#Stanford (2022-2023)

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paper shell
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i rejected stanford so hopefully theres another spot opening up soon for yall

keen elk
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Where did u commit to instead

sonic silo
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just saying

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i called stanford for unrelated matters (my counsellor wanted to send something, couldn’t find the email) but then i ended up asking about the waitlist anyways

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the person on the line said they will be moving to accept a few people this year and notice will be sent somewhat soon so she encouraged me to get my school to step on it

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good luck to everyone else on the waitlist!! hope something awesome ends up happening :)

sonic silo
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on a side note they were so nice and helpful so big up the trees

paper shell
rapid patrol
rough plaza
sonic silo
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it’s not too serious or anything but still important

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either way the process is so competitive tbf

sharp hull
sonic silo
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but it appears they still haven't really taken anyone so

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maybe they're doing it next saturday

sharp hull
sonic silo
sharp hull
sonic silo
wanton vigil
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I just received an email that there was an update to my Stanford portal but I don’t have access to a computer to check it for ~5 hours 😭

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If I hadn’t received any emails or phone calls from them, it is likely a rejection, correct?

sonic silo
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i’m so scared aaargh they’ve never done fridays before for wl decisions what the heck

wanton vigil
sonic silo
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the stress is building 💀

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good luck for it

sonic silo
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any news? @wanton vigil idk how the stanford wl process works regarding communications

solid vault
sonic silo
solid vault
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someone on reddit said they got off

wanton vigil
sonic silo
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what was the body of the email like? please could you sc if you don’t mind, feel free to redact info or just quote the wording

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hopefully it’s good news

wanton vigil
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It's kind of disappointing because I had gotten so excited about seeing an update since I thought Stanford wouldn't be sending out rejections this early and it was my first choice of the schools I haven't been rejected from.

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I hope it means something, but IDK.

sonic silo
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damn that's strange

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either way i guess we'll find out in the coming week or two

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most stanford wl stuff comes out around mid-may

wanton vigil
fierce hazel
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you guys think theres a consistent pattern to the wl?

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or is it just random

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or is like

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weve already been missed out on the first couple waves

solid vault
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pretty sure there was only 1 that happened so far

sonic silo
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maybe it’s rolling

wanton vigil
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Is it possible to get off the waitlist if you aren't legacy and are super overrepresented in STEM(Asian male)?

wanton vigil
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Maybe they misclicked me and then corrected their mistake lol

cunning mesa
past stratus
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my friend’s friend got of the waitlist

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i don’t think she was questbridge

solid vault
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today?

wanton vigil
past stratus
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what is urm 😭

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also i’m not sure if she is legacy

past stratus
quiet portal
past stratus
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ohhh

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i think she is hispanic

wanton vigil
fierce hazel
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legacy.

solid vault
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i saw someone else got off 9 hours ago on A2C, they had MET and regents at cal

fervent perch
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Regents with a WL?

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Makes no sense

solid vault
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admissions between schools are completely unrelated it’s definitely possible

paper shell
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very true i got into stanford rd having spent a singular day on the application and rejected by harvard when i literally put in sm effort

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admissions r low key random af sometimes

sacred lion
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because of institutional priorities and randomness with regional AOs

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i think people overestimate how much is in their control

foggy skiff
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spent weeks curating my yale app and those essays were legit the best things i've ever written

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just to be deferred then rejected

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dream school of a decade down the drain LMAO

paper shell
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awww :((

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my dream school was williams and i got in ahaha

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the only school id have picked over it was harvard

foggy skiff
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but stanny pulled thru after my minimal effort

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i felt like i only got into schools that i put medium effort into and the schools i worked my butt off for i didn't get into

paper shell
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how many did u apply to?

foggy skiff
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14

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u?

paper shell
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4 lol

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university of richmond, harvard, stanford, and williams

foggy skiff
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that's so hype

paper shell
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those r the only four i liked 😭

foggy skiff
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that's completely valid

paper shell
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i was so picky and such a procrastinator that i narrowed my list from 16 to 4 cos i was running out of time

foggy skiff
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HAHA i was too

paper shell
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but hey it worked i got a big scholarship from richmond and stanford and williams

foggy skiff
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SICK

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no yeah i was a procrastinator and a perfectionist

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i prollly submitted half of my apps two hours before the deadline

paper shell
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this entire admissions szn was so bad

paper shell
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i took off of school to write my apps in one day

foggy skiff
paper shell
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where else did u apply?

