<p>hey jennyx would you mind if i can read your essay?</p>
<p>Wow 
what an inspirational story! For those of you who are doubting this, I wouldn’t be surprised at Stanford’s decision. Like someone had said, Stanford admission officers probably have the ability to spot out future world-changers, even if they don’t have the grades typically associated with the majority.</p>
<p>I know this is pretty old, but what were the grades you achieved throughout your first two years of HS? I really want to have the privilege to attend an ivy league school, but unfortunately my first two years did not go well. :(</p>
<p>^^Please do not insult Stanford by referring it to ivy league. It is NOT part of the ivy league and 5 of the top 10 schools in the country are NOT in the ivy league. Please please do some research before you write an essay for college applications in the near future…schools can tell if you are B*ing.</p>
<p>Headline news: 40,000 kids take up running!</p>
<p>It’s highly unlikely that the original poster from 2008 is around to respond.</p>
<p>i completed btech 2rd year (CSE)i have gpa 4.1 .i want to do my graduate in stanford what are required for it please tell me</p>
<p>If there is no other thread like that since 2008, it seems the chance is pretty low. ;-)</p>
<p>I was hesitating to apply for stanford because I know its a reach for anyone, and I had a bad soph year due to circumstances. Also, everyone at my school is crazy competitive and i felt like I could never compare to them. This was super encouraging, and even though I know i probably won’t get in, I’m going to try… Just wanted to say thanks!</p>
<p>There are exceptions to the rule but the rule of Stanford is a great GPA and SAT. Don’t whip up the holistic frenzy any greater than what it already is.</p>
<p>It’s certainly possible to get in with a 3.4 GPA, as well as lower. But you need to have something really unique on your application that makes admissions overlook your lower GPA. The degree of grade inflation in your HS, rigor of your class schedule, and which classes you got the lower grades in also makes a difference.</p>
<p>For example, there was an interview last year, where the Stanford football coach was quoted as praising the recruiting class for having no receivers with less than a 3.4 HS GPA, implying that there are players on the team with a 3.4 and possibly lower in other positions. There was a post a from a few years ago on CC that mentions 0.2% of accepted students have a HS GPA of 2.0 to 2.9. My HS GPA was ~91 unweighted, and I got in several years ago. I don’t know what my GPA was on a 3.X scale with Stanford rules (discard freshman year), but I had a lot of grades in techy classes near 100, so if they were pulled down from 4.4/4.5 to a max of 4.0, my overall GPA would probably drop from ~3.6 to be in the ballpark of 3.4.</p>
<p>The 2012 admitted class profile on the Stanford website lists the following HS GPA data. I believe they mean weighted GPA since they mention averages above 4.0.</p>
<p>4.0 and above – 8% admit rate, 69% of admitted class
3.7 to 4.0 – 5% admit rate, 25% of admitted class
Under 3.7 – 3% admit rate, 5% of admitted class</p>
<p>I go to a good private school and had a 3.5 gpa freshman year taking 3 honors freshman courses. However, I honestly really slacked off an could have easily gotten a 4.0. If I get a 4.0 the next 3 years will I still be able to get into Stanford?</p>
<p>I also should have a pretty good sat and act considering I started going to preparation classes as a freshman for freshman through juniors and I got moved up to the most advanced class as a freshman</p>
<p>This is an old thread and what happened in 2008 is not applicable with 5.7% admit rates.</p>