Stanford University (2023-2024)

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if you like haven't taken it anything before it

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given the sample of the kids and the drop deadline, i doubt they have much to worry about

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.-. got my first interview

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For Stanford?

[calm condor]

yeah

[naive plinth]

Dang did you get an email?

[calm condor]

yeah ;-; i d k how im gonna survive. i heard interviewers sometimes like go to on randomt opics

[naive plinth]

You’ll do great!! That’s so exciting

[calm condor]

lmao thx

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im scared bruh

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just wondering - how did they contact you?

[naive plinth]

@pine rain

[pine rain]

oh

have you gotten an email yet

im worried im not gonna see it

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what if u dont respond

[pine rain]

that's my worry

that i don't see it

and then my interviewer thinks i ghosted them

[naive plinth]

No

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suburb

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how do we know if our school is in an interviewer area

do we just pray

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kinda yeah

if one rando alumni from 30 years ago decided hey lets take a vacation to this area nobody's heard about! and they happen to be contacted about interviews and agree, you're in luck

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what if we are too scared for an interview

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you can decline it but someone here mentioned that declining an interview usually is a sign of demonstrated disinterest
from what i've seen, an interview can't really hurt your application much but it can help a lot if you do well so i'd just go through with it yk

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i was gonna do it no question i was just worried lmao

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I've seen 2 ppl say they've gotten interview notifs this morning on reddit- good luck guys!!

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What happens if I can’t find an internship related to my major simply due to the fact that my area has fucking nothing

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why do you need an internship rn

For my resume duh

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u dont need internships to get into college?

or like getting future jobs?

ik but it’ll make me look really good in the EC section for stanford

but there’s nothing for shit here

My local university doesn’t even offer those

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not necessarily

And everything that was offered was “summer” which is rly stupid

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i have no internships

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I have an internship

youll be ok

But it’s not major related

actually?

damn

fair amount of engineers go to stanford with no experience

Fair

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an internship wont make or break ur app

esp in an area that doesnt have those opportunities

Alright I see

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You do not need internships for Stanford EC

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Okay, thank y’all, this is quite reassuring.

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In fact I would contend that it is among the worst time/effort:resume ratio activities

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I see, thanks

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NPOs on top

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Those are better yeah

High impact NPOs though

Not some instagram bullshit

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is "local" impact really the same as national impact

like making a big impact in your community

idk i've heard a few ppl say that

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High local impact == low national impact

If you’re a trailblazer in your local area that can be even better than doing something low impact nationally

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hopefully that me

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Yup

[calm condor]

.-. my interviewer told me to dress casually... but i doubt my typical clothing is appropriate

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lmao yea show up in like golf attire

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So one of my friend’s relatives is a faculty at Stanford

And she’s wondering how this will affect admissions

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they'll consider it

im not sure what benefits it explicitly gives but she'll definitely get some sort of boost

and maybe even some extra tuition scholarship as well (dont quote me on that)

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We tried researching but everything says different stuff

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Good to know

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they'll consider it

she'll probably get some kind of boost

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Alright ty

She’s a legacy too so hopefully it’ll work out

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damn

thats gonna help a lot

i can only imagine

[naive plinth]

She also lives like in a ruralish area

They accept a few kids from there every year

So praying for her

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is stanford the only school that rejects during early admissions cycle

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wait is her relative like her dad or mom or her sibling

if her relative is like her uncle i dont think it'll really help

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harvard, yale, mit do

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No

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i saw that harvard defers like 70% of people

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Idk

I will ask

Um

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i mean thats not uncommon

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Idk bro I feel like that’s weird in this day in age especially if the kid is alone

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i've heard about that happening a couple of times

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Like going to someone you don’t know’s house ??

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ive also heard them of coming over to their house

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I heard it used to happen in the past a ton but

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Interesting

I would turn it down personally

I wouldn’t mind if they came to my house

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i would

my house is a mess

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Clean

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thats so weird

i'd take starbucks over that any day

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i swear my family does not live like our income level

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Do you never just randomly clean a ton before people come over

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we never invite anyone over bc our house is a mess

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What if people stop by

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they dont

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Idk my mom has always been a neat freak

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Dang

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my house used to be neat until we got a dog

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same

we just have chewed things everywhere

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We got a dog and my house is still neat bc my mom is a freak

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yeah

damn

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our floors are scratched up

[naive plinth]

Dang

We got a medium/small sized dog

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same

bro on that note

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bro y'all are getting interviews already???

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i just realized none of my essays are about my dog

im so sad

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daylight savings

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That’s Reddit

My friend said something about them sending it next week

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someone alr got a uchi likely

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I wrote a ton about mine

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aww

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????? bruh

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I love him sm

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i want a likely letter

[naive plinth]

I saw someone get into uchi alr

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same but i didnt know how to write about a dog without it being cliche??? id love to read one of your essays lol

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they applied EA too

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I wrote about our adventures

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if you're talking about this server, i think that guy was part of a chicago public school thingy so

[naive plinth]

We’ve had some interesting ones

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DAMN

someone told me not to apply uchicago ea bcuz it wasn't worth it

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are you sure they weren't trolling

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what do i have to do to get a likely

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Another guy I follow on LinkedIn

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nope

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how did they get decisions so quickly

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they went to dartmouth bound

we have irl mutuals

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Idkkk

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The one from this server?

