<p>@Data10 is correct. Having perfect GPAs and perfect scores is NOT what Stanford is looking for. They could easily fill their class 10x over with students like these…they do NOT want to have robots…they want to create a student body made up of interesting creative passionate not-afraid-to-try-and-fail talented students who will make a difference at Stanford and the world beyond…</p>
<p>…the following quote from @davidofCZ is quite insightful…</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>And…to be honest, @Data10 is too humble (having read through his past profiles)…he may have had a low verbal score but he was highly accomplished and represented the kind of student Stanford loves as noted in the above quote…</p>
<p>I wish people wouldn’t make a linkage between people with high scores and “robots”. I know plenty of kids who have extremely high scores yet “gasp” they are exceptionally accomplished, really interesting, and have the passion and capability to do something great.</p>
<p>^^don’t disagree with you there…but, I have seen MANY MANY students over the years who have been vals, sals, with perfect to near perfect scores getting into schools like UCBerkeley, UCLA, and even Caltech getting outright rejected from Stanford…</p>
<p>…the point is don’t waste your time being overly concerned about a few points here or a few points there in terms of your GPA or test scores…it really doesn’t matter…once you clear the basic “academic hurdle”…it is what you noted in the last part of your sentence…
</p>
<p>…that makes the world of difference in who Stanford chooses to accept.</p>