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Rick Tyler wrote: At the presentation I attended for Stanford, the young Admission Officer made it crystal clear (he repeated it three times) that they looked for grades, class rank, and course load.
math mom responded: That may be their line, but it is absolutely not who they have accepted from our school in the last two years. Legacy status, URM status and political connections trumps grades.
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<p>Heh. I'm guessing the Stanford rep doesn't want to come out and admit that half the incoming class slots are reserved for movie stars, children of the very very wealthy, URMs, and athletes, other than football, obviously. Doesn't seem like there's too much room for "holistic admissions" does there?</p>