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Stanford Class of 2023 waitlist thread
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Stanford to start new "residential neighborhoods"
In a major change for student housing, Stanford just announced that it will phase out its longstanding "Draw" system and instead create "residential neighborhoods." As a parent of a graduating senior, I am delighted to see this change and only wish it had been in place when my son matriculated. The current housing system, though not without its advantages, was a significant negative in my opinion, especially when compared with the residential college system at Yale (which my son almost chose). Stanford's new residential neighborhoods should go a long way toward creating the kind of community most students seek in their undergraduate years, and the fact that Stanford is making this change speaks volumes about its willingness to try new things. After being a part of the extended Stanford community for four years now as an interested parent, I've been increasingly impressed by this school, and the addition of residential neighborhoods will make Stanford about as "perfect" as any college or university can be. Below is part of the announcement; the full article is here:
https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/04/16/housing-draw-to-be-phased-out-students-to-be-assigned-to-neighborhoods-instead-resx-report-announces/
The elimination of The Draw and the creation of residential neighborhoods — to which all undergraduates will be assigned before their first year on campus — will characterize the changes revolutionizing residential life at Stanford over the next century, according to recommendations released by the ResX task force on Tuesday.
Campus will be divided into 10 to 14 neighborhoods that group together existing dorm communities, giving them shared “facilities for learning, arts, recreation and dining.” Students will be “citizens” of these individual clusters for four years. Self-ops, co-ops, and Greek and Row houses will be subsumed into neighborhoods, along with ethnic theme dorms and other themed housing.
Incoming frosh will be automatically assigned to all-frosh dorms unless they apply to live in a University Theme House (UTH) — including SLE, ITALIC, FroSoCo and the frosh-friendly ethnic theme houses. There will be no more than one UTH housing frosh in each neighborhood, and they will be located near their respective neighborhoods’ all-frosh dorms “where possible,” the report recommends.
The report further suggested that Stanford limit students to only one year in a given UTH. Students will no longer be able to draw into UTHs — which include themed upper-class Row houses — and will instead be exclusively required to pre-assign.
In lieu of The Draw, there will be a separate lotteries among the members of each class in each neighborhood, with seniors choosing first, then juniors and finally sophomores. Students who choose to relocate to a different neighborhood will be relegated to the “lowest priority” among members of their class to choose their housing assignment for t. Students with “approved concerns” such as Title IX issues will have the option to transfer neighborhoods without penalty through a separate process.
“The system should encourage, but not require, students to stay within their neighborhood,” the report added.
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Stanford tweeks policies after college admissions scandal
"Stanford University expelled a female student on April 2 after lying about being a sailor and paying $500,000 to get admitted into the school.
Amid the nation-wide college admissions scandal, Stanford University expelled a female student on April 2 who administrators said falsely claimed to be a sailor, boosting her acceptance into the school.
According to the report released by the president and provost of Stanford, the student is no longer on campus.
'We determined that some of the material in the student’s application is false and, in accordance with our policies, have rescinded admission. Any credits earned have also been vacated,' the update said. ...
... 'We are preparing to launch a comprehensive external review of the procedures we follow in providing an Athletics Department recommendation for the admissions process, as well as the procedures around the acceptance of gifts for athletic programs, to ensure that we have strong controls and can reassure our constituents of the integrity of our processes,' the April statement said.
The statement also said that a new system has already been put in place with members who are responsible for checking the credentials of student-athletes who have been 'proposed by a coach to receive athletic recommendation.'" ...
https://palyvoice.com/148136/news/stanford-student-expelled-due-to-false-athletic-claims-picture-on-its-way/
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When is ivy decision day for transfer students (for Fall 2019)?
Anyone know when ivy decision day is for transfer students (for Fall 2019)? Thanks!
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Merged: Stanford Waitlist Results?
This discussion has been merged.
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Stanford Waitlist Class of 2023
Thought I'd make this thread! What do you guys think of waitlist chances this year??
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Saying no to Stanford?
My daughter is trying to decide between Stanford (with no financial assistance) and a large state school (Alabama) with a full ride for being a National Merit Finalist. She fears that Stanford will be so academically challenging (and possibly "cut-throat" competitive) that she will have very little time to pursue other interests (club sports, volunteering, etc). She is also intimidated by the unknown roommate situation and the general quirkiness of the student body. On the other hand, clearly Stanford has the superior reputation and she feels she may not find Alabama challenging enough. Does anyone here have experience saying "no" to Stanford once admitted?
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Stanford REA Chances, Class of 2025
Stats
- Asian female, sophomore at highly competitive private school (>8 to Stanford per year)
- Intended Major: Science, Technology, and Society or Biomedical Computation
- 3.87 UW/4.45 W GPA (top 10%)
- 36 ACT (36/35/36/36) 10 essay
- Math II: 800, Chem: 800
Awards
- Won national computer science award (40 selected out of 10,000 applicants)
- 1 out of 20 girls selected nationwide for Silicon Valley technology conference (sponsored by Stanford)
- Scholastic Gold Key, Youngarts
- USACO Platinum
- ISEF Finalist
- Chemistry Olympiad Nationals
- Technovation national winner
- Congression App Challenge Winner
EC's
- EIC of Pacemaker winning magazine
- Self coded online STEM newspaper, article about biomedical ethics published in major newspaper
- Self coded blog dedicated to ending the stigma surrounding mental health in Asian communities
- Girls Who Code president, Bioinformatics Club president, Science Bowl captain
- Research at T20 university, prof went to Stanford
- Internship at major biotech company
- Started nonprofit dedicated to increasing gender diversity in STEM by exploring the intersection of CS with entrepreneurship, organize 6 hackathons per year
- Art organization for using art as a medium for social good
Summer Activities
- 2018 summer (before sophomore year): research internship at selective summer program, Stanford Daily intern
- 2019 summer: LaunchX
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Stanford 2023 Deferred Applicants Discussion Thread
Surprised that this thread hasn't been made already. Congrats to you all for not being straight up rejected. While we wait for another two and a half months, let's use this thread for general deferral discussion, plans, questions, and positivity.
