<p>Dafaed, I believe that Stanford follows the same wait-listing practices as Harvard. The applicants that are wait-listed are not ranked. Instead, if the admissions committee sees that the class of 2016 is not filling up, they go to the wait list and re-examine each applicant again in a tabula rasa fashion. Meaning they just start again.
They only go to the wait list if their class size doesn’t fill up even with their over estimation (they accept more than their class size of ~1750, they accept 2500 knowing that approximately 1750 will matriculate). If less than 1750 matriculate, they go to the wait list and begin to accept.
Wait list decisions may occur anywhere from mid-April to early July… so your daughter should send in her SIR (statement of intent to register) at her school choice, and cancel it if she gets into Stanford. Note that wait-list acceptances are slim to none, and can be anywhere from 0% to 10%. Last year it was 40/999= 4%.
Legacy does not help at this point, but any VITAL new information may boost her chances (e.g, she created a non-profit organization, gotten a state/national award, etc.)
Sources: [The</a> Undergraduate Program: Stanford University Facts](<a href=“http://facts.stanford.edu/undergraduate.html]The”>http://facts.stanford.edu/undergraduate.html)
[College</a> Wait Lists: Using Last Year’s Statistics To Predict This Year’s Odds Of Admittance ? Ellen Richards Educational Services](<a href=“http://www.ellenrichardseducationalservices.com/college-admissions/college-waitlists-using-last-years-statistics-to-predict-this-years-odds-of-admittance/]College”>http://www.ellenrichardseducationalservices.com/college-admissions/college-waitlists-using-last-years-statistics-to-predict-this-years-odds-of-admittance/)</p>