In what way can these help?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>For Stanford, I was wondering how these two factors might help (or simply mean little) to the Stanford admissions committee:</p>

<p>1) 3 A’s in 3 courses at Stanford summer college;
2) recommendation from former Supreme Court Justice, Prime Minister, presidential candidate, and current party leader (not a U.S. figure) who was a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford.</p>

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<p>1) The fact that you took them at Stanford won’t help ( [FAQ</a> : Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/site/faq/index.html#faq_1_2]FAQ”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/site/faq/index.html#faq_1_2) ), but they will be happy that you took three courses over the summer, and I’m sure they’ll have some bias toward Stanford’s programs.</p>

<p>2) Probably a lot.</p>

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<p>that recommendation won’t really distinguish yourself unless he you are really close to him, and he will give the school a lot of info about you.</p>

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<p>We’ve known each other for 5 years, so naturally we don’t really have a superficial relationship. The recommendation (I read it) is specific and mostly talks about the types of impact I make in the area of my passion. The examples he took weren’t essays or anything from my application so it would be new information to the adcom. Then, it’s just about my potential to be a future global leader, about me being among the most promising of those he’s seen during his political career, etc.</p>

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<p>*The fact that you took them at Stanford won’t help *</p>

<p>I’m sure they’ll have some bias toward Stanford’s programs</p>

<p>lol.</p>

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<p>Yeah, we’d really need to know if this “fellow” has a lot of enlightening insight about you because on Stanford’s FAQ page, it says, “Please remember that a letter from a famous person or Stanford alumnus is not going to help us reach a decision if that person is unable to add new insights to your application.” Basically, don’t submit it if he doesn’t know you well.</p>

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<p>I want to say that neither would help–or hurt–your application.</p>

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<p>Sounds like what the FAQ site is saying is that SSC won’t help you in terms of “demonstrated interest” (which Stanford doesn’t even consider). But that doesn’t rule out a bias in favor of Stanford’s programs.</p>