<p>Today, I met a former Harvard Admission person, and we talked about being on the waitlist at Stanford. He suggested that I write a letter expressing my further interest in Stanford, and he told to go ahead and write it even though I told him that S's website specifically said "accepting a place on the waitlist is proof enough" "don't send additional documents" (or something like that). I know that some schools (like Rice) like to see letters from the applicant expressing further interest, but will writing such a letter to Stanford hurt my chances since I'm essentially doing something they don't want?</p>
<p>Stanford explicitly states that you should not send any additional ‘I want to go to Stanford’, ‘I am in love with Stanford’, ‘Stanford is the best’ letters, apparently because it annoys them. As they say, all you need to do is to accept your spot via special internet form, where you should also write your achievements (but not ‘I want to go to Stanford’).</p>
<p>DONT LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE. Theyre probably waitlisted at Stanford too. They dont have your best interests in mind. I didnt apply to Stanford yet(applying for transfer next year). I think you should send them an email, make sure its well-written and express how you really want to go to Stanford and make it clear that you are 100% that you will go if admitted. Good luck:)</p>
<p>Actually we were at the Student admit weekend and had breakfast with an adcom; she said they do not want letters-it really does aggravate them-they just want the card filled out.</p>
If Stanford specifically states that you should not do this, why would you? I am assuming they have received a lot of that stuff in past years, and since it aggravates them they decided to disallow it.</p>
<p>ikari, the way I see it - if you write a usual letter of interest they won’t care much, as they get a lot of them, and that’s why they ask you not to send them in. But if you do something ultra-original, that might do it.</p>