A Question of the term "Well-Lopsided"

[kyledavid80]

<p>Stanford definitely has a similar philosophy. I would wager that it actually has more well-lopsided students than well-rounded ones. It looks for passion and intellectual vitality, which are often seen in focused applicants (though obviously in others too). From Stanford’s admissions site:</p>

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Our job is to assemble a “well-rounded student body”, and we know such a group will include both well-rounded students and what we call “angular” students, those who truly excel at one or two activities. Merely being involved in many clubs is not what is most important; your depth of commitment in whatever you do interests us the most.

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<p>[Application</a> & Supplement : Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/transfer/apply.html]Application”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/transfer/apply.html)</p>

<p>This article might be helpful:</p>

<p>[Colleges</a> focus on ‘angular’ students | Admission Sync](<a href=“http://admissionsync.com/2007/11/16/colleges-focus-on-angular-students/]Colleges”>http://admissionsync.com/2007/11/16/colleges-focus-on-angular-students/)</p>

<p>A 700 is fine. MIT even says that anything with a 7 in front of it is good. I daresay Stanford has a similar approach. It’ll be obvious, also, from other parts of your application that you’re more a humanities person (e.g. your SAT II lit score). I find this particularly useful:</p>

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On the subject of SAT scores, [the previous admissions director] added: “I always viewed them the way a drunk uses a light post: more for support than illumination.”

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