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<p>Oh, really? Please enlighten me.</p>
<p>I know more than enough about the admissions system, as I work closely with Stanford professors and students (and am acquainted to several people who review apps).</p>
<p>I am friends with several extremely qualified applicants who have been rejected by Stanford (Example: Female Asian, International CGMO Medalist, Multiple Time MOPper, 4x USAMO qualifier, US Physics Team Member, 4.0 GPA UW (highest weighted GPA as well at a very very competitive high school), 2350+ SAT, 4x800 SAT II’s, RSI, at least Intel Semis, and many more awards)
Result: **Rejected<a href=“and%20don’t%20try%20to%20use%20the%20cliche%20%22her%20essays%20were%20not%20up%20to%20the%20mark%22%20or%20%22she%20had%20a%20flawed%20personality%22,%20because%20frankly,%20she%20is%20a%20extremely%20humble%20and%20likable%20person%20and%20an%20amazing%20writer”>/B</a>)
^I know several Asians who had similar accomplishments who were rejected by Stanford during both SCEA and RD (while most were accepted to every other top university they applied to, is it purely coincidental? I think not)</p>
<p>However, three great friends of mine from my school were accepted SCEA this year, all three were far behind my friends who were rejected in terms of accomplishments and all three are White. I think I’m noticing a trend.</p>
<p>And take my opinions for what they are worth, they are simply observations that I’ve made over the course of the past couple of years, I’m not trying to attack Stanford in any way, as I love the institution as much as most of you do, I’m just surprised by their relatively erratic admissions system.</p>