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Be a perfect fit for uchi

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kinda insane then ngl

do you think they started reviewing apps before the deadline?

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they did

uchi is rolling for some schools too

[pine rain]

do u think stanford does

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:3

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theyre prob on qb rn till next week

then theyll read rea im pr sure

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No

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but i am :( im weird quirky intellectual smart passionate adventurous what else do they went ugh

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It’s a secret 🤫

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maybe its because i have money but not enough yk

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at least this is what northwestern is doing

so i assume similar

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not poor enough to qualify for full tuition but not rich enough to pay full tuition

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Real asf

Likelies aren’t based on income though right?

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idts

uchicago is need blind for domestic students

[naive plinth]

W

We have a lot of uchi applicants from my school this year

Glad I’m not one

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damn

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boooooo uchicago ftw

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Nah I’m not going to the place where fun goes to die

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eXcUsE yOu

@naive plinth on that note you're not applying to uchicago right. can i dm you an idea i had for my uchicago video profile? it seemed good in my head but now im writing the script and im not so sure..

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You’re excused

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I am not applying to UChicago and sure

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great

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if any intl kids get an interview can u hmu? thankss

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Zero if she doesn’t root for her specifically

It literally does not matter unless you have immediate family there

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And even if she does root for her specifically it won’t help a ton

Maybe ask her for adoption lol

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Lol

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thats actually crazy what are the odds of that

[pine rain]

if they did that out of the blue wouldn't you be worried that your interviewer might get sus

lol

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has anyone gotten an interview yet esp for rea applicants?

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yes

multiple people have

i personally haven't gotten mine yet though

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ah ok

i havent gotten mine either so

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Yeah I’ve heard of quite a few people

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You doing qb?

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no but qb gets an earlier decision than rea

[naive plinth]

Does it mean anything if someone from my school got an interview from Stanford and I didn’t…

Like is it a bad sign

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prolly not

a couple of my senior friends REA'd stanford and only one got an interview so far

[naive plinth]

Oh ok

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no its basically random at that point

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I’m doing qb

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.-. sometimes they use interviews for people they're not sure about

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Yeah so @naive plinth you good since everything seemed connected in your application

Interview is optional so don’t think it will just worsen your application 💀

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no

they havent even started looking at apps

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It just makes me stressed bc why did she get one and I didn’t

Like we literally live next to each other

[naive plinth]

But it’s literally been less than a week since apps were submitted 😭

[naive plinth]

Alright 😭

[naive plinth]

How do they decide who gets interviews then from the same area

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idk but its separate from admissions

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.-i submitted miens october 15th

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the alumni association runs interviews

[naive plinth]

Oh

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I meant due dates

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So like the alumni association doesn’t like me 😀

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no but lots of kids are applying

and it depends solely on the availability of interviewers

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Not from my school

It’s just the two of us

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ur area

theyre virtual

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My friend had hers in person

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i mean it really doesnt mean anything

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Not that many from my area

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Alright 😭 I’m like devastated

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theres a lot more kids than u think

some kids u probably dont even know are applying "just to see"

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^

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it was genuinely just luck but even at its best it doesnt impact much

[naive plinth]

Most are doing rs

*rd

Not rea

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Alright 😭

Lowkey feel like I was put in the Autoreject pile or something

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Ik this isn't Stanford but according to the dean of admissions at pton, 18k out of 35k applicants were academically qualified to attend

[naive plinth]

Truly unfortunate

It’s ok Stanford was a long shot anyways I’ll take the L

Ucs here we come 😭

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According to Yale, if they rejected their current class and accepted their rejectees, it’s almost no difference in quality of people

It’s a lottery

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i think it is to a degree

some people they just have to let in

[naive plinth]

They did start reviewing

And the interview deadline is nov 16th or 17th

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i doubt

they do qb first

probably soon

[naive plinth]

This person is not qb

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while they may have started, interviews arent based on prescreening bc people got requests like 2 days after the deadline

they state it v explicitly on the website

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interviews are ran by the alumni association, apps are read by the admissions office

the admissions office themselves have not started reviewing actual apps from rea

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yeah, realistically they would start reviewing apps other than qb post these two interview weeks

[naive plinth]

No like my friend found out from her uncle they started reviewing

Her uncle works at Stanford

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im pretty sure people from rd have even gotten interviews

[naive plinth]

They probably have

But like

Deadline for rea is nov 16th or 17th

^ stanford said that the interview email

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theyve started reviewing qb, they have to finish qb sooner because it has an earlier decision deadline in case the qb chooses to move their application to rea

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either way its chill, yk? i understand why you may be stressed out about it but not being offered an interview does not mean you're at a disadvantage. it'll work out trust

like i was talking to a current student and they didnt get an interview but still got in

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Yeah I know I just want to find out my rejection faster and it’s just frustrating that someone who literally lives next to me got one and I didn’t like

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theyll probably start reviewing rea soon but just know chances are they havent even glimpsed at ur app besides when they processed it

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interview doesnt mean shit if u get one or not

getting an interview is not gonna make or break ur app

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that's very understandable but i think for time being you should just distract yourself

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i think my area is having trouble getting me an interview because my dad went to school at the same time under the same major as the interviewers

[naive plinth]

I read someone’s file and it lowket can

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Yeah I will

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i meant getting an interview

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i mean if you have a really bad interview it could negatively affect you tho lol

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true

[naive plinth]

Oh yeah l

[naive plinth]

That rarely occurs

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lets just make a prayer circle and check in if we get an interview 🙏🤲

either way we'll be fine

not the end of the world yk?

