International Stanford Chance?

TomBor
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:25:13 +0000

Too low?
I know my SATs aren’t particularly high for Stanford, but they are certainly within the range according to the admissions statistics. Also, I have seen many people get accepted with similar and even slightly lower SAT scores.

I was under the impression that once you pass a certain threshold score then Stanford moves on to look at other things such as ECs, essays, recs, IB, etc… This is the first time I hear that my SATs are “too low” to get in at all. I know they are probably what detracts most from my application, but as far as I understand their importance isn’t as significant while applying Stanford as it is for other universities, and that they are just the basic “should we continue reviewing this application” test.