Never heard of admits to Stanford. Do kids from the east coast just don't apply or no one ever gets in?

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Anonymous wrote:I've personally known multiple accepts (family friends, not just from our school) into HYP, MIT, Duke, every top 10, except never hear of anyone to Stanford. Are acceptance really that rare or is it bc I'm in the east coast?

Applied RD, no hooks, from East Coast and was accepted. It’s possible!

Sure, sure. No hook. Hahahahaha.

That you consider it unfathomable is a sad commentary on the caliber of students with whom you are familiar.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've personally known multiple accepts (family friends, not just from our school) into HYP, MIT, Duke, every top 10, except never hear of anyone to Stanford. Are acceptance really that rare or is it bc I'm in the east coast?

There was one in my daughter's graduating class at Madison High School in 2024

Madison’s class of 2025 also had one.

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Anonymous wrote:DD in this year. REA, legacy’s, east coast, no other hooks.

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A guy in my Philly area class went there, but he was a top offensive line prospect, so probably not helpful.

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For 3 years in a row, they took the top (very deserving) Black student from our school, and no one else.

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Langley usually has one or two per year. One year they had three, but that was fairly unusual.

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They take recruited athletes from our private. 1-2/every year or so.

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There are a fair number of Stanford alumni living around here.my guess is that a lot of the admits people are mentioning have a parent alum. I know at least one students referenced on this thread has a parent who is or was on faculty there.
I did not encourage my kid to look there although if we lived out west I would have.

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Two kids from our DC Public Charter School (gasp) got in. Unhooked too (gasp)!

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I knew a kid a few years ago. I myself got in back in the day and have a friend around my age who did go.

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My DD is at Stanford; admitted RD. Has met kids from many local schools including Prep, Stoneridge, Sidwell, GDS, WIS, and Whitman.

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I know two URM males - both legacy from dmv publics.

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Anonymous wrote:For 3 years in a row, they took the top (very deserving) Black student from our school, and no one else.

do you mean they took the top student overall (who happened to be Black)? Or the top out of the subset of students who are black?

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Anonymous wrote:TJ sent a few every year.

Robinson sent one this year.

Based on Naviance, Stanford seems like a harder admit than any other school coming out of TJ.

because they have more than enough super strong STEM candidates applying from their very own backyard, many of whom likely have Stanford alum or faculty parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Two kids from our DC Public Charter School (gasp) got in. Unhooked too (gasp)!

Congrats to those kids and the school! Which charter?