***Stanford Class of 2019 Applicant Discussion***

What part of the country are you from? @superangie

Congratulations @superangie !!! YES!!

Rejected! Woooooooohooooooo!

Here it is. Not in. Oh, well, silly Stanford.

Rejected lmaoooo its alright was expected

Rejected, but got in to George Washington an hour ago with $25,000/year. DC here I come!

this IS all coming through email right???

@Soapio same here LOL. Stern is a better business school anyways :stuck_out_tongue:

Congrats btw @superangie

Just came out for me in California

rejected :confused:

Rejected. Well that wasn’t a surprise. Saw that coming.

@littlepanda888 yup

ACCEPTED!!! HOLY COW AFTER SIX MONTHS OF WAITING

What if you haven’t gotten an email yet?

Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[
] ACT (breakdown): 32 (M: 28, Sci: 28, E: 32, R: 36, W: 33)
[] SAT II:
Math I: 600
Chemistry: 520
Biology: 540
(Dont judge lol)
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.75
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15%
[
] AP (place score in parentheses):
AP World History(4)
AP Lang. and Comp.(4)
AP US History(4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[
] Senior Year Course Load:
Very Challenging
AP Physics I (2nd hardest class offered)
AP Chemistry 2 (1st hardest class offered)
AP Lit. and Comp.
AP Gov. and Pol.
Precalculus(HNR)
Advanced Philharmonic Orchestra(concert)
[***] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar
Presidential Scholar(nominee)
Several Orchestra group based awards
High school/college Book and Philosophy award
Several JROTC ribbons, advanced rank, and awards(freshman year)
Several Honor roll and Principles list award
Outstanding Ambassador2
Outstanding Justice(statewide mock government)
Outstanding Advocate(statewide mock government)[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
JROTC(highest leadership position for freshman year achieved)
National Honor Society(Secretary)
Freshman Orchestra(Assistant Concert Master)
Philharmonic Orchestra(3rd Primary Violin)
Senior Class Officer(Sgt. - in - Arms)
Student Senate
Statewide mock government(Sectional team leader for school)
Statewide mock United Nations(Sectional team co-leader for school)
Beta club
[
] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Out of country volunteer trip
Home aide and translation with ESL parents
Hospital Volunteer
School activity volunteer
Orchestra volunteer
(very large amount of total hours over 4 years)
[
] Summer Activities:
Summer volunteering trip
[] Essays:
Very strong and personal (wrote about hardships of growing up ESL and immigrant)
Wrote optional essay about why I am more than just
[
] Teacher Recommendation:
AP Physics I teacher: Fairly weak, only knew me for one year and it was short and he even misspelled my
name
AP World History teacher: Very strong, knew me for long time and sponsor for clubs
[] Counselor Rec:
Very strong, knew me for a long time and everything was positive
[
] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[
] Supplementary Material: N/A[/ul]

Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[
] State (if domestic applicant): KY
Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public College Preparatory(very large and challenging compared to other schools)
[
] Ethnicity: West Indian
[] Gender: Male
[
] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): $30,001 - $60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]ESL, ESL parents, frequent mover, many family responsibilities, strong competitive school environment[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
Very strong essay, well rounded in all areas, many responsibilities and difficult classes in a difficult
school
[
] Weaknesses: Weak test scores, lower level GPA, no visits, no interview, one weak recommendation
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Likely the fact that I was well rounded and had an engaging story and expressed that story in an engaging
and personal form. I also used many creative analogies to show my creativity.
[
] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Vanderbilt, Amherst
Waitlisted: N/A
Rejected: MIT, Yale-NUS, Northwestern, USC, Stanford
Waiting on: UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, Harvard,Yale, Cornell, Brown, Columbia, Princeton.[/ul]

I dont really know what I expected :expressionless: oh well I guess

congrats to all of you who applied! I know it’s cliche but the world is bigger than stanford

@binatang‌ that means we’re special and dont let anyone tell you any different

I got denied but I was expecting it.

Rejected lol I steeled myself for it!!