Thanks all for the replies. Yes I too applied to Stanford in the “dark ages” of type writers and having to hit that “X” just right to place it in the boxes. HAHAHA. I absolutely cherished and loved my time there as did my DH and the other 5 students from my high school who were accepted that year (a rarity even now). I appreciate everyone’s comments. Congrats to those of you who have children there now. It seems like it is quite a process now although I think Stanford has always looked for incredibly bright kids who were self starters and enthusiasts in whatever interest they had. I don’t think that has changed one bit. Even though now the numbers are about 10,000 more applicants per year then when I applied…
I think my biggest question now is REA vs regular admission. I keep hearing the early admission pool is much more competitive in REA. And where we come from, not too many kids get in (average of 1 a year from our HUGE local high school of 900 grads).