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and a good interview can help also for borderline applicants too though

but if you dont get one it doesnt matter

[naive plinth]

Ong

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idc if i get an interview tbh

[naive plinth]

Yeah no I’m fine being rejected (not but I’ll be ok) I just want to know

[naive plinth]

Yeah I saw this too

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ngl i probably need an interview bc i feel like the possibility of being a borderline applicant might be a real thing for me

[naive plinth]

Well if you’re getting one it’ll probably be in the next few days or never

Because nov 17th deadline

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for interviews?

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oh yk what that might fall in line with them reading qb apps too

they might start reading rea apps after those interview reports

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Didn't you get into 50 million flyins

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no

i got rejected from amherst and pomona virtual

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🤨

'ONLY'????

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sorry did not mean to sound condescending

[wintry delta]

Well then screw those schools lol
Ivy flyins are pretty good

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but ive had my fair share of rejections too

rejected mites as well

[naive plinth]

Yes

[naive plinth]

Oh true

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/17pbk16/stanford_rea/?rdt=46332

My friend posted on Reddit 😭

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also i say this bc i have a 3.7 and my grades could raise eyebrows

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i got an inteview, MA

[frozen jewel]

Will we find out if we got accepted or denied through their portal first than the Questbridge match? I want to see if the decision before match day

[rose night]

If you are qb finalist, you aren’t qualify for an interview right?

[unreal flame]

ok y’all

anybody in the south

well like memphis area

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Someone at my school got into Stanford for running do they compare athletes to ppl who r tryna get in academically?

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im pretty sure athletes have a different criteria for things so itd be unethical to compare you guys (which word on the street is supposively they dont) unless its in terms of how many people they are admitting from ur region

[unreal flame]

yeah

hi guys

my dumbass is just now finding the mega thread

but i’m glad there’s a community i can deal with all this stress with

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Alr thanks

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yeah its different criteria. also, they're recruited, we apply

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Has anyone had their interview yet?

Does anyone know what sort of questions they'll ask?

[calm condor]

its random. but usually the typical who are u stuff

they may divert to some random theme but that depends on the interviwer

[dapper gale]

I’m having my interview on Friday

Dunno what we’ll talk about but 🤷🏻‍♀️

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anyone have any good questions for stanford ur gonna ask

im making ideas rn

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i have some but im focusing on what im gonna talk about

since they're the ones supposively interviewing us

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yea

i found some root questions they usually ask at the beginning

from there, each interviewer asks different things based on what u say

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its not standardized

is it?

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no every interviewer does it differently, but there's a similarity between the first 1-2 questions they usually ask

to get the conversation started

like really general things

whatever you answer those with, they'll probably ask deeper questions about that

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are those questions like "what do you do outside of school?" or "tell me about yourself" ?

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probably be prepared for a "why stanford" too

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Q. What are your interests and passions? Outside of school, academically, anything.

Q. Why do you like them?

and then it continues depending on how you answer i'm pretty sure

[naive plinth]

FYI guys if you don’t get your interview done by nov 16th you wont be having an interview (for rea)

So be on the lookout the next few days bc I doubt they’ll give you less than a week or so to decide when your interview is

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if u dont get one itll be ok

[naive plinth]

Yeah ik I’m just letting everyone know bc I found that out today

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Don’t worry about it

[pine rain]

where'd you find that out

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usually around the deadline for them (interviewers) to send the reports to stanford

[naive plinth]

Two people got emails saying this from their Stanford interviewers

I’m sure there’s plenty more

But I only checked w two

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frantically refreshes email

[naive plinth]

No literally

According to one of my friend’s teachers though interviews are assigned by a computer

Idk how true that is

[calm condor]

.-. how do they k this

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Yo does anyone know stanford undergrad admission email? my pathetic ass could not find it

[calm condor]

probably do not reply @ stanford.edu

[drowsy hedge]

[naive plinth]

They were told in the email

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i havent gotten an interview yet is that a bad sign? ( i live in Canada)

[vagrant bloom]

Have they started looking at applications already?

[naive plinth]

No

[frozen jewel]

For Questbridge

After they are done

Then they will look at other applications

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ruby said deadline for interviews is nov 17 so sometime around then is when i believe theyll start looking at rea

[vagrant bloom]

Also, does anyone know how Stanford rates applicants?

Is there a rubric of some sort, similar to Harvard's?

