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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is copied directly from Stanford's undergraduate admissions website:

2. [b]Would attending Stanford’s Summer Session before the senior year improve one’s chances for freshman admission?
Not in terms of signifying added interest in Stanford (see above). But what taking enrichment and advanced courses might do, wherever they are taken, is indicate to us your enthusiasm for a subject area, or your excitement about discovery. The fact that you are taking summer or enrichment programs is not in and of itself the value-add to your application; it is what you take from that experience, how you share that experience with us through your essays, and how that experience has enhanced your intellectual life that is of importance.[/b]

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Exactly, attending a summer session sets you apart from an applicant that hasn't.  Also, it helps an applicant answer the essay question:  why Stanford?  Your answer will surely have way more depth and passion than an applicant who has only visited once or read the website or catalog's literature about the school.  As a pp stated by excelling and paying for a summer session an applicant conveys to their adcom that she has merit, motivation, and money.  I would think this trumps your high school teacher or guidance counselor's recommendation.

Students can earn credit at Summer at Stanford University so doesn't that mean a transcript is involved?  "It is what you take from that experience, how you share that experience with us through your essays, and how that experience has enhanced your intellectual life that is of importance."  It's possible that the adcom has access to reviewing these transcripts.  During Stanford's rep visit at my DD's school she wrote down the names of each interested girl. [/quote]

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