Stanford Restrictive Early Action

carolineg1
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 23:26:38 +0000

I’ll be an applicant for the engineering program taking a set of very engineering-relevant courses senior year (AP Calc BC, AP Chem, Honors Physics, AP Stats, Engineering Projects). How much of a difference will it make in an REA decision to be able to see only mid-semester grades which I can send during the REA review window, rather than official semester end grades available for Regular round?

If Stanford is my first choice, is it better to go REA knowing they won’t see official grades for the first semester senior year, or wait and go Regular Admissions with those grades to show?