Any shot at all?

knightshield
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:10:22 +0000

I answered your Georgetown one, and the same advice applies here.

As for Gaffe, saying a school is not competitive means a reject is faulty logic. You don’t need dozens of graduates going to top schools to get into Stanford or the Ivy League. The one applicant that has met massive adversity and manages even to apply to top schools while the rest of their high school is using cocaine and getting arrested is a very large accomplishment itself.

While I agree that the SAT scores are low, the fact that this person completed several AP classes at a school that is NOT competitive is really the more important part.

I say Stanford: Neutral. Your essays are going to make or break you.