<p>is it easier to get in to stanford from the west coast or the east coast?
(what about for transfer students?)</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>uh...are you expecting someone to know the answer on this thread for 16/17 year-olds?</p>
<p>theres' no real way to tell, and there are A LOT of other factors in admissions, like race, gpa, sat, etc.</p>
<p>There really isn't an answer to your question...would a strong candidate from the East Coast be a stronger/weaker applicant than a weak candidate from the West? It depends entirely (or primarily) on your strength as an applicant (due to factors that Purplerain mentioned). By only taking location into account, only the adcoms would know.</p>
<p>I think he's referring to Shaw's recent comments about getting greater geographic diversity (expanding beyond California).</p>
<p>here's a related question</p>
<p>would applying from the east coast public magnet school show that the applicant really has interest in Stanford( only about 10 apply each year RD as compared to 60+ to other competitive schools)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Stanford has made it clear that demonstrated interest has no bearing on admissions decisions.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if applicants from, say, TJ, are relatively rare for Stanford, that might be worth something.</p>
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<p>Are you kidding???</p>
<p>For the Class of 2009, the admit rate for those who "demonstrated interest" in Stanford by applying early was over 20%; </p>
<p>The admit rate for those who applied RD (while concurrently applying RD to a range of other schools as well) was only 9.7%.</p>
<p>I'm in TJ. They are NOT rare. We got 5 kids accepted SCEA this year. Apparently, all had GPAs of 4.1 or better.</p>
<p>Which is depressing for me, since Stanford will see a 3.96.</p>
<p>Byerly:</p>
<p>That sounds a lot like correlation v. causation. I'm willing to bet that the kids who are interested enough in Stanford to visit (or wealthy enough to visit from out of state) or otherwise demonstrate interest have advantages over the average kid.</p>
<p>Tet,
Stanford pays no attention to whether or not you have visited the campus. They do not do interviews either. Thus the only way to "demonstrate interest" is by applying early AND by spelling out in your essays why you want to go to Stanford [unless you have Alumni or otherwise "well connected" parents who can "demonstrate interest" through donations to the school]. Them's the facts.</p>
<p>"Demonstrated interest" in admissions circles often means things such as visiting compus, having a interview, numerous communications to the admissions office, etc. In this sense, Stanford truely doesn't care. They say, if you apply, we believe you are interested. Why would you not be interested?</p>
<p>But, you have a point about SCEA. I wonder, though, how many early admits are recuited athletes, URM, legacy and any other special cases.</p>
<p>Well, since Stanford's application isn't common one, it seems obvious that anyone applying is interested. Only schools with common application, which often requires nothing more than "cut & paste", value college visits, which to me is unfair to poorer students since college trips can be quite a financial burden to some, if not many, of them.</p>
<p>This is why the new admissions director has laid plans to recruit nationally in a serious fashion - which Stanford has never done, except for athletes - and to eventually provide interviews for applicants after an adequate network can be constructed in the world outside of California. </p>
<p>The interview process is a two-way street: </p>
<p>(1) alumni interviews in areas far removed from Palo Alto allow the applicant who cannot afford a cross-country visit to gain a feel for the place from a representative of the school; and</p>
<p>(2) the interview gives the school an opportunity to sell itself to the applicant.</p>
<p>These changes are long overdue at Stanford, which has relied excessively on mere geography to goose its yield rate. It has done very well on the West Coast, but its yield rate among applicants from other sectors has been less than spectacular.</p>
<p>First of all, what is your source? Why do you believe that Stanford is trying to reinstate the interview?</p>
<p>Second, would this mean that Stanford is suddenly paying attention to which students visit its campus?</p>
<p>I was going to cobble together a bunch of news clippings, but this April 20 presentation to the Faculty Senate by Shaw lays it out pretty well.</p>
<p>Wow! Great job digging that up.</p>
<p>What I would give to be able to sit in on that presentation...</p>
<p>I'll admit that I have a bit of trouble with interpreting what it would mean, as applied to this question. Are they just planning to advertise more nationwide, or actually try to accept more from the East?</p>