Replies to: Mirror: Stanford Acceptance Rates by GPA and SAT

• citygirlsmom Posts: 13,158- Senior Member

  January 2005

  I am confused!! It says for instance in Caterory re: SAT
  
  700-800 48% of applicants- is the 21% admit rate of those 48% or of the whole pool, I am guessing the whole pool, otherwise percentages don't add up....don't laugh..its been a long day and I ahve been out of school a long time!!!!

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• sabnetwork Posts: 269Registered User Junior Member

  January 2005

  The 21% is the admit rate for applicants with those scores. 48% is the proportion of those applicants in the applicant pool.
  
  The admit rates don't have to add up to 100%. Stanford isn't a community college
  
  The sum of (Percentage of Applicants * Admit Rate) should roughly equal 13%, their acceptance rate.

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• citygirlsmom Posts: 13,158- Senior Member

  January 2005

  ohhhhhh......thanks

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• laurak Posts: 308Registered User Member

  January 2005

  Correlation does not mean causation

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• laurak Posts: 308Registered User Member

  January 2005

  Now, after reading through the packet, I think posting Robin Mamlet's letter would have been more worthwhile. It just further proves why I love Stanford so much--they don't expect us to bite off more than we can chew, they realize that just because we don't have a 1500 4.0UW doesn't mean we aren't as smart as those who do, and they know what actually matters. We are people with passions, not robots with numbers. I haven't seen any other school promote an attitude quite like Stanford does, and it's refreshing and encouraging. Thanks for the link. I'm sure it will make some of us here in RD limbo that much more optimistic and madly in love. Good luck to everyone!

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• Word Posts: 166Registered User Junior Member

  January 2005

  gpa's = unweighted?

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• sempitern555 Posts: 3,350- Senior Member

  January 2005

  very confusing

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• paulhomework Posts: 966Registered User Member

  January 2005

  GPA's are unweighted. I think Stanford takes all academic classes from 10th/11th grade and calculates your gpa on a simple 4.0 scale (100-90,89-80,etc.)

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• sabnetwork Posts: 269Registered User Junior Member

  January 2005

  Correlation does not mean causation

  Thanks for pointing this out. This should be kept in mind when viewing any statistics, not just these. I forget that this isn't obvious to everyone.
  

  I think posting Robin Mamlet's letter would have been more worthwhile.

  I found it particularly inspiring as well. If only I had read it as a freshman instead of as a senior.
  

  very confusing

  Look at the PDF version, it might make more sense than my sorry excuse for a table.

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• slicmlic2001 Posts: 1,445Registered User Senior Member

  January 2005

  wow, so numbers based...what bout ECs, not as important at Stanford?

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• tokenadult Posts: 17,473Super Moderator Senior Member

  January 2005

  It would have been interesting to see a break point between SAT I section scores above 750 and those from 700 to 750.

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• sabnetwork Posts: 269Registered User Junior Member

  January 2005

  tokenadult:
  
  Stanford doesn't value standardized test scores too highly. They talk about this in the newsletter that I linked to, and it's believable.
  
  I've heard from several unreliable sources that they only care about scores being 700 or higher. To be taken with a grain of salt.

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• lurkin'girl Posts: 138Registered User Junior Member

  January 2005

  I think that most of those numbers are available on the Stanford Admissions website uder common data set. (?)
  
  The letter repeated what we heard at the admissions information session...it was nice to hear it again! As far as EC's, they said "some people are really good at math, some peope can run really fast, and some are bridge builders".
  
  But if the highest GPA category is 4.0 or higher, wouldn't they mean it is weighted? Can you get higher than a 4.0 any other way? Also, does anyone know if first generation college kids get any break on the SAT's? I would think not, but I read somewhere on these boards that they do. I hope....I have over 700 verbal, and 800 writing on the SATII, but my Math has never been as strong (in the 600's)
  
  Thanks...

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• Anthony249 Posts: 310Registered User Member

  January 2005

  I think you do get a very small advantage if you are a first generation student, but it will only tip you if you are very close to the cut-off line. As for EC's they are important, but not super important that you can rely just on those to get you in. In alot of state colleges, the entire first round formula is based on rank, grades and standardized test scores.

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