Do I speak the truth?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>How to get into Stanford</p>

<p>You have to win national science scholarships to get in... and cure cancer... and save dying children in uganda</p>

<p>6 Jul
And even then you're not guaranteed!</p>

<p>6 Jul
and have a 36 and 4.7 cumulative. class rank 1/1860 and 2,200 community service hours</p>

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And be Hispanic or African-American or Native American. Maybe all three!</p>

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and be student body president, and nhs president, and flba president, and deca president, and fccla president, and tsa president, and write a novel</p>

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and develop an app, has to be #1 in the App Store</p>

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And the novel has to be a best-seller.</p>

<p>6 Jul
you also have to have <5k income</p>

<p>6 Jul
Yeah, and you have to earn all that income yourself by tutoring college professors.</p>

<p>6 Jul
you also have to have donated all of that money to start an elementary school in the ghetto of detriot</p>

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And started that elementary school yourself, as the only teacher.</p>

<p>6 Jul
then youre still not garunteed</p>

<p>6 Jul
maybe a 20% chance</p>

<p>6 Jul
Yep.</p>

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<p>This is a pointless thread.</p>

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<p>Yeah…That did not make any sense whatsoever.</p>

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<p>Just trying to show the impossibility of gaining acceptance to stanford</p>

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<p>You do not need any of the above. All you need is about a B average, a 25 on the ACT and . . . . . be a recruited athlete. </p>

<p>May I repeat myself? Be a recruited athlete. That is what Stanford adores and admits.</p>

<p>Really, do i have to say it again? ATHLETE!!!</p>

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<p>No, it is not impossible to get into Stanford.
About 6% of the people who apply get in.
0% of the people who don’t apply get in.</p>

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<p>How to get rejected from Stanford: write and think just like the OP.</p>

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<h1>14 - Learn to spell “guarantee” right.</h1>

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<p>correction 3% of the applicants get in</p>

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<p>Uhhh its definitely 6% 5.7 something to be exact</p>

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<p>uhhhhh well regular decision is actually around 3%, do ur research buddy^^</p>

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<p>For the Class of 2017, 725 were admitted REA from an applicant pool of 6,103. 11.88% acceptance rate. </p>

<p>An additional 1,485 were admitted RD from an applicant pool of 33,297 (including deferred applicants). 4.46% acceptance rate. </p>

<p>2,210 total out of a total applicant pool of 38,828. 5.69% total admit rate.</p>

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<p>BY the way you are very wrong about the ‘athlete’ part. Stanford athletes very good students coming in. During the Rose Bowl last year, Coach David Shaw’s father gave a speech. He was so proud of the team because in Stanford there is only “one door” to get in. All students and athletes get in through the “academic door”. So please dont compare Stanford to the majority of the other athletic powerhouses. We are different!</p>

<p>Personally i know of serveral kids who play sports at Stanford and my S will tell you they are some of the most dedicated and hardworking kids. In addition, he is always shocked at how brilliant they are.</p>

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<p>^^agree with Dungareedoll. Stanford is in rarefied world of attracting top athletes in the country (Olympic level and nationally recruited athletes who are great prospects in becoming a professional) who have the smarts to get into the top academic powerhouses like MHYPCC…</p>

<p>…Stanford has to compete with the likes of athletic powerhouses like Alabama, UCLA, Michigan and yet have to compete with schools like Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton at the SAME time…</p>

<p>…on the whole, most of the athletes at Stanford carry the same average GPA of their non-athlete counterparts in their particular major…that speaks volumes…</p>

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<p>Nope, you actually don’t speak the truth at all. When my D applied Restrictive Early Action for the class of 2013, she was 1/~120, 4.167 GPA, 1890 SAT, 1 AP class, no sports, president of two organizations, involved all four years in FFA (Future Farmers of America), placed in several different FFA regional and state competitions, including 8th in the state for prepared public speaking, income <$100K, and she’s not a minority or URM. </p>

<p>If she had asked “Should I apply?” in CC, she most likely would have been told a resounding “Don’t bother!”. Thank goodness we didn’t find CC until after she had been accepted REA. Did we really think she was going to be accepted? Not really. But, she decided she wanted to give it a try, as one of her reach schools. After the initial shock of reading that acceptance letter and questioning whether Stanford hit the wrong button, we knew how Stanford had made that decision. As the admittance office said during the official tour we took prior to applying, each applicant is evaluated within their personal context - “By focusing on your achievements within context, we evaluate how you have excelled within your unique school environment and how you have taken advantage of what was available to you in your school and community.” - and that is exactly what they did.</p>

<p>Given all of my D stats, did Stanford make the right decision? Yes, as she just graduated in June, getting her BS, with honors. Was it easy? Not at all. Was it worth it? Absolutely!</p>

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<p>ballerinas mom- is she part of some small minorty race that would have possibly given her an advantage in the application process? or did she possibly have legacy to help her get in? those stats are in the lower quadrant for stanford, so major props to your daughter</p>

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<p>I had a good laugh, thanks.</p>

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<p>cooldude17 ~ I don’t recall Italian, Irish, Austrian or Russian being an option on the application, so no, she was listed as Caucasian. No legacy either. She was evaluated within her context - she did extremely well with what was offered to her. We feel she also did a great job on all her essays and her personality and passion came through on them.</p>

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<p>@ballerinasmom. Congrats to your daughter! Please ignore the OP.</p>

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<p>Thanks gravitas2! Most people do have the impression that you have to be unbelievably exceptional to get into Stanford and although many are, some are just ordinary kids who did a great job with what they had. :-)</p>