<p>It is really scary reading all the amazing things people have done.....</p>
<p>are there any "normal" people applying? or even better please share a stroy of a person who got in that is suprising.</p>
<p>a note:
-2200 SATs are not LOW they are amazing
-athletes are getting in, thats not suprising....</p>
<p>I jsut want to get my hopes up by hearing about a normal person...please share a good story</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>haha i'll offer some comfort as a fellow "normal" person. i don't think i'm that amazing. i'm just passionate about a bunch of things and i pursue them. but honestly...i'm pretty normal. I go to all of the basketball games, road trips with friends, i have a boyfriend, my sister and i have dates every week, etc. </p>
<p>i honestly love stanford. i just love the idea of being in a community with so many INTERESTING people! im the type who gets teased by my friends for always asking tougher questions and digging deeper. i just love to think, i guess. call me a nerd.</p>
<p>i'm asb president, pres of the debate club and yearbook editor. i love it! i got a 2210, so not that wonderful, but i honestly didn't want to take it a million times! if that gets a rejection, then man. i have better things to do on saturday mornings! i have 600 hours of comm service and a bunch of awards in that area. i played volleyball, track and cheer. several awards there. i worked at jamba juice and coldstone creamery. i have done drama for six years and worked at a local theatre, was an elementary camp counselor, traveled to mexico to translate for an optometrist and was an intern reporter at the local paper. and i had a life-threatening surgery. i guess that's good. </p>
<p>so yes, i've done a lot, but i'm normal. my friends all say "oh stop complaining. you'll get in" and dismiss it. but they don't know how amazing all of you are! it's honeslty intimidating. but i'll put my best foot forward, and hope for the best. :) </p>
<p>and i cannot WAIT until friday at three pm!</p>
<p>Mein Gott, that's exactly how I feel. My, how this time of year is special.</p>
<p>oh wow i thought i was the only one. i did early action and submitted my app a while ago, and only recently found this site.</p>
<p>and then the depression set in lol. my friends are like lyndsey's in that they always say "dude stanford? isnt that a little low? why not harvard?" so for a little while i had a delusion that i had pretty good chances haha. then we come here and see all these crazy people...</p>
<p>and then i see a thread that says something along the lines of "AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SCREWS ASIANS" and i'm like *<strong><em>, i'm half asian!!! *</em></strong>!!!</p>
<p>but honestly, I think that the main thing admissions officers are looking for is a distinctive character and color. if you think about it, the majority of stanford applicants are academicallly qualified, so they gotta look for something beyond that. they dont want carbon copies of the same asian wizards who won the science bowl and national chess tournament and national math test. and moreover, admissions officers can easily pinpoint people whose only passion is building their resume.</p>
<p>and besides, some of these things just aren't good things lol. national spelling bee champion? if you are one of those, you are smart, yet so so stupid at the same time haha. putting that on your app is like a negative thing.</p>
<p>my advice is go for it; have fun with the application and don't stress over it like everyone else. Don't try and be perfect, just let your person show thru your app and you'll be very competitive. if they truly get to know you as a person it will be really hard for them to reject you.</p>
<p>and lyndsey; i'm crossing my fingers with you. haha jeez did you put "so many amazingly diverse people!" for that one short answer question too? guess i wasn't as original as i thought! good luck!</p>
<p>i'm pretty normal. actually i'm weak. 2150 sat and 3.7 uw gpa. but i'm a urm. so i have that going for me... but actually i don't even know if i wanna go to stanford anymore. it's really at the bottom of my list and i don't think i'll like it there. i haven't even started my essays. but it does have excellent engineering and i willl apply... like stanford is a great school, but i don't know if it's for me. it seems to much of a rich kids of cali school. i'd chooce berk over stanford anyday. oh well. i think i'm off topic now.</p>
<p>ah when i went to stanford (visited of course) i did NOT get a rich kid's vibe. most of the kids are on financial aid! it was soooo laid-back. a perfect fit, i think. </p>
<p>yeah, poopinator (i feel weird abbreviating that)...i know how you feel. and no, "diverse people" weren't my only answer...i just talked about the intellectual fervor of the campus a bit.</p>
<p>eh good luck - keep your fingers crossed, as I am banking on personality/uniqueness/quirks to make me stand out, too! </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Exactly what my friends do, too. I told them how I'm seriously expecting a rejection on Friday and they're all like, "You're #1 in our class, you'll get in!"</p>
<p>Yeah, but they haven't seen these people with 2300+ SATs that are Siemens semifinalists AND saved a Third World country from starvation. I may not have done that, but I'm proud to say I've managed to have a life throughout high school. :D</p>
<p>My friends and cousins do the the same thing. They're like, "You're in the top ten! You can get in anywhere!" and I used to think I had a chance, but then I saw my 1850 SAT scores and they sucked compared to all the 2000+ people on this site. =/ And every time I see their Chance Me threads, all they have missing is solving world hunger and curing AIDs. The people on here are amazing and it makes me feel so unspecial.</p>