Stanford University (2024-2025)

[misty urchin]

@opal lava Congratulations if you're going to Stanford by the way. 🙂

[ionic pagoda]

anyone know if theres a stanford'29 discord

[opal lava]

As opposed to if I choose one of the other schools? 😭

[cerulean comet]

🙏 please do. i need off this damn waitlist

[opal lava]

Dartmouth

[sour lodge]

seconding this :)

[fiery geyser]

me too

[opal lava]

did you guys receive news about your admit packages, or are those coming out later?

[sour lodge]

no news yet 💀

they aint sending ts out 😭

[opal lava]

they know we don't need a package to be convinced 😭

brown's package is literally already at my local fedex distribution center

they're pretty quick and organised

[sour lodge]

stanford needs to catch up this is unacceptable 💀

[opal lava]

watch out stanny I might just get swooped away by this uni rizz

[haughty wyvern]

the rea package took forever to come

[whole shuttle]

Might be a dumb question but does the engineering department have grade inflation? Especially mechanical engineering

[sour lodge]

im intl and mines hasn't even come yet

💀

i should email them

[opal lava]

perhaps. also I didn't realise you were REA when I wrote that...

[sour lodge]

canada post has been messing up deliveries to my address for a while now

that may be why

[sour lodge]

my friend who's an RD admit hasn't gotten hers yet either

[opal lava]

well that's understandable

but REA not getting it yet is crazy

[sour lodge]

lol it might be a canada post issue not a stanny issue

[haughty wyvern]

my friend in bc got hers a while back for REA

[sour lodge]

it definitely is a Canada post issue then
dammit now I have to go do detective work

[haughty wyvern]

they were shipped with fedex

[sour lodge]

my address is a bit weird for shipping
most of the time I have to pick up the packages somewhere

I'm going tomorrow to see if they have it there

[misty urchin]

What do admit packages include?

[whole shuttle]

Anyone know?

[drowsy oxide]

is canada post still on strike

[exotic fractal]

pretty sure stanford in general is pretty grade inflation-y

[whole shuttle]

Yeah that’s what I’ve heard but I don’t know if it applies to engineering since engineering is notoriously hard

It seems like there’s not a lot of current students in here

[opal lava]

not undergrad but:

From what I can tell online, the average GPA of Stanford undergrads is around a 3.6

In my PhD program (mechanical engineering) I’d say the average student has around a 3.6 or a 3.7.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/i1bnop/comment/fzw1cax/

[last scroll]

WTF

Omg

I’ve never seen a number that low ever in HS

😭😭😭😭😭

Is that normal

[opal lava]

???? I thought GPAs were supposed to average out at around 3.0 (B)

[last scroll]

HUH

[opal lava]

but idk cos I don't go to GPA school

[last scroll]

Wat idk most people at my high school have 3.9+

A lot of people have like a 4.0

And I need a 4.0 for premed

[opal lava]

wow

in my school no one has a perfect report card at all

it's practically impossible haha

I think if I just divided my average by the total possible amount and multiplied by 4.0 then my "GPA" would be 3.8-ish

and I thought that was competitive?? dang

[sour lodge]

yes, average uni gpas are almost always lower than hs

[opal lava]

oh hey you're also going to uc palo alto!

what a crazy coincidence

[sour lodge]

i took inspiration from ur name :)

[odd ether]

guys, i heard stanford's AOs don't care REA v/s RD, is it true?

[tame dust]

probably true since its not binding

[whole shuttle]

What’s the 29 class leader?

Was she voted in or something

[tame dust]

LMAO

[unique wharf]

prob just the person who runs the page

[whole shuttle]

Also does anyone have links to admitted student group chats?

[storm orchid]

no

[whole shuttle]

?

Just looking to meet some of the other students

[unreal tiger]

thats just high school

our school average is also a 3.9

college is diff tho

[haughty wyvern]

this is so sick

[dull walrus]

is there an admitted students insta

[sour lodge]

yah stanford2029__ but it's unofficial

[haughty wyvern]

stanforduniversity2029

is the one run by REA admits!

[tame dust]

oh its good to know which ones the official one

[odd ether]

are you a cs major?

[dull walrus]

oh wait sorry i meant a gc

that is good to know though thanks!!

[whole shuttle]

I’m also wondering if there’s a gc if anyone has links

[exotic fractal]

theres an insta gc but its full im p sure

[sour lodge]

:(
i heard there was a discord server?

[exotic fractal]

i can send the discord

[sour lodge]

that would be awesome thanks :))

[exotic fractal]

can you friend me or smth your messaging settings won't let me send it

[sour lodge]

oh okok

[whole shuttle]

Can you pls send it to me too?

