Stanford C/O 2020 Applicants (2016-2017 Cycle) Forum

[Rigo]

Playersball has pretty good stats FOR ANYONE too and is well within the 25-75 range for Stanford so if that's not merit, I don't know what is.

There's a big difference between recognizing that URM admissions aren't completely analogous to non-URM admissions (which was my reaction upthread; sorry to anyone who misinterpreted my unclear post) and chalking up URM status as some sort of sufficient condition to admission regardless of numbers and other soft factors.

[Litt1tUp]

Stanford picked you, so get out there and ball, player

You got TLS excited for you and supporting you Playersball! At the end of the day, the haters are on the outside looking in!

[Rigo]

Now please just let some less qualified people (i.e. me) in!

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[Mr_Chukes]

Stanford picked you, so get out there and ball, player

You got TLS excited for you and supporting you Playersball! At the end of the day, the haters are on the outside looking in!

Love this post lol. Laughed at get out there and ball.

[SmallK]

A mentor once told me that no one would admit someone unless they believed they would succeed -- a school doesn't set people up for failure. Playersball, this was your ability, full stop. Go kick a$$ in Cali!

[Litt1tUp]

Now please just let some over qualified people (i.e. me) in!

I think you meant that. Never lower your worth, my friend!

[pretzeltime]

lol I love all of these people rushing to playersball's defense and he's like not on TLS and doesn't give a shit about some rando BECAUSE HE JUST GOT INTO STANFORD AND IS PROBABLY IN A BATHTUB FILLED WITH CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW

[Rigo]

Now please just let some over qualified people (i.e. me) in!

I think you meant that. Never lower your worth, my friend!

Haha thanks! I'm the coolest 25th% LSAT you'll ever meet, Stanny! I'm big league!

[forum_user]

lol I love all of these people rushing to playersball's defense and he's like not on TLS and doesn't give a shit about some rando BECAUSE HE JUST GOT INTO STANFORD AND IS PROBABLY IN A BATHTUB FILLED WITH CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW

For anyone interested, the standard bathtub is about 40 gallons in volume, which is about 150 liters. With a standard bottle size of .75L, it would take about 200 bottles to fill up your bathtub with champagne.

[soj]

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[unrelated]

lol I love all of these people rushing to playersball's defense and he's like not on TLS and doesn't give a shit about some rando BECAUSE HE JUST GOT INTO STANFORD AND IS PROBABLY IN A BATHTUB FILLED WITH CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW

For anyone interested, the standard bathtub is about 40 gallons in volume, which is about 150 liters. With a standard bottle size of .75L, it would take about 200 bottles to fill up your bathtub with champagne.

This is the content I come here for.

[lawschool2017712]

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[canafsa]

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[unrelated]

helioze is an asshole so i banned him. good luck to you all!

Gonna be honest, that seems a little drastic if that one comment was his only offense.

[forum_user]

lol I love all of these people rushing to playersball's defense and he's like not on TLS and doesn't give a shit about some rando BECAUSE HE JUST GOT INTO STANFORD AND IS PROBABLY IN A BATHTUB FILLED WITH CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW

For anyone interested, the standard bathtub is about 40 gallons in volume, which is about 150 liters. With a standard bottle size of .75L, it would take about 200 bottles to fill up your bathtub with champagne.

You dummy, you forgot to account for displacement caused by 75% of his body submerged in the tub.

Spoken like someone who has clearly never filled their bathtub with bubbly. The displacement is part of the luxury!

[canafsa]

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[soj]

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[Litt1tUp]

lol I love all of these people rushing to playersball's defense and he's like not on TLS and doesn't give a shit about some rando BECAUSE HE JUST GOT INTO STANFORD AND IS PROBABLY IN A BATHTUB FILLED WITH CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW

For anyone interested, the standard bathtub is about 40 gallons in volume, which is about 150 liters. With a standard bottle size of .75L, it would take about 200 bottles to fill up your bathtub with champagne.

You dummy, you forgot to account for displacement caused by 75% of his body submerged in the tub.

Spoken like someone who has clearly never filled their bathtub with bubbly. The displacement is part of the luxury!

Sounds like a good way to get sticky floors if you ask me.

And alcohol poisoning? Correct me if I am wrong, but you can absorb alcohol through your skin?

[canafsa]

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[nimbus cloud]

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[poptart123]

And alcohol poisoning? Correct me if I am wrong, but you can absorb alcohol through your skin?

Based on anecdotal evidence, no alcohol poisoning from champagne baths.

Can confirm. Only a good time.

[unrelated]

helioze is an asshole so i banned him. good luck to you all!

Gonna be honest, that seems a little drastic if that one comment was his only offense.

he should have kept his white tears to himself.

Now that's a stupid phrase. You sound even more obnoxious than he was.

+1. Censorship is death.

[playersball]

So incredible that for one negative remark, there were 7+ positive and supportive people to back me, and all URMs, up.
Thank you to everyone who made it a point to let Helioze know what's really up and to congratulate me! It's great to think that you all will be part of the legal community and potential classmates/colleagues.

Also yes, was too busy celebrating with family and friends but unfortunately no champagne bathtubs due to it being a work night. This weekend tho

lol I love all of these people rushing to playersball's defense and he's like not on TLS and doesn't give a shit about some rando BECAUSE HE JUST GOT INTO STANFORD AND IS PROBABLY IN A BATHTUB FILLED WITH CHAMPAGNE RIGHT NOW

For anyone interested, the standard bathtub is about 40 gallons in volume, which is about 150 liters. With a standard bottle size of .75L, it would take about 200 bottles to fill up your bathtub with champagne.

A mentor once told me that no one would admit someone unless they believed they would succeed -- a school doesn't set people up for failure. Playersball, this was your ability, full stop. Go kick a$$ in Cali!

Stanford picked you, so get out there and ball, player

You got TLS excited for you and supporting you Playersball! At the end of the day, the haters are on the outside looking in!

Playersball has pretty good stats FOR ANYONE too and is well within the 25-75 range for Stanford so if that's not merit, I don't know what is.
There's a big difference between recognizing that URM admissions aren't completely analogous to non-URM admissions (which was my reaction upthread; sorry to anyone who misinterpreted my unclear post) and chalking up URM status as some sort of sufficient condition to admission regardless of numbers and other soft factors.

Seriously. It doesn't even make sense, does helioze think anyone who is a URM and applied to SLS is an auto admit? There's obviously a lot more to it than that.

Helioze should feel ashamed. Very well said, mysterycat.

I wanted to say the same thing when i saw that post so I'm glad it was mentioned. It's not just the sls thread, it's most of the top 5 I'd say where the accomplishments of URMs are really downplayed. Anyway congrats on your acceptance you deserve it!

I also don't get the bitterness. Like is a purported "easier" law school admissions cycle really worth all the other shit that URMs have to go through on a daily basis? Almost certainly not. If you are going to reduce someone to their URM status, at least understand the full complexity of what that entails.

You know I have been absolutely dismayed at the negativity shown towards URMs in these threads. But why should I, this is what folks do when they can hide behind anonymity. You should be ashamed of how you essentially just boiled this person's hard work and accomplishments down to just their URM status. Jealousy can be shown in so many ways and that should not be the spirit of these threads.

[lawlzschool]

came here expecting a wave of stanford admits

learned my champagne bathtub dream will require too many years of biglaw (gotta have that dom)

damn

edit: also obviously congrats playersball and props for the positivity in your post ^^