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i see u committed stanford

foggy skiff
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like i think i thought that if i put my best foot forward i would get in but clearly not the case

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i applied to miami u in oh, osu, michigan, emory, northeastern, gtown, northwestern, duke, vandy, yale, harvard, mit, stanford, and upenn

paper shell
foggy skiff
paper shell
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and here i am with my unimpressive resume getting accepted to stanford 🤷

foggy skiff
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SAME LMAO

paper shell
foggy skiff
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HAHAH no i thought i had a chance at harvard bc i loved my essays but i think i flopped my interview

paper shell
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thats the only reaction vid my mom filmed too T_T

paper shell
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so jealous no one interviewed me anywhere 😭

foggy skiff
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and then one of my friends from my area (different interviewer) got a 2nd AO interview and i knew i was a goner

paper shell
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wOw

foggy skiff
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both of which i got into

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which makes me think im just a horrid interviewee

paper shell
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ive heard they only give interviews to ppl theyre on the fence abt 🤷

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so maybe i was just a flat out reject

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and u were just GOAT-ed for stanford hahaha

foggy skiff
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HAHAH NAH don't sell yourself short you had amazing acceptances

foggy skiff
dim egret
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Got off

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W

foggy skiff
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one day i'm being waitlisted at emory and the next i'm getting into stanford and penn (and i LOVED MY EMORY ESSAYS)

foggy skiff
paper shell
# dim egret Got off

id like to think it was my decline of admissions offer from stanford that made this possible 😌

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jkjk

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well i did decline so maybe

wanton vigil
paper shell
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well idk if they were on the fence abt u, there prolly just wasnt enough space

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if ur waitlisted they want u

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otherwise they woulda rejected u

lusty knoll
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i got an interview and got rejected lol

wanton vigil
paper shell
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ah makes sense

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idk then

wanton vigil
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I really wish I had an interview because there were things I wanted to mention I didn't have space to on the application. It's even worse since I got waitlisted, which will leave the question of if a really good interview could have 'moved the needle'

paper shell
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idk man i think ull end up where ur meant to be, and if not, transfer

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upenn is a great school anyhow

fierce hazel
dim wagon
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how did i not know about this awesome thread

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i'mma read all of this rq

sonic silo
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is it worth sending in one last update if something really significant has happened?

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like i’ve sent a lot of updates like two or three but each time legit genuinely important stuff has happened

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ik atp it prolly won’t make a difference but yuhhh

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can’t hurt ig

paper shell
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uhhh i think the waitlist came out for stanford already so atp its a lost cause

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but go for it if u want??

wanton vigil
sonic silo
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this is at a similar level to that

sonic silo
fierce hazel
dim egret
fierce hazel
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these guys a buncha doomers

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HAVE HOPE MY FELLOW WAITLISTERS

wanton vigil
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I mean, Stanford does have an extended waitlist that they give some people, so everyone is not necessarily rejected per se(although the extended waitlist is typically a rejection because not many people will decline Stanford after getting off a waitlist elsewhere).

fierce hazel
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man yall are crazy pessimistic

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have some faith

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we aint rejected yet thats all it matters

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also you going to upenn thats crazy

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best school i got into was ucsd

wanton vigil
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I mean, a kid from my school just got off the waitlist(earlier today) and he lied on most of his application(he brags about this and people think he's cool for doing it), so there's that lol.

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He has already committed to Stanford now. It's very unfair.

fierce hazel
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nobody at my school or my city has gotten off yet

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or not that i know of

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broski maybe it snot like

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"oh we missed the first wave were done GG"

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maybe the adcom just does things differently man

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as long as you aint rejected you still considered

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and what is "unfair" man

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you going to upenn

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how is that anyhow unfair

wanton vigil
# fierce hazel and what is "unfair" man

He lied on nearly all of his applications and got in. He made up extracurriculars and awards that didn't exist, etc. He even talked about 'hardships' such as abuse in his common app that never happened.

dim egret
fierce hazel
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someday

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itll ctach up to the brother

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like success isnt just getting to stanford

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if someone thinks that lying can get them to stanford and they do get in

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thats far worse for their character

dim egret
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Where did u commit to

fierce hazel
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theyre gonna go through life thinking thats the case or whatever and itll bite them in the ass later

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id argue that someone who lied getting into stanford is far worse than someone who didnt lie and went to a state univeristy

wanton vigil
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I mean, will it? Doesn't Stanford have significant grade inflation; it's not like he lied and got into Caltech or something?

fierce hazel
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one would be inspired to work harder one would be convinced lying gets then somewhere

fierce hazel
fierce hazel
dim egret
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Guys it sucks but people cheat and that will prob help them. It’s the real world and it sucks but it’s true

fierce hazel
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think about life past college

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brother in job

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brother in marriage

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brother in relationships

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lying and cheating eventually is revelead

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in the long run

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just statistically impossible to do it for a long peroid of itme

wanton vigil
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Alright, sure. But, all he has to do is stop lying and cheating now while he's ahead.

fierce hazel
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you get caught eventually

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ah yes

dim egret
fierce hazel
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people change that easily

dim egret
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It’s lowkey smart to cheat ngl

fierce hazel
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the system has pepole fucked bro

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for thinking this way

dim egret
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Yeah but they expect high school kids to make 3 startups and non profits and published research Tf

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It’s ridiculous

fierce hazel
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dw bro

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what goes around comes around

wanton vigil
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Yes, but people lying or exaggerating about what they did only makes the problem worse as it raises the standards, and now people feel they have to do even more to catch up, leading to more lying, etc. It's just a positive feedback loop.

fierce hazel
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i get what you sayin

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but at the end of the day

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you juts gotta improve yourself

