Chance me on Stanford?

aunt_bea
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:25:44 +0000

Sorry, but I see a number of contradictions in this post.

First you need to understand that you seem to have all of your future set on Stanford because it appears to be the only university that will satisfy your personal needs. You are a transfer student. You have to hope that a student at Stanford drops out in order to make a space for you. This is what you have to hope happens. You also have to hope that you can pay. Stanford’s financial aid dollars are reserved for the freshman and graduate students they recruited.

Secondly, you state that you are a different breed:

I often feel very isolated, like an alien in many cases not just from my fellow peers but faculty as well.

When I pointed out that Stanford would not be a good fit for you, you backpedaled and stated:

Rather - on the contrary, I am a very well admired and loved individual by my peers. In my lines of work it is also common place working on teams.

Then you state that

I would also like to emphasis[sic] how rigorous my course loads actually are, I think a lot of people take for granted taking something like 25 credit hours which is nearly 75 hours of outside work a week (assuming 3 hours per credit as Stanford does).

But then state that:

I have to literally sacrifice everything to do what I am doing right now. I’m talking about parties, spending time with loved ones, forming intimate relationships and so on.

The Cardinals that we know, husband included, haven't had to, or, didn't really **sacrifice** time in these areas because they had previously established habits that allowed for rigorous study, as well as sleep and social activities.

I doubt that a majority of students attending Stanford would be taking my course loads

How would you know? You don’t attend Stanford. It’s disingenuous of you to assume that you are better than the current Stanford students. They are at Stanford, you aren’t. They make Stanford what it is.

Every month, Stanford sends their magazine to our home. It is chock full of current student projects and research activities. I know you think you know everything already, but trying to prove how intelligent and great you are isn’t working to your advantage on this post. It sounds arrogant. The adcoms, that we met, when our kids were going through this process, indicated that they could immediately detect the prestige-seekers. They also told our kids:

we don’t need any more books: students who spend all of their time in their rooms or in labs. . . . we have plenty of those in our libraries.

Take @Gumbymom's advice, "apply widely".