Elitism isn't really my thing ...
So. I didn't get into Stanford.
And this probably sounds like I'm just trying to make myself feel better, but I was thinking about it a lot this week, and I realized that I wasn't really sure that I wanted to go there even if I got in. A) It's expensive. SO expensive. B) As much as I've tried to argue the opposite, it's pretentious and elitist. And I'm not really striving to be either of those things. C) I want an adventure. I want fast, I want busy, I want crowded, I want new. And while Stanford would be new, it wouldn't be fast or busy or crowded. D) And most importantly: I think that I was more enamored by the name than what the school had to offer me. I mean, come on. It's Stanford.
So yeah. I'm okay, I'm more than okay. I'm kind of excited, even, that I didn't get in because that means that my possibilities are fewer and there's less worry about where to go.
But I will be really sad if I don't get into Cal and UCLA. I want my choice to be between those two. AHHHH I won't know until March!
And this probably sounds like I'm just trying to make myself feel better, but I was thinking about it a lot this week, and I realized that I wasn't really sure that I wanted to go there even if I got in. A) It's expensive. SO expensive. B) As much as I've tried to argue the opposite, it's pretentious and elitist. And I'm not really striving to be either of those things. C) I want an adventure. I want fast, I want busy, I want crowded, I want new. And while Stanford would be new, it wouldn't be fast or busy or crowded. D) And most importantly: I think that I was more enamored by the name than what the school had to offer me. I mean, come on. It's Stanford.
So yeah. I'm okay, I'm more than okay. I'm kind of excited, even, that I didn't get in because that means that my possibilities are fewer and there's less worry about where to go.
But I will be really sad if I don't get into Cal and UCLA. I want my choice to be between those two. AHHHH I won't know until March!