Chances at Stanford...

Zelda_Fitzgerald
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:08:26 +0000

here’s the thing:

i live near stanford, my friend’s parents are professors there, so i’ve heard a lot about their admissions.

i know a guy who last year was deffered from Stanford and he had very similar grades to you.

honestly, like someone else said, stanford recieves many, MANY applicants like yourself. (asian, high SAT scores, AP’s, science clubs, etc. also, they fact that you are a male brings down your chances.) i think in order to really be accepted there, you’d need to stand out immensely. (for example, do you write, paint, or play an instrument? then highlight than in your essays.)

you don’t even need a talent persay, just discuss something unique about yourself. (for my stanford essay, i wrote about my obsession with the 1920s, and for a USC film essay i wrote about how a broke a bus window with a snowball in DC)

Berkeley would take you most definately. UC’s are more concerned about the grades than the people.