Before you applied I’m sure you saw that the acceptance rate for Stanford is around 1-2% tops which means about a dozen people out of a thousand. On top of that about half are athletes which leads about 5-7 spots for non athletes.
its like picking 5 numbers out of 1000 amd hoping you land one. So yes, virtually you have no chance. But I’m sure you knew the odds were against you.
Its super competitive regardless. Stanford looks for transfers that add diversity to their school and they certainly get that from older students with life stories and veterans.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE REGARDLESS!
(I’m in the same boat hoping to get in despite being neither of the above things)
In regards to submitting college transcripts, which email do we send them to? I couldn’t find a definitive answer.
Hey you guys I know the application is due on the 15th but what time? Is it midnight on the fifteenth? LOL
Probably Pacific time, 11:59PM on the 15th but I would submit by Eastern time to be sure.
Best of luck. Are we gonna post our stats and stuff?
Submitted! Let’s get the stats going so that we can compare and also make a comparison for future applicants:
Here is the format:
Major:
Current School/all colleges attended (if applicable):
Current GPA:
Year:
High School GPA:
SAT/ACT score:
Extra Curricular:
Comments:
Questions:
I’ll go first:
Major: Computer Science
Current School/all colleges attended (if applicable):
California Community College
Current GPA: 4.0
Year: Sophomore
High School GPA: 3.1
SAT/ACT score: 30 ACT Composite
Extra Curricular:
2 NASA internships, CS Teaching assistant at CC, robotics team leadership, club president, and other more minimal ECs.
Comments:
Pretty strong essays I would say.
You have to ask current school to directly send our official transcript to Stanford.
Should I be worried that the stanford website still says it is still awaiting my high school and college transcripts if I already had them sent by mail in mid January using the mailing labels provided on the transfer website? (I turned in the common app on March 15th) It does have my SAT scores and common app stuff though.
Hey, guys… I also decided to try and do the impossible. In reply to Transferee123, I emailed Stanford about your very question (they said they were missing documents I know they should have received Feb.) and the reply was that they do not enter most transfer documents into the system until after the app deadline.
And my stats…
Major: anthropology
Current School/all colleges attended (if applicable): CA community college, some classes at a UC
Current GPA: 3.82 (all A’s since entering, got a B & C in summer classes during high school)
Year: sophomore
High School GPA: 4.1
SAT score: 1710 (taken once as HS junior)
Extra Curricular: awards for undergraduate research, internship in my field, prominent student government position, received award in a national honors society for said extra cirrics
Comments: I think my essays were strong, honors student, and I have what I would call an interesting background that exposed me to a lot of different kinds of people and experiences
Edit: also completed 3 A.A.'s, if that means anything
I believe Stanford said they wanted transcripts electronically, so I had my school send them via email. How about you?
I havent receive Stanford Application tracking yet. Is it normal? I dont know if they have received all my documents yet…
Major: Computer Science
Current School/all colleges attended (if applicable): USC
Current GPA: 3.9
Year: Sophomore
High School GPA: 4.0
SAT/ACT score: 2340 SAT taken in one sitting
Extra Curricular: CS teaching assistant, undergraduate research, internship at a major tech company, Trustee scholarship recipient, Viterbi Undergraduate Fellow, WVT Rusch Engineering Honors Program, and a number of others.
Comments: I think these were my best essays.
Hoping for the best but I don’t want to get my hopes up!
Year: Sophomore
Major: Chemical Engineering
Current School: Out of State cc
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
ACT: 29 in one sitting (I know its pretty low)
EC:
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Worked on a ChemE related project in high school and presented in conference, Club Officer, Worked for 19 hours a week in total, PTK Society Member, a member of a leadership program for community service, Chairperson of the Student government in high school.
Essay:
I think I have put the best to all essays, included different personal qualities.
Applied: Cal, Stanford, Minnesota, Wisconsin, UT Austin, GeorgiaTech
Accepted: Minnesota
Pending: Cal, Stanford, Wisconsin, UT Austin, GeorgiaTech
Is anyone preparing a AP test? I am a int. student by the way.
Best of Luck Guys!
Major: Economics
Current School/all colleges attended (if applicable): State school ranked in the 150 range.
Current GPA: 3.56
Credits: 16 last semester, 15 this semester
High School GPA: 2.8
High School classes: AP Calc (5) AP bio (5) AP Macro and Micro Econ (5) AP Euro History (5) AP U.S History (5) AP lit and Lang (5) AP Pysch (5) and AP Chem (4)
SAT/ACT score: 31
Extra Curricular: Lots of community service and small things, President of Phi Beta Lambda (Business Group) but the major one is being a member of the school’s tennis team (Division I).
Comments: Along with trying to gain admission, I am also trying to get recruited athletically. I briefly was interested in Stanford as a freshman applicant and did contact their coach. But Eventually decided to attend my current college since they gave me a full ride.
Questions: None so far.
Does anyone else still have their transcripts pending? Both my high school and college transcripts are pending and they were sent/ requested Feb 10th so they should be there by now.
Both had my common app number displayed for the electronically sent ones from my college and the ones mailed by my high school (I made a mailing label).
@BladeX I believe they send the email after the common app was submitted. It guides you through setting it up the first time (you will need the pin provided to you). It is just your email and a password to access your application status. For reference I got my email for it March 2nd.
@summerdreams I didnt get any email to set up anything to check my Application Status. But I submit my application on march 14, a day before deadline… Does it even matter?