<p>This thread is for everyone who has greater than a 4.4 weighted GPA and greater than a 2300 SAT score but got rejected from Stanford.</p>
<p>i have a 4.9 gpa weighted (4.0) unweighted
i have taken 10 ap classes between 9-11th grade (1,3,6)
and this year i have 7 more AP classes
and i was still rejected
my SAT score was around a 2210 though :[</p>
<p>My W GPA is like 4.7 because I've taken so many college and college honors classes - I've been taking community college class since the 8th grade (I'm Home Schooled).</p>
<p>And I had a 2400 in SATII's (including Physics and Literature).</p>
<p>Rejected lol</p>
<p>5.1W, 2240 SAT, 2260 SATII, teh rejectz.</p>
<p>3.2 W, 1970 SAT, no SAT II - ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>harry, did you have any hooks?</p>
<p>yes, a fish hook.</p>
<p>haha....he baited the admission officers.</p>
<p>indeed. there was nothing fishy about my application. they caught on very quickly.</p>
<p>4.6 weighted, 2260 SAT's, 760/780 SAT II's. 5's on every AP test taken. denied. cheers.</p>
<p>Valedictorian (my GPA is computed on a 12 point scale which can't really be converted), 2400 SATs, 800/800/760 SAT II's, 35 ACT, denied. Joy.</p>
<p>@harrjj0
you must be a black or a mexican? am i right?</p>
<p>4.5 GPA, 2240 SAT, 35 ACT, 2330 SAT IIs -> Denied (Its probably because I am asian T.T)</p>
<p>ahhhhhhhhhhhhh make it stop!</p>
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>I'm just recalling those days myself [two years ago for me...I was in this category, and the news happened to strike on my birthday]. Not to be dramatic.</p>
<p>My philosophy is that undergraduate admissions does not favor those who are...just plain super dedicated students (and I mean really academic students, much beyond just the 2300+ SAT, but really dedicated and excellent thinkers). Generally, having a few diverse extracurriculars and composing that mystical essay with whatever given personality display seems to be the real requirement, beyond some threshold of grades and scores. I def. know people from my school who got in to Stanford with ordinary scores (and not even prolific involvement in extracurriculars), and I suspect some of them wrote unique essays. And it's not about writing ability....I (in the least arrogant way) would say writing is one of my biggest strengths, but not in the sense an admissions officer would read. </p>
<p>Come to Cal! You'll find that half of us are more fierily academic than those who got into Stanford instead of us, and if you're just a really good student who didn't have the strange requirements. I say to come to Cal so freely because it is very likely such very good students got past Cal's rather numerical admissions system. You'll probably thrive here if you're particularly bright, and getting out of Cal with good performance in some of our harder majors is something to boast of, no questions asked.</p>
<p>Edit there - I meant to say "if you're a really good student who didn't have the strange requirements [for Stanford to think you "stick out"], you'll likely fit in greatly in some of Cal's wonderful departments.</p>
<p>Good luck all! I hope this is an encouraging note to those who consider themselves in the category I described. I am today very happy with where I am.</p>
<p>There are exceptions to my statement about undergrad admissions of course (in case someone takes issue!) -- I think Harvey Mudd, Caltech, and such schools. Almost ended up choosing some of those. </p>
<p>Why I chose Cal is diverting too far from the subject of this thread, I guess. Again, best of luck.</p>
<p>Harry, ahaha, just a bit arrogant?</p>
<p>harryjj is a troll.</p>
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<p>Please, don't insult such groups with these kinds of comments--that's latent racism there.</p>
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<p>I'd say it does. But it's just that there are too damned many of them to accept them all.</p>
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<p>Keep telling yourself that. ;)</p>
<p>Really, mathboy98, you have 26 posts and roughly half of them are in Stanford's forum, attempting to show why Berkeley is "better" in some way or another.</p>
<p>Hmm...</p>
<p>Kyle.....read my posts FULLY. I don't think Berkeley is better...I said in as many words that a lot of its students are average ACADEMICALLY.</p>
<p>It's you who needs to get thinking...every time I say some more ACADEMIC students don't go to Stanford, you seem to say I'm demeaning the others. People are admitted for many other (good!) reasons, my posts in this thread are specifically to those who were just grade-getters...meant to be friendly encouragement.</p>
<p>Get your head straight, saying person is more academic ain't a compliment...it's just an observation. Note that if I believed academic = greater, I'd say that those who end up as professors at Stanford or Berkeley in distinguished departments are the GREATEST people of all time. Not so....some less academic EE and CS students may go on and start a great company. </p>
<p>My point in this forum is that those who were rejected from STanford, and were just plain ol' good students will find haven at Cal, likely, as there are plenty in that boat. </p>
<p>You really should actually read my posts. I have complimented at least one person who was accepted to Stanford on his/her perspective.</p>