Stanford REA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivies no longer want all these stupid math competitions. They don’t want quizbowl. They don’t want Olympiad. Be different.

My kid got into an ivy with something similar to the blacksmith extracurricular. Obviously had the grades and the scores to meet the baseline.

You guys are all missing the point.
See the forest through the trees.

The Tree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone got in from DC’s school who has several patents pertaining to insects and has developed a novel mosquito repellent and is an amateur blacksmith etc etc. It’s kind of ridiculous.

Sounds super contrived to me. The 'unique' interests, passion projects, etc. almost seem comical and trite. Rarely genuine. Do admissions people really believe it or see through this stuff? I know a kid who, at the recommendation of a private counselor, spent years cultivating a niche environmental science topic with 'published research' for their college profile. The counselor created the plan and they were coached on the entire process. - but it worked because they are now at Duke! Just makes me skeptical when I hear things like this...

Sorry your kid was rejected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stanford wants to admit students who will change the world - more creative or unusual, if not an athlete.

They are like Rhodes - they demand scholar and national level athletes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone got in from DC’s school who has several patents pertaining to insects and has developed a novel mosquito repellent and is an amateur blacksmith etc etc. It’s kind of ridiculous.

Sounds super contrived to me. The 'unique' interests, passion projects, etc. almost seem comical and trite. Rarely genuine. Do admissions people really believe it or see through this stuff? I know a kid who, at the recommendation of a private counselor, spent years cultivating a niche environmental science topic with 'published research' for their college profile. The counselor created the plan and they were coached on the entire process. - but it worked because they are now at Duke! Just makes me skeptical when I hear things like this...

Sorry your kid was rejected.

No skin in this game...just reacting to the trends. Finding it both entertaining and ridiculous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stanford wants to admit students who will change the world - more creative or unusual, if not an athlete.

They are like Rhodes - they demand scholar and national level athletes

True. And entrepreneurs or humanitarians on a mission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivies no longer want all these stupid math competitions. They don’t want quizbowl. They don’t want Olympiad. Be different.

My kid got into an ivy with something similar to the blacksmith extracurricular. Obviously had the grades and the scores to meet the baseline.

You guys are all missing the point.
See the forest through the trees.

All the quiz bowl & Olympiad kids (with 35/36 or 1580+) were rejected or deferred today from their REAs at our private. Too one-dimensional nerdy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone got in from DC’s school who has several patents pertaining to insects and has developed a novel mosquito repellent and is an amateur blacksmith etc etc. It’s kind of ridiculous.

Sounds super contrived to me. The 'unique' interests, passion projects, etc. almost seem comical and trite. Rarely genuine. Do admissions people really believe it or see through this stuff? I know a kid who, at the recommendation of a private counselor, spent years cultivating a niche environmental science topic with 'published research' for their college profile. The counselor created the plan and they were coached on the entire process. - but it worked because they are now at Duke! Just makes me skeptical when I hear things like this...

Sorry your kid was rejected.

This is such a boring "gotcha." People can comment on the admissions system without being policed too.

[Anonymous]

I am sorry but for those going negative on the blacksmith kid, 1. That’s interesting and 2. They have patents and a product. I like robotics too but lotta that going around

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sorry but for those going negative on the blacksmith kid, 1. That’s interesting and 2. They have patents and a product. I like robotics too but lotta that going around

When will colleges discover that it is very easy to get a patent and not af all unique. A decade ago, JHU was flexing about their patent making students and as an engineer, it reads as uninformed gimmick that’s upheld by admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies no longer want all these stupid math competitions. They don’t want quizbowl. They don’t want Olympiad. Be different.

My kid got into an ivy with something similar to the blacksmith extracurricular. Obviously had the grades and the scores to meet the baseline.

You guys are all missing the point.
See the forest through the trees.

All the quiz bowl & Olympiad kids (with 35/36 or 1580+) were rejected or deferred today from their REAs at our private. Too one-dimensional nerdy.

Said a 0-dimension stupid jerk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rejected. 1590, Math Olympiad awards, on a top ranked robotics team. Literally don't know what more they could've wanted.

Stanford is one of the hardest admits for a math/science-focused kid. He would've had much better odds applying to Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected. 1590, Math Olympiad awards, on a top ranked robotics team. Literally don't know what more they could've wanted.

Stanford is one of the hardest admits for a math/science-focused kid. He would've had much better odds applying to Yale.

But then you're doing math and science...at Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stanford wants to admit students who will change the world - more creative or unusual, if not an athlete.

My DS knows several kids who SCEAed to Stanford. All total superstars, only one got in this round. His reaction: “They took the right kid. She’s gonna change the world.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rejected. 1590, Math Olympiad awards, on a top ranked robotics team. Literally don't know what more they could've wanted.

DC's friend too. Finalist for the largest science competition in America (you know the one...) + math awards + published research (and not the BS kind) + 1590 + 96 UW GPA with top rigor. Rejected. What else is there??

Personality.

[Anonymous]

^^^Essays and teacher recs.