stanford university

thethunderangel
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:55:55 +0000

I haven’t applied to college yet, so do what you want with that, but I think it’s too early as an 8th grader to be laser focused on one school and tailor all your activities towards that one school’s “criteria”. There is no extracurricular or award that can absolutely guarantee you into highly competitive schools like Stanford.
My dad attended Stanford, and if there’s anything I’ve learned from him, they admit people who are super passionate and do what they do not for the sake of a college application, but because they genuinely love something. Just like most other selective schools do.
You can have the perfect stats and perfect ECs but the admission officers can immediately see right through your app if they can tell you’re not filling it out with that genuine authenticity/passion.
If I was in your position, I’d experiment a lot throughout high school to try to find/develop your niche. Once you’ve got a small idea, try to find extracurriculars/clubs that will either impact you greatly as a person or impact your community in a major way. High school is a time for you to enjoy yourself and figure a small part of your own life out. Live through it because you’re excited and enthusiastic to find out what you truly will stay up all night doing- not because you want to go to a certain university.
Other than that, I think it’s great that you’re being ambitious and have high hopes for the future. Go 100% with everything and have an amazing time as you enter freshman year