<p>When asking “Stanford vs <em>insert university that you got money for</em>” watch out for people giving advice to ditch Stanford when THEY ARE ON THE WAITLIST OR HAVE BEEN REJECTED FROM STANFORD</p>
<p>Why does that even matter… As long as their advice is valid and the OP thinks takes it into consideration, does it matter what the person’s intentions are?</p>
<p>I’d in fact say that anyone who says to ditch one good school for another is probably a little shaky a source already. Better to trust people who give reasons both ways, rather than demonstrating bias. </p>
<p>If someone unilaterally were to support one school, I’d still consider the positives stated about that school, and then go to another for more perspective.</p>
<p>Ha are you kidding. I want to go to the school MORE because I got waitlisted. Thus, I tell everyone I know who got in to 100% go to Stanford and like list multiple reasons why it’s the perfect school. Give some people a bit of credit.</p>
<p>^^No, that’s not what blazer’s talking about…some waitlistees will say, “Oh, choose the other school…” simply because getting one person to reject increases his/her chance of getting off the waitlist a little.</p>