Will Stanford Overlook Horrendous Freshman & Junior Grades?

EduHacker
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 03:18:59 +0000

Thanks for the reply Data10, and you made an excellent reponse which I agree with entirely.

I’m currently in Sophmore year, taking a Junior comsci course. As I’ve been too occupied with personal projects, I was unable to finish assignments in school – which count for a signifigant portion of my mark. That said, would showing an extreme upwards trend in Senior year show that my academic studies can be very successful, hence overriding the previous year? With computer science as an example, the assignments we do in class are a lot different from what you’d use developing a startup. It’s mainly programming theory/ inventing the wheel, and stigmatizes creativity while holding standardization as the basis of success.

As for jobs, I’ve been accepted a position as a front-end UX developer and inbound marketer at one of the largest inbound marketing companies in Canada. As a side thought, does Stanford value corporate achievement? For instance, providing a 35% conversion increase for a large client, or achieving 1st page results on Google for a 500, 000 searches keyword.