Stanford Class of DGAF 2017 - Official Results Thread

[quirple]

<p>Well, fellas, I posted a very similar thread way back when I was anxiously waiting for my ED results, and got some pretty positive response so I thought I might share my idea in the Stanford thread!</p>

<p>With the end of March approaching, I’ve noticed myself tragically but steadily growing restless, self-absorbed, irritable, and sometimes just plain nasty–with the inundation of anxious 'after-the-fact-chance-me-oh-no-I-said-I-adopted-a-Bengal-Tiger-instead-of-a-Siberian-will-this-get-me-rejected?" threads… it’s safe to say many of us share this sentiment.
This thread has nothing to do with our T-minus 96 hours decision, or our stats, or our chances, or US News Rankings. It’s about stepping back from the process (ironic that it’s on this forum huh?) to reflect on what matters when all’s said and done: realizing, that if we’re not admitted, ten years from most of us will look back at our Stanford decision and decide that we DGAF (so we might as well start now!)</p>

<p>With that said, let’s get crackalackin’! I’ll go first. </p>

<p>** I, Quirple, DGAF About – My Stanford Decision**</p>

<p>Objective/Subjective:
None of these are changeable now so why dwell on them? Heck, let’s just not type them in!</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]Test Scores:
[</em>]GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>]Work/Volunteer Experience:
[<em>]Essays:
[</em>]Recs:
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<p>Reflection**<a href=“This%20is%20the%20good%20stuff”>i</a>*[ul]
[li]Single thing I am MOST proud of in my application: CommonApp Essay [/li][li]Single thing I am most proud of OUTSIDE my application: Figuring out all these nightmarish noparse/quote code commands, maybe I have a future in coding![/li][li]What I’m gonna spend the rest of my senior year doing after all this: Breaking! Gotta finally learn those windmills and headspins.[/li][li]People whose love and support I am grateful for and who I will go give a big “THANK YOU!” hug/text/email/shoutout right after this: Mom and Dad, Girlfriend, Pet chinchilla[/li][li]Where else I’ve applied/been accepted that I would be ecstatic to attend: USC, Cal, UCLA[/li][li]Bucket list items I’ll be able to scratch off regardless of which college I attend: Learn to backflip, visit Venice, found a startup, have four kids, overcome my fear of roller coasters, win CA State in Speech this year. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>I already feel better! Just copy and paste from this quote box below, and enter in your information after the colons; Formatting will work itself out.</p>

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[noparse]** I, ____, DGAF About – My Stanford Decision**[/noparse]</p>

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[li][noparse][list]Single thing I am most proud of in my application[/noparse]:[/li][li][noparse][]Single thing I am most proud of outside my application[/noparse]:[/li][li][noparse][]What I’m gonna spend the rest of my senior year doing after everything’s over[/noparse]:[/li][li][noparse][]People whose love and support I am grateful for and who I will go give a big “THANK YOU!” hug/text/email/shout right after this post[/noparse]:[/li][li][noparse][]Where else I’ve applied/been accepted that I would be ecstatic to attend[/noparse]:[/li][li][noparse][*]Bucket list items I’ll be able to scratch off regardless of which college I attend[/noparse]:[/li][noparse][/ul][/noparse]
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[Castielyse]

<p>Ooh, this sounds fun.</p>

<p>** I, Conrad, DGAF About My Stanford Decision**</p>

<p>[ul]Test Scores: 2500 on the SAT, 8000 on the ACT
[li]GPA (out of 4.0): -1.2 UW, -0.4 W[/li][li]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 0th out of 1600[/li][li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Being awesome[/li][li]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President, Captain, and Founder of “Do Nothing and Sit Around for Hours at a Time” Club[/li][li]Work/Volunteer Experience: I think the above answer should sufficiently explain this as well.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>[ul]Single thing I am most proud of in my application: Answering Stanford’s “List Five Words to Describe You” question with, “Sass Master Queen of Universe”
[li]Single thing I am most proud of outside my application: Ending global hunger[/li][li]What I’m gonna spend the rest of my senior year doing after everything’s over: Art, dance, music, reading, beach, volleyball, and lots of alcohol (I might as well be honest)[/li][li]People whose love and support I am grateful for and who I will go give a big “THANK YOU!” hug/text/email/shout right after this post: My parents, and some of my teachers, and myself too I guess. I need a little lovin’ as well.[/li][li]Where else I’ve applied/been accepted that I would be ecstatic to attend: University of Copenhagen. Too bad their decisions come out in July and I’d have committed to a US school by then.[/li][li]Bucket list items I’ll be able to scratch off regardless of which college I attend: Not to self-aggrandize again, but ending global hunger.[/li][/ul]</p>

[thatrunnerkid]

<p>** I, BQ, DGAF About – My Stanford Decision**

[ul]Single thing I am most proud of in my application: My “What Matters” Essay, I poured my heart into MS Word
[li]Single thing I am most proud of outside my application: Composting all day erry day.[/li][li]What I’m gonna spend the rest of my senior year doing after everything’s over: Go on a whole bunch of uberlong bike rides[/li][li]People whose love and support I am grateful for and who I will go give a big “THANK YOU!” hug/text/email/shout right after this post: All of my XC and Track teammates, I love you guys![/li][li]Where else I’ve applied/been accepted that I would be ecstatic to attend: NORTHWESTERN![/li][li]Bucket list items I’ll be able to scratch off regardless of which college I attend: Work my *ss off while stuffing my brain full of knowledge and making lifelong friends (that sounds cliche but its true)[/li][/ul]</p>

[harborceal]

<p>** I, Harborceal, DGAF About – My Stanford Decision**

[ul]Single thing I am most proud of in my application: Can’t decide between my What Matters essay and my Common App essay. Both were serious purges of feels, and they came out really bad***.
[li]Single thing I am most proud of outside my application: I’m that obnoxious type of person who cares so much about everything. [/li][li]What I’m gonna spend the rest of my senior year doing after everything’s over: Baking, performing, reading, reconnecting.[/li][li]People whose love and support I am grateful for and who I will go give a big “THANK YOU!” hug/text/email/shout right after this post: My incredible parents, friends since KDG, and college counselor. [/li][li]Where else I’ve been accepted that I would be ecstatic to attend: UVA, William & Mary, and UNC-CH!!![/li][li]Bucket list items I’ll be able to scratch off regardless of which college I attend:[/li][/ul] Study abroad, party hard, lay on expanses of lawn just thinking and listening to indie rock, make new friends, push myself.</p>