how do i get into stanford university?
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You best bet is to get in touch with a recruitment officer or academic adviser from the school to find out that kind of information. Finding out that kind of stuff can be a huge hassle and it's often easier to just call and find out instead of figuring it out for yourself. To get you started here is the page for undergraduate admissions: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/index.html
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If you can get into Yale or Stanford by all means shoot for the stars because it will get you that much farther in life. Which one will suit your future more? Are you going into law?\n\npersonally, I go to san francisco state. love it. transferred here after I finished my general ed, and am taking my upper division courses. The teachers here are great and the people are so interesting!\n\nwhatever you choose, good luck!
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It seems as though you are an excellent, all around student and individual and would have a good shot of getting into any of these schools.  Therefore, what is the best school for you?  \n\nThere are a many questions that you'll need to ask yourself:\n1.  What subject do you want to major in when in college?  Are there a few? - Make sure that any university that you attend has all of the different majors that you are interested in.  That way, if you try one out and find out that you do not like it, you have the other options.  Also, is the major a good program at the schools that you want to attend?\n\n2.  Do you want a big or small university?  Many times small university are look down upon because they may not have the name of a Harvard or Yale.  However, big and small university are great.  The biggest question is... do you want and/or need attention from your professors?  Bigger university professors may not be able to give students individual attention that so many students need.  Smaller universities are able to give a lot of personal attention, allowing students to contact professors any time with questions and/or advice.\n\n3.  Location, location, location!  Will you like the location that the university is in?  City versus College town?  Weather... do you want warm weather where it never snows or are you okay at a university that it snows much of winter?  \n\n4.  Does the school have the extracurricular activities that you are interested in?  Academics is not all that you are at a university for... college is all about the experience as well.  Will you have the opportunity to get involved and are the activities that you want to participate in available on the campus?\n\n5.  Do you like the campus and university?  This you'll never know until you walk onto that particular campus.  If you can, try to visit any school that you are really interested in.  College admissions representatives are paid to tell you have great the university will be.  In addition, all of the papers and viewbooks that you get from the universities will show nothing but pretty pictures.  However, you'll never know if it is the right place for you until you step on the campus.  You'll probably know within the first 5 minutes of being on the campus if you'll like it or not!  All colleges and universities do campus tours - just call the admissions office and they'll set it up for you.\n\nGood luck!
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I don't know either. You should talk it over with your school counselor and do some research on various schools you are interested in. Then, apply to some that are challenging to get into, semi-challenging, and easy to get into and see how it goes.\n\nBest of luck to you!
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It is quite a gamble applying to Harvard becuse they only admit a small percentage of their applicants. If you do want to try, you'll need very good grades, very good test scores, good references, extra curricular activities and write a very good essay. Don't get your heart broken if you are not admitted. There are MANY very good schools out there and truthfully, Harvard is just a name. There are several really good books written about HArvard that may make you change your mind about even wanting to go there.\n\nRead Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class \nby Ross Gregory Douthat \n\nand then read Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That's Right for You -- by Loren Pope and Colleges That Change Lives : 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student -- by Loren Pope
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I couldn't really tell you without more detail, but at least you have a variety of outside activities.  There's no real magic formula for Harvard, so you'll just have to apply and see what happens.  They look at other things like your GPA, essay, etc. also.\n\nThere are very few people who you can just say, "Yes, he/she will get in."  Possibly Intel STS winners/parents with millions in donations, etc.  Most are sort of on the borderline and they have to analyze the situation closely.\n\nGo down your list of accomplishments.  Ask yourself.  How many other people applying to Harvard will match or be better than this?  You need to distinguish yourself from others.  For example, 4.0 GPA.  I guess, it's 2350+ SAT now.  How many others have those?  Tons.  Same with a few of your other things, which I'm sure you can figure out.\n\nOn your writing, emphasize how you're different from other candidates.  I don't remember the topic, but usually you can write about one of your experiences that makes you special.  Maybe one where you were able to make a difference somewhere without sounding trite.  It's not easy, but it's not that hard either if you have the qualifications.
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As an alum of Stanford University I can give you a first hand description of what a lot of people consider to be the best all around university in the US.  First the academics are top notch; if you're a grad student in certain fields.  What has really garnered Stanford a superb academic reputation, in my opinion, has been the strength of their graduate programs such as computer science, law, school of medicine, and cutting edge bio-technology programs.  To be fair, the University has put in a lot of effort at shoring up their undergraduate program as well, but there are certainly some departments out there that don't feel this as much as others.  \n\nAs far as an athletic program, Stanford is really the best all around athletic university and has been for quite some time now.  They've won the Sears cup for about a decade now and the number of Olympians on campus really is staggering.  However, if you're really into football then you might have another opinion since the football team hasn't enjoyed as much success as other programs on campus such as track & field or a lot of the aquatic sports.\n\nIf you're taking into account the weather, then aside from some rain during the middle of the academic year this is a great place to hit the books.  Early fall, late winter and all of spring quarter you can see tons of students literally just outside the library studying on the many grassy lawns on campus.  The heat isn't harsh and when it gets "cold" it will dip as far as the 50's or so during the day on the most miserable of days.  Not bad at all when compared to peer Universities in the Northeast such as Harvard or Yale.\n\nStudent life leaves something to be desired as most of the sudent body lives on campus.  That means that all of the parties are on campus and thus subject to University guidelines.  The upside though, is that the University is pretty lenient on most issues aside from RA's serving alcohol to frosh and observance of quiet hours.  In addition to this, parties are always within walking distance, so you can get trashed on a friday night without having to worry about a designated driver.  Though, if you don't have a car, getting past the same ol' frat party on campus can be a challenge.\n\nAttitudes on campus are pretty laid back, but that doesn't mean people aren't competitive.  Stanford culture has it that it's not polite to talk about your accomplishments or boast in any way.  It's pretty much assumed that you're eating dinner next to some kid that invented something, won some national competition or is on her way to becoming a nobel laureate, but no one is supposed to really brag about it.  What results is this mentality where everyone tries to one-up each other on how lazy she is, complaining about lack of sleep and a general disdain for grades.  \n\nAs far as cultural diversity, the University tries to pride itself on admitting a diverse student body.  The University also tries to foster student groups that explore various cultural traditions.  They have lots of money set aside for this and if you get a group of friends together and have a great idea, then the University will probably fund it.  This goes beyond cultural activities and is true for any sort of club as well as research endeavors.  In that respect the University is excellent in that if you are motivated about any research or extracurricular activity you can probably get funding from the University for it.\n\nThese are some of the points that I can think of off the top of my head and I think that if they don't make Stanford the best University around, then they certainly make it an extremely well-rounded school that is definitely in the running.
