<p>Hey I had a question about the AP exams. I am an international, and I took 4 of them. But my scores weren’t great. Do you think it’ll still be a good idea to send the scores to Stanford?
My school doesn’t offer AP classes( though some of the material may be simillar in Chem and Phy)
Calculus BC-3(3)
Chemistry-3
Physics C(Mech)-4
Eng Lang and composition-3</p>
<p>^ You can choose not to submit the AP scores you don’t like. Especially since your school has no AP classes, I doubt you would be penalized for not reporting them. If I were you, though, I’d report the Physics C: Mech score.</p>
<p>^Yeah, but wouldn’t it seem weird reporting just 1 AP score?!</p>
<p>^ No, because they will see that your school doesn’t even offer AP’s in the first place.</p>
<p>you can choose which scores you want to tell them on your application, but if you send a score report, all scores will be sent.</p>
<p>Stanford is definitely my first choice, but I can’t decide whether or not to apply early. I visited last week and the admissions officer made it sound as if it was more difficult to get in early rather than regular. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>^ I don’t know too much about Stanford’s SCEA admissions policies, but it seems as though a lot of VERY strong candidates get rejected SCEA.</p>
<p>I’m an Australian international student, and I know for a fact that one of my classmates will be applying SCEA with legacy status. We are both strong candidates, though I edge him slightly in all aspects expect for sport.</p>
<p>I did not initially want to apply SCEA given Stanford’s tendency to reject early applicants (Stanford is still my first choice). Does my classmate applying make it more prudent for me to also apply SCEA?</p>
<p>there are advantages and disadvantages of applying REA. one obvious advantage is that if you get in, you will know months before you hear from any other college. </p>
<p>Statistically, you have a better chance of getting in REA. The REA acceptance rate is around 13%, while the regular acceptance rate is less than 6%. However, that doesn’t take into account the fact that a lot of legacies and recruited athletes apply early. If it’s your first choice, however, there doesn’t seem to be any harm in applying early. </p>
<p>Stanford certainly rejects a lot of REA candidates. This year, I believe they accepted 13%, deferred 13%, and rejected the rest. However, the flipside of their policy is that they don’t string people along by deferring them and then rejecting them when they probably weren’t going to get in in the first place. Stanford accepts about 10% of deferrals I believe…</p>
<p>but anyway, it’s really hard to say. If it’s your first choice, I would go ahead and apply early. If you’re a strong enough candidate, they won’t reject you outright, and if you get deferred you’ll end up in the regular pool anyway.</p>
<p>I’m going to apply Regular Decision.</p>
<p>^ Same here.</p>
<p>So I know people have been saying in other threads that Stanford is harder REA because they want to protect their yield from people that are extremely strong candidates and probably are accepted to all the Ivies…does that mean if you’re more “average” you have a better chance REA than RD?..meaning good (almost perfect) test scores, 4.0 UW GPA, average ECs (for Stanford applicants), good essays and recs, but no super-duper awards like Siemen’s SF or AIMES?</p>
<p>^ No. Getting in REA is harder because they don’t know what their RD applicant pool will look like or what your first-semester grades will be. They will accept only those who would have been easy-admits during RD.</p>
<p>ohh okay 
thanks. and is it true that if you have a “hook” like a good live audition (music) it’s better to apply early?</p>
<p>Will be applying early I think. The main problem is if I get flat out rejected, the next few months waiting for RD from others will be so looooooooong. Also would then feel like I shd scramble for more safeties or matches. On the other hand if I get in, I would only apply to Harvard and Princeton. If you get in SCEA to Stanford, where will you apply RD (if anywhere)?</p>
<p>Hello! I am also a Stanford 2015 hopeful. I plan on doing regular decision since my SAT scores aren’t up to par yet but I will do anything I can to get them where they need to be :). I’m wondering, is there a significant correlation between prospective students who apply for financial aid and then get rejected?</p>
<p>^only for international students</p>
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<p>I have see no evidence of this but have the rumor.</p>
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<p>Any correlation would be irrelevant because it would not be causal, as Stanford is need-blind (except for international applicants).</p>
<p>“I have [seen] no evidence of this but have [heard] the rumor.” :(</p>
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<p>Wishful thinking here but has anyone <em>silverturtle</em> done any analysis of SAT/GPA/Race for Stanford RCEA?</p>