Stanford 2014 SCEAers

<p>This is sorta out of topic, but there’s a red star on the globe shaped icon next to this forum title when you click the Stanford page and you see the list of forums. What does that actually indicate, a popular forum?</p>

<p>^It just means you’ve posted on that particular thread. If you hover your moose over the read star, it should show you how many times you have posted on that particular thread.</p>

<p>My SAT scores have been processed and everything’s in!!</p>

<p>Also, 38 days to go…</p>

<p>…which will undoubtedly be the 38 longest days of my life. Even with basketball to distract me.</p>

<p>I have five different countdowns in my planner. One listing the number of days left, one listing the number of school days, one listing the number of weeks, one where I can cross out a day at a time, and one thermometer-style chart with markers for every five days and every 25%. Of course, this is more a product of my boredom in class than my anxiousness, but… :P</p>

<p>For all you early applicants here, could any of you kindly help me out with the app? I had a question.</p>

<p>For the profile questions, you had to “Respond in two lines or less”. I sort of thought this was ambiguous. Does this mean two sentences, or literally two lines on the computer monitor? I thought there were too many to list and the character count was ABUNDANT.</p>

<p>thanks in advance!</p>

<p>SOO NERVOUS! Good luck to all!</p>

<p>English, just stay within the character count and you should be fine. That’s the advice I was given by one accepted student from last year.</p>

<p>Prussia! is right. The admissions officer I talked to said that this section is a rather minor one without any real rules, with one exception: they prefer the listy ones (favorite authors, favorite websites, NOT summer activities, for some reason) to actually be simple lists. I wouldn’t worry about it too much, though.</p>

<p>I think the “two lines or less” instruction is more directed toward those applicants filling out the supplement by hand. Basically, just stay within the character limit.</p>

<p>hmm I think NOT. Just print preview your supplement and see how it looks like. That is what the adcom is going to read. It should all fit in the one page designated, so do as it says. You will find that if you exceed their two lines, some of your characters wont even be displayed, which is something serious.</p>

<p>I think they did such a thing because they dont want people taking up HUGE spaces for such insignificant prompts (coz you could always type ‘enter’, which takes 1 character and go on and on). So take my advice and print preview your application before sending :D</p>

<p>Actually, the admissions officers don’t print apps. They view them online. And I have heard directly, from two different sources in the admissions office, that these questions are insignificant and that the two-line restriction is an arbitrary, unimportant one. As long as you make an honest effort to keep the responses fairly brief (meaning, try not to push 300 characters on more than a few), then you will be completely fine.</p>

<p>i think the admissions officers need to talk to each other</p>

<p>bc the one i asked said to limit to 2 lines in the common app text box, which is less than 1 line on the actual print preview (about 15 words)</p>

<p>The common app text box can be a drastically different size depending on what computer you’re using, so I’m not sure that’s a consistent measure.</p>

<p>Starmie - I have a countdown for graduation, EA decision, RD decision and my birthday in my planner :)</p>

<p>Also whoever asked about AP/IB</p>

<p>AP: You can’t “send in” your AP scores because collegeboard doesn’t have that option. You just self report them. </p>

<p>IB: Do the same for IB, self-report, if you took a one-year SL class. Since HL classes are two years, you don’t really have anything to report. Some schools will ask for predicted scores from your teachers (especially schools outside of the US), but Stanford doesn’t do that. </p>

<p>Hope that helps.</p>

<p>^ Wow. I’m actually counting on that email being in my inbox a few days earlier, the 11th or 12th. That way I won’t be surprised when it does pop right in the inbox. </p>

<p>I need to work on a ritual for opening up that email… hm…</p>

<p>I’m totally prepared for the decision: I’ve set my email to send me a text message whenever I get anything containing the word “Stanford,” and I installed a Gmail application on my phone to read it. Now, even if I’m at school, I’ll just ask to go to the bathroom, and come back in a significantly worse or better mood.</p>

<p>That last sentence is strange out of context.</p>

<p>awesome, thanks. I just self-reported</p>

<p>time to work on the other apps now :/</p>

<p>Prussia xD are you by chance a fan of Otto von Bismarck? Liked the username</p>

<p>I “sent in” my AP scores using the phone service. I’m not sure you have to do it., but check this page out:</p>

<p>[AP</a> Scores - AP Scores & Reporting Services](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>View Your AP Scores – AP Students | College Board)</p>

<p>I’m curious to know what is going to be everyone’s first reaction if they found out either through their comp or by Starmie’s ingenious method (I have to say Starmie, that’s dedicated, and I mean that as a compliment) that they were accepted. I would most likely be really subdued and calm out of shock for like a week (and for those who know me, I’m usually the hyperactive overexcited kind of person when I get good news) and then it will hit me around midnight sometime and I’ll prolly shout in an exalted joy “OH MY GOD I MADE IT IN” and my neighbors will prolly call the cops (Since it’s midnight I hope no one misunderstands that exclamation…lol).</p>