<p>Question for all RD’ers…</p>
<p>Why didn’t you apply SCEA? I’d like to take a poll…</p>
<p>A) You were either lazy or too busy with your two thousand extracurriculars including curing cancer and solving the Rubix cube
B) You waited to boost your SAT (probably from 1580 to 1590 or something)
C) You did and got deferred (those @%#*%!$#)
D) You got rejected/deferred from HYPM early
E) You got accepted to HYM early and wanted to have other options
F) Fill in the blank</p>
<p>because i realized that stanford had early action, like, 2 days before the deadline x__x. i had a lot of trouble figuring out where to apply in the first place. if i had been sure i was applying there earlier i may have figured out about the whole early action thing.</p>
<p>the rubiks cube isnt that hard</p>
<p>D) 
ya deferred from Harvard…</p>
<p>Ok, so my friend can do Rubiks Cube in < 2 minutes. However, I can’t do one. I can do those slide puzzles in under 15 seconds though. There’s an obvious trick. This is off topic. Back to RD.</p>
<p>theres actually a method to solve the rubiks cube. I memorized it and I can do it in about a minute. I can even do it behind my back, if I get to see what position I start in.</p>
<p>That is so cool. Teach me at Stanford!</p>
<p>d) ED to Pton, but deferred :(</p>
<p>At Stanford, nobody even uses normal Rubik’s cubes. They use the 5x5x5, 3-siders are for Harvard kids.</p>
<p>J/K, I have no idea =)</p>
<p>C) those @%#*%!$#</p>
<p>F)</p>
<p>First, the title “Single Choice Early Action” was a turn off. I wanted the option of applying to other EA. Georgetown does not limit you to their school for EA. Stanford’s (and Harvard’s and Yale’s) argument is of course that their attempting to preserve the idea of “early decision” without the commitment part.</p>
<p>Secondly, if I was rejected, it was for good. Georgetown defers applicants to regular admissions instead of rejecting them. Not to mention the SCEA pool is a lot stronger (and I wouldn’t cut it).</p>
<p>Thirdly, Stanford wasn’t my number one school.</p>
<p>not my #1 choice. wanted more time to work on app</p>
<p>B), but a much bigger jump than that</p>
<p>Also: I wanted to spend as much time on my application as humanly possible. Hopefully it paid off.</p>
<p>Rejected from Yale. I’m sorta ****ed cuz I debated heavily over Yale and Stanford for SCEA and now that I didn’t get into Yale I keep wondering what would have happened had I gone with Stanford early. Oh well, it’s my top choice now!</p>
<p>Wha?? You can’t say p-i-s-s on CC?</p>
<p>F) I was legacy at a different school so I figured I’d apply early there. Plus, many kids from my school did Stanford EA, and I fathomed that with the competition I’d probably have a better chance during the regular round. Last year Stanford took (arguably) the three best kids in the class early (and they were phenominal), and compared to what Stanford took last year, I didn’t think I really had the resume to make it in.</p>
<p>rubiks cubes are simple, i mean seriously. i can do the thing where you solve it, and then take the center cube from one side and move it to the opposite side for all sides, so its solved except for one center off colored square. it looks better than normal solving.</p>
<p>Hi Jellybean,</p>
<p>I had noticed your post count and checked a bit into your history, thus finding that you were a Stanford SCEA acceptee, … thus wondering even more WHY you would have the need to post so frequently (especially start threads only someone bored would start).</p>
<p>Obviously, I am a parent, … and I am curious about the caliber of Stanford acceptees. What was your hook? You had one, right?</p>
<p>As I am preparing to send my own (youngest) son to college, and realize that he does not want to attend the schools his dad or I graduated from, my son has no “hook”, … though exceptionally bright, and a “top” achiever within the limits of a very poor Catholic high school system. </p>
<p>Good luck to you at Stanford, Jellybean. Count your blessings, and go for it - all the way, and without wasting time! (If you don’t, it would be a shame, as you are taking the place of another equally - maybe more motivated student - who would actually make the most of the opportunity to attend a high caliber school as Stanford.)</p>
<p>justmom- after being accepted into stanford, nearly all that’s left of high school is the anticipation of how wonderful it’s going to be. I definitely spent my entire spring and summer on CC, meeting people, asking questions, listening to answers by stanford students, and here I am back again, bored on my winter break and wishing i was back at school (tomorrow!) answering as many questions as I can for the kids just like me last year. It’s addicting, and yes, we’re bored.</p>
<p>Yes, I am very, very bored. And my post count is not at all uncommon. Let’s assume 100 of those are over break and 100 more are from around the time of admissions. It’s over break and I read a little … and then get online. It’s interestingly odd that you checked into my history … but trust me. My posting will go down after the holidays. </p>
<p>However, I don’t think it’s quite fair to even consider that I am taking the place of a more motivated student. I am not trying to be disrespectful, but well, I would consider myself rather motivated. As for my hook, I was really involved with history and writing (newspaper intern, National History Day finalist), and I wrote funny essays, and I was a first-generation college student. Best of luck to your son!</p>