<p>Wow. This thread is so barren. "Stanford Slaughter" is right. I don't know much about previous years' admissions, but it seems that a lot of incredibly qualified people got rejected, relative to previous years. Anybody have any idea why? I mean, Stanford's always been like the hooks and essay school, but this year is just...</p>
<p>i hope this works!!</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: naw
[</em>] SAT I (by section): didn't take it
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760 bio e, 750 math IIc, 710 world hist
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted, 4.86 weighted
[<em>] Rank: 1st out of 316
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] APs (including this year's): took 9 soph and junior year (don't want to list them all) and got a 5 on all of them; am taking 6 more this year
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: nope
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: really hard - 4 ap classes and then diff eq
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: just 1 other
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): national ap scholar award, princeton book award, some other things
[/list]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: president of sga for a while, fbla vice prez and state officer, cure club prez, maryland tech honors society vp, jsa president and founder, best buddies vice president, i think that's it
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: almost nothing - founded tutoring service and worked at the board of ed for a summer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): i thought they were really good! the common app one was the best ive everever written, the other two were kind of weird, but i guess they liked them!
[<em>] Teacher Recs: really good! i saw both of them, and the first one from my english teacher was beautiful and fabulous, and the one from my biology teacher was really praising and great, but she used horrible grammar so i was kind of scared. oh, but they both, and my guidance counselor, put "one of the best students i have ever encountered" for each check box.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great - he loved me. i also got an additional rec from another guidance counselor who loves me and it was really great. she talked about each of the pillars of nhs and how i exemplify each in my daily life (corny but really good)
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): uhhhh didn't have one
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):did a little research, but definitely wasnt a hook. so none
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: maryland
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, we send on average 5-7 to ivies each year
[<em>] Ethnicity: white =D
[</em>] Gender: man
[<em>] Income Bracket: pretty low, dont know exactly, but lower than $60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
[<em>] Strengths: leadership, community service, AP's, GPA & class rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores, race
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i couldnt tell you, but if i had to guess my gpa and my recommendations[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I AM SO HAPPY AND I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME</p>
<p>Hey Oprah, take the spaces out of all the brackets, and hit enter between each item on the list, see if that helps.</p>
<p>i didn't apply yet (i'm doing RD) but i'm looking through this thread and WOW... Stanford admissions must be on something this year. i've never seen so many 2300 SATs get rejected. Good God... </p>
<p>i guess Stanford sees something that we don't, because i can't even fathom how some of you guys were rejected. i guess i should be encouraged because it seems most URMs are getting in, but i am really SHOCKED.</p>
<p>all i can say is just keep your head up and put your all into the rest of your applications, because most of you guys could def get in at the other top schools in the country.</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted**</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (M-760, CR-750 W-800)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Spanish: 750, Math II: 610, Physics: 720
[<em>] GPA:3.92
[</em>] Rank:?
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good, never satisfied
[<em>] Teacher Recs: really likes me and highly accredited
[</em>] Counselor Rec:good. never read it
[<em>] Hook (if any): First Generation Hispanic
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:MD
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[li] Gender:M[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:raaaaa</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Rejected **</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2400 (single-sitting)
SAT IIs: World History: 800 Math II: 770 Physics: 700
GPA: 3.88
Rank: Top 5%, most rigorous courseload
Other stats: 5's on APUSH, World Hist., English Language. 4 on Physics B.
[ b]Subjective:**
Essays: Everyone thought they were really good
Teacher Recs: One amazing (I've seen pieces of it), one very good
Counselor Rec: Probably good, don't know for sure.
Hook (if any): I thought having multiple national and international awards in writing would help
[ b]Location/Person:**
State or Country: NY
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:M
Other Factors: My school typically sends one or two to each of the HYPM each year, but Stanford has accepted like 3 kids in the last twelve years. I guess they just don't like me or don't like my school.
General Comments: Oh well, time to move on.</p>
<p>I'll preface by saying that I'm a Yale SCEA hopeful.</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>The hell is this thread? What exactly is Stanford trying to do? Are they really going to be able to fill a class during the regular period with better kids than they rejected? Looking back at archived Stanford SCEA results this isn't totally bamboozling (Stanford has always had a system that makes no sense with these profiles), but I just don't understand some of this. I can spot the errors in some of those who didn't get in (I found a lack of substantive extracurriculars to be a recurring theme), but with a couple exceptions, the acceptees (congrats to you all, sorry for doing some bashing, but you just got into stanford so you can take it haha) don't seem to blow anyone away on paper either. Those rejected seem to be almost universally stronger than those deferred. I'm really scratching my head. </p>
<p>My heart goes out to all those who got bad news, and please don't construe his as a personal attack on anybody. I just don't understand what they're looking for. Teacher recs can't differ by too much, counselor recs can't always be taken into account (big public schools, etc.), and essays are really subjective.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2260 SAT (770 M, 720 CR, 770 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Biology E, 760 U.S. History
[<em>] GPA: 3.8weighted/4.3unweighted (toughest courseload)
[</em>] Rank: 19/650
[<em>] Other stats: 34 ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My personal statement was really good... the shining part of my application. My short responses were definitely eye catching/interesting... the why stanford one wasn't quite as strong as the others.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: My biology teacher's rec was strong while the English teacher's I don't know about. My UCSF professor's should have been good as well.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Strong
[<em>] Hook (if any): 1st Generation?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Best in area (we send a couple to Ivies/Stanford each year)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I had published research and a pretty strong list of ECs to back me up...
