Stanford (2022-2023)

[serene shadow]

yes

people have recieved stanford likely letters

[dusky mesa]

Stanford

[sharp hull]

This is the better school.

[dusky mesa]

lol

[thorn thicket]

so tru

[foggy skiff]

im guessing im just never gonna get a stanny interview 😍

[flat scroll]

what is everyone's major for stanny?

[dusky mesa]

Im asian

make a guess

[golden hare]

Econ

[golden hare]

CS no doubt

[dusky mesa]

obviously

I wonder how confused my stanford AOs are gonna be when they see my grades vs. percentage

[golden hare]

Wtf

[dusky mesa]

if positional grades (grades based on subject based ranking, instead of percentage) didn't exist then i would be fucked

[golden hare]

Some crazy ass intl school?

[dusky mesa]

grade deflation

12th grade exams are national level exams known as board exams which determine the school's reputation

so they grade deflate in 11th to prepare us, and make kids who suck depressed enough to leave the school when failed multiple times

only 7 kids passed all subjects first try

and I am the first kid in the last 5 years to cross 90% in 11th grade CS LOL

[flat scroll]

that is a horrible fucking school

[dusky mesa]

The kid 5 years ago was my brother might I add

[golden hare]

That's insane. Have other kids from your school gone to stanford?

[dusky mesa]

I am probs the first one from my school, heck even state, who is applying to any ivy in years

people here target IITs and shit (indian institutes)

[golden hare]

Did you put anything about this in your additional info?

[dusky mesa]

I agree!

[dusky mesa]

nah

the rank is more than enough to explain

[dusky mesa]

5/51

plus my grade is A1 (the highest one)

[golden hare]

That seems great for a hard school

But

Is stanford gonna know? Or does that just look like top 10% to them

[dusky mesa]

the third page of my transcript has this

so I assume this should explain it to them anyways

and my predicted scores + first division should show this stuff ig

idk

[golden hare]

You'd know better than me because I'm not familiar with schools like this

[dusky mesa]

some context about 10th and 12th grade exams

[dusky mesa]

I fucked up my chemistry exam though, I just had it a few days ago

forget A1, even a B2 is gods grace now

[golden hare]

2nd semester grades lmao

[dusky mesa]

like I fucked fucked fucked it up

[golden hare]

Doesn't matter

[dusky mesa]

we only have grades once a year (based on a singular exam)

[rugged laurel]

I always think I do worse on tests

than I actually end up doing

[dusky mesa]

and I am WAY behind my predicted grades in chemistry

[rugged laurel]

so

maybe youre in for a pleasant surprise

[golden hare]

Well in that case... Same story. Stanny won't see until after decisions, right?

[rugged laurel]

I lost like 20 bucks betting with my friends about various test scores

Lmao

[dusky mesa]

true + if they try and rescind me, I have a valid reason for it (family health crisis)

but my current best offer is conditional

on me getting a 90% avg. 90% math and physics

[golden hare]

HKUST

[dusky mesa]

*HKU

hkust is 85%

[golden hare]

Ohhh

[dusky mesa]

so unless I get a US offer, Im fucked

[golden hare]

Yeah lol

[dusky mesa]

my chem grade is probably 75-85% (most likely in the lower range than higher)

so yeah....

[golden hare]

I'm sure Asian unis are insane difficulty compared to US

[dusky mesa]

nah HKU is still holistic to some degree

Indian universities are the most killed

[golden hare]

But what about once you get in?

[dusky mesa]

HKU for hong kong citizens is different though, for them they have to give the JUPAS exam and shit

[wet oriole]

updated my stanford portal with. my epic. archery award. B,) last minute but hey. anything counts.

💃

[dusky mesa]

I think slightly harder probably

not sure

[dusky mesa]

nice

Im just stressed about HKU conditions

not meeting a condition is worse than a rejection lol

fucking chemistry :/

[golden hare]

That would be more mentally crushing

Is your school accommodating or helpful for this at all?

[dusky mesa]

A1 predicted, B2 / C1 real LMAO.

uh

AISSCE is a national level exam

not conducted by my school

[dusky mesa]

..

[golden hare]

Yeah but doesn't the stuff in your school affect grades too

[dusky mesa]

nope

[golden hare]

It all comes down to one test?

Or a few

Tests

[dusky mesa]

somewhat

70%

in physics, chemistry and computer science

in maths and english

I got a 20/20 in math and english

30/30 in comp sci and physics

28-30 (not sure of the exact score) in chem

the rest is on my final exam

[golden hare]

🤯

70% for an exam

[dusky mesa]

thats not just a 12th grade thing, thats every single year

nothing new in the indian system

[golden hare]

The stress must be crazy

[dusky mesa]

this is why our passing grade is 33%

not 75% like ya all

or 70% idr what the US passing grade is

[golden hare]

Sometimes a D is passing which is 60+

But 70+ for sure

[dusky mesa]

a bit higher than around half of that

[golden hare]

Like i suppose it works out

But whats the advantage of deflation

[dusky mesa]

in 11th grade?

deflation in 11th grade exists cuz no one cares about grades here other than 10th, 12th and university exams

cuz 10th and 12th are conducted by the education board

kinda like how APs are not checked by your teacher, ykwim?

like A levels in US or IBs you can say

[golden hare]

I see

[wind ridge]

yea even we have grade deflation in 11th

It’s an india wide phenomenon lmao

[dusky mesa]

thing is, for US I still have an excuse of family shit for low chem grade. Im stressed abotu HKU conditions

I just need a firm US offer thats better than HKU lol

[wind ridge]

But it’s also bc the syllabus gets much tougher from 10th to 11th

[dusky mesa]

yeah except some good schools

[wind ridge]

Physics 💀

Math

[dusky mesa]

that added with grade deflation be like

[wind ridge]

deadly

[dusky mesa]

nah chemistry

[golden hare]

How many US schools did you apply to?