[frozen jewel]

Holistic review

So everything counts

But just cause one part of your application isn’t up to their rubric don’t mean they will deny you basically

[frozen jewel]

Also Stanford wants people in their application that talks about making an impact or community based I heard

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on a 1-6 scale for multiple categories

intellectual vitality, hs rigor, test scores, theres some others too i just forgot

[frozen jewel]

https://www.solomonadmissions.com/stanford-university-admissions#:~:text=a 1-6 scale (1,Vitality Rating (1 to 6)

@vagrant bloom

This how they calculate ^^

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yeah this article is more true than not

keep this in mind too

[native loom]

yo imma write my way in fr (i will be the laughing stock of admissions officers)

[dapper gale]

That makes no sense I feel like?? The 1-2-1 person is better in both intellectual vitality and ECs! Isn’t that what Stanford is looking for?

Is it really based on the nebulous 4th factor aka quality of writing?

[calm condor]

could be this

how quirky u're on paper

[frozen jewel]

Does this mean they look into their best essays more than just grades?

[calm condor]

i mean if u think about it, everyone has good grades and decent ecs

at that point, its just best essays

[frozen jewel]

True

[frozen jewel]

Does test optional affect you in any way

[calm condor]

doubt it

[frozen jewel]

Bet

[frozen jewel]

You applied rea?

[calm condor]

im pretty sure almost identical acceptance rate for test optional and test submitted

[calm condor]

yeah but i k im not getting it :/

[frozen jewel]

Nice

[calm condor]

i just have to hope deferred

[frozen jewel]

Why not

💀

You never know

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3 could also be test scores/grades

[calm condor]

^

[calm condor]

my stats are good but not admit good

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there are a handful of 3.5s at stanford, its really not a dealbreaker for them

[calm condor]

unless my essays are peak (hope??)

[frozen jewel]

Cause of essays?

[calm condor]

i won't get admitted

[frozen jewel]

🥲

[frozen jewel]

You got this

[calm condor]

my essays are good. but not stanford good :/ (only 1 of them is this good)

[frozen jewel]

Idk if I’m good enough for Stanford too

[calm condor]

:D if i get deferred, welp i will probably k that ill have a 15% chance by then

instead of a 1%

[frozen jewel]

Does being a questbridge finalist help get into Stanford?

Im getting my decision by December 1st

[calm condor]

yeah it does

update your application if u get it through portal

[frozen jewel]

how much of a difference ?

[frozen jewel]

Wait

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did you apply match?

[frozen jewel]

Can I see my decision

Before match?

[frozen jewel]

Yes

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match itself is harder

but you can do rea

if you dont get match

[frozen jewel]

I already did Questbridge

Yeah

[calm condor]

no idea. but some

[frozen jewel]

I’ll do that

[calm condor]

im guessing as around the same as coke finalist (not semifinalist)

[frozen jewel]

Wym by update my portal?

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if you applied match they know ur a finalist

[calm condor]

wait did u already submit stanford rea?

or is questbridge later submission?

[frozen jewel]

I already submitted Stanford for match

It’s first than rea

[calm condor]

oh uh they might not have sent u a portal or may have?

[frozen jewel]

They are reviewing my questbridge application first than rea I think

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yes

[calm condor]

probably haven't sent u a portal yet then

[frozen jewel]

I been submitted it

Yeah

I have it

[calm condor]

oh u do

[frozen jewel]

Yeahh

Just waiting on decision now

[calm condor]

u have an area in the portal to update ur info

[frozen jewel]

Yeah

Like update email?

[calm condor]

no

[frozen jewel]

Or name or whatever?

wym

[calm condor]

"Updates and Questions

Self-report test scores
Update course schedule
Update application
Withdraw application
Change decision plan
Optional Interview Information"

u can add more info about ur application

like that u got questbridge or isef or smth

[frozen jewel]

I do

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but they know he got questbridge

he applied match

[calm condor]

then he should be fine

no need to update

[calm condor]

.-.

[frozen jewel]

Yeah

[calm condor]

update application is the button for adding more ecs/awards that u got like 2nd semester

or if u got it after ur application was due

but don't do it .-. unless its like meaningful

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qb match is definitely the hardest out of all the pools

ur against solely stacked fgli

[calm condor]

is it like a golden ticket to any ivy u want?

if u get it?

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its just free

you get in

[calm condor]

don't k too much about it but seems like it

[calm condor]

i c

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its just another application round

[frozen jewel]

Ik bruh

[calm condor]

i mean if u got a new ec or award that u want to show stanford

[frozen jewel]

I’m so scared

[frozen jewel]

I don’t lol

[calm condor]

kk i mean thats fine

[frozen jewel]

Bet

[frozen jewel]

We got this!

[calm condor]

;-; i don't but maybe u do :D

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i would argue that qb match prob same as rea

[calm condor]

oop

at least not athletics based?

[frozen jewel]

It probably is the same I think

But qb is more diverse

And they get to look at their applications first

Idk if there will be a difference to be looked at first but yeah

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thats precisely why

ur against the most diverse most compelling life stories best applicants in one pool

[frozen jewel]

And you know for a fact

More than half picked Stanford to match

💀

[calm condor]

.-.

[frozen jewel]

They only match around 90-100

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is it actually that much?

