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Mirror: Stanford Acceptance Rates by GPA and SAT
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http://admission.stanford.edu/resources/CounselorsNL_Web.pdf
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
GPA 4.0 or higher........62%........17%
GPA 3.8-3.99........20%........10%
GPA 3.6-3.79........10%........6%
GPA 3.4-3.59........5%........3%
GPA below 4.0........4%........3%
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
Top 1-2% of Class........28%........22%
Top 10% of Class........75%........16%
Top 20% of Class........89%........15%
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
SAT Verbal 700-800........48%........21%
SAT Verbal 600-699........37%........9%
SAT Verbal 500-599........12%........5%
SAT Verbal Below 500........3%........<1%
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
SAT Math 700-800........63%........17%
SAT Math 600-699........28%........10%
SAT Math 500-599........8%........4%
SAT Math Below 500........2%........1%
Only available in the counselor newsletter. Why? Who knows.
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
GPA 4.0 or higher........62%........17%
GPA 3.8-3.99........20%........10%
GPA 3.6-3.79........10%........6%
GPA 3.4-3.59........5%........3%
GPA below 4.0........4%........3%
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
Top 1-2% of Class........28%........22%
Top 10% of Class........75%........16%
Top 20% of Class........89%........15%
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
SAT Verbal 700-800........48%........21%
SAT Verbal 600-699........37%........9%
SAT Verbal 500-599........12%........5%
SAT Verbal Below 500........3%........<1%
Category........Percentage of Applicants........Admit Rate
SAT Math 700-800........63%........17%
SAT Math 600-699........28%........10%
SAT Math 500-599........8%........4%
SAT Math Below 500........2%........1%
Only available in the counselor newsletter. Why? Who knows.
Post edited by sabnetwork on
Replies to: Mirror: Stanford Acceptance Rates by GPA and 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!!!!
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.
I found it particularly inspiring as well. If only I had read it as a freshman instead of as a senior.
Look at the PDF version, it might make more sense than my sorry excuse for a table.
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.
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...