If I’ve been admitted to Stanford EA, what is the likelihood that I’ll be admitted to one of HYP? Wondering how much their selection process correlate
I have seen several kids who got admitted to Stanford REA who got admitted to one of HYP during regular process, but I have also seen kids who got into one of Harvard and denied by Stanford. I have also seen reverse cases. In fact, I have seen a case where one kid’s dream school was Harvard but he got into Stanford but his friend’s dream school was Stanford but he got into Harvard. So, I joked that it’s sad that each has to settle for the 2nd best.
Having said this, I think your chance is high that you will get into one of HYP if you got into Stanford REA. The reason I say this is because my kid got into Stanford REA last year, and although he did not apply to HYP because we already decided it would be a waste of time for him to apply to HYP if he got into Stanford REA (not because he thought HYP was not as good but he just did not want to spend any more time deciding among top schools and for us proximity and weather were big factors), his adcom at Stanford (from Yale) said he believes our kid would have gotten into HYP had he applied. This surprised us because we did not think our kid had a strong application for Stanford, but after he got into Stanford REA, I have to tell you honestly, I felt like we must have been wrong and our kid could have gotten into any school. Lol He had his application to Yale half ready in case he didn’t get into Stanford REA but he decided after 30 minutes to drop it. Our reasoning was “He got into his first choice and is batting 100% in having gotten into all schools he applied, why get denied? Besides he can look for a summer job now that his college plan is set.”
@fye101 There is a high chance will get into at least one of HYP, especially Yale or Princeton. However, fit is also a big part of admissions decisions so the adcoms might think that, while you are extremely qualified, maybe you are not a great fit for a particular HYP school, so they might reject you. just looking at the yields numbers across HYPS it seems like there cannot be more than 600 or so students every year with more than one HYPS choice.
On a different note, if Stanford is genuinely your top choice, and you would not benefit from leveraging multiple FA offers, consider not applying to HYP or just apply to your top HYP choice instead of all three. Saves you pointless work and opens up spots for other candidates. I know many people who get into Harvard or Stanford early, then apply to the other one RD just to see if they can get in, but that is more of an ego-stroking endeavor of no practical importance.
The selection process does not correlate well with the exception of students who have more than one strong hook (URM/FG/immigrant) and academically strong. HYPS want these students.
With Stanford REA typically attracting the most competitive STEM applicants its admits with those profiles should do well in HYP. Early indication would be the Yale STEM likely letters, which are sent in late Jan to its top 100 or so STEM admits in RD. I know quite a few H/S REAs have already gotten those last month. I don’t think correlations among HYPS admits with humanities profiles are nearly as strong as those of STEM.
Page 20 of this report to the Stanford Faculty Senate from the dean of undergraduate admissions shows that in 2014, to the best of Stanford’s knowledge, there were between 155 and 214 Stanford cross-admits with Harvard, Princeton, Yale and MIT: https://stanford.app.box.com/s/y4abufqg66nte7uax6eq . That’s around 10% of total admits at each school, so there are plenty of kids who are cross-admitted. That said,I would guess that most of them are STEM-focused superstars, academically-elite URMs, people with a nationally-recognized accomplishment, distinction or talent, some children of the rich/famous and a few top kids from underrrepresented geographies.
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