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<p>As I understand it, Stanford offers financial aid, but no merit scholarships for academics. Is this correct?</p>

<p>thanks.</p>

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<p>It’s true. Stanford is very generous with financial aid, to the point that some of its scholarships would be considered ‘merit’ at other schools but is need-based at Stanford.</p>

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<p>Is it true that stanford has a “commitment” to its state and lets more californians into its school than other states like New York?</p>

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<p>^It lets more Californians in because more apply. If anything I think they’re trying to get more applicants from states like New York. They recruited hard in Manhattan, for instance.</p>

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<p>I recall statistics on applicants/admits from California, and it was 37% of applicants and 35% of admits, so there’s not much difference.</p>

<p>I’d say they rather like to admit applicants from New York, since the yield from NYC is apparently 85%.</p>

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<p>^I think the yield figure says more about the NYC admittees liking Stanford than it does about Stanford liking to admit the NYC applicants, doesn’t it?</p>

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<p>^ my point was that the admissions office is probably happy to admit NYC students because it’s confident that they will attend (in response to the suggestion that Stanford is less willing to admit out-of-state or NY applicants, when in reality Stanford will likely jump on applicants from high-yield areas).</p>