<p>My dad is employed by Stanford, and I was wondering how that would affect my admission chances. He is not really working for the school, but as an electrician in SLAC (the linear accelerator at Stanford). We already have tuition benefits, that Stanford will pay half of its tuition to any school I decide to attend (including only half of Stanford's). But since my dad isn't a professor or anything, would this help me at all with regards to admission?</p>
<p>not likely. Stanford doesn’t want to put you in a situation at which you will not excel, so if you don’t have the Stanfod stats your dad’s employment won’t make any difference. Thousands of people work at Stanford. Not all of their children can go there.</p>
<p>@jkeil911
I can understand that, but I do have decently competitive stats (they’re about average for Stanford), and just wanna know if I will have any type of advantage.</p>
<p>how will the AO know of your father’s employment? I’m just trying to puzzle this out.</p>
<p>Ask your dad to ask around.</p>
<p>It depends on the school – typically, schools offering tuition benefits hold seminars in the spring/fall for parents and students getting ready for college process. At our school’s info session for families, an employee specifically asked what role, if any, employment at the school played in admissions. For our school, we were told that, if an applicant is otherwise well-qualified and a competitive applicant, it could be “the feather on the scale” that tips it to acceptance as compared to other well-qualified applicants. It would not get a student in, however, who was not already a strong applicant. </p>
<p>All schools will presumably have their own policies and practices – I would encourage your family to research the tuition benefit process and ask questions about what role, if any, employment of a parent can play in admissions. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>I have so many friends working in Stanford, none of their kids got any preferential treatment in College Applications, they were all rejected. </p>
<p>Wouldn’t it be a good idea to ask dad what he knows?</p>
<p>I don’t think any of us can answer this better than your dad. If he doesn’t know, he can ask around to see what other employee’s experience has been.</p>
<p>@biofio. There seems to be some confusion here but let me try to help. As you say…your father is employed as an electrician at SLAC. As a son of someone “employed” by Stanford…if everything else is equal (high stats, great ECs, essays, recommendations) versus a student who applies outside of the Stanford community…you may have a slight “tip” but not a major “hook” that is reserved only for faculty members’ (in good standing) children.</p>
<p>…there are thousands of workers employed by Stanford outside of the administration and faculty…they are the backbone of the institution…and you should be proud of what your father does…</p>
<p>…other examples would include nurses, physical therapists, mammography technicians who work in the medical center…kitchen staff working to prepare the food in the residential halls…and many of the plumbers, gardeners, and custodial staff that keeps the campus beautiful, humming, and operational…</p>
<p>I know how you may feel…but, give it your best through your “essays” and why you BELONG at Stanford! After all, YOU want to know that you got into Stanford on your own merits and not someone else’s…</p>
<p>Hope this helps. Best wishes!</p>
<p>You MUST ask your dad and he should ask his Human Resources dept. Perhaps his union or job classification may get some special consideration or maybe some premier scholarship – you never know. Ask HIM. What’s difficult about that? Surely if you have top notch stats, he must be aware S is under consideration by you.</p>