<p>it depends, stanford only takes about 30 kids from new jersey and while thats better than the two or three they take per state from some midwest states new jersey is super competitive so 30 is basically death</p>
<p>and its definitely based on region cause if you go to the contact information for the admission officers its different ones for different groups of states/foreign countries</p>
<p>Doesnt the world end soon?</p>
<p>Sent from my DROIDX using CC</p>
<p>I’m from Illinois, but an area not really represented at top schools (south of Chicago). Most of the kids that apply/get into top schools are from the north side. Does this give me an advantage that I come from an area that rarely sends kids to top schools. The only one in recent history is a recruited athlete going to stanford next year (Olympic level athlete).</p>
<p>true eaglesfandan… i think it’s supposed to end like December 21st right?</p>
<p>Arcade Fire is so dang good. Too many people worrying!</p>
<p>my admissions rep is the second one from the right in the picture; this is a really weird feeling, maybe he is holding my application…</p>
<p>Edit: Grammar</p>
<p>I think only one or two people get into Stanford from Costa Rica but then again a lot of people don’t necessarily apply to US schools mostly people stay in the country.</p>
<p>Can someone answer my previous question about my hook? Is it still a hook, if I’m first generation (dad no college, mom CC) but I come from a middle-class white family?</p>
<p>@InHindsight That has to be the funniest thing ever! (I have an idiosyncratic sense of humor.) </p>
<p>Anyways, I feel that tomorrow is also a possibility for admissions decisions to be released. That said, it is most likely a 5% chance at /best/ - Friday the 14th here we come!</p>
<p>But it would be soo cool if they released decisions on 12/12/12!</p>
<p>Hmm, now that you mention it, does anyone think that this guy [Gregg</a> H. Prigerson | LinkedIn](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/pub/gregg-h-prigerson/11/871/59a]Gregg”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/pub/gregg-h-prigerson/11/871/59a) looks like the adcom on the far right of the Twitter pic? There’s something kinda similar about the smiles… If so, he could be my regional officer o_O</p>
<p>yea Gregg prigerson is the guy for my state too. I’m pretty sure he’s the one on the very right </p>
<p>he looks nice?</p>
<p>@cherryblossom71 That is absolutely the same guy. His watch is high class…</p>
<p>Here is some math that could be interesting, though has a couple of assumptions:
-Each region on the list has an equal number of applicants
-Each region accepts the same number of applicants</p>
<p>[Contact</a> Your Admission Officer : Stanford University](<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Admission Staff : Stanford University)</p>
<p>Looking at the regions list that @nikke81395 provided, there are 25 regions. This would mean about 6100/25 = 244 applicants per region. With 750 applicants accepted in total, this means about 30 acceptances per region.</p>
<p>Another interesting part to look at would be how many students make up each geographical region. There seem to be about 16 regions that represent solely California students. Assuming 244 students per region, this means about 244*16 = 3904 applicants from California alone. This leaves about 2196 applicants from the rest of the world.</p>
<p>Food for thought.</p>
<p>Well, Californians do make up 40% of Stanford students, so that wouldn’t surprise me. I do think the assumptions might go a bit too far, though.</p>
<p>You could use the geographic breakdowns of the Stanford class to verify your assumptions. I think certain regions accept a higher percentage of applicants than others i.e. 5 adcoms work on LA but just one works on Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. I’d guess the applicants in the latter category have a higher acceptance rate than the former in an effort to maintain geographical diversity.</p>
<p>@cherryblossom71 You do realize that the link (to LinkedIn) directs us to someone who works for the University of Alabama?</p>
<p>What if they release it tomorrow? I mean 12/12/12 only happens once every one hundred years.</p>
<p>@stanfordbound: uhm it could be. But it’s not a very big deal tbh. compared to all the other 5 gpa people + 2400SAT +athletes…
I’m first generation college student too. + immigrant so yea…
I think it’s your experience that matters. like how being a first generation affects you.</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe (talking about ambitious2’s math) that the first 2 regions listed only have 244 applicants and 30 acceptances each.</p>
<p>@darth: that’s what I was thinking too! xD stanford might want to be cool and unique ~</p>