Rejected as expected :)) But come on, gotta give props to everyone who was brave enough to apply. Be proud of all your accomplishments, that decision isn’t going to determine your life’s success. All of you are very intelligent!
@pinkcloudsonmars Congratulations! You will have a great time there 
@bobthebuilder42 i got an email, it simply has instructions.
@otoribashi thanks yeah just checked my email and same, it’s just a link to the portal. Haha almost got my hopes up for a second. Now waiting till tonight to get rejected.
@otoribashi my letter technically listed out the things I did. One thing that made me so certain about it is because the letter mentioned about my family responsibility.
The letter also said “simply put, we wish we had more space in the transfer class”
@lph207 oh mine said that same line, too!
mine mentioned family responsibilities, but it was given in a list… like “…you bring to your academics, extracurricular activities, work, and family responsibilities. Simply put, we wish we had more space in the transfer class.”
that’s why im not sure cuz i don’t think i mentioned any work responsibilities and i did mention family responsibilities but i dont think it was the main component of my essays. so i wasn’t sure if it was just generic for everybody.
ah perhaps i did mention some work responsibilities in the EC section but i didn’t think it’d be major enough for them to mention it in a list… idk it’s probably generic T__T oh well
I am absolutely stunned to say I was accepted.
Can accepted people post your stats?
@mjr2013 congrats dude
Congrats everyone! As a transfer from last year, I look forward to meeting you all. Happy to answer any questions in the meantime.
Also, the word on the street is that 25 people were accepted into this transfer class.
22YO white male from Michigan
Accepted: Stanford, Michigan, Michigan State
Rejected: Penn, Harvard, Columbia, Vanderbilt
Pending: Brown, Cornell, NYU
Program (1st/2nd choice): Human Biology / Psychology
Objective
Currently Attending: Community College in Michigan
Credits: finished with 88, which includes 12 from APs… I expect somewhere around 50 to transfer due a semi-difficult social work program I am completing that is nontransferable, as well as the APs being taken out.
College GPA: 3.95 (UW), 1 W in Fall of 2013
College course load: Sporadic courses from fall of '13 to winter '15. 17 CH’s in fall '15, 21 CH’s in fall '16, 22 this semester (never received lower than an A-, haven’t received A- since winter of '14)
Two gap semesters in winter '15 and winter '16
HS: Meh Public School in MI, ~1500 students, sends 2-3 students to Michigan every year and a student to an Ivy once or twice in a decade
HS GPA: 3.2ish
ACT: 28 (one and only sitting in March 2011)
Midterm Report: Four A’s, one A-
Subjective
EC’s: Work as a “full time” school bus driver in addition to the 22 CH’s I’m taking, internship at residential juvenile delinquency rehabilitation program, another job in leadership role, the gap semester jobs and travel, serve on board of directors of local youth baseball league, run umpires program for the league for last three years. Passionate about them all.
LOR’s: I doubt they get any better than what they may have wrote. I didn’t see them, but the two professors absolutely loved me. Both hold PhD’s for whatever that’s worth.
Gap explanation: Really good. Solid reason, involved travel and learning
Why Transfer: Liked this essay the most, but it’s kind of supposed to be a lay-up for a CC transfer lol
Supplemental Essays: I liked my Stanford supplements. I had fun with it, not in a blow-off way, but in a “me being me” way.
I re-read my Stanford application this evening. If I were to give advice to future applicants after reading it, it would be to BE YOURSELF. After re-reading, all I could say was, “they accepted me for me”. You can only control what you can control. And it’s ALWAYS worth a shot.
@shengineer wow if true that would be the lowest in several years. Strange considering that fewer freshman were admitted this year than last year as well.
Last year was unusually large (40 people). The year before was 20 accepted and 15 matriculated (unusually small).
@shengineer do you by chance have any information on the transfer waitlist process? I plan on calling tomorrow but was hoping you may be able to shine some light on it!
Thank you!!
@otoribashi hahah I see. I guess it is not personal as I thought it would be :).
Congratulations! Welcome to the transfer family! Happy to answer any questions! I’m finishing up my first year here.
I am sophomore now and will apply to Stanford again next year.
Rejected…
@shengineer and @LatinaTransfer I am interested in applying this year for human biology. How have you liked it there? I am a low-income, non-traditional re-entry student, with three kiddos, given your experiences, do you feel as though Stanford was accepting of your backgrounds and was the right choice?
@Sanla124 I am positive that Stanford was the right choice. I’m from a middle-class family so I can’t comment much on that. What I do know is that there are several school and student organizations dedicated to providing support and community to students of every background. Specifically, I think you should look into FLIP and the DGEN office; these provide help to first-generation and low-income students.
As for my own experience, I have been blown away by how students get treated as humans with lives. I have found all of my professors to be compassionate and understanding when life gets in the way of studies. After a family emergency I had last quarter, all of my teachers were very accommodating with adjusting due dates so I could take some time to be with my family. Also, it is very easy to reach out to the transfer advisor who is incredibly helpful when it comes to navigating campus resources.
@LatinaTransfer can probably comment more on the family aspect of your prospective Stanford experience.