Stanford Admissions Stats broken down by SAT range, GPA, Rank

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<p>I've often wondered how influenced colleges' admit percentages are by people applying w/way out-of-reach stats, and what the admit rates are for ppl w/high SAT, GPA, etc. Stanford has an interesting breakdown at: </p>

<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a6_profile_2004.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a6_profile_2004.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I wish they had it separated into Early Admit and Regular Admit...</p>

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<p>And now time for some crazy, poorly-calculated, guestimated stats. Say Stanford's Acceptance Rate is 13.0% overall. Take the EA acceptance, it's 19%. By looking at the Stats breakdown, being in the top 1-2%, having 700+ SAT 1 scores gets you another 6-7% of probability. Thus, add the 13 or so percentage points to Stanford's overall rate, and the avg. CCer applying w/no ECs, no APs, etc, just being top of class w/ good SAT scores applying EA has a 26% chance at Stanford.</p>

<p>Ok. Now all you who have taken stats, tell me what I did wrong.</p>

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<p>lol.. that's pretty funny.</p>

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<p>Funny how?</p>

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<p>why did you post the 2004 stats? the 2005 stats are out too.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a6_profile.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a6_profile.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Cuz they're basically the same, give or take a percentage point. But I guess I didn't see the '05 stats...</p>

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<p>"CCer applying w/no ECs, no APs, etc, just being top of class w/ good SAT scores applying EA has a 26% chance at Stanford."</p>

<p>you're not considering all the variables. Yes, one chance would be "26%" if one were to have those 3 factors you've mentioned (eg SAT, EA, class rank)...but we all know the admission process is a much more complex system than that.</p>