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Chance Me Stanford
This discussion was created from comments split from: Stanford Class of 2023 REA Results Thread.
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Ask questions about applying to Stanford!
Hi everyone,
I was recently admitted and will be attending Stanford in the fall! This post was created so that people (mostly future applicants and their parents), can ask for advice on the admissions process, what to include and what not to include, etc.
Please note that anyone can answer / ask questions on this thread. Hopefully this will make the application process a lot easier for everyone
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Chinese family reportedly paid $6.5 million to get daughter into Stanford
The billionaire Chinese family of former Stanford sophomore Yusi Zhao paid $6.5 million — the largest known sum in the college admissions scandal uncovered by Operation Varsity Blues — to secure her admission to Stanford.
https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/05/01/expelled-students-family-paid-6-5-million-in-scandal-to-secure-her-admission-to-stanford/
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Does being a URM in my field matter?
Hi, I'm African American and I'm considering applying to apply for Chemical Engineering to Stanford REA for the Class of 2024. I'm aware that being a URM in general is a hook, however, does it boost my application that I'm specifically applying to Chemical Engineering where African Americans make up ~5% of the field(Source: ACS Diversity PDF)? If so, will that increase my chances for Stanford and other T20s?
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Rescinded Acceptance
I got into Stanford University EA this fall. I have always maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout high school but this year I fear I might be getting a C or worse a D, on a class I'm taking at a community college (Differential Equations). The only reason why I'm getting a low grade is because my teacher keeps giving me F's on assignments counted as quizzes for the smallest things, like because the size of my paper was off by an inch or I didn't box the entirety of my answer. And honestly, I think he straight up just hates me. He always gives me dirty looks in class and does not help me at all after class. My grades for all my other classes are A+'s this semester but it's just that one class that keeps putting me through the wringer and I'm especially scared since math was my intended major but I'm planning to switch to comp sci. Do you think that they will rescind my application over one bad grade and if they do, is there anything I can do to change that?
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AP Calc BC
So if I take AP Calc BC my junior year, do I still have to take math my senior year? My dream school is stanford but I plan on taking another course instead of AP Stats
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Summer tours
We will be in San Fran the week of 6/24. Stanford hasn't released its Summer tour schedule yet. Is it safe to assume that there will be tours most week days that week?
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Going to Stanford Admit Weekend?
Is there a significant social detriment or any harm to not going to Stanford Admit Weekend? Are a lot of lasting friendships formed there, or no?
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Am I possibly a good fit for Stanford?
Hello my name is Angela. I recently applied regular decision to Stanford because I'm interested in their Psych program and is a great school that I thought to apply to see what happens. I'm from a low-income area where there's not a lot of opportunities laying around so I don't have any crazy research opportunities. Is it okay if I tell you guys my story along with extracurriculars and stats, get a glimpse to who I am as a person, to see if I would be a possible, good fit for Stanford?
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Stanford/T10 Applicant for 2024 major question
I have moderately strong credentials in both engineering and history. I was wondering if I could apply as history or perhaps some mix of the fields like the science society and technology major at Stanford (hence Stanford in the title specifically) to improve my chances to be accepted? Then, later on, I would probably switch to a CS major, when officially declaring or as a change of college. Would this be effective to improve my chances of being accepted? I feel like my resume in history would be a little less than STEM, but the lesser competition may be worth it.
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Waitlist depression :,(
I literally just won three awards today/tonight... two scholarships for [redacted] and [redacted].. and one award called the National [redacted] Award which is the highest honor for [redacted]... I honestly don't care much about awards at all because to me, in the real world, I'm just a stupid small fish with a lot more to learn... but I was so excited to finally be able to update Stanford with my accomplishments for my waitlist.. so FREAKING EXCITED... and then FIVE MINUTES AFTER I WIN THE AWARD and sit down.. I get the notification on my email that I WAS DROPPED FROM THE WAITLIST... IF I COULD JUST HAVE ONE MORE DAY I COULD HAVE UPDATED THEM..... AND MAYBE HAD A TINIER CHANCE AT ACCEPTANCE!!!!!!!
Stanford was and still is the only school I really see myself enjoying. It has everything - from strong and CHALLENGING academics in the sciences and arts, to an AMAZING work-life balance, to a phenomenal support system, to WARM WEATHER, to literally a community of SUPER QUIRKY PEOPLE that are crazy interesting and all INSANELY PASSIONATE about what they do... I've visited colleges across the east coast and mid west... and I'm sorry but NO WHERE HAS THE SAME LEVEL OF PASSION AS STANFORD!!!!!!!!!
I tried my best to be happy for the rest of the ceremony but to be honest, I am EXTREMELY disappointed in myself.. And I mean EXTREMELY. Admissions officers at Stanford voted on my application (TWICE because I'm legacy) and majority literally voted AGAINST accepting me, yet accepted many others. That is COMPLETE evidence that there is something WRONG with me.. something that others have that I don't..... and will probably NEVER HAVE!!!!! I have no words to express my disappointment in myself. :,( I'll NEVER GET OVER THIS!!!!!! :,( I'm so EXTREMELY depressed....
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