[wind ridge]

oh thankfully I didn’t take chem

[dusky mesa]

11th grade chem is actually easy tho ngl

[wind ridge]

[dusky mesa]

https://vijitdua.notion.site/0bc6f875fe7c4ea4936f9a8e0c76c70c?v=7cb2f17df258468197a5cc167fc97307

[wind ridge]

man sent his spreadsheet

[wind ridge]

4:30 AM?

It’s 7PM EST bro

[dusky mesa]

Indian time zone

[wind ridge]

5:30 AM

[wind ridge]

Ya I know

5:30 AM tho

[dusky mesa]

day light saving

[wind ridge]

Not 4:30

[dusky mesa]

ends soon

[wind ridge]

oh wait

Damnnn

Serious?

[dusky mesa]

around 11 or 12th march I think

[golden hare]

That's a fancy list

[dusky mesa]

the last line

physics and maths?

done

average?.......

.......................................

.................................................................

idk

😭 chem

[ornate bone]

Stanford

sigh

[dusky mesa]

stan(ford)

[wind ridge]

So day light savings woukd make US 1 hour faster right?

[dusky mesa]

ford 📈

[dusky mesa]

yeah

[ornate bone]

Stanford pines

[wind ridge]

dayum

[dusky mesa]

time will be ahead by 1 hour when it ends

[wind ridge]

I kept tjinking 5:30

[dusky mesa]

yeah cuz it was 5:30 until now

but then dst ends

[wind ridge]

yeh

[ornate bone]

At some point I knew days by tv show new episode dates

Now I know days by college decisions

how time has gone by

[wind ridge]

[heavy tapir]

Are u waking up at 4am for decisions?

Also r u seeking aid?

[ornate bone]

I’m seeking aid

And therapy

[dusky mesa]

when I don't have anything important, yes. I put an alarm 20 min before decision time.

But I have exams till 23rd. (Important ones till 11). So till 11. nada just checking at 6am

[dusky mesa]

nada

[dusky mesa]

me too

[wind ridge]

i prob will but only for ivy day lol

the rest I’ll just wake up at 8 and see😭

[hybrid beacon]

with a couple more screenshots, anyone on this thread would have enough info to impersonate you, maybe delete them?

[warm wasp]

Amazing cute cat btw

[dusky mesa]

aint got my application number + HKU only communicates via. the portal not through normal emails like HKUST and other universities

but sure, carly gonna get mad if she sees this anyways

[hybrid beacon]

fair, still...better safe than sorry🤷‍♂️

[dusky mesa]

I mean thats the same email they send to every accepted kid

a 90% aint something personalized to me

its either 85% or 90%, other than that its the same email. And I censored application no. 🤷‍♂️

[thorn thicket]

same bruh

I was Top 5 too

but my transcript aint mention the positional grades 💀

[thorn thicket]

that is a classic indian school my guy

[thorn thicket]

school dox

[thorn thicket]

us bro us

[thorn thicket]

yes its 4:30

[thorn thicket]

staying up most likely

wont be able to fucking sleep

when 10 out of my 20 release at the same time/few hours apart 💀

[thorn thicket]

bruh that is fancyyy

so much better than my basic excel

[dusky mesa]

do you still have your rank over there?

[thorn thicket]

Our school doesn't officially rank per se

shitty administration

[dusky mesa]

meh couldn’t care less, it will still take some effort to figure out the remaining letters from the stamp and then there are 2000 branches of it in India lmfao

even my own state has like a solid 50 branches

even my city has multiple

[dusky mesa]

also fucked up chem?

[dusky mesa]

oof

so what you gonna do for t20 admissions

[thorn thicket]

damn

[dusky mesa]

did you explain it in add. info?

[thorn thicket]

sort of yeah

[thorn thicket]

kms

[thorn thicket]

not explicitly no

but theres one other thing

dm

[dusky mesa]

me too!

[sweet pike]

Physics

[thorn thicket]

lesgo

[dusky mesa]

:D

[thorn thicket]

[sweet pike]

Why does your school gives such a low score?

[dusky mesa]

scroll a bit down below that message for the explanation

[sweet pike]

Oh got it
My bad

[heavy tapir]

I feel so bad lmao

[heavy tapir]

Econ

[heavy tapir]

Twin

[heavy tapir]

I might do econ + physics double major 🫣

Or a minor

[thorn thicket]

😔

[sweet pike]

Nice

[foggy skiff]

poli sci!

[dim wagon]

Atmopshere/energy iirc

[serene night]

Meche/Aeroastro

[mellow sentinel]

Cs

[hybrid beacon]

Physics (with astrophy concentration) with theatre arts

[slow spade]

im doing music with a minor in animal science

[dim wagon]

Psych + pre-med

[flat scroll]

literally same

theatre is my second major

[grave rampart]

I regret not choosing econ instead of cs

[hybrid beacon]

fellow comrade🫂

[grave rampart]

Maybe id have a chance then

[stray granite]

Biomech engineering!

[grave rampart]

How hard do you think it'd be to switch majors

[mellow sentinel]

They don't admit to major

[grave rampart]

True

[mellow sentinel]

And you don't declare your major until after sophomore year

[grave rampart]

Eh if i get in I'll just choose econ as a minor or something

[grave rampart]

O really

[subtle forge]

but they also want a diverse incoming class 🤷‍♀️

[mellow sentinel]

This is irrelevant basically

[grave rampart]

I seee

[past jay]

Earth systems!

