<p>Approximately 93% of the posters on this thread will be rejected, probably more if female, not from Nebraska, not a recruited athlete, etc. EA confers, at best, a minimal boost: for 2014, out-and-out EA rejects in many cases were accepted RD to Harvard, other leading universities, top tier LAC’s, etc. I.e. don’t waste an EA application at S. unless you have a really exciting ED II option.</p>
<p>Dad2, did one of your kids get rejected EA?</p>
<p>IMO, a good rule of thumb is don’t apply EA unless you bring something to the table that Stanford needs. That could be, for example, a unique heritage or fantastic athletic ability. IMO, outstanding but otherwise “run-of-the-mill” students are better off applying regular decision. Others may disagree; this is my opinion after watching several years of results at my student’s school (I have a child at Stanford who applied regular decision).</p>
<p>^ Outstanding, but otherwise run-of-the-mill, sounds a bit like a contradiction in terms, but I think I know what you mean: having a 4.0, high SATs and an AP Scholar designation won’t distinguish an REA applicant much. On the other hand, a medal in an international olympiad or Intel or Siemens, or publishing some research, or otherwise going well beyond the typical academic experience of accomplished high school students, would distinguish the applicant and be a boost (but of course no guarantee).</p>
<p>Zenkoan, you picked up on what I mean: the perfect GPA, high SAT/ACT scoring applicant who is a great all-around student and person but has nothing jumping off of the page to distinguish him/her from the other high achievers. The bottom line is that there simply are not enough places at Stanford for all the amazing kids who apply. In comparison to many highly selective colleges, it seems to me Stanford errs on the side of rejecting, rather than deferring, many well-qualified students in the EA round. That is the only reason I feel these students are better off applying RD. Of course, that is a decision each applicant needs to make for herself/himself.</p>
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<p>It is good to know. Where did you get this info? BTW, 87% were rejected, and I am not surprised that some were accepted by Harvard.</p>
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<p>Not true. This is CC.</p>
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<p>:) This reminded me of King Leonidas’s famous line from 300: “This is SPARTAAAAAAAA!!!”</p>
<p>^ That wasn’t quite the tone I had in mind, but it works. :)</p>
<p>i think what silverturtle means is that CCers tend to be slightly above average and more conscientious applicants</p>
<p>^ Yes, as indicated by the significantly higher-than-average acceptance rate among CCers on the decisions thread, which is unlikely to be fully attributable to self-selection from among CC’s full posting population.</p>
<p>so is it safe to assume that CCers are harsher than “average people” when it comes to answering “what are my chances” questions? :P</p>
<p>^ Yes, but that does not make them less accurate. But, while CCers are generally more informed than the general public, there are quite a few ignorant posters who make meaningless or inaccurate responses to such threads.</p>
<p>stanford is definitely i school i want to go to… but the possibility of me being accepted like everyone else is only 7%, so i dont want to get my hopes up haha.</p>
<p>Hello, hopefuls! I’ll be applying (early) as well, just to add on to the crazy competition ><</p>
<p>I will probably apply regular decision. Not sure if I would go (I live in NYC), but I have plenty of time to consider the options.</p>
<p>SCEA will probably be Yale, unless I chose to ED at Brown or Cornell. Not sure yet.</p>
<p>Anyone have data on Stanford’s legacy admit rate? Hoping it is similar to Princeton’s :)</p>
<p>Jersey, you have a legacy at Stanford?</p>
<p>Yeah Dad is an alum.</p>
<p>^ Cool! I wish I had legacies at some of the top schools… and to answer your question, here’s a thread that’s relevant to your situation: </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/236299-legacy.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/236299-legacy.html</a></p>