<p>I live in Oregon and my IB Diploma class is obsessed with Stanford. One girl paid to do the Stanford Summer Program and many others were accepted, but chose not to go. I feel as though I am the sole voice of reason in my high school. The girl who is at Stanford SP got a C in Math first trimester, has gotten handfuls of B's (5+) and I feel like she has no shot! She did get 33 on the ACT and is hispanic, am i wrong in thinking that she has no chance?</p>
<p>This is true with some of my other friends as well:</p>
<p>One has gotten many B's and a C and wants to go to Stanford, Dartmouth, Pomona, Claremont McKenna. She hasn't taken the most rigorous classes and doesn't have many EC's.</p>
<p>Am I crazy or do they have a small chance?</p>
<p>(Stanford Syndrome is the naive obsession w/ Stanford when you have no chance, by the way)</p>
<p>If she's Hispanic, she may just have a shot. I tutored a few girls (one Hispanic, two black) that had lower SAT scores and grades and EC's, but were accepted at a few of the schools you name. The crazy thing is that her Stanford Syndrome might just infect the admission officer into believing she has "merit".</p>
<p>Believe it or not, not every single undergraduate at Stanford has straights As across the board on their high school transcripts. There are many, many people with Bs and, dare I say it, Cs. And I'm willing to bet that a good number of them are even ASIAN! :O!!!!</p>
<p>I am willing to bet that everyone at Stanford isn't a genius, but I've heard that Stanford looks for each student to excel at something..whether that is theater, dance, sports, science, writing. Is this an outsider's opinion?</p>
<p>No, I definately think Stanford likes to see that you stand out in something, that you've found a niche and carved out a unique place for yourself. I believe they see this as positively contributing to the diversity of the student body if everyone brings something different to the table and then sees what everyone else has to offer and is able to learn from that what they will.</p>
<p>Why though, are you trying to discourage your friends from applying to Stanford? It's no one's job but an admissions officer's to tell someone they aren't up to par for a particular school.</p>
<p>Wow, that must be very, very annoying for you o.o. Plus none of these posts are particularly supportive.</p>
<p>A few did make a good point though - Stanford really just likes to see someone <em>stand out</em> at something. If their grades aren't up to par though, you're right; your classmates certainly shouldn't get in. Unless they're star athletes or racial minorities, of course....in which case it really wouldn't matter what their grades are like, unfortunately >.<.</p>