@fishman23123 I want to major in biology. I hope that my status as a USABO semifinalist, my awards from Academic Challenge in biology and chem, and my essay (it focused on my passion for bio and how failures in bio helped grow that passion) will convert that clear enough. In my additional info, I included reasons for why I was unable to perform research despite wanting to and trying many times (there aren’t really any labs around me and anything even remotely close was shut down thanks to covid).
@vpatty So you have some biology EC’s, alright. Hopefully your essays integrated biology with a few of your other activities so they don’t look out of place.
Also, I did bio too lol. Crossing fingers that we get in!
I hope my profile is okay… I selected polisci and Electrical Engineering and my activities were research and election organizing so I hope those match? My GPA is 3.92 UW and 1520 SAT but like :neutral: 
I’m wondering if Stanford cares about maintaining their test score prestige for REA—will they admit applicants with perfect scores just to “offset” lower scores, like those that might come from hooked & low-stat yet compelling applicants?
@fishman23123 I doubt it. Stanford’s middle 50% is so much more forgiving than the rest of HYPSM.
So how likely is it that Stanford releases next week versus in 2 weeks? (December 4 vs December 11)
Based on previous years, I would bet on it being on the 11th because if it is released on the 4th it would be the earliest REA has ever been released. With that being said, things could be different this year, especially with everything going on.
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I feel like it might be on the 4th because the 11th is Hanukkah.
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When do they normally send out information of the release date? Or do they just send the email when the decisions have been released?
They announce the release date in advance. Unless they make an announcement today, I would not count on the 4th.
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@skieurope do we receive an email as an announcement a week prior?
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I don’t remember if they email or just update the portal and website.
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Usually they announce the Wed before they release decisions. So if it were the 4th, they’d announce on the 2nd
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Hope it will be this Friday. Fingers crossed
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Questbridge results just came out!! I feel like there’s a big chance REA might be released next week.
I agree, If they completed the QuestBridge applicants by now, I feel like there’s a good possibility they have with all of REA and decisions will come out the 4th. Fingers Crossed!
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Don’t they usually complete QuestBridge a week earlier than REA? Or are all the applications normally done at the same time?
I don’t know, but all of QuestBridge Finalists’ applications are always due on Nov 1 and the results always come out on Dec 1
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I’m assuming it’ll be next week just because like there’s been no official announcement.
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is there usually an official announcement? where do they post about it
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