<p>Most top schools accept 4-5 kids from my high school (in MA) each year, while Stanford has only accepted 1 in the last two years. I’ve been wondering if there was something different about their admissions.</p>
<p>Stanford does stress the whole of a student, so “average joes” seem like the last people they would want. Maybe the kids from your school are well-rounded or, like others said, there’s simply more to them than you think. What state are you from?</p>
<p>california and most of the kids who got accepted had 2300+ if not 2350+</p>
<p>sorry, I meant whitecadillac.</p>
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<p>Yes, and then whitecadillac referred to “more traditionally applicants” who were also good kids, but less average Joes.</p>
<p>^Obviously from his post, he means “more traditionally qualified” in regards to Stanford admissions in particular (which usually means more passionate, intellectually curious people who have some special skill or achievement, not just people who are average all around.) For example, a good kid who is a genius at the french horn and has been playing in venues across the country since he was 7 verus a good kid who has no passion for anything in particular…The former is a traditionally-qualified Stanford applicant, so it’s strange if Stanford really accepts people from the latter category.</p>
<p>I think that all of the evidence being put forth here that Stanford admits a lot of “average joes” is rather circumstantial. If you look at Stanfords SAT averages, they are comparable to all of the Ivies. If a school has around 30,000 applicants each year and aadmits less than 2,000 of them, I’m sure they wouldn’t fill their class with “average joes.” The school has a reputation to maintain.</p>
<p>but they also have legacies and minority %s to satisfy ;)</p>
<p>just curious, how much does of a role does minority play? I honestly don’t know much about the topic…and wat exactly is considered minority?</p>