Do not let anything discourage you from applying to Stanford!

Hunt
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:15:36 +0000

Even if it was all made up, (which I see no real motive for making a story like that up), her intentions were good; she wanted to give all applicants hope.

I don’t mind giving people hope, but it does them a disservice to create unrealistic expectations. If you do that, people may not create realistic lists of schools, and they may become overly enamoured of a “dream school” where they have little chance of admission. As for the motive for making stuff up, I think people do it for the lulz. I don’t find it very funny, myself.