[frozen jewel]

And the pool should be around 2000-5000

Just a estimate

[frozen jewel]

Yes

Last year I think was 98

Or sum

For Questbridge

[calm condor]

damn

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its 65-90

[frozen jewel]

Even worse

🥲

[dim badge]

thats gonna be rough

AR has to be lower than rea for match

but you still got a extra shot in rea

[frozen jewel]

AR?

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acceptance rate

[frozen jewel]

Oo

Yeah

It’s definitely lower

Like 3%

Or even lower

[calm condor]

thats simr acceptance rates :D

[dim badge]

reddit says about 3k ranks stanford

so AR ranges from around middle 2s to 3%

actually thats pretty bad

[frozen jewel]

It is

[frozen jewel]

But we have a larger pool of finalists now ever before

Over 6.6k now

[dim badge]

and think about all of the crazy stacked applicants applying

[frozen jewel]

Yeah

It’s just luck

And what they want

[dim badge]

i kinda dont understand qb for the ivies tbh bc wont you just get a full ride anyways under 60k

[frozen jewel]

I heard that it helps them find the people that they might of missed from common app

And of course the diversity

[foggy mauve]

They are bullshitting

Do you know how rare 1s are

Fucking Jerry Wei only got 1

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i think that was just an example

[foggy mauve]

I don't think it holds true though

Two 1s is incredibly rare

jerryweiai on Linkedin

only one reader had the sense to give him a 1 in EC

Also there are four different scores not three

R3 is for legacies

he is not legacy so he didn't get a third read

[dim badge]

some kid earlier was saying his friend paid an ao for insider info and said people in humanities get r3 too 💀

[foggy mauve]

oh rlly?

Interesting

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i dont believe it though

[foggy mauve]

That's like three degrees of sep from admissions office tho lol

[dim badge]

that'd go against their policy by "admitting by major"

[foggy mauve]

I mean

No school truly doesn't admit by major

[dim badge]

that's true

idk just sounds sus

seems like something like that would be available online

[foggy mauve]

But when they say they don't admit by major they mean that they don't to a much lesser degree than schools like mine

nah

they would never admit that sort of thing

[dim badge]

do u think it holds true

for all humanities majors?

[foggy mauve]

There's no way of knowing but I've seen a few humanities majors without third reader

[dim badge]

then its disproven lmao

[foggy mauve]

So either this is a very new policy or someone isn't being fully honest

[frozen jewel]

What’s does R2 mean

[dim badge]

reader 2

[dim badge]

well the dude claimed it was an ex ao

so it wouldve been old

[foggy mauve]

oh yeah

[foggy mauve]

second reader

[frozen jewel]

Reader as in two admission officers read?

[foggy mauve]

yeah

[frozen jewel]

Is 1 the best score?

[foggy mauve]

yeah

[frozen jewel]

ooo

[dim badge]

i dont think getting a 1 in test

is like

that rare

if you have a 1600 you're getting it

[foggy mauve]

not rare at all

Not even that

it's like a 35 ACT

Or like a 1550 roughly

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i heard they dont weight it that much though

[foggy mauve]

It's 99th percentile not perfect score

They do but the thing is

It's a given in most cases

[dim badge]

i thought it was unequal weight

compared to like IV and HSR

and the other ones

[foggy mauve]

Yeah I believe it's the least important

They really care about SPIV

It doesn't matter in the sense that it won't be the deciding factor but you pretty much need it (test score)

[dim badge]

im going TO

im just hoping for the SPIV points honestly 🙏

[foggy mauve]

Do not do that

I think there is still one more test date

I would not reccomend TO unless you come from what ppl call underpriveleged backgrounds

[dim badge]

i already submitted rea

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i do

[frozen jewel]

Like income background?

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bro they had an admissions webinar just this year saying test optional is truly optional this year bc of they can no longer look at scores in comparison to demographics

[foggy mauve]

oh then you're chilling

LIke if you think abt the point of test optional it was never for middle class +

[dim badge]

im middle class 😭

[foggy mauve]

A lot of my friends thought that they could just ignore the test

But everyone else in our context did and submitted

So they got burned lmao

[dim badge]

did you go TO?

[foggy mauve]

Nah, I submitted ACT

Also the colleges know about your school through regional admissions officers

They know about school SAT days and the like

[dim badge]

i was gonna submit

[foggy mauve]

UPenn PEEP?

[dim badge]

yes

[foggy mauve]

How was your score

Oh yeah

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im applying engineering though

[foggy mauve]

I agree

How was the math

Yeah TO was the move

[dim badge]

they said my curriculum is strong enough ill be okay

so thats why i was planning on going TO

[foggy mauve]

yeah your score would've been good like five years ago

But average scores are mega inflated now

[dim badge]

esp cuz of TO

i took the ACT though

i get my results in a couple of days

i prob didnt do well enough to submit though

[foggy mauve]

I would not submit <34 composite

You prob did better

It is the easier test

At least from what I've seen w other engineering ppl

[dim badge]

idk i havent taken linear algebra so the matrices definitely were a shocker

[foggy mauve]

Oh matrices

Yeah that's simple

Was it matrix multiplication

[frozen jewel]

My income is less than 17000

[dim badge]

probably shouldve taken linear algebra this semester

[foggy mauve]

you're fine then

[dim badge]

nah just addition, it was like: which matrix addition isnt possible

and i just chose the one adding two different matrix sizes

[foggy mauve]

Oh yeah that doesn't need linear algebra

That would be the right choice

[frozen jewel]

You in Stanford?

