Reply to Today's Acceptances

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Today's Acceptances - which schools"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford?  What kinds of high schools and stats?[/quote]
I know one from public HS. Perfect stats (literally 4.0 and 36). Impressive ECs but nothing super unique. POC. I’m sure they had outstanding essays cause they’re very smart and creative. [/quote]

The one I know who got into Stanford is a male who goes to a FCPS high school.  He's my DS' classmate and DS has known the young man since elementary schoool. I do know he got in via Questbridge. [/quote]

The one I know who got into Stanford this year must have been doing something behind the scene because this student was not known for academics, sports, ECs, essays, test scores, or any hook.[/quote]

As a Stanford alum and former west coast resident, i can tell you applying there is brutal. Half their admits are recruited athletes. Many others come from families of .001% wealth, big time connections or fame. This leads to a strong arrogance and sense of entitlement. Sprinkle in the scholarship students and URMs (several of whom are of dubious claim) to make Stanford feel good about itself, and that leaves very little space for the amazing applicants you read about here. It's great to apply if it's your dream, but just be realistic about the chances. When you hear that someone from this area got in "on their own merits", i will bet that there is a hidden hook almost every single time. And I am extremely supportive of the school having a diverse student body, but what passes for adding diversity has been questionable lately.

The perception of Stanford out here is that it's a funky, liberal school with great academics. I think people conflate the image of Berkeley and Stanford. The latter is much more mainstream and intense. And with the student mix described above, it's not as utopian as people think. [/quote]

interesting how you describe the URM as being of dubious claim but don't describe the .001% wealth kids (presumably mostly white) as also as being of dubious claim when that seems equally likely[/quote]
I think PP was more referring to the students who take an ancestry test and discover they're 8% Native Alaskan and then write their essay on their life as a Native Alaskan in a majority white school. They had to go to Stanford so badly that they need to do something intensely disingenuous to get there and they will have the same attitude as they go through their time there. Not a general commentary on the wonderful students of color who worked just as hard as anyone else to get there (that's my interpretation of PP). 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics