<p>Aw Jason… What a compliment to all of us! 
I haven’t looked at the Yale thread, but are they as close as we are?</p>
<p>What makes a CC celebrity anyways?</p>
<p>Somebody who has very high academic stats (e.g. a 2400/4.0/36/800’s on multiple SAT II’s). But honestly, who needs high stats when it’ll ultimately be your personality and character that will take you far in life?</p>
<p>I know several kids like that. None of them have any lives.</p>
<p>I’m glad I have my life and not theirs.</p>
<p>true^ that’s one thing im happy about. i maintained a life while doing decently in school.</p>
<p>And that’s what matters. Haha it’s one thing to have the smarts, but you have to be able to get along with people well to succeed in the world. :)</p>
<p>Seriously. I wouldn’t trade my social life for a 4.0 if I could… It’s just not worth it.</p>
<p>well put, Jason, well put.</p>
<p>I too, steeple, am a male applicant from the mountains of Colorado haha. I suppose that the moniker now becomes a little more location-centric.</p>
<p>To all: I very much love Stanford, and I hope we all get in! I’m feeling mildly and irrationally confident about my chances. I hope that none of you have cured cancer.</p>
<p>Yay, more new people!!!</p>
<p>Tuesday. Gotta crank out three essays by tonight >___< anyone else doing Baylor/Rice?</p>
<p>Even if one of us had actually cured cancer, they would be too modest to admit it ;)</p>
<p>Well Fledgling, it’s time I came out.</p>
<p>Just kidding!</p>
<p>Haha which I approve of. I’ve been on some of these threads and I see so many derivatives of the following (I’ll provide a quick example):</p>
<p>“Hey does anyone think I have a chance? I have a 5.0 GPA at my math/science magnet school, I got a 2380 and a 35, I’m school president, captain of the swim team, worked in Cambodia building houses for aids victims, and I’m passionate about horse riding. I also got 800’s on the Physics/Math II/Chem/Lit/ and Hebrew tests. I don’t think I’ll get in…” :P</p>
<p>GlenwoodRed, I totally agree!</p>
<p>I’m not saying that we’re not any of those [yes, double-neg is NECESSARY XD]. I’m sure we’re just as over-qualified as others are. We choose to be modest because we know that numbers don’t necessarily define who we are. </p>
<p>I love how we don’t judge. Well, if we do, it’s all for funsies. :]
If I can rewrite my “Why Stanford” essay, I’d probably dedicate a good half of the word count attributing to the character of the student body [assuming that the ones admitted properly reflect the applicant pool. :D]</p>
<p>On a completely random note, I noticed that wulfran’s taken to using the word “knave” at least once in each of her posts. I think if we all end up at Stanford, we should just greet her with a jerk of the head and a casual “Sup, knave?”. :p</p>
<p>THERE WAS A GOOD OMEN TODAY, GUYS. The Gilmore Girls episode was the one where Rory was accepted to Yale Thinking positive thoughts!</p>
<p>^^ And that knave is contagious too…</p>
<p>Hahahaha we might as well take to greeting EVERYBODY with a jerk of the head and a “Sup, knave”…</p>
<p>Nerdess check your wall!!!</p>
<p>Numbers don’t define AT ALL who we are.</p>
<p>What, you become an amazing scientist the moment you get a 4.0 in Physics? Or you are become an environmentalist once you get a 4.0 in environment science? Marks don’t indicate ANYTHING, just that people can work hard, and even that differs from person to person.</p>