@hellolo - apparently they’re not releasing them now.
Just wondering, can anyone post their reaction video?
There was an article somewhere about how people with a 2400 AND 4.0 have a 35% chance of getting into Stanford. This was from 3 years ago.
What was @neoking essay about?
@neoking and @CiteYourSources and @Fishnlines29 , could you please share what @neoking’s essay was about? Maybe it could help some of us in the RD round? Maybe, just maybe.
@ambitionsquared , with those stats, idk why you weren’t accepted… Doesn’t seem fair to me. 
@girlgoingtouni they were just very genuine and gave a good picture of who they are - I don’t think it matters what they were about and it’s not my place to share either.
@vasodys Hope to see you at UCB, UCLA, or USC haha.
@Helium9 We should keep in contact just in case. I’m applying there too 
DD was accepted. Yes, she had 2 hooks, but she also had a 4.7 weighted GPA (something like 4.8+ if you only look at 10-11 grade - the B+s were in 9th grade), and a deep and unabiding love of her obscure performance sport (she was good enough to win national recognition for it), as well as some research experience and a paper about to be published. Her test scores were within range, but not outstanding. Her volunteer activities were all about her sport. Really that’s about all she had time for, along with schoolwork. She sacrificed so many social events, but she was focused and it was her choice. She was even more driven after she did SHI the summer before junior year and it exceeded her expectations re. what college life would/could be like. She doesn’t want me to post in the stats thread, but I want to at least give back a little to the cc community.
Having read all those published Tufts and Business Insider admit essays, I thought hers wasn’t sophisticated enough, but she was stubborn, and wanted to write about what she wanted to write about, and she was right. When I look at her essays, they all are written in the same voice, and they’re very emotionally honest (that’s her style), and definitely written by a 17 year old. Her 5 words made a sentence, and was fun. I remember hearing a talk by an Ivy League adcom person once, joking about how many ‘essays written by 40-something year olds’ he’s read in his lifetime. Definitely not hers (Hey, I’m honest. No adult would ever write like this.). She started working on them this summer, but didn’t really gear up until Sept, and it sort of hit her that deadlines were looming. I read somewhere here about how a kid wrote for an entire weekend and his parents thought it was a long time to spend. She averaged 1 draft per day since July, and I think writing every so often helped to clear her head, explore new angles, vs writing non-stop, just once or twice. Being an athlete definitely helped with the discipline of just sitting down and writing almost daily, even if for only 30 min. She was under extra social pressure because everyone said she’d be a shoo-in due to the hooks. Her dad and I knew though, that it’s just not true. There are many kids we personally know with much better hooks, who didn’t get in over the years.
She is so thankful that she was accepted, and does not take it for granted at all. There are absolutely more qualified people out there, but if they admitted based solely on grades and test scores, this would be the Caltech thread. Others on CC have said it the best - each school has their own personality, and are looking for different things. You are all INCREDIBLY bright and motivated kids (otherwise you wouldn’t be on this thread), and college choice does not define you. You will all go on to do whatever you set out to do, and reach your goals in the end (ok, trite, but it’s TRUE!). Hang in there, and best of luck to you all!!
Not even a Stanford applicant but this above post by @Thetwins was super awesome to read
Agree! My DD was accepted and not with the highest scores (32 ACT although 35 in writing) and 4.3 GPA. However, she worked on her essays extremely hard, they were very heartfelt, and not only talked about what she accomplished but what she hoped to accomplish as an adult. She, through her final year or so of high school, became interested in a type of community service activity that she hopes to continue in college and beyond. I think being able to express not just what one has done but what they HOPE to do in the future as a leader in a community is extremely important. Her essays were not the least bit discussing her academic interests or accomplishments. They were about her outside of class community interests and how they fit into her future, both as a Stanford student and eventually, gasp, as an adult.
@dewrrrett I can’t believe you were not accepted. You are a unique individual and will do great wherever you attend. As a father of one of the class of 2020 my son tells me that everyone who gets in can’t believe they got in. They don’t have an advantage just a lucky break
I don’t think those who got in are in because of just a “lucky break” though… just my humble opinion.
While I don’t think it’s a “lucky break”, I think that Stanford probably rejects lots of similar profile people while admitting some. People with perfect test scores and GPA. It’s not really luck, but probably teeny tiny subtleties that make their applications stand out more
@kath00 @callmegray Sorry "lucky break " poor choice of words but what I meant was I always thought you needed these other worldly gifts to get into Stanford but they are just like most of you. I really wish I knew what those teeny tiny subtleties were that you mentioned @callmegray. Best of luck for RD or your other college choices.
hey guys. I’m currently a junior, international student from Nigeria and for those of you who got accepted, what are your stats: SAT/ACT scores, ECs, honours/achievements. any olympiad medalist?
@gigichuck check the 2021 EA results thread. Everything should be posted there
No worries @NosyCaliparent! I just wanted to make sure people don’t feel this is all a random process because that is disheartening. From my DD’s school, over 20 people applied early and only my DD got in. But I don’t feel it was random at all. She did amazing things with her time outside the classroom, showed leadership and a commitment to helping others. Basically she thought outside of herself and her grades/tests. And I think that is what separated her in REA.
Only posting this to help others, not to brag, since obviously we are an anonymous group and probably will never meet in person. But I think if others are reading this thread, esp if they are juniors, hopefully it will help them make good choices about both academics and outside of school extracurriculars that are both meaninful and appreciated by AcCom.
Have any of you guys heard of Zeemee? Do you think it will be any good lol