<p>Hi Guys,</p>
<p>Thanks so much for answering my questions.</p>
<p>1.) My SAT Subject tests are 770 Math II 740 Physics and 700 Lit and 2170 (690 CR 760 M 720 W) on the SAT I. I don't think I can retake. Will this drastically reduce my chances in SCEA?</p>
<p>2.) Can I attach a resume to my application when I mail it in from my high school?</p>
<p>Thanks guys and best of luck, since the Common App + Stanford Supplement are out :) !</p>
<p>1) No way of telling for sure but Stanford seems to not put as much weight into SATs as other top schools. I think your chances (and for any international, no matter how good their scores are) would be better if you were applying RD. Stanford was always my top choice, but SCEA is a self-selecting applicant pool (AKA much harder for me), so I chose to apply RD and I got in.
2) This is debatable. Do not attach a run-of-the-mill resume that you would send in for your job. What I did was attach an extra sheet explaining my duties and a bit more about my ECs, since they’re not traditional ones. Be careful about attaching a resume: keep it to one page, don’t repeat anything you already put on your app, and only include important things.</p>
<p>Got it thanks a lot. But I don’t understand what you mean by, “but SCEA is a self-selecting applicant pool (AKA much harder for me)”. Why not apply SCEA and how does this hurt my chances? Would I be better off say applying to another college early action (like Yale) rather than Stanford even though it’s my first choice?</p>
<p>yeah I dont understand too. Bluebubbles what do u mean its a self selecting applicant pool? Aren’t your chances higher if you apply SCEA? Cuz if they feel your a worthy applicant they might defer you and give you a decision later no?</p>
<p>And Stanford is good in the sense it accepts/rejects most students early (unlike Yale) and it gives us a definitive reply as well. So if they were to accept you RD, what makes you think they wouldn’t have SCEA?</p>
<p>What bluebubbles means is that some of the most competitive and fixed-on-Stanford people apply SCEA, so it’s a tougher pool to get in from.</p>
<p>With regard to your last question, themerlion, you’re right that there should be no difference in judgment between RD and SCEA rounds. But it’s simple human psychology to compare you with the rest of the applications the adcom reads during the SCEA rounds, and you may not create the impact you desired if this is the case.</p>
<p>The acceptance rate for SCEA is higher (don’t know the exact number, sorry) but applicants tend to be just a bit better. RD has a lower acceptance rate but a lot of kids will apply Stanford RD “just for kicks” or “because I can” (aka. they don’t have a shot). Adcoms will also hesitate to admit a borderline student SCEA because they don’t know how the RD kids will compare.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys. So if my first choice is still Stanford and if it would be better to apply in the RD round, should I apply EA somewhere else? Like Yale? Is the applicant pool very similar to Stanford?</p>
<p>If your hooked on Stanford and you’re confident that you have a shot, go SCEA. There’s no point SCEA-ing to Yale if you don’t like it as much.</p>
<p>So I guess its better to apply in the RD round as if you apply SCEA then your being compared to better applicants. I mean the admissions office have no idea what sort of applications they are going to get in the RD so they might just reject you even though you were better than some RD people who got in rite?</p>
<p>No, you could get deferred then admitted RD</p>
<p>but what if you got rejected SCEA but there is this guy who gets in RD and has lower stats than you in everything? You can’t apply again and he would’ve gotten in just because he applied RD :S</p>
<p>I’m of the opinion that SCEA is easier (or at least not harder) than RD because if you had a shot of getting in RD they will at least defer you, not reject you. Even though SCEA is more self-selecting you need to remember that when you add up the initial EA acceptance rates and the RD deferred rates we are nearing 20%. I don’t know how being international will affect this…but are you applying for aid? Because if you are I’m pretty sure you can’t even apply SCEA at Stanford.</p>
<p>Im a junior next yr in highschool and I know that last statement is wrong. </p>
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<p>I guess I wasn’t clear enough-**internationals **can not both apply early and apply for financial aid. I know what you linked to, why I applied early and applied for aid, but I’m not international!</p>
<p>This is somehow an old thread, but my son asked specifically about applying early and for financial aid as an international. The Admissions department replied that he could. This was just a week ago.</p>
<p>They also highlighted that just around 40 international students were accepted every year.</p>