Anyone here recently got into Stanford?

<p>If so, what was so distinguishing about you? How did you find Stanford?</p>

<p><check the="" stats="" profiles="" of="" 'accepted'="" students="">
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<p>I think what did it for me was that I was in the vicinity (not really, but about 30 minutes away by car) and my school is under performing in a bad neighborhood, and no in the last 4 years got in.</p>

<p>pdef, what'd you mean the stats profiles of Accepted students? Where are the accepted students....</p>

<p>Go to "Stats Profiles"
Stanford University
Class of 2011
Status: Accepted</p>

<p>ahh...thanks pdef. It took a while to get what you ment. anyway, for those who still don't get what pdef means:</p>

<p>/ Go to STATS PROFILE (It's the left/top link on the page under discussion menu)</p>

<p>/Click Search Stats profile (It's a big blue link under)</p>

<p>/ Customize you search = cllick search</p>

<p>/Have fun</p>

<p>Also take a look at this link: <a href="http://www.hypothetic.org/ccstanford/?pagename=Main.SCEARoster%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hypothetic.org/ccstanford/?pagename=Main.SCEARoster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And 2012ers, try and update the list.</p>

<p>trend shows that first one is always accepted
c'est moi~</p>

<p>hey alohasam89</p>

<p>what does
(9 – engineering, state category winner/international finalist) </p>

<p>mean in ur stats profile?</p>

<p>for me, I think it was the not-so-common combo of math/sci + fine arts....</p>

<p>gustav i'm applying for transfer admission..do you think that really helps. Mine is engineering + fine arts. Did you incorporate this into any of your essays or did you just put that stuff in the fine arts supplement?</p>

<p>hey gustav klimt... i'm a science/fine arts person too. how did you emphasize that in your application?</p>

<p>I actually don't think it's that uncommon. Plenty of people excel at both math and art - of course, less probably pursue both fields..</p>

<p>Most students at Stanford are exceptional.</p>

<p>yeah, i didn't realize how many people were science/arts until later in the college selection process, when i started meeting other people who got accepted into the same schools.
I don't really know that much about how Stanford regards transfer student admissions, but the criteria shouldn't be that different from regular admissions, yeah?
actually, I missed the deadline for the fine arts supplement, but I did list awards that I had received in both areas, and I had done summer programs in both fields. The ECs also were very indicative about my interests in both areas. I discussed my passions in some of the "short answer" fields- the prompts asked about intellectual interests and meaningful activites. I let the other essays be more "creative". Hope that helps...?</p>

<p>funny how most of the international students get accepted, they're probably exceptional tho, winning national titles and such . . .</p>

<p>not really. They are just diverse and different compared to USA students. And of course Stanford wants diversity...</p>

<p>Uh no, they're pretty exceptional if you're actually familiar with some of the international students at Stanford. And it doesn't seem like you are, so you really have no perspective on the matter.</p>