<p>This question has always been bugging me. When you apply to Stanford, do the admissions officers look at you by region, all together, or by each school? Will you be compared alongside others in your school applying SCEA? 2 other students along with myself all applied SCEA to Stanford. We've all been pretty equal in terms of academics and test scores, but one's val, other's rank 3, and I'm rank 5. </p>
<p>I just wanted to know whether officers compared you by region or by each school (making sure they don't get too many from one school, too little from another, etc.)</p>
<p>They don’t organize applications by school. They are divided by region.</p>
<p>The way it works is the regional officer reads the application. typically someone else will read it as well. then the regional manger will present the student to the admissions committee. they will discuss and then vote on the student. Then they move on to the next one.</p>
<p>therefore students are never compared to other students, even those from their own school.</p>
<p>I just hope they don’t go by school. I’m not complaining about my rank or anything, but I wish they could judge our academic prowess by another method. The School I come from is kinda concentrated with hardcore geniuses. The rank 3 from a neighboring high school was rank 60 in our school; some people could do much better than a valedictorian from another school, but since they aren’t compared alongside each other, that valedictorian is still valued higher; haha just my ranting on ranks</p>
<p>@Starmie, yea i believe thats incorrect, the way i understand it is that they organize it by region and then review in the order the applications were submitted, and im not sure where but i sort of remember hearing that you are NOT explicitly compared to other applicants from your school.</p>
<p>I heard Richard Shaw ( Stanford Dean of Admissions) talk about the rigor of public vs. private high schools. He said that since each school has different grading standards and opportunities, Stanford will compare applicants from the same school. It gives them an idea of how well you’ve used your own high school’s resources. </p>
<p>That being said, even if other people have higher GPA’s, if you were involved in EC’s and are passionate about something specific then you can get in. I know that from my friend’s school, there were 15 people who applied to Stanford but only one person got in and she had a mediocre GPA and SAT but outstanding community service. Hope this helps!!</p>