There’s probably a WhatsApp or snap gc somewhere

[dull walrus]

hi can i get it too thanks 🙏

[sour lodge]

that server is nerd central 😭😭

[fiery geyser]

can someone make a whatsapp🙏

[odd ether]

do colleges consider fresh and gap year students differently?

[tame dust]

wdym

[odd ether]

for example, if a gap year student is applying to college, then do AOs expect comparatively more from him than a fresh year student?

[sour lodge]

I would think so; if you cannot explain why you took a gap year then you would be at a grave disadvantage

gap year is not an admissions strategy!!

[tame dust]

depends on the circumstance

me

but its not really a loci since its 500 characters

LMAO

[tame dust]

yes

they say they dont accept uploads and dont take anything from email

i mean. ive heard ppl email longer stuff and then get accepted maybe somebody else in this thread can speak to that

but my rule of thumb is to just listen to what they tell you to do 😭

[haughty wyvern]

if youre taking a gap year with no other extenuating circumstance you will need to be engaged in ECs somehow throughout the gap year

and they know you dont have the responsbility of attending school so they want to know how youre using all that time

[odd ether]

yo thanks fr, this is clearer now!

[rigid kestrel]

i just got told by stanford that they wont match princeton, is that true or should i try negotiating a little harder

[sour lodge]

😭😭😭

[worn surge]

don't ask them to match princeton. explain how life situation has changed and your current aid is not enough, then provide the other offer

[last scroll]

Princeton has best aid by far

[tame dust]

wtf lmao

first of all thats a bit insane second of all is there anything you particularly dont like about princeton otherwise would i would probably just go to princeton

[rigid kestrel]

yea i was already leaning princeton over stanford, i just wanted to get the aid figured out in case if something changes after the visiting days

they basically told me to get a job and take out loans which is crazy

[tame dust]

this is ridiculous

im very surprised they dont match actually

[haughty wyvern]

its ridicoulous how much college costs

[tame dust]

stanford must think they're better than princeton 🤣

[haughty wyvern]

i genuinely dont know how im going to pay my first bill

[tame dust]

so real bro im literally scraping money together

[haughty wyvern]

like its going to be 33k per quarter

like wtf

[tame dust]

😭

[haughty wyvern]

the payment plan

is lkie 11k/month

[foggy crane]

💀

[tame dust]

6-figure salary for them

[haughty wyvern]

like ive been seriously considering choosing to attend my state school or community college instead

[tame dust]

x 1600 kids per class

[foggy crane]

You’ll get roi ngl

[tame dust]

yeah i am considering this as well

ucla is $14k/year 😭

[foggy crane]

How much is Penn

And what major

[tame dust]

80-90k/yr i think

[tame dust]

ppe

[foggy crane]

Can u afford it

[tame dust]

if i grit my teeth

💀

[foggy crane]

Like how hard are we talking

[tame dust]

uh i dont want to get too deep into financial details on a public discord server

but tldr it is ridiculous

[foggy crane]

Can u comfortably afford or no

If not I lowkey say go ucla

[tame dust]

hmm

[foggy crane]

Like over 4 years that’s 300k

Which if you invest that amount you’d make hella technically

Also like ucla is a t20

[tame dust]

yeah i mean ranking wise ucla and upenn are 5 apart

[foggy crane]

If u got into like Wharton I’d go Wharton but it’s ppe

[tame dust]

but i dont care about ranking much

well im glad they give us until may 1

[haughty wyvern]

yeah i know that theres an ROI but also like idk if this is sustainable

[foggy crane]

Maybe I’d consider like seas but maybe

[haughty wyvern]

esp. considering im going to grad school

[tame dust]

oh shit

[foggy crane]

Ooh okay

[tame dust]

yeah thats tough damn

[haughty wyvern]

and my grad school will be around 120k/year

[foggy crane]

What’s the alternative Brandon

[tame dust]

i dont plan on doing grad so i can extend a little bit here

[haughty wyvern]

wtih expected 0 aid

[haughty wyvern]

attend mcgill

[tame dust]

💀 😭

[tame dust]

wait mcgill is cooking

i mean its not stanford but mcgill is way up there

[haughty wyvern]

or uw seattle

[haughty wyvern]

yeah its just really sad since stanford has been a dream since middle school

[tame dust]

is this the main udub

[haughty wyvern]

and having to throw it away is horrible

[haughty wyvern]

yes

[tame dust]

oh yeah you have excellent alternatives

[tame dust]

yeah i totally feel you this is me grappling rn too 😭

[foggy crane]

McGill is great lol

[haughty wyvern]

and it would only be three years

[foggy crane]

Cs?

