<p>You seem like an ideal candidate, and yes, Stanford is famous for accepting non-traditional transfers. Think of your accomplishments as extracurriculars–they’re a million times better than what other applicants have on their resumes, and you’ve established a track record of sticking with carrying a major objective to completion–something few recent high school grads could say. I recall a controversy from 10 or 15 years back when Harvard accepted someone who was otherwise underqualified, but had a unique extracurricular (he’d just gotten out of prison for leading a terrorist movement and pipe-bombing police cars). Don’t assume that being atypical disqualifies you.</p>
<p>That said, they accept only a handful of transfers each year.</p>
<p>And you won’t hear anything from adcoms. Admissions personnel aren’t going to be making many public statements about internal admissions policies or specific candidates.</p>