<p>I applied REA to stanford over a month ago. My stats are far below average for stanford (4.3 gpa, 2100 sat score, 5s and 4s on 9ap tests, 32 act, 2 sat 2 tests both with 800s) have good awards (regional chemistry competition winner and national acs team nominee) but horrible ecs and volunteer service.
My father works for Boeing and over the last couple of months has developed a relationship with a stanford professor relating to work matters. My father and I visited the school about a week ago and i met this professor. He was told about my application and he really did seem to like me as a person and a student. He arranged for a tour of the labs for my major seemingly because my father has the ability to fund his research to the tune of 100’s of thousands of dollars per year. I caught the vibe that he would be more than willing to help me get in. My question is if there is any way that this relationship would significantly increase my admissions chances?
Any reply would be helpful.
Thank you all</p>
<p>No it will not help with your stats. </p>
<p>I understand that it won’t help my stats I’m asking if the university might prefer students that could potentially provide them with a financial incentive. </p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, for top universities, ( and especially Stanford) money would not make a difference unless it was in the millions or tens of millions. You pretty much need to have a building named after you. I think Stanford, or some other top university that I don’t recall, has said something about not even recommendation letters from senators being very advantageous. This connection may give you a slight advantage, it might not. It’s a crapshoot either way.</p>