@Princetonian1013 I bet it’d be so nice to get away from the usual (which, in your case, is Princeton and the nearby area) and try something new. You’ll have the time of your life here in CA! I’m from Southern CA near UCLA, so I know exactly what you mean, except I didn’t apply to UCLA. I mean Stanford is still California, I LOVE CALIFORNIA, but I’d still love to get away from home for the first time and explore a plethora of options that must be out there somewhere 
Also, I love writing too. My CA essay was about my love of writing, and my what-matters-to-you was about my sexual orientation. Personally, I loved my Harvard optional essay, which went along very well with my what-matters-to-you essay for Stanford, and was sad to discover that I couldn’t submit it along with my other essays… Anyway, the decisions have been made, so I guess there’s nothing I can do to change the decision they have made on my application… I’M SO NERVOUS
Crying because I’m scared and I’m comparing myself to another classmate who got into a QB Ivy school plus another Ivy. Life is not fair. I’m glad I got into Cal, but I got rejected by basically all of my private schools. 
Feels like the end for me
I’ve got literally no acceptances so far from all my top choices. It sucks, and if you’re in a similar situation at this point, I feel you. Whatever happens tomorrow, I guess I’ll have to accept and live with it… But it will still hurt so badly. I know it will for those of you who end up being rejected, so I just wanted to say that you’re not alone and I’m rooting for you! It’d be so cool if we could all get accepted tomorrow… (*technically today OMG) College admissions this year (and in general) is just super competitive, and I’m just so so so scared. I don’t even know what I’m saying right now. I’m just rambling out of fear :\ Good luck to you all!!!
Stanford is my last hope. Yes, I realize that that is just about the least comforting thing in the world.
@Jamie151 Mine, too! So great. God, what are we supposed to dooo. It’s 2:44am here, and I just can’t sleep. I’m still on CC with my palms sweating like HELL.
Good luck to everyone today. Got U of Miami, U. of Fla., Georgetown, got waitlisted by Vanderbilt. Rejected by the Ivies. Would love it if Stanford accepted and gave me another option. Chances are slim, but theres a chance.
Got rejected by almost all Ivies…don’t think it’s even possible for me to get into Stanford as an all-ivy reject
@anliu1999 I feel you
12 hours away! For those of you in the U.S. just be glad that you don’t have to stay up till 2-3 AM for your decision like us in Africa/Europe do!
OH MY GOD I CAN’T SLEEP SOMEONE PLEASE HELP
Before I officially hear anything - I just want to say thank you to the helpful and encouraging side of the College Confidential community. Today will mark the end of my college application process, and I can honestly say that I don’t know what I would’ve done without the guidance of some of the people on this community. That being said - was all the excess stress and overanalyzing really worth three years of my life? I’m not sure. I still have a lot of regrets. But thank you to once again CC, for pushing me to do my best in high school and taking me a little bit closer to achieving my dreams.
To those of who have yet to apply - put everything you’ve got into the process and don’t think about anything else. Stay strong my friends.
We’re nearly there, everyone. Just 10 hours to go!
I want everyone on here to know that no matter what our decisions are, we are still the same amazing people we’ve always been. Stanford has no bearing on that. And neither do the ivies.
No matter where we end up, I’m positive that we will do our best and make a difference.
Thank you all for your presence on this thread throughout this wait. It really kept me level-headed. You all deserve the best.
At this point, Stanford rejection is just a formality to me, I guess my mistake was being a prestige whore and only applying to ivies and super selective schools, I’m international btw(Kenya), but I did get Clarkson Uni, my dad did his masters there, but its too expensive for me to go. My advise to future international applicants is to get a financial plan B, my stats are really low though. Well its off to UK for me!!! I got University of Birmingham, a while back, but I’m still really bummed out, lol especially since I’ve spent the last few weeks watching Cath in College videos. Stanford is really amazing , i’m really happy for those who get in! Never take it for granted. Btw I could as well go to South Africa like my sis. Best of luck to everyone! My advise, if I have any place to give it, is go to Stanford for the experience, and the future network, many schools give a good education, some even better than Stanford, but the opportunities Stanford present are wholesomely unique- in short, live a little, don’t just bury yourself in books.
Stanford is my last college decision, and boy has this entire process been quite the journey.
I wish all of you the best next year with wherever you end up, and I hope in about 9 hours I can say I got in, but either way, this has taught me a lot. We have all put hard work into this, and the commitment we have had as teenagers suddenly thrust into the world of adult decisions is amazing.
I’ll wake up early in the morning to check (int student so that’s when it’s released in my time zone) and hope everything has paid off. Good luck all
Hey guys,
I know this sounds like any other “it’s ok you’ll do great somewhere else” post, but I’ll try my best. So, closing all of those Ivy League tabs one by one yesterday made me truly feel kind of empty. There was this burning feeling inside my face and I didn’t really know what to say or do. I was waitlisted by three and rejected by the rest.
But sitting here in my room this morning with a cup of coffee and scrolling through all of the College Confidential posts, I’m doing it again: raking every corner of the internet for any news on Stanford or whether or not I have a slightly better chance of getting in or whatever
But all of you who applied to a top-ranked school, Ivy or not, that in itself means you spent the last 17 or 18 years of your lives focused and devoted to trying your best in order to sculpt a good-looking application.
Maybe, instead of defining your worth by schools you got into or didn’t get into, you could take at least 10 minutes today just thinking about how far you’ve come and what you’ve achieved. Smile and pat yourself on the back, because in the end, any hard work you put in will come back to you—it’s really the matter of time
One thing I noticed is almost all Stanford applicants are decent and collaborative people, which is one of the reasons that I as a parent am glad to send my kid to Stanford. Don’t know if this same attitude prevails at Stanford campus though . . . I hope so.
It’s crazy to me that after today, all of this is going to be over, and we’re all pretty much going to have an idea of where the next four years lie for us. Good luck to all of you – I truly wish you all the best.
What time/time zone do the decisions come out?
4:00 p.m. PST
I sometimes just wonder whether I have a better chance winning the lottery than getting into Stanford. I think the probability is pretty close