Getting into Stanford

b_r_um
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:08:28 +0000

I don’t think American boarding school vs school in home country makes a difference per se because he will be an international applicant either way. However, if it is a very selective boarding school and your son does well, it certainly won’t go unnoticed by colleges. The resources available to him might also help him develop a better application: for example, he might have access to activities and competitions that would have not been an option at home, and his teachers will know how to write an excellent letter of recommendation.

I think being local to Stanford will help your friend’s daughter (most colleges, even Ivies, seem to give an edge to local students) and taking summer classes will help her because she will be a lot more advanced than the typical high school student her age. Taking a summer class at Stanford vs another college? Not so much…