[dim badge]

berkeley

[foggy mauve]

Nah lmao rejected REA

[dim badge]

lmao

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RIP

[frozen jewel]

[dim badge]

u apply for transfer?

[foggy mauve]

maybe

It's due in like March

[frozen jewel]

You got this

[foggy mauve]

Lots of time to think

[dim badge]

berkeley used to be my #1 but im oos

i probably wouldve taken it over stanford at one point

[foggy mauve]

Yeah Berkeley was my #1 until I started learning abt Stanford

And until I got here lol

[dim badge]

is it really

that rough

some ppl ik told me theyre very unhappy there

[foggy mauve]

It's rough if you want to do anything good

If you just want your 2-3 GPA/graduation it's easy and you can have a lot of fun

If you want to take advantage of the name and oppurtunities it is very difficult

[dim badge]

is it cuz theres so many of u?

[foggy mauve]

Yeah too many people

Our premier machine learning student organization has a <2% acc rate

I didn't even make it past resume screen lmao

[dim badge]

Ripp

you thinking about transferring to the ivies?

[foggy mauve]

I only really care abt like HYSM

[naive plinth]

If you could go back would you pick ucla or Berkeley if you got into both

[foggy mauve]

The ivies would be better but not worth

Berkeley

But I can see why people end up chosing UCLA

[naive plinth]

W

[dim badge]

id choose berkeley over LA too

[naive plinth]

Lowkey I’m kind of torn but who knows if I’ll even get into one

[dim badge]

just a better rep for engineering

[naive plinth]

The thing is both are amazing for Biochem and molecular and cellular so 💀

[dim badge]

id go LA

[foggy mauve]

It's mostly luck

[dim badge]

natural sciences go crazy there

[foggy mauve]

Both schools are full of dumbasses

[naive plinth]

Mcb at Berkeley is also #2 in the nation

[naive plinth]

Real

[naive plinth]

Yeah I’ll see in March

[dim badge]

are the berkeley goggles real

[naive plinth]

I doubt I’ll get into both

[foggy mauve]

The only way to guarantee admission is being good enough that you would get into better schools anyway

[naive plinth]

So maybe I’ll just 1 and I won’t have to pick

[foggy mauve]

And even then it's not a straight shot, my Harvard friend didn't get in

[foggy mauve]

100%, for both genders

[naive plinth]

Dang

[dim badge]

i think honestly berkeley would be the best college for me if im in state since im native american and would get free tuition

[naive plinth]

I need one of them to accept me

Or Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara would be fun

[foggy mauve]

oh yeah free tuition here is pretty good

[dim badge]

Yeah it would

tbh id choose berkeley over the ivies if it was free

[foggy mauve]

SB is a good school but depending on your mental fortitude it may not be the best place for success

[naive plinth]

I need to have a UC I like other than Berkeley and la 😀

It feels really snobby to say those two are my favorite

[foggy mauve]

If you're not the kind to ignore others having fun you will find yourself in Isla Vista most days that you should be studying

eh

[dim badge]

i like davis

a lot

[foggy mauve]

Davis is good because it's so boring that the books don't look too bad

[dim badge]

i love animals and they have all sorts of programs to work with them

[naive plinth]

True

That’s the only think I like about Davis

It would be good if go prevet

I hate everything else about it

[dim badge]

i like davis, sb, and ucsc

[naive plinth]

I haven’t been to sc

Well

Ucsc

They have awesome marine bio stuff though

[naive plinth]

HOLY CRAP

I got an interview

[harsh sentinel]

RUBY FTW SO SLAY

[dim badge]

yayyy

i still have yet to get an interview

[naive plinth]

TYYY

[naive plinth]

So excited

This guy is a software engineer though 😭

[vagrant bloom]

What would a 1 in ECs look like

And also when calculating the final evaluation, is it just an average of all the scores

BTW - does anyone know what type of questions interviewers will ask

[foggy mauve]

Something to the tune of Olympic medalist

It has to be

[foggy mauve]

more or less a weighted average, idk what the weights are

[vagrant bloom]

Something sports unrelated? Like first-author publication or having your software being used by a big organization or something?

[foggy mauve]

It's just a convo in most cases

[dim badge]

theyre gonna ask about ur passions/ecs

[foggy mauve]

Jerry had multiple first author pubs and didn't get 1 for the first reader

[dim badge]

thats how they start off

[foggy mauve]

Both of those are 2

[vagrant bloom]

Oh ok

Damnn

[unreal flame]

CONGRATULATIONS

[naive plinth]

TY

[pine rain]

no

it's what they feel about you overall

at least from my impression

because my friends have gotten averages lower than all their numbers or even higher

everytime i get hope i just go to the rejection simulator lol

[harsh sentinel]

send

[unreal flame]

me still hoping i can get an interview in my underrepresented area lmaoo

i know it doesn’t make huge difference, but i think it could be positive for me idk

[calm condor]

like arts portoflio?