[golden hare]

Everyone knows "they don't admit by major" is bs for basically every school

Ofc they're more selective with who they admit for CS than religion studies or something

Though they'll never say it, you can just imagine who you're competing against for your indicated major

[fiery fractal]

african american studies :))

[rain dagger]

CS + Iranian Studies
But I'm interested in neuroscience and journalism too lol

[unique quarry]

hum bio / cs 😄

[lime igloo]

Physics (astrophysics) and religious studies

[golden hare]

You guys picked the weirdest majors for stanford

Ik damn well all of you applied for CS at the schools that restrict the major lmao

[flat scroll]

tbh i applied astrophysics + theatre but i like both

you could NOT catch me within 5 feet of CS

i would not be caught dead in that major

[mellow sentinel]

LMAO

[rugged laurel]

💀

[golden hare]

That's what they all say

[flat scroll]

WDYM

i'm serious

astrophysics does like need a bit of cs but

i'm not going to go into cs

and code

i would rather cry myself to sleep than be in those classes with cs majors

[golden hare]

I'll take your word for it 😉

[vale stream]

cs is so boring sorry 😭

[golden hare]

Don't tell me lol I'm not a CS major

But if I went to Stanford the odds are decent I'd double major or minor in cs ig

[vale stream]

i will never lay a finger on coding after this year cs is like one of the majors i would rather die than do

[flat scroll]

i haven't considered it but i'm thinking of a double major in mathematics if i can handle the workload

[vale stream]

this is my with stats but a minor cause i already wanna double major bio and business

[golden hare]

There's a good amount of overlap for phys and math

So it's probably not too much extra work

[flat scroll]

physics needs you to take a lot of calc + math classes so i'm just figuring it overlaps

[vale stream]

i hate math sm because i despise calculus and geometry but god i love stats so so so so so so much

[flat scroll]

i love calculus but messing up simple algebra is the bane of my existence

[mellow sentinel]

💰 is crazy tho

I think it's decent work life balance too

[flat scroll]

it IS crazy but also not for everyone

[heavy tapir]

Cs is pretty fun ngl

Coding in itself is so rewarding

[unique quarry]

lmao the stanford cs pipeline

[fiery fractal]

pls i took ap computer science for one day and said this ain’t for me😭😭

[solid warren]

same and the sad thing was that it was ap computer science PRINCIPLES

[heavy tapir]

Ap csp is nothing like ap csa or coding in general

[rustic sluice]

still no interview.

[mellow sentinel]

I bet it has ended

[novel crane]

yea mine said interview reports were due midfeb

[flat scroll]

it's not a massive deal

you most likely didn't have one in your area

(an alumni)

[rustic sluice]

the valedictorian at my school got one

[flat scroll]

i've heard of this happening and people got in without an interview anyway

[heavy tapir]

Its random

From what I’ve heard they just get a list with names and randomly select a coupel

[lost zodiac]

dude

use brain

[waxen rune]

Yes it is

Why else do you need to know

[heavy tapir]

???

[waxen rune]

not you

i deleted what it was

[heavy tapir]

Ohhhh i was so confused

[grizzled pecan]

I was just curious

Not like I’m tryna predict my chance of admissions with it lmao

[shrewd scarab]

i am really sure it's just random

[rugged laurel]

what are we even talking about

[lost zodiac]

no one knows

[shrewd scarab]

1. the website says it's based on alumni availability
2. the people i have talked with irl who have gotten interviews have a really wide range of stats

[lost zodiac]

they all say that

and people be in the bay area w/o interview soo

[shrewd scarab]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

i'm bay area and i know people w/ 3.0 gpas who have gotten interviews

[mellow sentinel]

Random fr

[lost zodiac]

@shrewd scarab did u get an interview?

[shrewd scarab]

yeah

[lost zodiac]

yeah

no

[shrewd scarab]

if it's ignoring grade nine then it's probably lower than a 3.0

[lost zodiac]

they use last 6 semesters

[mellow sentinel]

Ya I heard about that

[lost zodiac]

i dont think they ignore grade 9

[flat scroll]

i think they do ignore grade 9 and use 10th + 11, recalculating

[lost zodiac]

i think for most people they will use second sem 9th grade thru mid year for recalc

rip

i dont think it matters that much

stanford is very holistic

[golden hare]

They recalculate and likely exclude art

And gym

But idk for sure

[rugged laurel]

Sure its holistic but gpa is the single most important factor

Thats what ive heard too

[tardy blaze]

we didn't hv to remove gr. 9 when we self reported gpa right?

ok cool

[heavy tapir]

Wtf no its not 😭😭

[tardy blaze]

ah yeah my school just takes the average of all our courses throughout highschool

[rugged laurel]

What is then...?

[tardy blaze]

and puts it on a gpa scale of 0-100

[rugged laurel]

Please enlighten me

GPA is consistently listed as "very important" in the CDS of basically every elite college, except in cases where nothing is

[grizzled pecan]

except uchicago

[rugged laurel]

basically every

that's the exception, not the rule

[grizzled pecan]

Yes

[rugged laurel]

Maybe but I think

1)Nothing else really auto DQs you
2)4.0 gets an edge over 3.8 (although ofc 3.8s get into HYPSM all the time)

ok so why is the average UW gpa at stanford 3.96

that number just doesnt make sense

if there isnt favoritism for 4.0

Idk about that

Its not like having a 3.8 means you're like

too stupid or lazy to get ECs lol

I dont see the correlation being that strong

[grizzled pecan]

Naiad have you read the MIT article titled "The Difficulty With Data"

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the-difficulty-with-data/

[rugged laurel]

Yes I've read it but I dont think having a 4.0 gpa actually correlates with much of anything else quite frankly

(over a 3.8)

over a 3.0 Yes

[ornate bone]

y’all r getting rejected anyways 😹👎

[rugged laurel]

Yes

[twilit bear]

🤣

[rugged laurel]

course rigor combined with GPA is most important

[ornate bone]

(Me too dw)

[rugged laurel]

is the full version of what I had to say

I suppose

a 4.0 with no challenging coursework is meaningless

[grizzled pecan]

4.0 is literally zero slip-ups
If you're that disciplined throughout 4 years of high school to get perfect grades then you're also probably disciplined or motivated enough to have additional accomplishments in addition to those perfect grades compared to maybe someone who has like a 3.5

[rugged laurel]

3.5 sure

but 3.5 isnt even worth talking abt

for most people

in terms of stanford

[grizzled pecan]

I mean

[rugged laurel]

ur gonna be needing some crazy shit to get in witha 3.5

[grizzled pecan]

I am sure unhooked people with like 3.5s have gotten in

like we literally have a mod here who got into upenn with a 3.6

this year

or last year

[rugged laurel]

extreme grade deflation at school? or really insane ECs?

