<p>The Stanford Admissions website says that it's "job is to assemble a well-rounded student body, and we know such a group will include both well-rounded students and what we call angular students, those who truly excel at one or two activities." Still, it seems like there might be a general trend towards accepting more angular students. Is it becoming a disadvantage to be an "experimenter" during high school - trying many different activities, rather than finding a specific focus?</p>
<p>I would say it is going to be a disadvantage compared to kids who are very involved in specific activities they are passionate about.</p>
<p>How is an experimenter going to contribute to the campus?</p>
<p>Stanford loves its athletes. The angular kids might be all the athletes they accept. From what I read yesterday, almost 25% of their incoming student body is of athletes for varsity sports.</p>
<p>Toomuchpressure</p>
<p>Where did you read this?</p>
<p>Fresnomom, I can't remember. I was searching for something Stanford-related on Google and something came up about a very large number of Stanford's incoming class being recruited athletes. I personally know three people who were admitted to Stanford for athletics.</p>
<p>Yeah. The only girl in that past 4 years that got into Stanford at our school was a world-class runner. And my school sends at least 15 people to the Ivy's every year (half of them are Cornell).</p>