<p>i'm not sure of the number but about 12, 13, or 14 ppl have already gotten into Stanford early from my school. wow! legacy does help, which sucks by the way. =)</p>
<p>which school are you from?</p>
<p>Damn, that's a lot of people. That's almost the amount of people who get into top schools in general from my high school.</p>
<p>haha. I'm the very first student to apply to a "top school" in my counselor's six years at my school. nice eh?</p>
<p>I don't believe it.</p>
<p>are you talking about me or the person who said 12-14 people got in from his school? Cause I don't really believe that many got in either, but, hey who knows?</p>
<p>palo alto high (and other schools in the vicinity of stanford) send a LOT of kids to stanford. i wouldn't totally disregard what OP has to say..</p>
<p>No, I just meant I don't believe that that many got in EA......12? That's a lot. More info would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I think the OP slightly exaggerated a bit to create a dramatic effect. However, it is possible that a lot of people are accepted from a single school. Stanford evaluates an applicant on an individual basis, and has no special quota of any kind.</p>
<p>Okay; that's cool I guess........</p>
<p>Is your school full of people like you? If so, I am really happy that I don't go there...</p>
<p>i can name at least 12 people. i promise. i was shocked too, but hey, it's palo alto. a lot of the people live in stanford.</p>
<p>btw, doesn't every top university have its unofficial feeder? from school statistics, generally around 30 people get in from palo alto's 2 high schools.</p>
<p>A few years ago (class of '07) I heard from my friend who goes there that Harvard Westlake in LA sent 17 or so people to Yale... so I'm sure it's possible to send a lot of poeple from one school to Stanford, especially if the school is in Cali.</p>
<p>that would be so gross. Going to college and having 30 people from your grade there. Kinda kills the fun of setting out on your "new" life.</p>
<p>Apparently 2% of those admitted SCEA are from this school.......</p>
<p>It wouldn't surprise me much if 12 people were accepted early at Stanford from (a) Harvard-Westlake, or (b) one of the big public high schools in Silicon Valley. They are big, and have lots of highly qualified applicants, many of whom are legacies, are faculty children, or have other strong ties to the university, and some of whom may be recruited athletes. </p>
<p>For comparison, it's not at all unusual for 12 people or more at my children's large Philadelphia public school to be accepted ED at Penn. Now Penn is a little less selective than Stanford, and because it's ED it gets lots fewer early applications, and it accepts a few more people. But the principle is the same -- year-in, year-out Penn gets many of the best applicants from this school, many of them have ties there (including through working on research projects with faculty), and it's still only about half of the students from this school that apply ED.</p>
<p>Look at Exeter. They send like 13-15 kids EACH to Princeton, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford...</p>
<p>So why not?</p>
<p>If Exeter sends 15 kids to Stanford, it's unlikely that 12 of them get admitted early. You need to find places that send 20+.</p>
<p>The two high schools are Palo Alto High and Gunn High, they are minutes from Stanford. I heard a total of around 30 kids from these two schools went in thru SCEA. JHS is correct that legacy and faculty children are factors here. Another school from the SF Bay Area: Crystal Springs, a private school for wealthy kids, sent 6. Son's school, also in the area, went 8-0 ( 6 rejected and 2 deferred). Other top public schools from the Bay Area like Mission SJ, Monta Vista and Lynbrooks did not fare well either.</p>