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Loser777
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Pikacowboo
Taiwan3 Posts
On December 11 2010 15:12 KtheZ wrote: Ouch, tons of people at my school (like 3 or 4, not a ton but whatev) got rejected from Stanford, and they were all really, really smart people with high GPAs and all the nice ECs and stuff. Don't worry bout it that much, there are plenty of other colleges. makes me happy I applied ED to columbia  Edit: And got in! For engineering! and i plan to go financial engineering :D KtheZ goes to my school :D congratz dude! don't feel bummed out about stanford the selection process depends all on what you can offer to stanford in terms of diversity+talent. remember 1/7 of the people at stanford are there for athletics! | ||
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Bereft
United States1007 Posts
 . on the one hand it seems like a test of your worth of an individual, and at the same time it is so subjective and so random. you dream of going to a certain school, your dreams are set on it, and yet at the same time you are afraid to even let yourself hope. i feel like college decisions was a time when i was so wracked with self-doubt, not daring to let myself aspire for success. i had confidence in myself, but in the face of college decisions i quivered -- especially if you are a top high school student, chances are you haven't failed or been rejected often. i was afraid to go for my reach schools for fear of the cold, blatant slap to the face by the cruel hand of rejection. but looking back, even though it felt so important to me at the time, i would've been able to assimilate to/enjoyed almost any other college. in fact, after recently visiting my friend at her school in montreal, i even felt that i might've been much happier as a student there, even though her school is considered "less prestigious" than my current uni. basically my point is: there are many good schools there. don't feel like you failed as a student, or as an individual. your college experience is really essentially what you make of it, and in the end, whether you went to stanford or to another good school doesn't mold you into a different individual than you would've been otherwise. | ||
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LlamaNamedOsama
United States1900 Posts
I also just watched the movie World's Greatest Dad, which was a really interesting, stirred up a hodgepodge of thoughts, especially since coincidentally, in a Faulkner class we'd been covering ideas of death and idealism in the Quentin section. But off of that random tangent, any ideas of interesting movies/shows to see to patch up all our college woes here? xD On December 11 2010 15:11 Pyrrhuloxia wrote: Oooh what high school and what type o' debate did you do? (policy debater here) Bellarmine, I'm an LDer, haha | ||
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milikan
United States67 Posts
anyways if your even within range of stanford your already in pretty good position. i came to this stunning realization after i got a 20 year old roomate who ran away from home at 14 and is now going for his g.e.d. in the bell curve of life, your in the front part where its really small. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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SkyLegenD
United States304 Posts
EDIT: Applied Early Decision. | ||
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ltortoise
633 Posts
What matters far more is to what extent you take advantage of your professors and classes while you are there. | ||
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
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Pressure
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n3mo
United States298 Posts
and yeah, especially if you're going for grad or med school, thats a lot more important than where you were for your undergrad career. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Animostas
United States568 Posts
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supernovamaniac
United States3048 Posts
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LlamaNamedOsama
United States1900 Posts
On December 16 2010 09:39 supernovamaniac wrote: I still see this as 'I should have been accepted' especially because you stated your resume/stats. Maybe that was why this was the exact sentence before I mentioned that: "tons of great people don't get in, it's ridiculously hard to and random a ton of times" - but as always, there was that odd mix of idealism/naivete where I thought that couldn't happen to me [bolding-added] Of course I thought I might get in, that's why there's disappointment. It's mostly cooled over now, just gotta trudge through the rest of apps and finals at the same time, bah xD. | ||
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
I got the letter and realized something: Rejection sucks. Damn. I feel for you. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On December 11 2010 17:49 LlamaNamedOsama wrote: Thanks for the comments, it's really therapeutic to just vent it out xD. I also just watched the movie World's Greatest Dad, which was a really interesting, stirred up a hodgepodge of thoughts, especially since coincidentally, in a Faulkner class we'd been covering ideas of death and idealism in the Quentin section. But off of that random tangent, any ideas of interesting movies/shows to see to patch up all our college woes here? xD Bellarmine, I'm an LDer, haha Bellarmine? LDer? Legit! North cal is pretty intense with Extemp and Debate, so I salute you! | ||
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Exteray
United States1094 Posts
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
On December 11 2010 17:49 LlamaNamedOsama wrote: Thanks for the comments, it's really therapeutic to just vent it out xD. I also just watched the movie World's Greatest Dad, which was a really interesting, stirred up a hodgepodge of thoughts, especially since coincidentally, in a Faulkner class we'd been covering ideas of death and idealism in the Quentin section. But off of that random tangent, any ideas of interesting movies/shows to see to patch up all our college woes here? xD Bellarmine, I'm an LDer, haha Oh cool I knew some Hella Prep peeps back in the day. | ||
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zzaaxxsscd
United States626 Posts
My sister was in the same situation as you and was pretty disappointed, but ended up going to UCSD and loving it. I'm sure you'll do great wherever you end up  | ||
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