Getting into Stanford

hmom5
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:36:18 +0000

The US boarding schools complicate things for applicants to top colleges. First, they are filled with qualified legacies who will get first dibs at top colleges. Second, they have many highly qualified URM candidates not to mention recruited athletes.

So for an international, who already has it harder, if they have no hook, getting into an ivy will be very tough unless they are top of class with near perfect SAT scores.

Stanford is totally honest in that a summer program there gives no advantage.