how good are the essays accepted by Stanford?

[Columbia_Student]

<p>I found the link
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/525549-advice-admissions-officer-who-admitted-me-hs-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/525549-advice-admissions-officer-who-admitted-me-hs-students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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@cominghome

I was at Stanford’s admit weekend too. My admissions counselor said that one of the greatest things that he liked was students who had a sense of purpose and knew what they wanted to do. In other words, even if you aren’t 100% sure, pick a major anyways and write about why that major is right for you. but don’t just make up stuff…be real. </p>

<p>And my admissions counselor read about 1000 different applications. He said out of those, there were 600 really great ones. So know your strong points and really emphasize them to stand out. In the end, he only picked around 50 students to accept.

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