What did you have??

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<p>I really want to go to a top school like stanford. So, what did you have that got uou accepted to stanford?GPA? SAT? EC?</p>

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<p>Being a copy-cat will guarantee you a rejection.</p>

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<p>@gunit5: I couldn’t have said it better.</p>

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<p>Yes, I did have a GPA. Without one, I doubt I would have been accepted.</p>

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<p>They look for kids who are extremely well-rounded or extremely good at one thing. This means you need to be a starter on a varsity sports team as well as a dedicated political volunteer or something or a nationally recognized pianist/robot-builder/etc. And you need to have flawless, stellar grades, standardized test scores, and recommendations. And you need luck; it’s a crap shoot.</p>

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<p>To add to this: there’s no one type of admit here.
Although I think all of us have had some sort of involvement with athletics. So, maybe that’s something they actually look for… Not sure though.</p>

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<p>And also I think last time the “why Stanford” essay was also a factor</p>

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<p>Thank you for the helpful replies. To the first 2 posters, i wasn’t trying to be a copycat, i just wanted to gain perspective.</p>

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<p>hey, check out the “results threads” which the applicants list their stats and if they were rejection or accepted…here is the link to the harvard 2015 one</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1112322-official-harvard-university-2015-decisions-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1112322-official-harvard-university-2015-decisions-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;