Worth going for Stanford/MIT?

virginiagirl10
Thu, 21 May 2015 20:38:42 +0000

Holy smokes! Your credentials are amazing! However, credentials are not enough. Your essay also has to be good. It has to give a holistic view of yourself - not a list approach. If your essay will be “probably not amazing,” that is the atomic bomb to your chances of getting admitted to Stanford/MIT, or any elite school. You’ll have to make it clear what inspired you to achieve what you have achieved - why is engineering meaningful to you? What will you bring to the college of your choice? And why do you even want to go to Stanford/MIT? And what makes you unique?