[haughty wyvern]

no

[tame dust]

bro thinks in stem 😭

jkjk

[haughty wyvern]

public policy and management sci & engineering

[tame dust]

YAY PUBLIC POLICY

me too i love pubpol

[foggy crane]

Lowkey pub pol might not be worth it idk

[haughty wyvern]

considering getting a HELOC

[haughty wyvern]

going to law school

goal is to work in big law

[foggy crane]

I’d say Stanford easy if u aren’t going grad school but since u are it’s very tough

[tame dust]

yeah exactly

[foggy crane]

I mean like at Stanford

[haughty wyvern]

yeah

ikwym

[tame dust]

sigh

why is it so expensive guys!!!!

[brisk quail]

My friend is also choosing McGill over Stanford

Except they get free tuition at Stanford

[sudden totem]

this is not particularly surprising tbh

many of my friends in the same year and years above me have had issues with stanford aid being stingy

it's quite sad, many had to throw away their stanford acceptance

[last scroll]

College isn the US ahhhh the reality of a higher education

No wonder so many people don’t go to college

I didn’t realize how expensive it was

[exotic fractal]

lowk stanford is my cheapest option ❤️

[tame dust]

HELP

[brazen topaz]

Yea, same issue with me here. Princeton is making me pay 10k less and no work study

Compared with Stanford

[modest snow]

lmao r u in state

[sudden totem]

congrats on pton harvard and stanford!

[brazen topaz]

Ty!!

[tame dust]

pick princeton LMAO

[brazen topaz]

Probably gonna

[last scroll]

Work study isn’t required right

?

[brazen topaz]

for stanford i think it is

[last scroll]

Wait I literally thought all the three schools in ur profile have like same fin aid

All 100k less full ride so I thought everything above was same too

[brazen topaz]

no apparently not

[worn surge]

It's not

It's what they think you need to work for books and other living expenses

you could technicaly go without it and live on rice

[tame dust]

yeah but like idk if ppl would wanna do that 😭

[whole shuttle]

Is Stanford a bad place to go if you have no idea what career you want in the future? Seems like nearly every student is set on cs/engineering or startups

[last scroll]

Well I mean it’s Stanford it’s Silicon Valley lol

So like most people r set on startup culture and cs and bc

I’d say for interdisciplinary go for Harvard

[tame dust]

i think you can find yourself at any college

colleges arent purely preprofessional

it's a place to learn, grow, and explore

which sounds super cliche but its also true

[limber apex]

i feel like youd do more learning and exploration at somewhere like

idk amherst

than a preprof school like penn

[whole shuttle]

I got 2 Penn responses in a Stanford thread

[limber apex]

not a penn student 😭

[whole shuttle]

Nah I meant the other 2 ppl

[limber apex]

oh lol

mb

[tame dust]

bro needed to throw shade at me

jk

but idk about that point tbh, i dont think you can quantify the "amount" of learning or exploration, but i do agree the learning and exploring will be very different based on where you go

[limber apex]

i agree

kinda

like how a core and open curriculum both set you up for a ton of exploration

but like in diff ways yk

[tame dust]

yes exactly like a core curriculum might push you into subjects you never would've explored, while an open curriculum lets you explore as wide a range of subjects you want

for the record i do love the open curriculum though its awesome

[limber apex]

exactly

a core might even push you to explore more fields

while you might stay in your comfort zone with the open one

[limber apex]

too much flexibility has its negatives tbh

[last scroll]

Yea Penn is pre professional

I’m so set on medicine guys

Watch out

[brazen topaz]

Go to Princeton

[tame dust]

i agree ngl

[whole shuttle]

I’ve already decided I’m not going there tbh

[worn surge]

If you think you may want to do anything remotely STEM related, go to Stanford.

[brazen topaz]

Whyyyy

[whole shuttle]

Too close to home

[old vector]

Lucky ahh

[exotic fractal]

you cannot be saying that with the username you have rn 😭

[old vector]

All it takes is one

[tame dust]

HELP

[gilded jewel]

Sanford

[brazen topaz]

Close to home is a plus for me 😭

I live 20 mins away and its such a big factor for me

[exotic fractal]

yikes i could not

i cant imagine going to college basically right where i already live

[brisk quail]

It would be very convenient

There’s a lot of pros to going to college close to home that you don’t realize till you’re in college

[exotic fractal]

idk i just want to get away

[tame dust]

yeah i live right by stanford 😭

[haughty wyvern]

real even california feels close for me

and im from the PNW

[raw geode]

So many.