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the system is flawed but if you stoop down to the level of cheating and lying

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youre not being true to yourself

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and tahts far more important than some bumass college acceptance

wanton vigil
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Yeah, I agree with your point; I just hate how people can get away with doing things like that.

fierce hazel
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and i do truly believe that at the end of the day

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pepole get what they deserve

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like for me

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i got no nonprofits

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no startups

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no awards

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noolympiads

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no prestigoius research programs

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no hooks

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and somehow i still wl for stanford

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theres gotta be something in the world that says yeah you can make it by being hones tand working hard instead of being a lying cheating scumbag

dim egret
wanton vigil
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It makes me question why I treated this process with integrity(I even sent Stanford an update when my hours, for one thing, decreased from 16->12hrs/wk, although that's perhaps an example of stupidity and not integrity).

fierce hazel
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never question your integrity broter

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you did good

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you stayed gold

sudden marlin
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we on the same wave

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trust in god we getting off this waitlist

dim egret
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gl boys

sudden marlin
dim egret
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I’m p sure they email u or j check portal gl

wanton vigil
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I think what happens is you get an emails saying your portal had an update clicking on the update in the portal will show the letter(acceptance, rejection, or extended waitlist)

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Interestingly, I have gotten that email twice now only to have NO update on my portal. I called them, and they have no clue what's going on.

fierce hazel
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damn that sucks

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at least im not getting the fake hope emails

fierce hazel
sonic silo
paper shell
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honestly i think it depends on ur background and how much u utilized what resources u had in ur school and community

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i probably wouldnt have gotten in had i lived in northern va instead of southern va and done the same ecs as i did

foggy skiff
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no literally same

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there's another kid in my distrct that got into stanny and is going w me and he's legit one of the most insane ppl i've ever met, but his hs (despite being in the same school district as mine) is very competitive

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i don't think i would've gotten in had i went to his hs instead of mine

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it's honestly scary how insane he is, like so much so that people don't believe that i could be going to the same college as that guy 😭

stable ingot
green mirage
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o

dim wagon
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what

green mirage
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Was surprised

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How many places did you apply to

sonic silo
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has stanford taken any intls off the waitlist yet? or just domestic

solid vault
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i think i saw an intl get off in wave 1 on college confidential

wanton vigil
# dim egret Got off

Congrats! If you don't mind sharing, was your counselor contacted prior to your acceptance about your 2nd-semester grades?

dim wagon
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Just early apps

wanton vigil
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Historically, rejections or invitations to the extended waitlist are sent out to waitlisted students this Thursday(the 25th), right?

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I think they're done sending out acceptances from now until the 25th though.

solid vault
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Did acceptances roll out after the 25th too in the past

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Or is it pretty much done at this point

fierce hazel
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there are people getting off as late as june or july from last year and the years before

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i think were fine guys

wanton vigil
sonic silo
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one more day ;-;

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is what it issss

lone tartan
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stanford cs would've been tough 🤷‍♂️

solid vault
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Damn

fierce hazel
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LORD JESUS CHRIST

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BRING IT HOME FOR ALL OF US HERE

solid vault
wanton vigil
# sonic silo one more day ;-;

Well, it could be way longer(months) if you get put on the extended waitlist 😭 . I've already given up as I screwed up my second-semester grades(got one B) which they will probably require for the waitlist.

sonic silo
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but it’s gonna be exciting/cathartic to hear the outcome anyways

wanton vigil
solid vault
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what time did the rejections/extended WL come last year? (pst)

paper shell
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i got a few b's on my transcript and got in rd

dim egret
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Bruh I had more bs than As and I got in

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Even 2 cs lmao

wanton vigil
sudden marlin
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was the update not rn?

fierce hazel
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nah didnt get anything

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did you get something?

solid vault
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i got nothing

fierce hazel
paper shell
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as long as its not multiple bs

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and as long as u dont get a c

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or lower

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it wont impact the decision

wanton vigil
sudden marlin
mellow sentinel
sudden marlin
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yall think it comes out today?

solid vault
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The office is closed so probably not but who knows atp

fierce hazel
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dont think it works like that

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just cause the calling offices are closed doesnt mean their entire office is closed

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aos wouldnt get paid to work 2/7 days of the week

solid vault
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ight

shrewd shard
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hi! class of '28 🙂
(sports commit)

glass leaf
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dont sweat it tho penn is so fucking fun you will absolutely love it

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no offense stanford is probs the better school but It is such a perfect place for me!

sonic silo
glass leaf
sonic silo
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it's so tense atm

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but i think i've really gotten hyped about where i'm going

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stanford grad school yee yeeeeee

glass leaf
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columbia is so exciting! congrats

sonic silo
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ty :>

sudden marlin
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damn

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nothing yet

solid vault
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maybe thursday

fierce hazel
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manifesting

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yessir

fierce hazel
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apparenlty @wanton tiger just got off the wl

fierce hazel
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bro ur chiling

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rest of us aint tho lol

sudden marlin
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howd you find out @wanton tiger

wanton tiger
sudden marlin
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damn, congrats! are you going to commit?