SATs are not as important as you think.

ballerinasmom
Sat, 19 May 2012 16:43:40 +0000

My D had the exact same SAT (1890), along with the same level SAT 2 scores, and was accepted to Stanford in 2009. We were totally floored when she was accepted early decision. When we visited the school the summer before, the admissions person assured us that Stanford does not compare students, but will look at each one individually. For her, this mattered a lot, since she came from a small high school that pretty much only offered A-G courses, along with one AP class, and had very few extra curricular activities. She is not a URM, nor an athlete. I think her hook was that she took what was offered and made the best of it, along with a passion for the things she was involved in (dance, FFA). She did graduate Valedictorian. I have to say, we didn’t find out about CC until after she was accepted and that was an eye-opener, seeing much more qualified students denied. Until we dropped her off at New Student Orientation, we thought somehow Stanford had pressed the wrong button!! But, she’s now wrapping up her junior year and loves Stanford.