[last scroll]

lol is NJ rlly that bad

[last scroll]

bro this is what i want to do -- close to home-- i can go to my room whenver i want lol

[tranquil cloak]

could you elaborate?

[last scroll]

travel

plane tickets

expensive asf

[tranquil cloak]

oh true but just walk

[last scroll]

how r u gna walk

from california to mass

if u live in mass

[tranquil cloak]

cmu is like a 15 day nonstop walk from my house

i could make that in a month

[last scroll]

plus family

[tranquil cloak]

oh yeah

[brisk quail]

Ok I can give you an example

I have bad health issues like chronic but they were fine when I started college

They got worse mid way

If I was in any state outside California I robably would have had to drop out

And also being able to go home when you want is very powerful

Also summer stuff is easier uf you’re closeby

[tranquil cloak]

oh ☹️

[wet plaza]

anyone got invite to stanford '29 discord

[sour lodge]

dm'ed

[whole shuttle]

Can I get it too?

[sour lodge]

yes ofc!!

[tame dust]

bro what 😭

[exotic fractal]

i saw that 💀

[woeful lance]

HELP SJAHSHDJS

[misty urchin]

Did he get in..?

LMFAO THE LAST ONE

[simple haven]

The second one is more questionable than the last

[foggy crane]

Yeah this girl got into like hyps iirc

[sour lodge]

?? bruh

[tame dust]

yes!!

[tame dust]

bro

turns out i shouldve written about defunding science education and the moon landing conspiracy

[sour lodge]

they could also be lying 💔💔

[haughty wyvern]

this has to be rage bait

[misty urchin]

How much money did she donate?

And is there proof?

[tame dust]

it would be a very elaborate troll she has like 10 videos up and videos of her opening the acceptance packages

but tbh ppl do anything for clout nowadays

so i wouldnt be surprised

[sour lodge]

yeah i'd be convinced if these were troll essays and what she submitted on common app was completely different lol

[tame dust]

she posted the entire thing though like writing 5 new short answers and 3 new essays to troll 😭

this is funny whatever way you look at it

[exotic fractal]

ngl its like hella well written too

she should go into english with that skill

[tame dust]

yeah if these are the actual essays the AO was probably like style over content 😭

[hazy parrot]

Seems pretty obviously fake

The Ayn Rand thing is just like blatant bait lol

[brazen topaz]

Deadass I think this might be real 💀

I think unique essays were the meta this year 🗣️

[tame dust]

yeah i also wouldnt be surprised if they were real

i think catching the AO off guard within reason is a good thing

[sour lodge]

wait but is denying the moon landing a good reason 😭😭😭

[last scroll]

I think they r hooked

[tame dust]

i mean no but maybe the AO is a fellow moon landing denier 😭

[sour lodge]

LMAOAAO

[haughty wyvern]

help

[sour lodge]

that's actually funny

[brazen topaz]

I think they could have interpreted it wrong like I did on the first take

[exotic fractal]

yeah same

like i fully took a double take at those last few words, up until there it felt like a very normal essay

[misty urchin]

Why?

[tame dust]

the first one is most questionable ngl

[spark dawn]

chat do i sign up to host a profro

not feeling it lowkey

i like my room clean

[brisk quail]

Hell nah

[simple haven]

Ayn Rand enjoyers concern me immensely

[tame dust]

the first one is definitely the most questionable tbh

bro is actively questioning research funding

😭

[tulip pulsar]

hello, is there anyone here that already has a SUNet ID? I'm trying to download some syllabi for the courses I took over summer 2023 (need them for course equivalency forms!!) however they're locked behind a sign-in which I can't access (they deleted my account right after the program ended)

specifically math 51 and cme 102 summer 2023

https://syllabus.stanford.edu/syllabus/#/mainSyllabus

[opal lava]

math 51 for summer 2023 shows this?!

I can DM cme102 to you though cos I got it

[mental silo]

what abt the math 51 for last summer
it'd probably be abt the same barring any major changes

[fierce iris]

any waitlist movement yet or nah

[tame dust]

no

[fierce iris]

https://tenor.com/view/gjirlfriend-gif-14457952604098199169

[idle nebula]

I believe Stanford will let you know if you’re on the extended waitlist mid May

https://tenor.com/view/zanrui-zhan-rui-yap-zan-rui-yap-zhan-rui-gif-23149571

[tame dust]

what's extended waitlist

[fierce iris]

alright ty sir

[idle nebula]

I believe they pick out their favorites from the waitlist pool and move them into a much smaller wl (~80 people)

Id look into it… I don’t know too much.

