<p>buuuuuuuuumpp</p>
<p>My roommate essay was written at 2 AM after a week of crazed application-finishing and made me sound insane. “Also, I know my boyfriend is SMOKING, but HANDS OFF THE MERCHANDISE.” Somehow I still managed to slip by, but thank God they don’t actually let your roommate read that haha.</p>
<p>Good luck y’all!</p>
<p>On its website, Stanford clearly states that they is actively seeking “students of color” and that is the majority of its student undergrad population these days. If you are a “student of color” you have an excellent chance of attending with a full scholarship. Ethnicity is the key factor to admissions. That is the current Federal Government mandate for them to get their millions of Federal Government research money. However, if you are just another “white” kid with straight A’s, perfect SAT/ACT score, valedictorian, state champion, etc. they will be happy to take your $90 app fee and then send you a decline email. Good luck.</p>
<p>@calcan13 There is definitely some truth in what you’re saying but you are largeley misinformed.</p>
<p>African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans definitely have a relative advantage compared to white and Asian Americans. If you are a qualified black female, you have a much better chance than a qualified Asian male. But, remember that everyone who is accepted into Stanford is exceptionally talented in some way.</p>
<p>You are wrong in implying that most Stanford undergrads are “people of color.” On the contrary, as many as 80% of this years freshmen are white. There are more white applicants, sure, but they are hardlyunderrepresented.</p>
<p>There is no diversity requirement for research money under US federal law.</p>
<p>Stanford has the lowest acceptance rate in the country. They make sure the Student Body is diverse. There are plenty of qualified African Americans that are rejected at Stanford.</p>
<p>CDS: [Stanford</a> University: Common Data Set 2012-2013](<a href=“http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2012]Stanford”>Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications)</p>
<p>Ha, so is anyone else frantic? I don’t even know how to feel about the parts of the essays I have finished so far.</p>
<p>My time is cut in half because I’m submitting an arts supplement, but is the deadline for that just for the postmark date? I’m going to try and finish some extra art pieces and send it in a few days before October 15, but I just want to be sure.</p>
<p>Stanford does not have the lowest acceptance rate in the country, but it might as well.</p>
<p>I just started my college essays a few hours ago. By that I mean actually writing officially; I’ve been brainstorming for a long time, and I have a few thousand words typed up in preparation for the real thing.</p>
<p>Ugh, I’m not sure if I’m doing the right prompt for the Common App essays. They give you choices, but that just makes it so much harder. Is a story of a failure more interesting, or my background? Sometimes I feel like I should just scrap everything and do another prompt.</p>
<p>@basicspace…sorry to enlighten you…but the other posters are correct…Stanford DOES have the LOWEST acceptance rate in the country for elite college or university at 5.69%…</p>
<p>[Stanford</a> beats out all of the Ivy League schools by having the toughest admissions rate of all | Mail Online](<a href=“Stanford beats out all of the Ivy League schools by having the toughest admissions rate of all | Daily Mail Online”>Stanford beats out all of the Ivy League schools by having the toughest admissions rate of all | Daily Mail Online)</p>
<p>Good luck with your application!</p>
<p>Oh.</p>
<p>Google lied to me. Or at least they don’t have timely updated info.</p>
<p>That puts a damper on my excitement.</p>
<p>Oh well. I never felt like I had much of a shot anyways, but I’m going to do as well as I can on the application regardless.</p>
<p>The more I look at other app profiles, the skimpier mine seems. My asian status will also not help me. </p>
<p>However, maybe some of us will please the college gods and be accepted. Good luck to everyone.</p>
<p>(also basicspace, I will reply to your PM asap, once I have made 15 posts and am able to send PMs)</p>
<p>Hi guys. I’m an international and wanted someone to answer this: how does Stanford consider high school research in topics of Math? I’ve typed 2 papers in LaTeX and want to get em published but I fear I’m late if I want the papers published before year-end (Suggest a few maybe?).
Will they still carry weight if they are not published, but carry a recommendation letter from a professor from an extremely well reputed university?</p>
<p>journeyinwards, the recommendation letter, yes, but the papers themselves? Probably not. (they mention this on their website as well)</p>
<p>@aviraldg, I really want them to have a look at the papers, can I do it? Can I communicate my work to them in any way?
My grades are good, but not killer, because I’m least interested in other subjects like Chem 
The papers are rather important parts of my app, and I don’t want them to go unnoticed!</p>
<p>I have a pretty similar case; I’ve got projects I’ve worked on that I think would really add to my app, but then they don’t let you send additional material. I think the best option is to just write about your research experience in one of the essays, and also get a reco from whoever you’ve worked with on it.</p>
<p>@aviraldg, I worked alone on them, without any help. Yeah, I’ll base my essay on the papers.
How about I communicate my work to a professor at Stanford itself? Like if I politely mail them requesting them to have a look at my work? Do you think he/she will do it? Besides, will it help?</p>
<p>No college allows you to send the paper or what? I think Cornell asks you to submit any research paper that you’ve done. What about the others? Are abstracts allowed?</p>
<p>They might look at it, but I don’t think it’ll help (with your app)</p>
<p>Yeah, Cornell’s common app form does have a section which lets you upload any extra documents. Don’t know about other schools.</p>
<p>is there ever a disadvantage to applying early action?</p>
<p>If you need your first semester senior grades to bring up your GPA, or for some other reason you’ll be a stronger candidate in January than November, then yes. But otherwise, IMO it’s better to apply early. Smaller pool of applicants, better chance to shine.</p>
<p>alright thanks! im so nervous, i feel like everyone who gets accepted to stanford is super-human</p>
<p>I’m SO scared. December 15th seems so far away</p>
<p>Am I allowed to submit a research abstract to add on to my application?</p>