<p>I think Stanford would be a great school for me, but my parents aren't so hot about the idea right now. I need to get a better idea if this school is a good fit before I waste my breath trying to convince my parents.</p>
<p>What percentage of students would you say come from the east coast, espcially New York? What are the biggest differences between life in Palo Alto and the suburbs of big Northeastern cities? Did you visit the school before you were accepted? What East Coast schools did you apply to/ get into? How often do you return home? Are your parents happy with your decision or was there a lot of fighting? Finally, is there anything I should know about applying from New York? Will it help/hurt my application, etc?</p>
<p>Thanks. East Coast kids that may apply next year can also share their thoughts.</p>
<p>I might apply. I'm from MA. Stanford seems to hate my school though because many choose H over Stanford and now Stanford has refused to accept any of my school's students. Makes me sick...</p>
<p>Applying from the east generally helps whenyou apply to a school on the other side of the country, but in the case of New York, it probably won't help as much as say, applying from New Hampshire.</p>
<p>emperor550 i have talked to you before. Me and you are both from long island and I will be attending Stanford next year. ill try to answer some of your questions. life in palo alto is totally different than where you live now. its just so much happier and laid back. i didnt visit the school before I was accepted but I visited it before I made my decision. I got into Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Cornell, and many others but Stanford's awesome campus and laid back feel was too perfect for me to pass up. I will return home once a year for christmas and thats about it. My parents fought alot with me to go to Yale but they didnt understand how perfect stanford is for me. I think its the best undergraduate experience ever and i explained that to them. I dont think applying from new york hurts or helps. any more questions you can just im me. My screename is Hermes2623</p>
<p>Yeah, I was waiting for your response to this thread. I think I might be able to sucker my parents into traveling to Stanford at the end of the summer to see it. They still think it's too far for my undergrad, but at least I still have a few more months to convince them.</p>
<p>My son is from the Philadelphia area and will be a senior at Stanford next year. I was also hesitant for him to consider Stanford when there are so many colleges of all varieties on the East Coast, but when he visited after being accepted, he (and I) were sure it was the right place for him, and it has turned out to be a great experience. The trip from NYC or Phila to Stanford is very easy - there are many direct flights to San Francisco, and the shuttle from San Francisco airport will get you to your dorm in less than an hour after landing (including getting your bags). Your parents probably wouldn't see you much more if you went to school in Boston, and they would have to drive you or pay for train or plane travel for there too.</p>
<p>this isn't based on any statistics and is purely testimonial evidence, but it seems to me like it's harder to get into stanford if you live outside of california than if you live in the state. most of the kids i know who got into harvard who live near me or who i met at prefrosh weekend and aren't california natives didn't get into stanford (it was almost always the only place they didn't get into). i got waitlisted. i've also read that nearly half of stanford students hail from california. they try to attribute that statistic to the size of the state and quality of its applicants, but i don't buy it.</p>
<p>Hmm, I've read somewhere that Stanford doesn't play those admission games and will accept anyone that is qualified, but thats probably crap. I believe their yield is 60%+ in the West and only around 35% in the East. Maybe they realized you and your friends were clearly HYP material and unlikely to travel across the country to attend a college of similar prestige/quality.</p>
<p>Since overall yield is over 65% and about 40% of a typical class is from CA, your numbers don't add up, emperor. Besides, from the mid-atlantic where I live, for example, Harvard is a 7 hour drive and Stanford is a 6 hour plane flight, which is usually less than $300.</p>
<p>I thought only Princeton played the strategic admissions game. That's what my guidance counselor told me. He also told me that Harvard, Stanford, and Yale don't play those kinds of games. Am I mistaken?</p>
<p>i think stanford accepts more eastcoasters who apply SCEA because it shows that stanford is one of if not the first choice of the applicant as opposed to the regular applicants who usually wind up HYPing.
Im from NYC and my parents are not at all thrilled about my choice but they knew tht it had been my dream school since junior high. Still they tried to persuade me to go to another school. Because I got in SCEA I mostly only applied to schools that were financial safeties(scholarships,etc) with the exception of a few like Cornell(which my parents wanted me to go to). I think I will be coming home twice during the year(summer and christmas) but maybe thankgiving if it seems like something I want to do.
Ummm... also 4 ppl from my new york city PUBLIC school applied and 2 got in, so I think thats pretty good. I dont think Stanford discriminates against eastcoasters, but like every other top college in America they want a high yield rate. I hope this helps. If you have any others questions my AIM is Chiamaka04</p>
<p>stanmaster: will all your flights be out of JFK? if so, we should fly out together =)</p>
<p>Yeah the yield in the West is much higher than the 60%+ I wrote, but for some reason that 35% number stands out really strong in my head. I'll go try to see where I found it (it may have been from another thread where someone was just making up numbers).</p>
<p>I don't really agree with the time argument. Harvard is about a 4 hr drive, while Chicago is less than a 2 hr plane trip. However, most NY students would see Harvard as the easier trip. My sis goes to school in Boston, and it just feels good to know whenever we feel like it we can make a family trip up to see her. Also there's the benefit of knowing you can bring everything you'll ever need for school (as long as your car is big enough,of course). Try doing that on a plane. You say that a plane ticket is less than $300, but close knit families will probably want to bring the entire family for the first time you move in. So that first trip will cost about a grand or more depending on how many siblings you have.</p>
<p>I would think most east coast students who like Stanford and HYP almost equally would choose the 7 hr drive over the 6 hr plane trip. Besides if the plane trip itself is 6 hrs, it'll be 8 or more hours from the time you left your house to when you arrive on campus. I'd love to go to Stanford, I'm just trying to rationalize why Stanford would play admission games with East Coast students, although I doubt that they are.</p>
<p>Nana767 of course im going out of JFK. i need someone to ride with lol. me and you need to start planning together.
emperor550 i doubt stanford does strategic admissions with east coast applicants. i met way too much cross admits at yale's admit weekend and duke's admit weekend. alot kids get into all these schools and i met many east coasters who were making the same decision as me. Yale is an hour and a half from my house which means my college environment will be almost identical to where i grew up. stanford gives east coasters the total college experience because we finally get to experience a life that is so foreign to us and different. i chose stanford becuase it offers me something that no east coast school can ever hope to give me and i believe many east coasters think the same way.</p>
<p>Yeah, stanmaster, that's one of the things that so appealing about Stanford to me. My mom doesn't deny that Stanford's a great school, now she's like "you're only 17, why don't you wait 'till grad school to go to California?". Parents...</p>
<p>What do you plan to study? I would say Stanford offers the best combination of Engineering plus Arts and Sciences of any of the schools in the HYPS group.</p>
<p>yeah and i hate when people always tell me why dont you go for grad school. not everyone is going to end up at grad school. also who knows if you will ever get into stanford again. i say take the opportunity now while you have it.</p>
<p>Completely agree about the grad school point. And honestly though I’ve heard that Stanford doesn’t play the cross-admit yield game I don’t buy it. Even if adcoms refuse to admit it they’re always more willing to admit someone who has a higher chance of going, which is clearly the case for East Coast students accepted at Stanford.</p>
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