<p>Lol I love that thread. Nothing like lazy white guys getting antsy about the wimmenfolk</p>
<p>On a completely different note, has anyone read “Kubla Khan”?
(you’ll forgive me, I’m in a slightly crazed mood after spending an hour writing frantically in a dark room with a small desk lamp, listening to Hallelujah, analyzing and preparing for a Literature exam tomorrow :D)</p>
<p>Yeah it’s great. </p>
<p>Slightly blasphemous question: I’m working on my Stanford RD app (lol), specifically the short essays…how long were yours, exactly? My activity one is stolen from the Common App 
and it’s about 1100 characters. Is that too short?</p>
<p>get out b4nnd20! haha, just kidding. most of us(I think) had a problem getting under 1600 characters, so if you can make it shorter than that, then by all means. </p>
<p>funny, we just had a whole discussion in our english class today about boys doing poorly in schools, and how girls have an advantage, etc… Interesting.</p>
<p>Well, the thing is, girls DON’T have an advantage anymore. B/c there are fewer boys applying, colleges are kinda putting the brake on the number of girls they accept.</p>
<p>Anyways, this is another one of those things that gets me all hyped up.</p>
<p>Well, they might. Princeton and Stanford for example have slightly more guys than girls. Sure its like 52/48, but I’m sure they would rather have 50/50ish. And obviously for a school like MIT, they have admit rates for girls that are 4-5 times that of guys. I think guys might have an advantage at some liberal arts schools, but I’m not really sure cause I never looked into those. But for national universities, I think (not positive though, feel free to tell me if I’m wrong) that girls get a slight edge.</p>
<p>Eh. There was some article in the Washington Post or New York Times a few months ago about girls “losing” in the game of college admissions, and it was written by a college admissions officer. I should hope that’s a reliable source. :p</p>
<p>I can’t even win, huh? You debaters…haha, jk</p>
<p>Hah. Well… Are we talking about college admissions, or the whole education process? 'Cuz there is a difference. On the academic side, learning/grading process, girls probably have an advantage. And if more girls are in the top percentiles of the schools, then that would affect their college admissions, as more competitive girls are applying, right?</p>
<p>I was referring simply to the admissions process.</p>
<p>Sorry BearsandBruins!!! I hope it doesn’t seem like I’m attacking you!!! XD Not my point at all! I’m just kinda throwing back answers… Really! I <3 everyone on this board! :)</p>
<p>Haha, don’t feel bad. I was just kidding, it doesn’t seem that way at all. =D</p>
<p>so i now they said dec 15 but is that the earliest or latest? i mean is it possible that it could delayed?..i hope not b/c i have semester exams that week and i dont want to see my rejection letter …</p>
<p>According to last year’s SCEA kids, it was sent out/put online on the same day (around the 15th, it might have been exactly on the day or a day or two before, I’m not sure). But I’m relatively sure it’s the latest as the last e-mail I got saying they received my materials said, “We are aiming to provide you with an admission decision no later than December 15.”</p>
<p>And I’m sure they’re pretty reliable.</p>
<p>Last year decisions were released ON the 15th, around 3 PM (even though it was supposed to be 5 PM). They send out an e-mail a couple days before giving us all the information.</p>
<p>Oh god. Oh god. The ides of December!</p>
<p>i applied
just saw the news about the “shattering” number of applicants, makes me rather annoyed…</p>
<p>why annoyed?</p>
<p>haha less chance for me
also with the new dean/admissions board isn’t as lenient towards us anymore 
(i go to school in city next to stanford and they used to be super lenient towards us as in avg of 20ish people get in early per year, stopped last year and no more for this year either)</p>
<p>Yea, well we’ve never had Stanford be lenient to us. I think we have had two people get in EVER… one was a recruited athlete and the other was a double legacy (though she was already super-qualified).</p>
<p>My best friend was a double legacy at Stanford with a 4.0uw, 4.7w, top 3%, 2210 SAT score. He applied early was deferred, then rejected. I don’t think legacy counts as much as it used to. Or the new dean just sucks.</p>