[tame dust]

interesting

alright thanks

[fierce iris]

🫡

[opal lava]

I can have a look

[mental silo]

oh i never took math 51 i took a datasci and astro class instead
i just figured you could probably find it somewhere

[opal lava]

ah okay okay

[fierce iris]

any waitlist movement yet?

[last scroll]

Uhhh

Did u see I think they over admitted

[fierce iris]

iirc i heard somewhere they were planning to expand enrollment this year

“To understand this better, and after discussions with the faculty Committee on Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid, we expect to add around 150 additional students this year, primarily freshmen as well as transfer students. We saw that this was possible as we returned from the pandemic, and will apply those lessons.” - Stanford Admissions, April 2025

https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/11/levin-affirms-universitys-commitment-to-academic-freedom-announces-expanded-undergraduate-class/

yeah

so it's expected that they overenrolled a bit

anyone know how many ppl got admitted this yr

did they tell anyone at admit weekend

[brazen topaz]

They probably did but I forgot

[fierce iris]

did people actually move off the waitlist in #1350216460554735636

[tame dust]

not for stanford

[peak onyx]

wait so stanford hasn't had any movement on wl right

someone from my school is claiming they got off

guess they're lying lol

[tame dust]

no lmao

unless the person at ur school is like the ONE person which is even more unlikely than them moving so early

they usually move mid may if they move

[peak onyx]

wait ONE person has been moved

bro what even is the point of waitlists

[tame dust]

no i mean it’s unlikely that there would just be one, and even more unlikely that it’s ur classmate

[peak onyx]

ye fr

[tame dust]

i don’t think they’d just take off one

[peak onyx]

ye

unless its like yale

[tame dust]

fill spots if they under enroll

[peak onyx]

and they have 0 off the waitlist

[tame dust]

which means just stringing on a bunch of random somewhat qualified applicants

😭

[peak onyx]

idk about somewhat qualified, i think like 20% of applicants are TECHNICALLY qualified (sat, gpa, decent ecs, etc), it's just institutional priorities, then looking deeper at impact and level of involvement in ecs and awards

if ur on waitlist ur def qualified

[sour lodge]

lowkey for Stanford ur on waitlist bc u averaged a 3+/4- ish on the AO review

and who knows what that means it's all subjective

[tame dust]

wait stanford is higher number = better right

[tame dust]

its so funny how admissions makes even objective numbers subjective 😭

not complaining tho it all works out ✌️

[worn surge]

no, and it's extremeley unlikely

I think they said they admitted 2k students or so at admit weekend

[tame dust]

yeah they increased their class size by 150

[cerulean comet]

it will be like single digit off the wl

or how many

[worn surge]

if that, yeah.

[tame dust]

so accounting for yield they probably accepted 180-190 more

[cerulean comet]

shit

[worn surge]

They have this down really well

[tame dust]

stanford has a decent %

[cerulean comet]

1.75% is diabolical

[sour lodge]

nah lower=better

[tame dust]

yeah but all other post-covid years the WL AR was higher than RD AR

[tame dust]

how much is it out of then 💀 because if u were straight 3/4 on harvard ur basically out of the game

[sour lodge]

i think 6?

[tame dust]

but i think harvard only goes to 5

yale was 7 or 9 but i COULD be hallucinating

[sour lodge]

i think most admits are 2+ and above

i need to see my admission file once i matriculate

[worn surge]

For some reason, students are scared of seeing their files lol

everyone I talked with said it was a "curse," like finding out why you were really admitted will demotivate you

[sour lodge]

lmaooo

ok maybe not then

[tame dust]

i feel like itd be good to know

im gonna inquire for penn

[worn surge]

Yeah, I'm going to look anyways

[tame dust]

yeah this is true i think

[fierce iris]

you mean below right

since 1 is better

[sour lodge]

oh yeah mb

[fierce iris]

one of my friend's entire family tree is going to stanford ☠️

it's actually crazy

[sour lodge]

lol they got rid of legacy

next admissions cycle

[fierce iris]

nah they didn't get in because of legacy for sure

his sister got 3 1s on her interview

[sour lodge]

next admissions cycle

ohh i see

[tame dust]

i do think they will keep doing it 💀

[tame dust]

me for yale

[sour lodge]

interviews don't really mean anything tho

[fierce iris]

they do if you do really well

[tame dust]

yeah i would agree with this

[fierce iris]

the rest of his sister's app was average

[tame dust]

they can definitely nudge you upwards

[tame dust]

but what is average

[sour lodge]

not really, they don't help as much as you think they do

[fierce iris]

well that's what he said anyways

2- range

he showed me her file

[tame dust]

😭

[sour lodge]

ok that's not average then 💀

[fierce iris]

oh then i take that back

but that's typically not admit range

right?