[mellow sentinel]

Cured cancer

[grizzled pecan]

Did you have a 4.0 jahameb?

[heavy tapir]

Nothing

How are you gonna acknowledge holistic admission then claim one part of the application can be considered the most important

[rugged laurel]

Lol?

[mellow sentinel]

I had 3.99 UW

[rugged laurel]

so is the alumni interview as important as your ECs/GPA

????

[twilit bear]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-halpert-teary-eyed-john-krasinski-the-office-facepalm-gif-15090727

[rugged laurel]

Who told you that holistic meant that every part of the application is weighted the exact same

[heavy tapir]

When did i say that

[mellow sentinel]

😔

[heavy tapir]

Please show me

[grizzled pecan]

💀

[rugged laurel]

So you're saying that some parts aren't weighted the same, but that no one part can be considered the most important?

[heavy tapir]

Yes

[mellow sentinel]

My 3.99 uw getting hated on 😔

[rugged laurel]

So there must be a tie among a few components which are the most important then?

Which are those?

[mellow sentinel]

Weight was like 4.8 😔

[heavy tapir]

Its different dependent on the context of every application

[rugged laurel]

Uh, that's not the same as this

[heavy tapir]

They dont practice holistic admission bc its fun

[rugged laurel]

or why is that wrong?

[heavy tapir]

Bc its differs for every applicant

Someone in rural oklahoma isnt getting their ecs looked at as critically as someone in bay area

[rugged laurel]

Is it not reasonable to say that a factor which is the most important factor for at least a large plurality of applicants is the most important factor?

[rugged laurel]

Well

I really hope so

cus I literally live in oklahoma

attending a title 1 HS

Lol

[heavy tapir]

A hooked applicant isnt having their gpa looked at the same as an unhooked one

[rugged laurel]

And ECs are indeed my weak point

[mellow sentinel]

How bout u email my dawg Shaw

And settle this

[heavy tapir]

Fr fr

Send shaw an invite to the discord server 💀

[rugged laurel]

Either way

if you so insist

GPA is the most frequent most important factor

[heavy tapir]

Its really not 😭

[rugged laurel]

What is then?

[heavy tapir]

Gpa is more of a benchmark

NOTHING

IT DOESNT EXIST

[rugged laurel]

bro there has to be a most frequent one

Like seriously

thats how numbers work

If we insist that depending on the context of an app there is a most important factor

[heavy tapir]

Maybe but again, correlation ≠ causation

[rugged laurel]

one will be the most important the most frequently

that's literally like some base level reflexive stuff

[heavy tapir]

If college apps was that simple, everybody would be getting into hypsm dude

[grizzled pecan]

did you have like 1 A-

[heavy tapir]

The process is sm more complex than that

[rugged laurel]

Are u listening to me man

There has to be one factor that is the most important the most frequently

[grizzled pecan]

where did you get this from this looks confidential

[rugged laurel]

even if by random chance

[heavy tapir]

Bro you dont understand that correlation ≠ causation

[mellow sentinel]

Yeah, I was in the hospital when I got it lol

[rugged laurel]

Uh

[mellow sentinel]

For a whole week

[rugged laurel]

I don't think you're understanding me

I'm not even talking about GPA rn

[heavy tapir]

Even if there is one factor thats extremely common among admitted students, it means nothing

You dont understand me 😭

[rugged laurel]

No

[mellow sentinel]

I actually wrote about it in additional info

[rugged laurel]

I understand that

Bro

factor that's extremely common among admitted students =/= most important

that's the disconnect here

I am talking about the most important, whatever that may be

Whatever the definition is

[heavy tapir]

Im telling you, that doesnt exist

[rugged laurel]

You seemed to agree that before there IS a most important factor for any individual applicant, depending on context, correct?

If that is the case, there must be a factor that is the most important the most frequently, that was what I was originally getting at, regardless of whether it is GPA (which I think it is) or something different entirely.

(you said that not every part is weighted the same, implying there must be at least a tie for the most important)

omg

whatever

you know

[grizzled pecan]

your ass legit tried to explain an A- huh

[rugged laurel]

im not saying you cant get in

with a 3.7

this really isnt worth arguing about

[mellow sentinel]

And I made it sound damn good 😭

[heavy tapir]

Ok so please stop spreading misinfo

[rugged laurel]

Im not spreading misinfo...?

