<p>Don’t bother with OP, ballerinasmom.</p>
<p>ballerinasmom-big congradulations then!!</p>
<p>ballerinasmom, do you live in a rural state like Nebraska? (This isn’t to diminish your D’s acceptance. I think it’s curious that she would be so involved in FFA and still be interested in a school like Stanford, which doesn’t have anything in the way of agricultural offerings. Not that she would necessarily pursue agriculture in college and become a farmer ;))</p>
<p>phantasmagoric ~ Actually, we’re from the big state of California. 
Although she raised pigs and sheep for market, she was mainly involved in the “non-framing” activities - Prepared Speaking, Parli Pro, etc. By the time she started looking into colleges, she wanted to major in Political Science, so Stanford was a good choice. If she had wanted something in AG, she wouldn’t have looked at Stanford. After her first year at Stanford, she changed directions and ended up with a major in GES (Geological and Environmental Sciences).</p>
<p>I was accepted into Stanford this year and am starting in September for freshman year.
I’m a non-legacy from Indonesia. Asian and applied for science. Stereotype of all stereotypes but I still got in. </p>
<p>It’s all about finding what you care about most and sticking to it. If you want to get into Stanford, its more than just having the grades. You gotta show you’re more than you’re grades, you’re more than your SAT score, and that when you get to Stanford you’re not just gonna boost their score mean but actually add something.</p>
<p>Sell yourself as a person and you got it. Stanford’s hard to get into for sure but it’s not impossible</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Congratulation kcwijaya and very well said!! I can totally see why you were accepted to Stanford! :-)</p>
<p>Yeah, athletes here definitely are comparable academically with everyone else. It’s Stanford, athletes need to be at the top of their class AND sports team</p>
<p>Yeah I’m an Asian admit who is ranked top 23rd percentile in class, 3.78 GPA, family income <70k, studying polysci, 34 act, didn’t even mention my community service hours on my app, who was too lazy to apply for a single scholarship. And I got in this year. The reason there is so much backlash to your post, IMO, is that it, perhaps unintentionally, implies that a student like I should not even apply. While your hyperbole doesn’t emphasize it is difficult to gain admission, why even post it? The stats speak for themselves.</p>
<p>This just sounds like someone who is bitter about being rejected.</p>
<p>Bitter about having no shot at getting in</p>