Stanford: What the ....

PMHopeful
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:26:39 +0000

Question: Why doesn’t everyone just DECLINE to answer when they ask for your ethnicity?

Besides, I know four different people who got into Stanford.

1st: Science Olympiad, state ranking. She got in, but she really thinks that it was because of her essay. She’s not attending because she can’t pay for it (which is just really sad…). She’s Asian.

2nd: He did ISEF, was top 10%, low SAT scores. He got in, and is currently going to Harvard Medical School. He’s Asian.

3rd: Valedictorian, ISEF, perfect GPA and 2380 SAT score. Stanford accepted her, went to Johns Hopkins instead with a scholarship. Funny thing is, she got rejected by Harvard, which just goes against a lot of these stories. Haha. And she’s Asian too.

4th: White Female, 3.96 GPA, 2200 SAT, went to a TERRIBLE public high school. She got in!

To be honest, there’s always that chance. Don’t let these stories scare you away - there’s plenty of Asians accepted into Stanford. :)