Stanford SCEA or Not?

Saxplayer100
Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:53:41 +0000

Hi all,

I was wondering what your guys’ opinion regarding Stanford SCEA vs EA to other top schools (MIT, Caltech) is. Strategically, which gives me a better chance into getting into one of the three? Does a SCEA to Stanford help my chances more than two EA’s, or is Stanford’s acceptance rate for their SCEA simply higher due to better students/recruits/legacies?

Also, I feel like Stanford will hold my leadership/volunteering/sports ECs higher than MIT/Caltech would, and I also haven’t done any science research, although I feel like I’ve demonstrated a passion in CS. So which path would be the better option?
For reference, here is my chance thread : http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1666461-chances-for-top-cs-engineering-schools.html

Thanks for any suggestions.