HYPMS Acceptances for one Bay Area HS

lateparty
Fri, 06 May 2011 20:06:36 +0000

I think the Op said no legacies besides Stanford.
I sincerely doubt this.
If s/he is a student at Gunn or PALY (I forget which one was finally specified), then how would s/he know this for certain? I am a local and I do not believe “all” info would be accurately available to a student like the OP. Yes, I know there now is a computer system (Naviance, I believe) that purports to track stats, but I suspect certain attributes are held private. Why? I remember being told by a parent that the “final” statements listing where students would be attending was NOT accurate. I admit I was surprised.
As to why many locals flock to apply to Stanford, there is a herd mentality, it is heavily promoted locally, it is such a wealthy university.