Stanford C/O 2016 Applicants Thread Forum

[sinfiery]

Soooo no lowercase emails reported = no good news tomorrow.

Lowercase email is in itself good news

[one_by_one]

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[04102014]

Sigh

[sinfiery]

Last school I'm waiting on ofc has to be my far and away #1..sigh. gonna be a painful rejection

[uconjak]

Thanks guys. I wish you the best of luck with the rest of your cycles as well. I'm 99.9% sure I'll be at NYU next fall and am really excited about it. I haven't been on TLS much these past couple of months. You wouldn't believe how much better I feel about attending NYU after having spent that period of time among normal folk (as opposed to TLS superhumans).

yes -- this is something to always keep in mind. nearly all the schools we discuss are actually very prestigious, elite institutions to be proud of and happy to go to. TLS debt-mongering nearly caused me to second guess attending at all last week until I talked with some family and alumns over the weekend who straightened me out

I went through the exact same process. TLS can be supportive but it can also make you feel irrationally terrible about yourself.

Good luck to both of you, maybe we will hear by May 1st? I hope quicker than that the stress was getting me down. So I decided that I am going to withdraw from everywhere but my two dream schools and if it happens, OK its karma. if not, I had a good ride!

[04102014]

Last school I'm waiting on ofc has to be my far and away #1..sigh. gonna be a painful rejection

Same, although I'm also still waiting on H. But I would take S in a heartbeat.

[swordking90]

Good luck to both of you, maybe we will hear by May 1st? I hope quicker than that the stress was getting me down. So I decided that I am going to withdraw from everywhere but my two dream schools and if it happens, OK its karma. if not, I had a good ride!

So you withdrew from everywhere except for Columbia and Stanford?

[HankBashir]

I'd give up my first born child to get into SLS.

The child would probably be better of in Stanford's hands anyway.

[helix23]

Looking at LSN, it looks like last year the big spike of admits in early to mid april were URMs or non-traditional apps (with colossal stats). After that WLs and Rejects galore.

[04102014]

Looking at LSN, it looks like last year the big spike of admits in early to mid april were URMs or non-traditional apps (with colossal stats). After that WLs and Rejects galore.

Take your realism elsewhere.

[helix23]

Looking at LSN, it looks like last year the big spike of admits in early to mid april were URMs or non-traditional apps (with colossal stats). After that WLs and Rejects galore.

Take your realism elsewhere.

You found my weakness! It's small knives!

[pn40]

Hi guys, a random question:

I've changed my phone number since submitting my app. The status checker shows my old phone number and there doesn't seem to be a way for me to change my contact details.

Should I bother getting this changed? If yes, how would you do it? (I assume email the admissions office, but would there be a quicker way?)

[sinfiery]

Looking at LSN, it looks like last year the big spike of admits in early to mid april were URMs or non-traditional apps (with colossal stats). After that WLs and Rejects galore.

Gonna pretend I didn't read this

[txdude45]

Hi guys, a random question:

I've changed my phone number since submitting my app. The status checker shows my old phone number and there doesn't seem to be a way for me to change my contact details.

Should I bother getting this changed? If yes, how would you do it? (I assume email the admissions office, but would there be a quicker way?)

You should definitely get it changed. They admit people via phone call, so you'd miss it it you don't. You'll still get the followup email, but the phone call seems like the most fun part. Since it's really just another application update, I'd email the office.

[carboncopyx]

Looking at LSN, it looks like last year the big spike of admits in early to mid april were URMs or non-traditional apps (with colossal stats). After that WLs and Rejects galore.

Yeahhhhh, I'm gonna ready up my Ding Bar post now...

[TripTrip]

You should definitely get it changed. They admit people via phone call, so you'd miss it it you don't. You'll still get the followup email, but the phone call seems like the most fun part. Since it's really just another application update, I'd email the office.

If you miss the phone call, you don't get in. They call the next number on the list and admit them.

Looking at LSN, it looks like last year the big spike of admits in early to mid april were URMs or non-traditional apps (with colossal stats). After that WLs and Rejects galore.

Yeahhhhh, I'm gonna ready up my Ding Bar post now...

Are you just saying that because every time you've been pessimistic about getting into a school, you've gotten in?

[amonthofsundays]

I'll be in here the rest of April to do some cheerleading. Anyone want to retain me as their representative? FWIW I was in at S after a good 2/3 weeks of no admits so maybe I can defibrillate the admissions process on someone else's behalf this time.

[ManOfTheMinute]

Looking at LSN, it looks like last year the big spike of admits in early to mid april were URMs or non-traditional apps (with colossal stats). After that WLs and Rejects galore.

Yeahhhhh, I'm gonna ready up my Ding Bar post now...

Yeah it's not like you have had any practice in the area!

[04102014]

I'll be in here the rest of April to do some cheerleading. Anyone want to retain me as their representative? FWIW I was in at S after a good 2/3 weeks of no admits so maybe I can defibrillate the admissions process on someone else's behalf this time.

Me please. I need all of the help I can get.

[ssanonymous]

hmmm, of the 7 accepted between early April and April 15th, 2 were traditional applicants, 3 were URMs, and 2 were non-traditional. Seems like a healthy mix of applicants.

[sinfiery]

The URM wave was in April last year but this year it was In early March. So the question is does the wave go away/become smaller or is it supplemented by other types of applicants?

[helix23]

hmmm, of the 7 accepted between early April and April 15th, 2 were traditional applicants, 3 were URMs, and 2 were non-traditional. Seems like a healthy mix of applicants.

Between 4/1 and 4/15 I see 9 acceptances. 5 URMs, 2 non-traditionals and 2 traditional.

[jbagelboy]

hmmm, of the 7 accepted between early April and April 15th, 2 were traditional applicants, 3 were URMs, and 2 were non-traditional. Seems like a healthy mix of applicants.

Between 4/1 and 4/15 I see 9 acceptances. 5 URMs, 2 non-traditionals and 2 traditional.

remember there were also probably another 30 that didn't use this website and there's no reason to believe they would follow a trend with a sample size of 9

[helix23]

hmmm, of the 7 accepted between early April and April 15th, 2 were traditional applicants, 3 were URMs, and 2 were non-traditional. Seems like a healthy mix of applicants.

Between 4/1 and 4/15 I see 9 acceptances. 5 URMs, 2 non-traditionals and 2 traditional.

remember there were also probably another 30 that didn't use this website and there's no reason to believe they would follow a trend with a sample size of 9

don't taze me, bro

[sinfiery]

Last year there were zero URM acceptances in march or close to it.

I doubt there will be any more mainly URM waves, but now I am also not sure how big of a wave is coming.