<p>Thank you kind sir/ma’m. Yes, I had issues 8th grade and freshman year, and I didn’t get the straight A’s I wanted to. That’s my main concern when applying to any college besides my cheesy in-state.</p>
<p>Hi I’m a freshmen at the highest performing public high school in chicago. Im white, have a 4.0 gpa unweighted so far and am on the golf team, baseball team, jazz band, concert band and plan to join science olympiad. Can you give me some tips that I can start now to get into Stanford?</p>
<p>Well, like the guy above me said, we shouldn’t really be focusing on formulas. But if you want general tips, just start taking the SAT/ACT/SAT Subject Tests early. And AP classes. That be all.</p>
<p>@Buggie: I had a perfect SAT but that’s not what got me in. Test scores are only one component. Honestly noone really talks about stand. test scores here in college so idk what most people’s scores were.</p>
<p>@jacobbkabob: Best advice to freshman: do what you enjoy. Adcoms want to see passion.</p>
<p>what extracurriculars would be good to do I will mostly likely join NJHS as a junior</p>
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They recalculate GPA without freshman year, but they still look at the full transcript. I believe they use a weighted system since their average GPA listed in the CDS is weighted. </p>
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Having perfect test scores does not mean you have a good chance of being accepted with a lower GPA. Back in 2006 the Dean of Admissions at Stanford was quoted as saying applicants fitting the profile of having a 4.0 GPA and perfect SAT score had a 65% rejection rate. The admit rate is substantially lower now than in 2006, so I’d expect the rejection rate for perfect stat apps is substantially higher today. That said, perfect SATs with a lower GPA is an extremely small sample group, so there is little data available about their acceptances/rejections. For example, the Parchment data only contains 1 applicant with a 2400 SAT or 36 ACT and less than 3.75. He didn’t get in. Instead they are almost all clustered with very high GPAs.</p>
<p>Do you know if I would be at a disadvantage to take only the ACT (not the SAT) and the SAT II subject tests?</p>
<p>@stahboy - nope, they look at the ACT and SAT as equals. Make sure you do those subject tests, though!</p>
<p>@jacobbkabob - do what you love. Seriously. there is no set formula for what extracurriculars ‘look good’ on a Stanford app - or any app, for that matter. Try to find what your passion is, and explore it beyond surface level - how can you pursue it outside of your school? how can you help other people with it? how can you innovate or put your own spin on it? Leadership within your passions is also very important, but that can take very many forms (you don’t have to be student body president, for example). GOOD LUCK!</p>
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<p>Shouldn’t be an issue. I got some B’s freshman/sophomore year, they aren’t focusing on one aspect of your application, so as long as your grades weren’t terrible it shouldn’t really matter (I was unhooked if that adds any relief).</p>
<p>I retook the only C I got, which was freshman year. That’s good.</p>
<p>How good is the food at Stanford? And what options do we have outside of the Student Union area (if any)?</p>
<p>@RedSn0w - the food is really very good, and quite healthy. There’s TONS of options with 9 dining halls (within dorms) and many, many caf</p>
<p>Yay! Thanks a lot. That sounds awesome, I’ve only ever eaten at the union</p>
<p>If a course meets more than one WAYS requirement, can it fulfill all of those it meets?</p>
<p>No, I don’t think so… If I remember correctly what WAYS are-- there are too many acronyms for requirements :)</p>
<p>Sounds like it lol. So do I choose which WAYS requirement I need it to cover when I take the course?</p>
<p>No, I think they just look at all your courses and fill out the WAYS requirements based on what you have taken, maximizing the number of WAYS you have fulfilled.</p>
<p>@Ammazz^^no. merovingian is correct…You don’t have to declare which WAYS requirement you want to use it for up front…you could always decide which WAYS you are lacking before or in early senior year and use it to meet your WAYS deficit before graduation…it’s pretty easy to fulfill according to our K…</p>
<p>How is freshman housing determined? I don’t really know anything about my various living options. Are there any particular dorms that you recommend or advise against?</p>
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Matriculating first year freshman cannot select a specific dorm. Instead dorms are assigned based on a housing form students submit that asks about:</p>
<p>–choice of all freshman or 4-year
–choice of genders on same floor or different floors
–option to enter special programs including SLE, FroSoCo, and ethnic theme housing</p>
<p>You can read more about these options on the Stanford website. The best option for you depends on your personality and interests. When I attended, I was in an all freshman dorm, which contributed to the students in my freshman dorm being some of the people I know best from my time at Stanford. However, if I could go back and choose again, I’d instead choose SLE.</p>