[tame dust]

that is admit range

[fierce iris]

(aside from the interview)

[tame dust]

2/3 is admit range

nobody really gets a 1

[sour lodge]

yeah

[tame dust]

the only ppl that give 1s pretty freely are the interviewers but youll basically never find a 1 anywhere else on an app

[sour lodge]

apart from maybe test scores

[tame dust]

i got all max ratings from my yale interviewer 💀

[sour lodge]

wait did u see ur file already 😭

how

[tame dust]

yeah she showed it to me 😭

she was so nice tho

[fierce iris]

people get admitted with 3 averages?????

it's out of 5

[sour lodge]

it's out of 6

[tame dust]

also the ranking isnt really factored into admissions im ngl

[sour lodge]

people are admitted with 3- averages

[tame dust]

its just a metric they assign

[sour lodge]

yeah

it's good correlation though

[tame dust]

the number isnt something they take into consideration when deciding whether to admit

yeah ^

[fierce iris]

?????

[tame dust]

they dont use the number to decide whether or not to admit you

[fierce iris]

then why even assign numbers

objective way to decide who to cut before comittee?

[tame dust]

nah

[tame dust]

good question 😭

[fierce iris]

then wtf are the numbers for

istg i got gapped by generational talent from my school 🥀

[tame dust]

i have no idea because the AOs consistently say its not used to decide admission

its legit pure classification nothing else

[tame dust]

LMAO

[sour lodge]

to recommend admit/waitlist/defer/reject

[fierce iris]

both are turning stanford down for mit so 🙏

[sour lodge]

that's probably already factored into yield 😭

[fierce iris]

probably not when parents are professors at stanford

or at least i find it harder to believe

[sour lodge]

i don't think they calculate yield based on individual people

[tame dust]

yeah its factored into yield

[sour lodge]

but yeah stanford waitlist is generous sometimes and unforgiving other times let's just manifest for u this year 🙏

[tame dust]

basically they overadmit to guess how many ppl will decline and so they will (ballpark) admit 2000 to aim for 1600 class, and then 410 ppl need to decline for them to admit 10 people

(in its simplest form)

[tame dust]

yeah stanford wl has been pretty generous the last 3/4 years at a rate higher than the RD acceptance rate @fierce iris i would hold out hope but dont count on it for sure go do other things forget about it and maybe it will bless u

[fierce iris]

that's what ive been telling myself as well lol

doesn't help that my school is really close to stanford and it was over before it began (no form of legacy whatsoever)🥀

[sour lodge]

yeah u gotta distance urself from stanford
don't set any expectations but do have hope for an admit
u should acclimate to the school you've committed to rn :)

[fierce iris]

ive been distancing myself ever since i moved here 😂

[tame dust]

oh yeah its basically cooked if u live there

where r u committed to rn

[fierce iris]

cmu

[tame dust]

damn

good shit

[sour lodge]

dang cmu is goated

[fierce iris]

pretty sure nearly everyone from my graduating class who got into stanford have parents who's a professor/faculty or phd 😂

one of my friend's dad got into stanford undergrad as an international student and he got waitlisted

it's cooked that's why i gave up long before it began

[tame dust]

yeah bro definitely goes to paly/menlo/gunn

[fierce iris]

🤓

[worn surge]

I don't go to gunn or paly, but it seemed like every other student at admit weekend was from there

[fierce iris]

💀

they should spread the love

for those who don't have legacy

[tame dust]

stanford moment

[tame dust]

if you live in cali and get into stanford it is highly likely that you have legacy ngl

but usually those people are cracked anyways so not to diminish their accomplishments

and the majority of people that get into stanford are non legacy too

[fierce iris]

*norcal

[quaint nacelle]

that's generally most admits

[quaint nacelle]

3+ is borderline

[tame dust]

gotchu

[quaint nacelle]

most ppl i've seen here got 2-

[quaint nacelle]

yeah, it's interesting how they come up with the ratings

HSR is so difficult to even get a 2 for some reason

many ppl get a 3

[tame dust]

it’s also weird how they correlate but also don’t 😭

like i wanna know how they actually use them if they directly don’t factor them into any sort of decision

(at least according to yale)

[quaint nacelle]

they def do factor for stanford i feel like

it's a easy way to see where the applicant is at without reading their entire app again

the 1st AO is also more local i think compared to the 2nd AO

so I think first AO takes more local context into account

while the 2nd takes the general admit pool into account

[tame dust]

makes sense

[quaint nacelle]

it's sad now cuz u can't see AO comments anymore

they removed it from the admissions file

now it's all just numbers...