[heavy tapir]

People on this server are already anxious enough

[grizzled pecan]

what no decisions does to a mf:

[heavy tapir]

You said, and i quote “gpa is the most important factor”

[mellow sentinel]

How bout y'all jus get accepted fr

[heavy tapir]

🫣🫣

[rugged laurel]

I may be wrong

[modest ingot]

sheesh

[rugged laurel]

But being wrong isn't misinformation

[modest ingot]

jahameb throwing shade

reporting this to stanford

[mellow sentinel]

All the argument for nothing ong

[heavy tapir]

It is when youre reporting it as factual information

[ornate bone]

you guys need therapy (or conan gray on repeat same thing)

[rugged laurel]

I'm sorry but it's like saying "MIT is the best school for computer science"

when someone says that they believe it

[ornate bone]

is it not

[rugged laurel]

but they obviously arent saying it as some authority figure

[heavy tapir]

Bro seeing people worry abt the dumbest things drives me insane in here 😭😭

[rugged laurel]

you can make arguments for several schools

I suppose

CMU

[mellow sentinel]

[rugged laurel]

Berkeley

Stanford

[mellow sentinel]

Stanford

[ornate bone]

cmu is like

cum

[mellow sentinel]

[sacred lion]

no shit LOL

[rugged laurel]

The point is

lets say you say that cornell is the best school for computer science and you really believe it is but general consensus is that it isnt

you arent spreading misinformation

thats just ridiculous

[heavy tapir]

Yes bc that is arguable and what is said is just straight up wrong, no argument to it

[ornate bone]

ASU is best for cs

[split atlas]

fax

[ornate bone]

it is acutally t50 tho

[split atlas]

asu cs powerhouse

[ornate bone]

and it has a hgue research department

[heavy tapir]

Stating an opinion is diff from making a claim

[sacred lion]

if you have like, a decent number of Bs, you really have to work your way back up after the initial look at your grades

[mellow sentinel]

Oh my 💀

[heavy tapir]

My local cc college >>

[ornate bone]

guys tbh a 3.95 shows more personality than a 4.0

maybe thats the formula

[heavy tapir]

Idk why i said cc college

[ornate bone]

get 1 B to show ur not a robot

[rugged laurel]

If there is no argument to it, please give hard evidence that GPA is not the most important factor? Like can you find evidence of an admissions officer at an elite institution saying that GPA is NOT the most important factor?

[ornate bone]

and have all other robot characteristics

[ornate bone]

yes

[tardy blaze]

what is this thing where ppl get over 4 gpa on a scale of 4?

[heavy tapir]

Yes

[rugged laurel]

Ok

show me

[mellow sentinel]

Probably is 💀

[rugged laurel]

are you agreeing with me? not exactly sure what you're saying

[mellow sentinel]

Yeah

[rugged laurel]

I'm just quite irritated right now with the mildly condescending usage of the sobbing emojis

and the fact that im apparently in the same bucket as literal trolls

right now

"misinformation"

just ridiculous

[ornate bone]

"The most important credential for evaluating your academic record is not your high school transcript. Please know that our evaluation goes beyond any numerical formula. There is no minimum GPA or test score, nor is there any specific number of AP or honors courses you must have on your transcript in order to have your application reviewed or be admitted to Stanford."

[mellow sentinel]

Id say gpa is prolly the most important along side your essays and ECs

[sacred lion]

I think that goes without saying lol

[ornate bone]

(i definitely did not add the word not in there)

[rugged laurel]

um

[ornate bone]

😭 😭 😭 💀

[rugged laurel]

academic record

and application

are not the same

[sacred lion]

they look at your transcript and give it a read anyways

they will know what classes aren't As specifically and whether they care about them lol

[heavy tapir]

Depends

So, so much

[ornate bone]

i think the better applicant is determined by their favorite chip flavor

sour cream and onion gang wya

[mellow sentinel]

Yo mama

[sacred lion]

I smell copium

[high canopy]

i feel like GPA/stats r most important for initial review/screening and then after that it becomes far less relevant compared to ECs essays etc

[heavy tapir]

I have a good enough gpa dw abt me bruh

[spice plover]

As an AO, if someone got an A- or B+ in first semester then A+ second semester I would prefer then over a straight A student

But I’m not an AO so I’m probably waffling

[sacred lion]

A- is recalculated towards As

uses similar system as UCs

they don't care for A+ etc

[heavy tapir]

The difference between an A- student and A student is nonexistent

[ornate bone]

does anyone wanna friend me on roblox

[sacred lion]

I know Michael Short has said he doesn't care about whether or not it's an A-

[ornate bone]

why would i care what a short person says

[sacred lion]

but he has said definitively that more than a few Bs can make your application pretty questionable

he didn't*** lol

[flat scroll]

my gpa is pretty bad compared to avg stanny UW (3.7), but i also explained my gpa as an inability of accommodation for my disability (complete deafness w implants) at my school making it hard to focus in classes and do well

[grizzled pecan]

admitum?

[sacred lion]

yes

[ornate bone]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-red-wine-sleepy-bored-disco-lights-gif-22099515

[sacred lion]

His approach to essays is incredibly cerebral though lol

made me sick

[heavy tapir]

3.7 wont be why ur rejected

[ornate bone]

rate the roblox drip

[rugged laurel]

who is michael short

[heavy tapir]

Didnt even need to explain it lol

[heavy tapir]

W drip

[sacred lion]

dunno if i can post his link here

ill dm

[heavy tapir]

What kind of post is it

[ornate bone]

https://admitium.com/about/ AH HELL NAH

THIS BITCH ON TIKTOK

[heavy tapir]

Im pretty sure u can link

[ornate bone]

I HATE HIM

[mellow sentinel]

Lmao Roblox

Goldmine

[ornate bone]

i got all my robux illegally

[flat scroll]

rlly? i mean probably not but it doesn't mean i'll be looked upon favorably

[spice plover]

If Stanford considers grades from your last 6 semesters, wouldn’t that include Grade 9

[mellow sentinel]

Annoying guy lmao

[ornate bone]

i blocked him on tiktok

[sacred lion]

He speaks a lot of truth though lol

[mellow sentinel]

⁉️⁉️

[grizzled pecan]

dunno I trust actual former AOs way more than anyone else lol

[sacred lion]

yes

[mellow sentinel]

Nah he almost scared me into not applying

[sacred lion]

but that doesn't stop them from reading your grade 9 transcript LOL

[heavy tapir]

You’ll probably need to have slightly strong ecs and essays but wont break ur application, especially if u have strong rigor

