Technology-related essays and short answers

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>Just from your experience (preferably those who applied early this year), do you think mentioning things like Steve Jobs as your role model, and that you log onto tech-related sites on a daily basis in your application could hurt your chances? I’m sure a lot of kids want to go to Stanford because of its location in Palo Alto (Venture Capitalists galore) and amazing computer science program, so do you think it’s cliche writing tech-related answers?</p>

<p>Thanks for your help
Drew</p>

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<p>Is it true? If so, I think that even if it’s cliche (which I’m not sure it is), if your voice comes across then it could work very well.</p>

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<p>Well, remember that not all Stanford applicants are from Silicon Valley! Besides, I don’t think it’s cliche… the internet community is large, but much of the teen traffic consists only of email and Wikipedia right now.</p>