[tame dust]

WHAT 😭

bro whyd they take them off thats kinda sad

[quaint nacelle]

yea...

[tame dust]

i talked with my penn ao but i havent inquired abt the file

ill see

[quaint nacelle]

ig they don't want any liabilities in case ppl share the comments

[tame dust]

yeah this makes sense but especially for an admit i would assume they dont really have anything thats a red flag

[quaint nacelle]

ik but I feel like the thing is when ppl who didn't get in look at someone who got in

and they see similarities and start comparing

[tame dust]

this is true

luckily we all know that's not how it actually works though 👅

[surreal glen]

any word on stanford wl movement? traditionally offers go out around may 10 (2nd or 3rd week of may always tho) so just wondering

[fierce iris]

im just waiting

https://tenor.com/view/gjirlfriend-gif-14457952604098199169

[tame dust]

probably not until next week?

[surreal glen]

yeah prolly today or next week sometime

[fierce iris]

probably next monday

[tame dust]

id bet on next week ngl

[sour lodge]

stanford wl seems to be moving

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1kiws07/accepted_to_stanford_off_waitlist/

[tame dust]

goodluck guys!

[fierce iris]

shi

🥀

[fierce iris]

is it just one person?

[tame dust]

not everybody posts it so probably more

[fierce iris]

i meant if more people posted

[tame dust]

ah no

[bright glen]

i will never see the stanford balls again

unless med school

[daring oak]

hey anyone hv the stanford '29 discord link?

[last scroll]

There’s been a lot on Friday

[fierce iris]

🥀

guess im not getting off

[worn surge]

yep

[safe snow]

How many?

I've seen 4 so far

[restive orbit]

High five not getting off either

Yaya

[fierce iris]

fr

[surreal glen]

pretty sure theres not been stanford wl movement

[tame dust]

on friday

according to multiple reddit

they could all be lying i suppose

[surreal glen]

collegenav has students on stanford wl and hasn't said anything about confirmed movement

and she calls daily apparently

[tame dust]

💀

[surreal glen]

but ig if multiple reddit damn.

[tame dust]

yeah lemme see if i can find link

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1kjtoee/stanford_vs_upenn/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1kiws07/accepted_to_stanford_off_waitlist/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1kj64jg/did_you_get_off_stanford_waitlist_for_2029/

@surreal glen

[fierce iris]

could all be baits but i have a feeling one of them is true

[quick urchin]

There’s a guy on Reddit who calls admission offices and Stanford told him they haven’t done any waitlist stuff yet

[tame dust]

i think that was @narrow lake but she called before they started taking people off (5/7) and they took people off on 5/9

[modest python]

hii

[fierce iris]

anyone else get off the stanford waitlist or should i just start packing

[last scroll]

R u moving to ur college already???

[fierce iris]

nah if i go to stanford i won't have to be packing

if i get in 🤣

[quick urchin]

Stay strong my fellow waitlist warrior

[sour lodge]

i love stanny 🥰

[opal lava]

alright lydi we know that

[sour lodge]

do you not :(

[opal lava]

of course I do :)

[sour lodge]

we have to keep up the stanny glaze supneb

[opal lava]

I think that'd only make the stereotyping worse

but I need my internships, so go for it >:)

[sour lodge]

LMAOOO

but no im genuinely so thankful to be able to go to stanford

[sour lodge]

yeah i got u

[fierce iris]

stanford

[lyric forge]

Btw do S2 grades matter for Stanford WL?

[fierce iris]

dunno

probably might help if your S2 grades are good

otherwise not really i guess

[bright glen]

balls

[fierce iris]

anyone else get off the waitlist or get an extended waitlist email recently

[cerulean comet]

I think it’s joever for us ngl

[uneven lion]

yeah probably

[quaint nacelle]

😭

[haughty wyvern]

anybody sign up for SPOT

[fierce iris]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1lp1h0m/we_called_25_more_schools_abt_their_waitlists/

deadass is this fr

"STANFORD: everyone will get a decision by today."

don't give me hope 😭

[full stag]

Most likely since they did mention we’d get a decision by July 1st and it’s already July 1st

[fierce iris]

last chance to get into my dream school 🥀

[full stag]

There’s always the extended waitlist trust it’s not over yet

[cerulean comet]

We got this guys

[worn surge]

Good luck guys!