General Comments: I always thought that my GPA would hold me back significantly as well as being an Asian and from California. Rejection was the first thought but I always had that glimmer of hope. I guess deferral is meh and I don't know what it means on a more large scale of application in the RD pool. Seems to me as though a LOT of more qualified people than me got outright rejected so I guess I have something good going for me which Stanford liked. I think this also taught me that GPA/test scores don't mean anything and that I'm not crazy for wanting to apply to the upper-end schools given my lower end GPA. I'm going to continue applications ... congratulations to those who got in and good luck for those who still are applying!</p>
<p>i think you're right, miles.
seems to me like stanford had tuft's syndrome this year.</p>
<p>Well, looking at Chaucer's profile, so much for the essays. This is just incomprehensible. What are the adcoms looking for? I'm not one of those rabid anti-AA people, but looking at some of these decisions, it seems like URM is playing a big role.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>I don't know much about previous years' admissions, but it seems that a lot of incredibly qualified people got rejected, relative to previous years. Anybody have any idea why?<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Well, remember that this is only the second admissions cycle after Harvard and Princeton did away with their early programs. So for the HYPS applicant crowd that leaves Y and S in the position to skim the cream of the cream of the EA crowd. And they clearly define "cream" as more than just grades and test scores.</p>
<p>There will be a different dynamic in play in RD when H and P rejoin the contest.</p>
<p>i completely agree with the fact that it does seem random
but i assure you that they had a reason; they wouldn't randomly defer or reject people based on their whim
i mean, ive heard that stanford's really big on diversity, in all forms, and the uniqueness of your personality
but i sympathize with you all
honestly, if this process was based on academic aptitude alone, i would be at the bottom of the pile!</p>
<p>"honestly, if this process was based on academic aptitude alone, i would be at the bottom of the pile!"</p>
<p>That makes two of us.</p>
<p>"but with a couple exceptions, the acceptees (congrats to you all, sorry for doing some bashing, but you just got into stanford so you can take it haha) don't seem to blow anyone away on paper either."</p>
<p>I don't think this is true at all, for one. Many of the acceptees, and rejectees as well, had AMAZING profiles. Second, Stanford has always made a point of not caring too much about stats beyond great GPAs (and test scores, to some degree...). So the fact that they look good on paper is only a very small part of the admissions decision.</p>
<p>"I'm not one of those rabid anti-AA people, but looking at some of these decisions, it seems like URM is playing a big role."</p>
<p>I completely agree, but you have to qualify it. URM is playing a big role for the URMs who got in perhaps. But there are enough admits who DIDN'T have any hooks that you can't really say that about the whole applicant pool.</p>
<p>From this thread, I could see many cases where a rejected and accepted person could be switched... What's really annoying is that you don't know specifically what's lacking that made them reject you. Could one of your teachers or counselor not strongly recommend you for the college? Even simply pointing in a general direction like "we wanted to see more of yourself in essays" or even "deficient writing section" would be so much helpful for other Regular schools. Right now I don't even know if maybe my counselor doesn't like me (since its a big public and we aren't allowed to meet our counselors) or if my essays suck. <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I'm even more confused that Stanford wants to expand its classes but for 2013 it has decided to SHRINK its admitted pool...???</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>[li] SAT: 2350 (CR:790 M:800 W:760 First and only sitting)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: MATH II:800 Chemistry:800 Physics: 800</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 4.0 UW , 4.5 W (GPA capped at 4.5 at my school)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 1/~65</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats: AP: [/li]Chemistry: 5
Stats: 5 </p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>[li] Essays: okay apparently. I am not that great of a writer though</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Never read them but as I guess they were good. One of the teachers know me really really well. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: should be good. She cried after reading my Common Apps essay . </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): first generation. Low income (<30,000$)</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>[li] State or Country: Texas</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Vietnamese</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>Other Factors: research
*General Comments: Too happy *</p>
<p>C1NDY GOT IN!!!!
AHHHHHHH
i love ya girl!!!!</p>
<p>yeah this kind of stinks. i was pretty bummed out about my rejection until i saw people rejected with 2400 SATs and stuff; what a rough year. good luck to everyone though - it'll all work out in the end!</p>
<p>Oprah!, if you still remember me, do u have any idea what the heck i did wrong?
I thought I had did everything "right", but....god...</p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061444921-post81.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061444921-post81.html</a>
- for reference</p>
<p>um...you are certainly a qualified applicant, but I think that the following four aspects of your app hurt you significantly:</p>
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[quote]
# State: CA</p>
<h1>School Type: Public</h1>
<h1>Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese <-- NOOOOO!)</h1>
<h1>Gender: Male
[/quote]
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<p>I'm sure you'll do fine in RD!</p>