[vagrant bloom]

Has anyone received a virtual interview already

[calm condor]

uh u get to choose if virtual or not

but people have received interview yes

i just chose in person because why not

[vagrant bloom]

Did you have yours yet

@calm condor

[calm condor]

not yet

mines is scheduled later

[frozen jewel]

I thought Stanford doesn’t do interviews ?

I didn’t get mine

[agile elbow]

Would it look weird to add another ec(a hobby related to major) last minute on my stanford app

[dim badge]

did you already submit?

[agile elbow]

I'm using the update application button on the portal

So I submitted the common app yah

[dim badge]

i mean do you think the ec has a lot of impact

[agile elbow]

Yah it reveals something about me as a person and what I like

I specified to replace my new ec with another one on my app so it wouldn't go past 10 ecs

[dim badge]

i wouldnt even say that

just give the update

of ur ec

[agile elbow]

K thanks

[calm condor]

They do

[naive plinth]

I have the option for virtual/in person but I picked in person for Saturday

[harsh sentinel]

Why didn't you put it in the first place

[agile elbow]

Bc i dumb

[solemn tiger]

This is my dream school

is there an acceptance rate for different countries?

[drowsy hedge]

probably but they don't disclose that publicly

so we dk

[calm condor]

International = 10% but split that between 200 ish countries

[drowsy hedge]

Doesn’t work like that tho

[dim badge]

he's speaking in terms of the class: usually 10% is international

[dim badge]

yes, the actual number isn't released though, but it's definitely lower than the US one due to loads of applicants and less space

as an example im pretty sure egypt only get admits within the single digits iirc compared to the US's 1867, since thats what they get with other selective institutions too. if that can help you imagine a number

im not really sure how popular of a school it is over there tho but im sure it's more than single digits and probably double digits

[dim badge]

got my stanford interview

[viral adder]

good luck!! hope u smash it!

[unreal flame]

THAT’S BEAUTIFUL

[dim badge]

REA Policies: https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/decision_process.html

[dim badge]

@naive plinth theyre still giving out interviews until the 15th

[naive plinth]

Yeah they’re not doing interviews past nov 16th

Their deadline is nov 16

[dim badge]

I haven’t applied yet (doing regular)

But what happens if you don’t get an interview

[dim badge]

nothing at all

[solemn tiger]

in person or virtual

[dim badge]

option of both

[solemn tiger]

oh wow

[pine rain]

i don't think im getting an interview lol

[dim badge]

theyre giving them out till the 15th

you still have 7 more days

[vale plover]

does stanford consider courses during 11th grade summer?

[naive plinth]

Yeah

[vale plover]

as in, post-junior year?

[dim badge]

no

they won’t see that

[naive plinth]

The class I took over the summer going from my junior year to senior year was put on my school transcript and I reported it + my grade, so I assume they will see it

[vale plover]

oh

i see

[dim badge]

fun fact

middle school classes count into my fucking gpa

[dim badge]

yes

they will see it

[harsh sentinel]

How did you spend your last two summers?* (50 words)

if i interviewed a stanford professor for a research project during the summer, in my response to this question would it be better to put

"Interviewed Stanford professor"

or

"Interviewed [name of professor]"

[unreal flame]

the second one in my opinion

more personal

[unreal flame]

and looks less like you’re just trying to impress them

[pine rain]

You could do “interviewed professor smith from stanford’s [institution]”

[frozen jewel]

You interview a Stanford professor 💀

I’m not getting in

[harsh sentinel]

don't have the words😭

[harsh sentinel]

bro all i did was email them and they agreed

(also i emailed like 20 professors across stanford, usc,ucla etc and they're the only ones who responded-)

[calm condor]

Maybe corresponded through email

But that’s wordy

[frozen jewel]

But that’s really good

[vagrant bloom]

Ayy just had my interview

Here were the questions they asked

Tell me more about yourself.
What does community mean to you?
How have you demonstrated leadership?
What is being a friend?
How do you plan on contributing to Stanford?

[unreal flame]

that’s beautiful

anyone contacts today about an interview

still hoping to get contacted lmaoo

[dim badge]

gl

[unreal flame]

thanks 🐐

[foggy mauve]

yes, SU6.

[vale plover]

Su6

?

[foggy mauve]

They consider all courses but 11th grade is calculated into SU6

Last six semesters

[vale plover]

Oh

[foggy mauve]

Sophomore+Junior year

[dim badge]

They look at first semester senior year too

and recalculate gpa

[pine rain]

did they reach out to you through email

and was the subject "stanford university interview opportunity"

[naive plinth]

Billert 😭

[dim badge]

starting my interview in 2 mins

wish me luck

[wintry delta]

best of luck

[naive plinth]

gl!

