How rigorous is your schedule supposed to be when applying to Stanford?

Transfer Students
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<p>I found this transfer guide for Stanford students, but it was published over a decade ago (back when S used to accept 15% of all transfer applicants every year). </p>

<p>S had listed what the ideal transcript from college looked like, and they recommended taking 6 classes in a quarter system each year. I go to a semester community college, and I've only been taking 5 classes at a time. </p>

<p>I really can't take 6 classes at a time, because I'm also working a part-time job. :(</p>

<p>Are there any S students who got in as transfers who can tell me how many classes they took at a time? I'm just trying to see what the differences are now between the requirements for transfers back in 1994 and today.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>As long as you are keeping yourself occupied to the fullest extent, you should not have to worry about that. Generally, you need to be an overachiever to be competitive for America’s premier universities. Push yourself if you want a chance.</p>

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<p>What about bad AP scores from high school? Would that hurt me?</p>

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<p>To some degree it depends on whether you’re applying as an entering soph or jr. What you did in HS, including AP scores, will be weighted more for soph transfers. However, when you’re talking about a school as selective as S, everything you do may be taken into consideration. There’s no clear cut answer for this, it really depends on what the rest of your application looks like.</p>

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<p>You don’t mention SAT scores which are important.</p>

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<p>There really seems to be no hard evidence on the degree to which AP scores are weighed, probably because they’re self reported. If you failed all your AP tests, it’ll most likely end up hurting you, but getting all 5s and 4s probably won’t help you that much.</p>

<p>To be honest, 6 classes seems suicidal if you’re also partaking in other noteworthy ECs. I think college admissions is an entirely new ball game for our generation. But the fact that applicants shouldn’t be wasting their time is still there, as mentioned above.</p>

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<p>But don’t AP scores immediately go on your transcript, though? I mean, when my high school printed out my transcript, my AP scores were automatically printed on the bottom of the page.</p>

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<p>I agree. But I’ve always wondered why they ask for AP scores at all??</p>

<p>OP, some HSs put AP scores on the transcript and others don’t, and if they do, it isn’t considered an official score report.</p>