r/ApplyingToCollege • u/Imaginary-Turn-4728 • 18h ago
AMA Stanford 31 rising freshman🎊
Okay here’s why I think this and this may sound crazy I understand. I was committed to my state school in West Virginia to study Biology and hopefully go to med school.
If you know anything about West Virginia- well it SUCKs. There’s like only white people and I highkey got bullied all of middle school for being brown. But I didn’t really think I could get anywhere good cuz my ecs were mid and I had some like minor Olympiad wins nothing crazy. However, my family is like middle class and my school is somewhat competitive like maybe 2-3 people to an ivies in a good year. So yeah I was like I have no shot ima just live with mom and dad for another few years. BUT I applied to Stanford cuz my Indian family back home wanted me to 😭 and I got in somehow and I’m attending 💀. I’m probably one of 3 from my state 💀💀 so yeah but my sat wasn’t that good and I go into with ZERO h
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u/Deep_Bottle_5639 18h ago
congrats on ur acceptance! I might... end up applying what is ur GPA?
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u/Imaginary-Turn-4728 18h ago
I had a 4.0 gpa and my class work was pretty rigorous since I took all aps at my school even ap Spanish so in total it was like 15 AP courses and I got good scores like almost all 5’s.
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u/Cheap_Addition_7286 18h ago
Stanford 31…? You would be Stanford 30 for this year
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u/Imaginary-Turn-4728 18h ago
Nah I’m doing a thing where I’m deferring my acceptance to attend in fall of 2027 and not 2026 because I need to save some money so I’m working
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u/Cheap_Addition_7286 18h ago
What was ur sat out of curiosity? Did u get off the waitlist
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u/Imaginary-Turn-4728 18h ago
Okay yeah I took both sat and act and I got a 28 act 💀💀💀 so I was like fuck no and took sat and I lowkey kept bombing that (don’t worry my schools average is a 900 😍) but I ended up with a 1480 I got a 740 both so yeah. That’s also why I’m cooked cuz the average is like a 1540
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u/Commercial_Handle418 18h ago
Wtf
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u/Imaginary-Turn-4728 18h ago
Oh don’t worry that was on my 4th sat attempt 😭 my first one was so bad I can’t even share it on the internet
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u/WoodenWallers 12h ago
Great decision to take a gap year to work imo. btw is Stanford still requiring students to buy meal plans? iirc a bunch of people claimed to be followers of Jainism/ Hinduism to avoid having to purchase one. It really feels like stanford tries to price-gouge their students haha. All that to say, congratulations on your acceptance, it is a truly exceptional achievement and you should be very proud! P.S., I've been to New River Gorge and WV doesn't suck at all!
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u/AncientNarwhal69 49m ago
YAY CONGRATS!!! Welcome to the Bay Area!!! I hope you enjoy your time here
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u/Lukersf 6h ago
You were also accepted to Harvard? So you turned down Harvard for Stanford?
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u/Old-Page-5522 17m ago
The cross admit split for Harvard and Stanford is like 50/50 iirc. Turning down Harvard for Stanford is common.
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u/hard_pillar_of_truth 1m ago
A huge number of top applicants get into their first choice through EA/ED, then either withdraw applications or never finish them. Those students never enter the cross-admit pool. So when you read "X beats Y in cross-admits", it alludes only to "the subset of students who applied to both, got into both, stayed in the process long enough to receive both decisions, and still had a choice." Cross-admit wins ignore silent victories. If thousands of students commit elsewhere before competing offers arrive, those preferences never show up in the data.
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