[quick urchin]

We are cooked

[fierce iris]

https://tenor.com/view/gjirlfriend-gif-14457952604098199169

[cerulean comet]

its joever

[uneven lion]

stanford please

[fierce iris]

did it release?

i guess it didn't

[tame dust]

would come out at 4 i believe

[narrow lake]

hello i am spectating

[tame dust]

LMFAO

[fierce iris]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1lp8ix8/6_years_after_my_stanford_rejection_post_how_it/

"i got a full merit scholarship" bro i wish i got ts 🥀 🥀 🥀

[tame dust]

this is beautiful

[narrow lake]

i saw this post it’s a great post

[quick urchin]

waitlist results dropped

[narrow lake]

omg really

what did it say

[quick urchin]

I got put on the extended waitlist lmao

[narrow lake]

oh help

[quick urchin]

I'm getting trolled

[narrow lake]

HELP

wait isn’t that good 😭

[quick urchin]

I stayed on wl for my ego

[restive orbit]

Welp

[narrow lake]

would u take it if you got off like in late july/august

[quick urchin]

I'm not gonna get financial aid so I wouldn't attend if I got admitted

[restive orbit]

Same here extended wl

[narrow lake]

ohh i see

damn i wonder how many people got extended wl

[tame dust]

bruh i dont see anything

lmao

[quick urchin]

Imagine they gave it to everyone

That would be a hall of fame trolling moment

[tame dust]

bruh

i didnt even get an email

LMFAO

[narrow lake]

they say the vast majority of applicants have been released don’t they

[tame dust]

what does ur guys email look like

[quick urchin]

check portal

[tame dust]

but stanford wl already only has like 400 ppl

[quick urchin]

don't think i got an email

[tame dust]

extended waitlist

nice

[narrow lake]

LOL

wait i’ve yet to see anyone rejected off of the waitlist

[tame dust]

yeah i think they just keep everybody

[quick urchin]

They were too lazy to actually look at the waitlist so just extended everyone

[tame dust]

LMFAO

[narrow lake]

ut austin core

[quick urchin]

Maybe some because of uncertainty due to international student visas

[narrow lake]

oh this is actually true

[tame dust]

stanford should pull a classic silicon valley and use AI to read the apps

[narrow lake]

cursor for admissions officers

[quick urchin]

probably do

[tame dust]

wait. jeni. ur onto something. let me ask hoobear

[restive orbit]

I didn't get an email

Just go to the portal

[eager lake]

what did the letter say?

[restive orbit]

.... Nothing good?

[eager lake]

im too scared to open

[restive orbit]

I mean bro open it

It's done

Your decision is not a probability distribution because you haven't observed it :)

[eager lake]

its better for my mindset idkk ill just never open it

[narrow lake]

its most likely extended waitlist icl

i legit havent seen. a single person rejected

[eager lake]

well im intl so i wont get extended waitlist safe to say im rejected

[restive orbit]

alas....

The feeling of hope is worse than the lack of hope

[narrow lake]

oh is extended waitlist only domestic

[eager lake]

i think so..

[narrow lake]

i would still check it

just in case

i saw internationals get extended waitlist too

[eager lake]

yep.. extended waitlist

i think everyone is put into the extended waitlist

[narrow lake]

yeah lmao

did the wording say like

the vast majority of applicants have been released

[eager lake]

nope

[narrow lake]

oh

they used to do that

lmfao

im guessing they kept everyone on it

[foggy crane]

I mean that’s what harvard did

The class is full I think but if anything happens to international kids they wanna have a backup

[quick urchin]

Glad that we're their safety students

[uneven lion]

Got extended waitlist as well

[fierce iris]

did anyone actually get in

[narrow lake]

oh this makes sense lol

iirc a few more kids got off when you did

so i think they were preparing for if any of you declined

they might have more openings tho in july because of visa issues tho

[foggy crane]

My AO said it was just a few, judging by the way she was talking I’d say it wasn’t more than 5-10

[foggy crane]

Also harvard spokesperson came out and said it was bc of intl kids

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/7/1/waitlist-admissions-extended/

[narrow lake]

damn that’s crazy lowkey

i wonder if that’s why browns wl is still open too

[narrow lake]

oh yeah def not

5-10 sounds about right for one wave

[foggy crane]

Yea idk or if people decommit from brown to go to harvard or other schools (like me 💀)

[narrow lake]

LMAOOOO yeah this is true

[arctic narwhal]

Will it be more competitive this cycle students seeking aid? Saw an article saying Stanford will cut $140 m

[narrow lake]

wait link the article

they’re need blind so i doubt it

[arctic narwhal]

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/update-2025-2026-budget

[arctic narwhal]

Will intls seeking aid be affected ???

[narrow lake]

looks like they’re trying to prioritize financial aid despite this

[arctic narwhal]

For intls too?