<p>Hi my friend applied to Stanford. She said that because she goes as an int'l student the admission decision will also be based on her financial application. She's really worried (she really wants to get in!). that worry has now increased because one of my other good friends has been accepted for early action and she feels that she will def. not get in because of her financial application and because they've already selected someone else from our school.</p>
<p>is that possible? any help is appreciated .... she is truly worried and i want to take some good news back 2mrw to calm her down =) lol</p>
<p>^Yes, sadly that is true. But it also depends on the school, the size of the school, and the applicants! If she is a strong applicant that could bring a lot to the school she still will have a good shot.</p>
<p>No top school can accept all qualified applicants. But they do not have any limits of # per school. Two years ago Stanford accepted 15 kids from the same public school in SoCal.
My kids went to a public HS in the midwest - there were years when 8 kids got into Stanford, and were years when only 1 or 2 got in.
I am sure that kids coming from the same school get compared to each other. But there is no “quota”.</p>
<p>Doesn’t that cost ^ so much?? I remember the EPGY summer program was expensive so I decided not to do it. I doubt that it will have any real impact on your decision though if you participated.</p>
<p>That’s outrageous!!! ^^ The more expensive a summer program is, the less prestigious it becomes because it becomes a money making business instead of a highly selective summer program that provides merit money</p>
<p>I looked into EPGY a month ago in place of a community college class, but even though the class was 100 bucks and the textbook 220, it was nowhere near what I would have had to pay for EPGY. the upside to EPGY is the convenience and the fact that its stanford, so it has to be a pretty good class. I think it was actually 8k for the class, sorry for the exaggeration</p>
<p>The good news is it doesn’t matter that someone from your school has already gotten in. The bad news is it may very well matter that someone from your COUNTRY has already gotten in. Stanford only admits around 140 international students applying from abroad per year, and 87 different countries are represented among its undergraduates. So you can do the math – the average is fewer than 2/country/year. Now, obviously, a few countries regularly have more than two students per year accepted – China, Mexico, Canada, UK, probably India and South Korea, too (and Stanford will get TONS of applications from those countries). But that means that every other country’s average is more like 1/year, or fewer. Maybe a few other countries get an average of 2/year.</p>
<p>Your friend should still hope, of course. But she should also get comfortable with what she will do if she isn’t accepted.</p>