<p>Last year, my cousin's best friend was accepted to Stanford on regular decision as an international from Canada. She did not end up going due to financial reasons, however. Anyways, what really surprised me were her SAT scores! They were: 660 on CR, 630 on Writing and 590 on math! She did have a really high GPA, a lot of volunteer experience and great teacher recs, but I don't understand how she was accepted with those scores?!</p>
<p>She obviously had something that made her stand out.</p>
<p>Stanford seems more lenient on the score factor... You need something amazing though...</p>
<p>Financial reasons? If your family made less than 100k a year then they paid for tuition, and if it was less than 60k they paid for tuition, room and boarding. I mean I don't know her situation but it's like how much more do you want ha</p>
<p>maybe her family made 100,001? </p>
<p>I almost feel guilty to ask, but was she black/first nations?</p>
<p>Actually yeah she is part First Nations so that probably had influence.</p>
<p>what's first nations?</p>
<p>Canadian term for Native American</p>
<p>oh... ok</p>
<p>ooooohhhhh, hahahahahha</p>
<p>has it ever occurred to anyone that maybe SAT scores aren't everything?</p>
<p>i hope your right because my sat scores are the only thing holding me back</p>
<p>nooob, We all know that is utter blasphemy.</p>
<p>once again, SAT scores is just one of many parts of admissions. i do not want to speak for adcoms but in my opinion, they look for more than marks and scores. Its a basic human characteristic... to give a student who has involved himself in the community and has shown incredible dedication a decent chance for admission. There are some out there that just don't do well on the SAT no matter how motivated or academically driven they are. Thats why you see such acceptances which to many people seem like an outlier, but in truth, they deserved the spot.</p>