EA'ers why will you be accepted/deferred/rejected?

friedfun2001
Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:04:34 +0000

I am new to the forum, but I love Stanford so here goes:

Accepted: high SAT (790 math, 740 verbal, 800 writing), good SAT IIs (800 math 2c, 780 chem, 760 u.s. history), good A.P. Scores (4 5’s and 1 4), 4.0 G.P.A., black minority male, started debate team that did relatively well at national competitions this year, Governor Honor Program, Merit/Achievement Semis, pretty good long essay (or so I hope), 3 Stanford Courses completed at University level with A’s in all. Lots of statewide and national awards.

Deferred: O.K. Teacher reccomendation, BOMBED the intellectual short essay possibly (I wrote about thinking of Derrida’s gift as being a great intellectual idea and one that was stimulating to me, but it does not exactly apply to me personally, such as bisection or neurosurgery etc… but who knows, my approach may have been original)… little work experience, not having the IT factor they are looking for

Rejected: I’m from GA which has few applicants accepted. My school is not nationally ranked and is a relatively small unknown private school. Brand new counselor this year. Asking for high amounts of money. Reasons from deferal. Other admissions factors.

I hope I did this correctly!!! This decision process is killing me though, but it is so exciting.