Do not let anything discourage you from applying to Stanford!

wwlink
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:02:11 +0000

Sometimes, I think part of the reason why a post like pleasewharton’s holds such appeal is that CollegeConfidential has a lot of pretentious liars. I’m not sure what kind of thrill anyone gets from stating they have a 23xx on a SAT or are the president of 5… yes, five EC clubs at their college. (I don’t believe any respectable student union would allow such a thing)

At the end of the day, admissions officers are real people. I’m pretty sure they get sick of seeing unrealistically pretentious applicants and someone like the OP is a breath of fresh air - especially a foreign student that writes really well (haha that’s pretty rare).