<p>tristan, I managed to turn my Yale supplement essay into the pton essay too, the stone one particularly. The essay sucks and doesn’t fit the prompt, but at least I’m done.</p>
<p>Well, that’s my theory, based on my observation that Harvard tends to take kids the other Ivies don’t want and on my dream that I got rejected from everywhere I applied to except for Harvard because Harvard called dibs on me in the annual Ivy Applicant Draft.</p>
<p>haha, the annual ivy applicant draft.</p>
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<p>I’ve heard from more reputable sources that for some borderline applicants they do.</p>
<p>Pigs is an extremely reputable source.</p>
<p>Good point</p>
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yes i am!! :D</p>
<p>My letter got set on fire</p>
<p>^Why not just recycle it?</p>
<p>actually, a deferral letter is worth keeping</p>
<p>^It is, especially since there’s very little chance I’ll ever get an official letter from Yale ever again.</p>
<p>We have a wood stove and my mom needed paper to start the fire. I handed it to her. I really didn’t give a damn about the deferral. Just a bump in the road</p>
<p>^yep exactly</p>
<p>actually, i see the yale deferral as a promise that i will get into really good schools</p>
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<p>I just realized that. 
It makes me sad. Really sad.</p>
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<p>Come on guys!! Lighten up!! Those of you deferred: it’s a deferral, not a rejection. BE OPTIMISTC!!! Yale recruits the MAJORITY of its class from RD. And ALL of you guys most definitely have a shot ^^</p>
<p>I think 10% isn’t so bad a chance at all. Compare that with the likelihood of being born, even assuming your parents were together (I think it’s in the order of 10^-30), and it’s not bad at all.</p>
<p>Ahhh man! I missed a whole great posting sessions!</p>
<p>So sad right now. Well, not as sad about having to redo my stanford supplement. Haha</p>
<p>The main two left are Penn and Stanford. (I do have to finish the why yale part though)</p>
<p>Can I throw in my own random theory just for kicks? </p>
<p>I think that Stanford is harder to get into than most of the ivies. It seems like they have a different set of characteristics they’re looking for. </p>
<p>Honestly, before I get flamed, I do not have any evidence or anecdotes to support this. </p>
<p>But does anyone see what I’m talking about or am I just a looney? (a likely possibility)</p>
<p>^ Penn and Stanford were my last ones too! Haha</p>
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<p>I think that is true. I mean, for EA, Stanford really, and I mean really slaughtered some good applicants. Not even in the sense that their philosophy is to give out real decisions sooner, but they just look for other things. URM, I think? Idk, I’d like to see what other people have to say about this too :)</p>
<p>It’s not “harder” to get into because obviously the admit rate is about the same.</p>
<p>It IS harder to know what they’re looking for, because their review process is more holistic and less numbers-oriented than it is at other top schools (just based on looking at the people who did/did not get in, not on any official statement or anything). That can appear more daunting because it seems random, but that doesn’t make Stanford a “harder” school to get into.</p>
<p>It depends what school at Penn you are applying to. For example, if it were Nursing vs. Stanford… I say no more.</p>