Well why would they remove it and then go and look at it

[grizzled pecan]

"Na he almost scared me into not applying"

-3.99 unweighted GPA

[sacred lion]

They remove it in a GPA recalculation

[heavy tapir]

Tbf a 3.99 is not indicative at all of a stanford acceptance

[mellow sentinel]

U hear Stanford and think only kids who cured cancer get in

[grizzled pecan]

yeah but it means you actually have a chance

[sacred lion]

When you send the transcript, both from your counselor and the Common App, they read it

that's the truth

[heavy tapir]

If u have mostly A’s u have a chance

If u have B’s but insane ecs u have a chance

[ornate bone]

this is kinda funny

[heavy tapir]

Ngl he terrified me too when i was applying

[sacred lion]

why did he terrify you guys lol

[high canopy]

why

[golden hare]

Why does it look like some emo band website 💀

[high canopy]

like what was so scary

[ornate bone]

YEAH

[golden hare]

That website is scary lmao

[heavy tapir]

Idk the way he describes AOs is so terrifying

He makes them sound like demons

[golden hare]

They are

[ornate bone]

he basically says everything u do that isnt what he says is a mistake

[flat scroll]

my "strong ecs" are nonexistent cause i did what i loved 😭 i didn't go out of my way to start anything or do competitions (but to be fair, none were ever done or offered at my school)

[sacred lion]

not even lol

[ornate bone]

and that AOs will shred ur application apart

[high canopy]

oh….

[sacred lion]

There is a fair bit of skepticism involved

that's all he's saying

[heavy tapir]

Strong ecs = passion ecs

Trust

[sacred lion]

Only matters if you wrote about them

[flat scroll]

i almost qualified for thespian states but my cochlear implant fell off halfway through my monologue event

[sacred lion]

lol

[flat scroll]

💀

so i froze up and forgot

[heavy tapir]

Yea thats true

[grizzled pecan]

although with all this talk about GPA being important and what not I do think that stanny is probably the most holistic or lenient with GPA out of all the HYPSM schools

[heavy tapir]

Unless they were mentioned in letters of rec or something tho

[high canopy]

i think this is true

anecdotally my stanford friends have said stanford cares most abt essays

[grizzled pecan]

well I think that's true with all of HYPS

[flat scroll]

i'm hoping this is true but i just want to forget about stanny til day of

can i read other ppl's essays here if theyre willing :p

i'm curious ab what other people wrote about and how they wrote their essays for stanny

[sacred lion]

sure dm me

[heavy tapir]

I hope so

My stanny essays were fire

[grizzled pecan]

cause like for instance I have like almost never seen unhooked people with low GPAs get into princeton, but for stanford I've seen plenty people do it

[ornate bone]

this channel is making me sad

[flat scroll]

i try not to rate my own essays at all cause one essay i didn't really like people liked 😭

[high canopy]

ye i feel like princeton cares most abt gpa/stats in HYPSM

[golden hare]

What the fuck is this stanfordhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/23/stanford-hikes-tuition-7-will-other-institutions-follow#:~:text=Stanford%20University%20will%20raise%20undergraduate,of%20Trustees%20approved%20last%20year.

When will someone do something about these ridiculous prices

[ornate bone]

my stanford essays were

🙁

but

whatveer!

[grizzled pecan]

ye which sucks cause pton is prolly my top choice but I have a 3.7 :(

[golden hare]

I did the essays for all of my reach schools on the day they were do pretty much. And they were better than my EA essays probably

[flat scroll]

same

[ornate bone]

is it true that stanford looks mostly for entreprenuail people

so if u dont own a business or smt

u have a low chance

[golden hare]

I fuckin hope so

Lmao

[ornate bone]

oh

i fuckin hope not

❤️

[golden hare]

But idk if it's true or not

My Common app essay was about my business

[ornate bone]

i own a club thats it !!

[golden hare]

And it was my #2 EC I think

[ornate bone]

my club was my #1 ec

[heavy tapir]

also making school free for students making less than 100k and free tuition for less than 150k

[ornate bone]

emre

i beg

change ur pfp

i hate it

🙁

chainsaw dog era

[high canopy]

idts

[heavy tapir]

i think they do like entrepreneurs more

[golden hare]

Financial aid is great. But 83k is an unreasonable starting point. Besides, that they chose perfect numbers like 100k and 150k shows it's very arbitrary

[heavy tapir]

seems like a lot of stanny students are into business

[heavy tapir]

fine

[ornate bone]

YAYY

[high canopy]

i feel like that’s the type of student that stanford attracts tbh like the start up culture

but idt stanford actively prioritizes entrepreneurs over other ec’s

[heavy tapir]

is this better

or other pochita pfp

[ornate bone]

other one was better but this is good too

[heavy tapir]

yea could also be that

[heavy tapir]

ok bc i cant find the other one lol

[ornate bone]

is it not just this

[heavy tapir]

i think it was

[ornate bone]

personally i like colored

but current one is good

[heavy tapir]

there

dog

[high canopy]

i love pochita

he’s so cute

[ornate bone]

yay

[flat scroll]

pochita rlly said :3

[sacred lion]

hell naw

but maybe they do. lol

startup culture is so prevalent there

makes me a little sick

[heavy tapir]

w school

[sacred lion]

L

[heavy tapir]

new csm chapter tmrw

[sacred lion]

i skimmed after the 1st season and it was hard to follow

i read manga way too fast lol

[heavy tapir]

whattt

ngl i skimmed too

the first part is just so hard to follow bc its mainly focused on like the art and fights rather than the depth'

but this part is actually focusing on art, fights, and depth at the same time

its peak

[sacred lion]

god whats her name

the god of war

lol

i forgot

[heavy tapir]

uhhhhh

i think asa

or something like that

[sacred lion]

soooooo hot 💀

[heavy tapir]

FRRRR

[sacred lion]

jk

[heavy tapir]

[sacred lion]

[heavy tapir]

why u gotta do me like that

[sacred lion]

oh im just trying not to get caught up out here

no shes hot

[heavy tapir]

me asf

[sacred lion]

[heavy tapir]

[sacred lion]

himeno tho

gawd

[ornate bone]

VALID

[heavy tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-anime-chainsaw-man-gif-23140059

literally me

[solid warren]

Damn bruh I wish I lived in Oklahoma

God help me

[rugged laurel]

Why bro

you do not

[ornate bone]

Ur wagging ur tail?

