Can't Get Mind Off Stanford Admissions...

stanfordhopeful4
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 03:28:09 +0000

Hello All,

As you can probably deduce from my name, Stanford is my dream school and the only school that I really feel strongly about wanting to attend. To give some background, I am a Black-Vietnamese student living in a single parent household. I’m not going to list off all my stats but my un-weighted GPA is 3.92 all AP/IB classes with a 35 on the ACT. A LOT of people at my school tell me that I am for sure going to get into Stanford due to being black with a 35 ACT but I know that there is nothing “for sure” with Stanford admissions… Anyways, I made this thread to ask how others have coped with the agonizing wait until the big day. I was recently 1 of ~250 people to get early accepted to Vanderbilt (Mosaic Program) so I have some peace of mind in knowing that I’m a competitive applicant but now I just can’t stop thinking about why I haven’t gotten an early letter from Stanford. Can anyone else relate to this hyper-nervousness/hysteria that I’m experiencing or am I the only one? Lastly, how does one deal with rejection from their dream school because in all likelihood I will be rejected (based on fact that acceptance rate most likely going below 5% this year)?