[real herald]

he prolly halfway through by now gng

sí thé thought always coünts

[real herald]

bro hyped you up and dropped a disclaimer

[dim badge]

he said interviews dont have much power

LMAO

[real herald]

i mean it is true lmao

its a consensus interiews dont rlly do shit

unless youre a god

or youre a self centered prick

[dim badge]

do you think i got 2s

or 1s

[real herald]

prolly 2

1s are insanely rare ive heard

i feel like most interviews are 2-3 range

ive never heard someone at a top college have a shit interview

[dim badge]

the yale kissing incident

[real herald]

applying to*

[real herald]

was gonna say other than that one

lmfao

to this day i still wonder if it was real or j a troll

[dim badge]

it was really relieving to hear people had similar experiences to me tbh

[unreal flame]

HAPPY FOR YOU

[unreal flame]

it seems hard to get 1s but it’s giving

[dim badge]

actually i have

my friends interviewer barely talked to him

doesnt sound like it went well

[real herald]

my georgetown interview was literally 20-25 mins

my interviewer showed up 10 mins late

she was chill asf tho

it went well imo and we talked about some shared interests

was pretty chill

wasnt the best i could do tho tbf

[dim badge]

did she have to go

i feel u tho i forgot to include some things

[real herald]

Nah she just didn't have many questions ion know why

[harsh sentinel]

no, i scheduled a meeting through email then spoke with them on zoom

[pine rain]

i received an invitation to a stanford interview

@dim badge @naive plinth

[frozen jewel]

Nice

[unreal flame]

periodddd

[naive plinth]

CONGRATS!!!

[dim badge]

what was the subject

[pine rain]

Stanford university interview opportunity

[dim badge]

so its the same subject for everyone?

[pine rain]

Yes

[sonic dagger]

how long after the interview should we send a thank you note

[echo kindle]

i had mine yesterday and emailed him that night

overall, interview went well, but he asked some tough questions i wasn't ready for

[clever grove]

Did you apply early?

[echo kindle]

yes rea

[clever grove]

ah ok

[naive plinth]

What questions?

[echo kindle]

i was talking about how when chatgpt initially came out, teachers told us not to use for it anything. but after interning for the cto of a startup and seeing how he used AI in many things, i was curious as to why we were being taught to not use a resource so commonly used in the real world

he asked:

right now, can you build an educational homework system that would allow for chatgpt to be used, so that teachers let you use it as resource

def caught me off guard but i think my answer was good

[naive plinth]

That’s good

[echo kindle]

another was one when i talked about my experience working at starbucks

he asked:

can you try and implement a way for starbucks to use AI in their day-to-day work

my answer for this one was good

[naive plinth]

Dawg was really trying to get ideas out of you 😭

[echo kindle]

after i answered, he asked me when i was going to pitch it to the starbucks ceo lol

[naive plinth]

W

[naive plinth]

LOL that’s great

[echo kindle]

yeah

he was really smart, i could tell he wanted me to really think

he made me work for it

[naive plinth]

Those kinds of people are always the most interesting

I have my interview tmr I feel like I am super underprepared though

[echo kindle]

i felt the same

trust me, do not prepare

[naive plinth]

Really

[echo kindle]

my answers to those questions would've been worse if i prepraed

[naive plinth]

Like don’t even do a mock interview

[echo kindle]

you will think of something

[naive plinth]

Valid

[echo kindle]

i didn't do any mock

[naive plinth]

I was going to have my mom do one

[echo kindle]

the only thing i recomemnd you do is find a specific thing stanford has or does that you want to be a part of

[naive plinth]

Oh I’ve already been doing that

[echo kindle]

or why YOU deserve to go to stanford, and how YOU will use their resources to the fullest extent

other than that, go in with no preparation

[naive plinth]

Yikes

Did they ask you all of these questions

Or were they like why Stanford and why you

[echo kindle]

something like that

not exactly that

he asked me what made me want to go stanford, and why i thought i was a good fit

[naive plinth]

I have a pretty good idea for why Stanford and what I can bring

[echo kindle]

something like that

[naive plinth]

Ohh ok

Yeah that’s not too bad

[dim badge]

wait we send a thank you note?

[dim badge]

mine asked me something very very similar to that

he asked what major i wanted to do

what i would use my stanford degree for

[echo kindle]

mine asked me what my major was, but didn't ask why i would use it for

that's a good one

[dim badge]

definitely really hard

[dim badge]

what did yours say at the end?

what questions did you ask

[echo kindle]

hopefully you saw them

[naive plinth]

The nerves are finally hitting 💀

[dim badge]

i did

way better than mine

[dim badge]

did u get urs yet?

[echo kindle]

dm me what u asked if ur ok w it

im j curious

[naive plinth]

It’s tmr

[rose night]

So qb finalist don't get interview right? is it just rea?

[naive plinth]

Yes

Rea isn’t guaranteed though

[rose night]

Wanted to be sure

[dim badge]

I had a dream I was interviewing

And I fucked it up so bad 💀

[dim badge]

wait rea isnt guaranteed?

[sonic dagger]

yeah same

did you get what would you do with a million dollars question?

[echo kindle]

no

[sonic dagger]

I fumbled that one I think

what tough questions did you get

[echo kindle]

what'd u say, if comfortable

i said above, ill copy them here