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斯坦福致信被拒学生：名校学位只是一次纪念 2015-01-23 09:59:04 来源: 网易教育论坛 分享到：        140 即使我已负责招生工作30 年之久，在这个周末，我依然为那些没能如愿拿到offer 的 年轻人而感到遗憾。 本文选自《留学那点事儿》的博客，作者观点不代表本网立场。 网易教育讯 今天想与大家分享一篇斯坦福招生官Richard H. Shaw 写给被拒学生以及 学生家长的邮件。当然，99%的读者都早已度过了申请大学的人生阶段，但这封充满正能量 的邮件仍然值得你们读读：每个人都难免遇到挫折，请不要放弃努力和期待。请相信，新的 一年，你的世界会更好！ Even though I have beenin the admission field for over 30 years, Istill feel quite a bit of pain at the end of this week (as I do each year) about the many exceptional youths who were not offered a space in the class. I also expect that in the following weeks I will hear from parents who are understandably distraught that their sons and daughters with top high school class rankings, very high SAT scores and some truly impressive extracurricular accomplishments were denied entry。 即使我已负责招生工作30 年之久，在这个周末，我依然为那些没能如愿拿到offer 的 年轻人而感到遗憾。同时，我也能预见到很多家长会因为自己的孩子有着十分优异的教育背 景、很高的SAT 成绩但最终被斯坦福拒绝而感到心烦意乱。 Clearly, I believe that a Stanford education is wonderful, but my experience su ests it’s often parents who are more upset about our admission decisions than the kids. I can relate to their concerns: I found myself getting jittery as my own daughter waited for her college application decisions. But given that today’s teens already have enough pressure in their lives, I wish to impart three credos to these parents。 我一直相信斯坦福的教育水平是无与伦比的。但我的经验告诉我，当这些孩子被斯坦 福拒绝的时候，他们的家长往往更感到沮丧。我能体会到这些家长的感受。当我的女儿在等 待大学的录取决定时，我也曾经紧张和不安。鉴于孩子们已经承受了太多的压力，在这里， 我想与你们分享三条理念。 First, its all relative. While the number admitted into the undergraduate class has remained unchanged for years, Stanford, like many ofits peer schools, has had a record number of total applicants – more than 42,000. Regardless of arguments over whether too much preference is given to one category over another, thousands of students are going to be turned away, and there is no doubt that the vas