<p>@hogsmeadcollege: I love rowing and it is basically my life, I don’t think I could continue if I went to Stanford, since I would really only have time for it at a D3 school and besides, Stanford’s lightweight women are the best in the nation, so I don’t think I could get recruited in the first place (though my coach did want me to talk to the Stanford coach) but who knows, right? How about you? What are your plans for rowing (or not) in college?</p>
<p>@UnsureOnLife: Hahahaha that is exactly how I feel!! I will be insanely jealous of, but also incredibly happy for, all those who get accepted if (when? haha) I get rejected.</p>
<p>@mochaswirl…major absolutely affects admission chances at Stanford and at all US universities. College counselors don’t emphasize that fact because they don’t want applicants to manipulate the system in that way but rather choose a major that they truly want. But, it absolutely makes a difference in the admission office. In his book “Admission Matters,” Jon Reider (Stanford’s admission director for 20 years) says that they are trying to build a freshman class that is “varied in their academic commitments,” in other words spreading out who they admit based on major declared.</p>
<p>Rush – thanks for posting that. Really great! Wish I was that well spoken!</p>
<p>BTW, reading the acceptance / rejection thread from last year wasn’t depressing. Were there any / many people you thought would have been a unique member of Stanford’s community who was rejected? One rejected person put it well: How many rich Asian musicians do they need?</p>
<p>And one guy who was rejected was swearing about “affirmative action.” Good catch by Stanford rejecting him!</p>
<p>@Newtocollege, In basketball I play Small Forward or Power Forward depending on if coach wants to play big or small. In football, I play DB (Defensive back like corner back, free safety, strong safety.</p>
<p>I think they tell applicants that they’ll release decisions on a certain day, but then try to do it spontaneously the friday beforehand to give us time to heal…I’m really hoping they release them on the 9th so I can move on and study for my exams that are the following week!</p>
<p>@reeny: yeah, I love rowing too, but probably won’t be able to do it in college. I’m definitely not going to be recruited because even though I am pretty strong and work really hard, because I am only 5’ 4", and so never got on our varsity first boat, and have been stuck on second since sophomore year
I don’t feel too bad though, because the next shortest girl is 5’9" and they go up to 6’ 3". even my coach told me that my problem was ‘genetics’.
Though it would be super awesome to be on the Stanford lightweight team, I don’t think I am remotely as qualified as those women.</p>