[heavy tapir]

no i dont have one :(

[ornate bone]

Unfortunate

[errant garden]

just wanted to pop in here if anyone has any questions feel free to ask me

got in REA but I'm just as unsure of the process as anyone else lol

[dusky mesa]

congrats on getting in :)

[dusky mesa]

ignore the ghost ping, I thought this was a diff. university

[grave rampart]

okay, just take a step back and look at what you're asking

Do I trust the official statement on the Stanford website or a quora post

yeah so obviously that qoura post is smoking crack

mhm

[wind ridge]

LMFAOOOOOO QUORA

yeah i wouldn't trust quora even if they said water is wet

[lost zodiac]

@rugged laurel also that CDS says for students who reported GPA

also bro

if ur coming home right after school

imo a 4.0 gpa means nothing

if u have no activities

that actually take up time

still

good thing Harvard has an athletics rating 👍🏻

[mellow sentinel]

Hey congrats 🎉

[spice plover]

So ur telling me I have a chance?

[heavy tapir]

Harvard athletic rating is useless unless ur a recruited athlete lol

[lost zodiac]

Obv

But if ur getting the worst rating that’s not helping

[ornate bone]

I think its jst N/A if ur not an athelet

[lost zodiac]

Maybe

[ornate bone]

Wdym maybe 😭

Do u think every harvard student is an athlete

[heavy tapir]

If ur not recruited you get a 2

[ornate bone]

Wordle 626 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[lost zodiac]

Ye I think it’s just to get athletes in

Cuz a 1 in any category is auto admit

[heavy tapir]

Depends on category

Even for athletes a 1 is only 70% acceptance or something

For like academics and stuff its like 40%

[lost zodiac]

Pretty much auto admit

I’m pretty sure Asians get the worst character rating, tho

[sick mesa]

not necessarily my friend who got in viewed his admissions file he got a personal rating 2 , but yh general trend is towards worse ratings

[lost zodiac]

U gotta be a character to get a Q

[dusky mesa]

I dont trust the webpage but nor do I trust quora

where do I fall then

[heavy tapir]

Race doesnt play into character rating

Its taken into consideration in the overall rating

And we cant discuss AA

With one 1 and rest 2s you’re almost definitely getting in

But getting a 1 in any catergory is INSANELY difficult

Like for the personal category, only 50 people or something get a 1

For a 1 in academics u need perfect grades with insane rigor, perfect or almost perfect test scores, research, competitions, and more

Each part of your application isnt given a ranking

They look at the whole thing before giving rankings

[lost zodiac]

bro ur not getting a 1

[lost zodiac]

i dont even think its 50 people

[sick mesa]

yh like 1 is 3 time imo gold

[flat scroll]

i can't imagine the vast majority of people ever get a 1

i would imagine it's just a combination of 2s or whatnot

[lost zodiac]

yeah

[flat scroll]

the test category????

that's not an autoadmit

[lost zodiac]

it is

[sick mesa]

nope the thing they publish online is not real

[lost zodiac]

for harvard there is no test

@dim wagon are u intl?

[sick mesa]

ik a guy with an ioi silver and 2 ioi bronze who got a 2 when he viewed his admissions file

[lost zodiac]

yeah

so u have it harder as well

they tend not to believe intl peoples' ECs and whatnot

[sick mesa]

all straight As btw

[lost zodiac]

thats not my point

bro what novel research did u do

ur a high school senior

especially in math

[sick mesa]

yh ngl even if you did do this, they arent gonna believe you did , so unless it is easily verifiable like if you get googled, they would think you are embeleshing

[lost zodiac]

100%

idk man

whats ur sat

also intl stuff is sus because people pay

[sick mesa]

thats good, well still cant say for sure did you go to isef or other recognizable comps

[lost zodiac]

bro LOL

@sick mesa u agree that most research on college apps is bs

[sick mesa]

because usually the only ones they gave in acad is isef/multiple olys backed with great grades , in ecs you might get a 1 if the rest of ur 9 ecs are strong

[sick mesa]

i do think most is derivative or just revirew papers , i know peeps whose profs wrote their isef work

[lost zodiac]

what novel research do u have in math

im sorry dude

[heavy tapir]

Yea its probably less, but i know its like in the 50-25 range

[heavy tapir]

Yea

[sick mesa]

yh thats great my only thing is AOs still gonna think ur research is not as novel and authentics because a) when it comes to researh or science they look at isef straight away to verify or other trsted verifiable stuff like olympiads, 2) they dont believe that a high schooler can do something that big,

[lost zodiac]

try doing "research" while getting home at 7-8pm every day and having a very rigorous courseload and still having fun with friends

[novel sonnet]

Ik it's a small sample but the ppl on youtube that I've seen review their apps, none of them had 1s

[lost zodiac]

thats why i put it in italics

[mortal pecan]

hello folks what is going on

[lost zodiac]

slate pro discussion

[sick mesa]

if you really did something that big then i hope you get a 1

[lost zodiac]

ong

bro invented math

[heavy tapir]

Talking abt harvard rubric 😂

[lost zodiac]

its not even a rubric

[novel sonnet]

I'm sure they save that 1 for like

olympians lmao

[heavy tapir]

Idk what else to call it

[lost zodiac]

no one gets 1

[heavy tapir]

^^

[lost zodiac]

to get a 1 u have to be weird asf

[mortal pecan]

1 is very rare

[lost zodiac]

like really weird

[mortal pecan]

weird lmao

[heavy tapir]

Most people get in without 1s

[lost zodiac]

and thats not what harvard is looking for

[spice plover]

The average score is 2-

[lost zodiac]

harvard is looking for smart people

yeah probably

[mortal pecan]

"weird" people go to caltech or it

mit

[spice plover]

Are you guys talking about Stanford or Harvard?

