<p>Kyledavid80: Fine...but it's been pointed out a dozen times in the past 22pgs, and as I recall, the OP has apologized graciously and repeatedly. </p>
<p>What's done is done.</p>
<p>(Now if only this thread could finally be one of those things.)</p>
<p>^^ sorry, I didn't have time to wade through the pointless AA wars.</p>
<p>As I've said multiple times, this thread needs to be locked. Now if a mod would do his/her job...</p>
<p>you have crazy Extra curricular. SO MANY! WHY!!!!! i get like 2100 and im mexican, but i dont have anywhere close to your President of clubs and stuff! YOU SO LUCKY!</p>
<p>I am really happy for you and thank you for sharing your story because its hard to always see the 2300+s get rejected and you think how will i get in. But congrats, and don't mind all the haters. they are all jealous and you have great ECs</p>
<p>Great job man.</p>
<p>An EMBARRASSMENT for Stanford? Stanford should be proud of students such as the OP. He clearly just isn't a good test taker, and the fact that Stanford can see past test scores is why Stanford boasts such an amazing and well rounded student body.</p>
<p>I don't see why the OP should have had to hide his acceptance from anyone. He doesn't owe anything to anyone who feels bad because they're immature.</p>
<p>He was what Stanford wanted and I can clearly see why. This is anything but an embarrassment for stanford, it only makes me like the school more for being focused on the individual and less elitist and snobby like some on this post.</p>
<p>Anyone who was rejected and offended needs to get over it and instead of selfishly (though understandingly due to the circumstances) judging that Stanford should have used their personal definition of merit to admit them, have some class and congratulate someone that Stanford did choose and wish them the best.</p>
<p>OP your my hero, go out there change the world, win a noble prize and prove to the world that the SAT doesnt count for ****.</p>
<p>well look at his amazing Extra curricular. I am mexican with above 2100 on SAT and i doubt I'll get in.</p>
<p>not trying to be bitter or anything but this really sucks for all the other ppl with similar stats but couldn't get in just b/c they weren't URM. congrats anyway...hope you have fun at stanford.</p>
<p>It's Stanford's way of giving false hopes to thousands of kids in similar shoes as the OP, so that they can increase the overall applicant pool, thereby lowering the acceptance rate to compete with HYP.</p>
<p>URM alone doesn't get ANYONE in. I hope you all know that...</p>
<p>OP is a leader. That much is obvious. He's not all about himself.</p>
<p>I begin to think that this is hoax, but it's a fact that Stanford practices AA.</p>
<p>lol i'm probably gonna get rejected anyway! Seriously though, good job, I have some hope now thanks too you, but still a little bit worried.</p>
<p>Coming from a 2300+ SAT scorer, I think that the OP, despite his low scores, was almost definitely justified for admission. He was very active in his school and community and must have showed that through his resume and essays.</p>
<p>Yes. I bet hundreds of other people had more activity in their school but still got rejected.</p>
<p>Someone said that Asians as a group prepare for tests than most others do. That may well be true. But you fail to mention this first: they most likely study harder than all those others do. Test preparing may be just a small part of their study. There are just so many or so few testing preparing materials to work on! Their consistently solid test scores AND GPAs result from very strong working ethics. A great percentage, if not most, of them are not just average Asians; they are most selected students from Asia or their children. New Asian immigrants are actually the most highly educated group in America.</p>
<p>Diversity consideration hurts many of them. That's the hard reality against Asians. Are they being punished for working hardest as a group, to such a degree that they are felt to be overly represented? Should they relax more, work less, so that some others wouldn't worry about their perceived over-representation? Going further: are they being punished for being so-called model minorities, so that they don't need too many leaders to improve their societies?</p>
<p>How hard ANYONE would need to work, in order to make nearly perfect scores? How would you feel when you are denied the admission to your dream school, as a 1-2% academic performer from a great high school in a more traditional (meaning white) neighborhood, as a leader of two clubs, AND the top speaker on a top debating team in a large region? Would you feel differently if the applicant instead is your close friend, your sibling, or your cousin? How would you feel about that, if you have no real contact with any of them? You don't really know, because you still know too few of them to give a certain answer?</p>
<p>Yah because they are out there doing instead of complaining. Don't worry about other people. One doesn't know why they get the spot over you. Just keep working hard and things work out. Don't be jealous!</p>
<p>As a Stanford alumnus who got in as an international student who had to pass the toughest selections like almost all other aliens, I have mix feelings about this particular case.</p>
<p>I am quite concerned about how this will impact future applications. Some other applicants may have false hopes.</p>
<p>The applicant was clearly an exceptional and brilliant person if we don't just consider his academic records. However, his SAT score is defintely more than 500 points lower than Standford students' average. I am quite sure that he could score much higher with better preparation and harder work, and he should had done that to prove his capacity. Never before had I heard of such a low admitted SAT score. 2000, still about 300 points lower, would be much more acceptable to many people. Stanford students are supposed to show no weak mark in any catergory, aren't they?</p>
<p>Hopefully, the freshman will do well academically by working hard as we had or have been doing on the farm. It should be a lifetime experience.</p>