<p>@nagintapls - there are no “institutional” scholarships at Stanford. No merit scholarships at Stanford - only need-based aid </p>
<p>ETA: Sorry - I tried to link to the financial aid information, but it didn’t work. It specifically states that all “scholarships” are awarded based on need as determined by the CSS profile. </p>
<p>@Hoggirl <a href=“Requirements and Dates : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University;
<p>It says “CSS PROFILE is required for institutional scholarship consideration.”</p>
<p>Welcome you all you brand new amazing people! You’re on the Stanford page for a reason ;)</p>
<p>@RussianMom (love the avatar btw) and @tyrion14 It’s great that the interviewers gave a lot of good information about the school. I don’t know, I’m still smh-ing at @Madison07 daughter’s interviewer. Keep the critiques of your interview coming people! </p>
<p>@nagintapls , from my understanding, I think that they are different. FAFSA is for govt, but CSS is for institutional aid beyond the federal aid. Like for questbridge, we have to fill out the CSS Profile, but we don’t fill out the FASFA. (And if we get accepted then we basically get a full ride - depending on information provided on the CSS - and this comes from the school.) But take everything I said with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>@Niawski And because of ^ , I consequently have filled out the CSS. I just put engineer. I wanted to put Genetic Researcher, or Biomedical Engineer, but there is a character limit so I just left it as Engineer. </p>
<p>@nagintapls </p>
<p>University Scholarship
Scholarship from Stanford is the primary source of funding used to assist students with meeting their educational costs. Many university scholarship funds originate as gifts from individuals and corporations. All university scholarship funds are awarded on the basis of financial need as determined by information provided on the CSS Profile. We determine your individual scholarship eligibility by subtracting the amount we expect you and your parents to contribute toward your costs and other federal and state grant funds from the total student budget.</p>
<p>Copied and pasted. And it also says “all university scholarship funds are awarded on the basis of financial need…”</p>
<p>There are NO merit-based scholarships at Stanford. If you don’t have “need,” you don’t receive “scholarships.” </p>
<p>didn’t see the previous posts. Anyway @nagintapls , I think it’s the grants that the school gives. Kinda how with FAFSA, the school could determine your package with a mix of grants, ‘loans’, or a work study package.</p>
<p>Oh ok thanks, guys!</p>
<p>Anytime</p>
<p>@Madison07 - I am so sorry to hear about your d’s lousy interviewer! Interviewing is new for Stanford and they are reaching out to alums who may or may not be qualified to do the job. You might want to let the Admissions Office know that the interviewer was very negative about aspects of Stanford. Half of their job is to sell Stanford to the students applying, not discourage them!</p>
<p>As to the compeitive atmosphere, my d has found it to be exactly the opposite. In her dorm, many of the kids study together and help each other out all the time. She’s always found her classmates to be helpful. During Admit weekend, one of the student panelists described Stanford students this way. “For the most part, people aren’t constantly trying to better than you. They want to do well WITH you.” </p>
<p>One other note on lousy alum interviews. D’s interview with a Brown alum: “You should just go to State U. They use the same textbooks as Brown, so you’ll get the same education anyway.” And, “Why on earth would you be involved with that charitable organization?” Umm…said organization provides free bike helmets to kids, gives free physicals to students in need, does free concussion testing and screening and provides free athletic trainers to area high schools. Anyway, she was just floored by the whole interview. Bad interviewers can happen to good schools.</p>
<p>@nagintapls - run the Net Price Calculator with your parents. </p>
<p>@emenya thanks!</p>
<p>Had my interview yesterday afternoon, and I could not be happier with how it went! </p>
<p>I’m from a pretty rural area in Colorado, where we haven’t had anyone get into Stanford or really any college with any prestige in at least the last decade (most don’t even apply), and one of the first things that my interviewer brought up is that he’s really looking to fight and advocate for talented students from our area that don’t have the same opportunities as students from more urban areas. He was really receptive to my story and the things that I’ve accomplished, and I really think that his report could make a difference on my app!</p>
<p>Anyone from New Jersey get an interview yet?</p>
<p>@nagintapls Yeah.</p>
<p>Anyone know how many students applied to Stanford REA???</p>
<p>@imagineer10 </p>
<p>For some reason, Stanford releases the number of applicants at around December 13th. At the same time when decisions are released.</p>
<p>Stanford always enjoys dropping Thor’s hammer (their outrageous numbers) after the “northeast school” releases their numbers…so, don’t worry, it won’t be released before theirs.</p>
<p>@Hawkace So i guess I won’t be getting one?</p>
<p><a href=“Time since Dec 15, 2014 started in UTC”>Time since Dec 15, 2014 started in UTC;
<p>:-S [-O< </p>
<p>@nagintapls Wait… you;re in NJ and you didn’t get an interview yet? That’s strange. Do you live in the South or North?</p>
<p>Is it appropriate to email a thank you to my interviewer? She mentioned something about not being allowed to communicate with me after the interview and would like to thank her for the chance to meet her but do not want to break some rule.</p>