Stanford: What the ....

NJDS
Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:46:10 +0000

This is one of the dumbest threads I’ve seen in a long time.
Yes, they go out of their way to find people who have promise but may not be the most remarkable people. Ask those people. They still do very well and love their experience.
Yes they have tutoring for URMs and special events for them. They do the same for athletes. They do the same for just about every student if you want it.

I just want to say I’m an Asian (Indian actually) who applied and got in. Technically, I could have applied as an African, but I chose not to because I didn’t want to be accepted for being a URM. and i wasn’t. There are plenty of ORMs who would seem unremarkable, but you didn’t read their essays. You have no way of knowing the real reasons most of them got in. The important thing is that most students end up doing well and having a great experience at Stanford.