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[quote=Anonymous]My DD (HS Class of 2017) applied to both. She had a similar GPA (3.98 UW, 3.6 something W) and a 2400 on the SAT. Fine, but not stand-out extracurriculars. She did not get into Stanford SCEA, and none of her other high-stats friends did either. Several kids did get accepted from our school, and they either had hooks (URM) or truly amazing ECs. We heard the same from friends with kids at other schools. Stanford seems to really be looking for kids who are huge standouts in one area or another. My DD did get into Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD, and other state public flagships she applied to. Those tend to be much more stats-driven from what we could tell. We had told our DD that her chances at Stanford were basically non-existent, and asked her to think carefully about whether she wanted to limit her other options by applying SCEA. She was disappointed when the rejection came, but not too surprised that it didn't work out. [/quote]
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