford admissions & was offered an interview, but was ultimately rejected.) Does anyone else feel this way? (At the borderline of admissions?)
In any case, I just hope Monday yields better results. | |
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03-29-2008, 08:28 AM
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#43 | | Junior Member
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| Anyone with Last Name Starting with Z ever received decision email?
either waitlisted, rejected, or accepted | |
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03-29-2008, 10:32 AM
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| last name z, no email in sight... | |
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03-29-2008, 12:00 PM
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#45 | | Senior Member
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| Last name z...waitlisted
Anyways, do you guys think there is anything we can do to improve our chances of getting off the wait list? Stanford has specifically stated they do not want us to send ANYTHING to the school. I really don't have any updates in terms of new awards or grades.
Some threads have suggested sending in letters or e-mails, but it seems that would only upset the admissions committee at Stanford. How will they end up picking students off the waitlist if it isn't ranked? | |
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