<p>I got rejected from Stanford. I didn't even get deferred!</p>
<p>My Stats:</p>
<p>1600 SAT I
800 MathIIC/780Chem/800 Writing
4.54 GPA/ 4.0 UW
Rank 1/433
ECs: Captain of varsity soccer team, Newspaper editor, President and founder of philosophy club, Vice president of science club, intern for state senator, volunteer work for local wildlife habitat</p>
<p>After getting REJECTED early action from Stanford and not even deferred, I have lost all confidence in the college admission process. I am applying to Princeton RD. Do you guys think I have a better shot for Princeton? I live in New Jersey so would I get a regional boost just like how Stanford gives a regional boost to California applicants? :(</p>
<p>I've said this before - it's almost impossible to get into Stanford from outside of California. Just look at the numbers. They take over half of their class from California. That leaves only 1,000 admission slots for the other 49 states and the rest of the world. I know California has a large population, but it does not equal the population of the entire rest of the planet..</p>
<p>Youll have much better luck at any of the Ivys.</p>
<p>Don't get hung up on your Stanford rejection - the two EA applicants from my school got outright rejected, too, and one of them was the school academic darling. Meanwhile, the ED/EA applicants that applied to other schools got deferred - no rejects - with one admit to Princeton and one admit to Harvard (neither were me, unfortunately!). Stanford is just impossible and look at it this way, at least this way you dont hope away the next four months for nothing! Dont lose heart in the admissions process - your grades, scores, and extracurriculars make you a viable candidate for any Ivy institution. Best of luck in the RD round; hopefully well have great news to share with each other this April to share in the Princeton forum. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the support guys. I was feeling really down after my rejection, but I realized that there are tons of other colleges out there and you can never predict what the ad-com is going to do. </p>
<p>Gracilisae, hopefully both of us will be Princeton 09'ers!</p>
<p>its actually harder to get into stanford from california because of the large and very competitive applicant pool coming from that state. ou'd have more luck if you lived in wyoming or something. they take a majority of californians bc thats the majority of their applicants. thats just a minor issue though. im sorry you got rejected, but youre obviously a smart person and will succeed anywhere you go.</p>
<p>Gutrade... don't forget that stats aren't everything (thought I'm sure you already know that). Adcoms see the same AMAZING students everyday, I really think it's like a breath of fresh air when they read an essay that really showcases the student's pesronality.</p>
<p>But best wishes for you in the future. You will find the right college, just continue to be optimistic. :)</p>
<p>I know they get a lot of applicants from California, but California is not the center of brainpaower in the free world. In other words, if you look at the overall qualitey of the appicants from California verses the rest of the US, I would be that the QUALITY of the applicants form other places is higher than the overall quality of applicants from California. Most of the applicants from outside of California are absolutely stellar.</p>
<p>Also California schools have major grade inflation. I read the book, "School of Dreams" about the best public high school in California. These kids SAT's equal those of the best prep schools ( they test prep like crazy). However, the teachers feel obligated to give the kids high grades even if they don't deserve them. These stellar students that are getting into Stanford in droves from this school would be failing classes at our mediocre public high school.</p>
<p>Look at the PSAT cutoffs for California for National Merit. They are far from being one of the smartest states.</p>
<p>well the point of this is not to take away from californians who got into stanford. everyone who got in is probably (definately) qualified. it stinks that the op didnt get in, but lets not blame other people. thats lame.</p>
<p>I doubt it's easier to get into Stanford if you live in Cali. In fact I think it might be even harder for a CA resident, since so many more Californians apply to Stanford than from any other state. Sure Californians make up 47% of the students at Stanford, but I also think this has to do with the fact that probably 47% of their applicants live in CA.</p>
<p>Although living in a very underrepresnted state didn't help me at Stanford very much...</p>
<p>cookiemom - that is also because california's population is exponentially higher than all the other states. remember psat cut offs are the top 1% of the state. the top 1% of CA could possibly be as many people as the top 10% of some of the new england states like CT</p>
<p>rani and gutrade: guys, i really think this is stanford's loss more than anything...from what little experience I have, I think you guys would make fantastic ivy applicants and students...and I think you completely deserve to apply to the likes of princeton and harvard. don't let a rejection from stanford dissuade you from applying to the other top schools. good luck!</p>
<p>UMM.. California schools are much better than those from a lot of places. Plus you have all of those preppy people applying from private school. It seems like my entire class is applying to stanford. Many academic stars applied early but NONE were accepted. The best were rejected. I guess thats because last year someone from our school got in early then chose to go to Pton. f@*% Mike Caswell</p>
<p>Don't forget everyone that even though 2 students who may not have "been the brightest" got accepted, it's more than just stats. Stanford wants students who love learning and have personality, which will be displayed in their essays and teacher recs. Stats aren't everything.</p>
<p>The reason why so many Californians get accepted because there's a high number of students applying from California. Logically there will be more students from California accepted.</p>