[lost zodiac]

yes but harvard still admits those

[heavy tapir]

Wait is 2- closer to 3 or 1

I cant remember

[lost zodiac]

3

[flat scroll]

to get a 1 you have to stop predicting a college's bullshit admissions 😇😇

[novel sonnet]

bruh did u see caltech's decision email 😭

[heavy tapir]

Harvard

[novel sonnet]

I just realized this is the stanford thread LMAO

[spice plover]

Yh…

[flat scroll]

i told my mom about it (shes the ap chem teacher here) and she laughed

[sick mesa]

ngl i cant judge them cuz i once asked a girl out using a math expression

[heavy tapir]

GO STANFORD WOOO

[flat scroll]

and she said its prolly 8:31!

[heavy tapir]

What is it

[lost zodiac]

@heavy tapir ur turk?

[novel sonnet]

for the decision time they said like

[heavy tapir]

Yea

Wbu?

[lost zodiac]

yes

[sick mesa]

yup

or 8:20 depends on the unit

[lost zodiac]

thats so weird to ask but yeah i am too

[heavy tapir]

Where in turkey u from

[lost zodiac]

Ist

[heavy tapir]

Oh

I visited ist this summer for the first time

[lost zodiac]

but my parents came to US for college

[hybrid beacon]

i mean SI is well.....SI

[lost zodiac]

wow

[heavy tapir]

Im from giresun

Or my parents are, i was born here lol

[lost zodiac]

i visit every summer

same

[heavy tapir]

Last year was my first time going but I’m going again this year

Turkey is so fun

[lost zodiac]

my grandparents are coming for my grad

yeah

its alive

but corrupt

sooooooooo

2nd best nato country

[sick mesa]

i will be so mad if i got the cuisine wrong but you guys created kunafa and bakalava right ?

[heavy tapir]

Yes

[sick mesa]

thank god for turkey

[heavy tapir]

Kunafa is so good

[novel sonnet]

thank u for your service

[sick mesa]

frrrr

[heavy tapir]

Theres only 1 turkish restaurant in my area and whenever i go i get kunafa

[mortal pecan]

yes i did

[mortal pecan]

😭 this is so based

[lost zodiac]

@dim wagon i have novel research

isnt that redundant

isnt research supposed to be novel

lmao

[mortal pecan]

nepo research

[lost zodiac]

@dim wagon idk man

anyone can sit in front of their computer for hours

[sick mesa]

lol i found this great uni next to my school so i used to run there right after school

[fervent perch]

oh but unless its published in a reputed conf

[lost sandal]

Will they release decisions on Saturday?

[sonic silo]

this saturday? huhhh

[lost sandal]

April 1 is Saturday

[sonic silo]

ohhhh

it's usually two days after ivy day right?

[lost sandal]

Yeah

[sonic silo]

calm

then probs

hopefully we get in 🦾

[solid warren]

no it’s one

it’s likely March 31

[worldly swift]

What schools has sent out their likelies so far?

[errant garden]

yale, harvard, most ivy's i think

not sure abt the rest

[solid warren]

all ivies except for Columbia and Cornell

stanford has as well

[narrow yacht]

Stanford just sent me an email 💀

[wind ridge]

yea this is normal lol

[narrow yacht]

But I got it dw 💀

[ornate bone]

Likely

[narrow yacht]

Don't think so

[heavy tapir]

That means ur accepted

[wind ridge]

[fair aspen]

you're admitted

better tell this news to all your family members and send it to your family whatsapp grps

[narrow yacht]

Hahaha come on guys it's not that

Don't make my hopes go up

😅😅

[fair aspen]

sorry dude

[narrow yacht]

What?

Why sorry?

[fair aspen]

for getting your hopes up

[fringe notch]

this is a likely

because i did not get this email!!!

[fair aspen]

💀

[ornate bone]

joke 💀

[narrow yacht]

You monster

[dim wagon]

Morning

[grave rampart]

whatsapp grps are the most Indian thing ever

[dusky mesa]

ong

[mortal pecan]

they exist in other countries too

i have my cousins in france on there

and my grandparents in romania

i just cba to chat on it ever

[hybrid shadow]

does the email have "Unsubscribe" next to it?, like here

[mortal pecan]

it’s your email bro, all emails have unsubscribe

[hybrid shadow]

not every email,

[mortal pecan]

if you scroll down to the bottom

[unique quarry]

chad mit refuses to be unsubscribed

[thorn thicket]

Harvard >>>

[mystic light]

idek why im on here everyday i was an rea reject

sigh

good luck to you all tho

[junior elk]

TY!

[mystic light]

stanny is gorg i did research there

best of lucksies <33

[lost zodiac]

research?

with a prof?

[mystic light]

yeah but i worked on the VA campus for the most part

[lost zodiac]

what is that

[mystic light]

like in palo alto theres stanford on one street and then like down the street there's the veterans affair hospital which has a research building with a bunch of labs and stanford has labs there !

[lost zodiac]

oh

thats sick

[mystic light]

not sick enough for them to pick me choose me love me ig

LMFOAJFIE

but ya sucks bc it was my fav app too like i loved my stanny essays

[lost zodiac]

did u have fine stats