<p>I think the common application works on EST time, but when Stanford gets the apps they will see the time it was submitted and subtract 3 hours from the submission time and see that we are still eligible...some just barely. ;p</p>
<p>i got an email from Stanford a few days ago reminding me to submit and it said the deadline was midnight (pacific time). So as long as it's before 2:59 AM EST your fine! </p>
<p>Relax.... now the real fun begins.... waiting (and exams !!)</p>
<p>did anyone write a poem for their essay? i wrote two</p>
<p>Should I maintain any slight hope that I could get into Stanford as a transfer?</p>
<p>My extracurriculars have been severely limited by my participation in a college sport. I am currently a sophomore and Division I lacrosse player at Fairfield University (~NCAA top 20 perennially--literally a 24/7 job). I was selected by the coaching staff to represent the team on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee; that's really about it. I was a captain, three-time All-State selection, and two-time state champion in high school.</p>
<p>I have a 3.76 GPA at Fairfield, 1400/2030 SATs, and strong references. I did my best to convey a wide variety of interests in my essays (to separate myself from the stereotypical WASP-y "lax bro"). I also outlined my intention to participate in their Honors Program for Political Science.</p>
<p>Will Stanford care about sports achievements at all? If not, I'm screwed (although I may be screwed anyway). I indicated an interest to play lacrosse for their intercollegiate club team, but I'm not sure that will really matter.</p>
<p>Any hope at all?</p>
<p>I don't think anyone here is a credible source to predict your chances. If it means anything I think you seem well rounded, and Stanford likes well rounded people.</p>
<p>Are you applying as a sophomore or junior?</p>
<p>I'm applying as a junior, I (embarrassingly) didn't give any thought to applying as a sophomore. Will this hurt my chances?</p>
<p>I don't imagine it would...but it's pretty much out of our hands. I would say everyone on CC has a good shot...after all if you spend hours agonized over your chances...you're probably a hard worker and deserve to get in. lol.</p>
<p>Ah...if only you worked for Stanford admissions. Unfortunately, it seems like with their acceptance rate for transfers, it's pretty likely that the real agonizing will come in mid and late May.</p>
<p>Trixee15 I would disagree. We have to be realistic and understand that only a small percent of people will be admitted, thus everyone on CC has a bad shot rather than a good shot.</p>
<p>It's better to think about the 1% chance you have than the 99% chance you don't have.</p>
<p>I wholeheartedly agree, but it's still not a good shot.</p>
<p>Well, we could cross our fingers and hope for a return to those historic 5% acceptance rates. If that's the case, we've got to be at least twice as qualified as the general applicant pool--a figure that I'm totally pulling out of my hat for morale--so, we've got to have at least a 10% chance.</p>
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<p>As for some of the other questions: No, I did not write poetry. Yes, I spoke to my interest in the major.</p>
<p>asdf17: Are you a sophomore or junior transfer? Your average HS record might not matter that much. And what do you mean by average anyway? If it's average by CC standards it might actually be just fine. Otherwise, your ECs look really good. I'd kill for them. And it seems like your recs are going to be amazing too. You've definitely got the stats to catch their eyes, I think. It's just a dice roll from there. Where are you applying from, if you don't mind saying?</p>
<p>Oh, and does anyone know if Stanford superscores the SAT? Here's my situation: I got a pretty good composite score the first time I took it, but I scored 90 points lower the second time. However, because of the way the score was distributed, though my second sitting had a lower composite, it boosted my superscore up to the high 2300s. If Stanford superscores, will they ignore the fact that I got a lower composite the second time around? Or will that hurt me even more?</p>
<p>Yeah, I'd say asdf17's chances depend on how many other entrepreneurial french trained purfumists with recs from current Stanford professors are applying. Birdie in admissions told me there's a whole crop a ya this year, so you've just got to keep your fingers crossed.</p>
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<p>Just joshin' ya. Sounds like you're top of the pile.</p>
<p>do the little supplemental questions matter? (like what's the biggest challenge societ yfaces?)</p>
<p>At the very least, they matter indirectly or else they wouldn't be on there. The admissions staff would be silly to create questions that waste both their time and that of the applicant.</p>
<p>So they're even analyzing you based on your favorite movies? lol</p>
<p>My high school GPA was a 3.7 weighted, a 3.2 or so unweighted I believe.</p>
<p>If anyone wants to know where I am transferring from, just PM me. </p>
<p>I have completed one semester of work at my current college and a quarter at Stanford, so I'll be matriculating as a slightly advanced sophomore if I get in.</p>
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<p>BuRtOnBoArDeR - Why do you say that attending USC improves his chances of being accepted as a transfer into Stanford? Is it because of being instate? Also, would a student attending USC have a better chance at Stanford than a UMichigan student if they both had identical stats and extracurriculars, along with equivalent essays and recommendations?</p>