stanford university

henderson11
Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:56:12 +0000

First, good to start early. But Stanford is quite a challenge.

A columnist a few years ago wrote a joke column that Stanford admitted no one so it could say it was the most selective. It was a joke but many people thought it was true!

Seriously, the best article to read on admission to a school like Stanford is on Prepscholar: “How-to-get-into-harvard-and-the-ivy-league-by-a-harvard-alum”. (You can Google it.) The article says to ‘be pointy’, which means to achieve deep success in something to get admitted. As evidence for this: At our local high school over the last 4 years over 160 students applied to Stanford, all with top grades and test scores. Stanford admitted just 2 of them. One won the top prize in a national science exam and one was ranked in the top 10 in her sport nationally. They were ‘pointy’.

Generally if you can do something with a lot of passion and depth, around your FBI interests, that would be a great way to build depth. Volunteer in a police station. Take summer classes in forensics, or study that on-line. Enter groups or competitions around your interests and try to both do well and/or take a leadership role.

In terms of high school extracurricular activities, if you can get elected class President or become Editor in Chief of the Newspaper, those are the most helpful, other than being a captain of a sports team. Good luck.