<p>I heard that Stanford puts emphasis on essays and personality and character as well… so I was getting a little hopeful about acceptance and I posted a thread titled “To get into Stanford…” and someone replied: </p>
<p>“Stanford was lying when they said they read every essay. That’s some ********. I worked at the admission office. My job was to screen out the apps that didn’t meet the criteria. I can’t tell you what they are cuz I already signed a form. After 1 week, from 25,000 apps, it goes down to about 5000 then they read the essays.”</p>
<p>So now I’m super worried now… if that’s true, I’m probably not even going to apply, find a dark corner, sit, and cry :(</p>