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I got into MIT this year, and I'll tell you the following. To get into ANY Ivy League or Elite College you will need the following.\n\n- Excellent Recommendations\n- Ranking: Top 5-10% of your class\n- SAT's- Awesome scores\n- One of the strongest High School Curriculums. \n- Write great essays\n- Do a great interview.\n\nRemember, most of the decision relies on how you look in the application. You might use the "College Matters Guide to Getting Into the Elite College of your Dreams". Is an awesome book and explains you step by step what to do. The writers of the book are actual students from Ivy League and Elite Colleges including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford and Brown. Use it!
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He graduated from Western High in Anaheim, CA. He Attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He dropped out in 1996 after his sophomore year due to NCAA conflicts (Having dinner with Jack Nicklaus as I recall). He had yet to declare a major, but by all accounts he was a good student.
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I can only tell you about my past experience... which has led me to believe that there is no university one cannot get into.  The key is patience and not necessarily depending upon the standard system of entry.\n\nBy which I mean, go ahead and apply and see if you get in through the front door.  If you don't get accepted, then decide where you desire to attend and move there.  Take a part-time job and then take one or two courses under whatever policy allows this.  It might mean weekends or night classes.  All universities usually allow locals to take some classes.  Try to take them in your area of interest if possible.  \n\nThe key is to get great grades in these classes and to endear yourself to pertinent professors and department heads.  These are the people who will recognize your potential and go to bat for you.  Department heads are particularly useful as all they have to do is wave their magic pens, and you are in.\n\nIf for some reason you cannot get into the department of choice, find another department where you can smooze yourself into the door.  Once accepted into the university one is usually able to 'change one's mind' and change departments and degree programs.\n\nUsing this system my friends and I have been able to get into a number of colleges that wouldn't have us based on SAT's or some other criteria.    \n\nHope this helps.
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the majority of their strongest candidates have a GPA between 3.6 and 4.0 as well as SAT verbal/critical reading and math scores of at least 650 each, there are no minimum figures set for grade point average, test scores, or rank in class.\n\nCheck out the stats of their undergraduate admission for fall 2005\n\nhttp://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a6_profile.html
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go to the stanford swim camp
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Admissions into universities is always something of a mystery. Do they go for high test scores? How does community service fit in? What about your ethnic background, does this help any? There are websites out there such as http://www.myfootpath.com/ that for a fee of about $20 will send you information on how to increase your chances to getting into the university of your choice, supposedly from couseling experts. But I'm sure this is no different than your highschool counselor giving you information. But who knows? Maybe they have the inside track. Good luck!
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How about ASU?  You should be able to get into there.  You also might be able to get into USC - but it's very expensive.
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Unless you got a close relative who went to Harvard or Yale...its unlikely you will get into either...Go for Princeton..still a long shot...
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You should research the schools to find out what your chances are. Most school websites give information about their acceptance rates, diversity break down and what areas their students come from. You can see which of the categories you fit into.\n\nBut if you know you meet all their requirements, you should know that you have a chance of getting in. It's also good if you show a record of balancing extracirricular activities with school. Community service is also a plus, but they'll be able to tell if you do it at the last minute just to get into their school.\n\nGood luck!
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US news compiles rankings of each law school total, as well as specialties.  You would probably have to either pay online for that info, or you can go to a bookstore and thumb through their guide to law schools, they release it every year, and it will have all of that great stuff in it.\n\nReally, if you go to any law school you should be able to take classes on con law, other than just the required classes you have to take.  Stanford, from what I hear, also is pretty good.  If you are looking at con law, is it for civil rights?  You can go to a lot of good schools that aren't top 10 and work in the public sector.  However, if you have loftier goals like working as a judge, etc, you want to go to one of the top 10 ranked schools.  Keep in mind that you can always contact the admissions office for information about classes they offer.\n\nI assume you are putting in your applications this fall to start in fall of 2007??  Because if you are applying for this fall, all the spots are likely filled.  But if you get your apps in in October in the early admissions period, you have a better chance for getting into the school you want.  \n\nKeep in mind that you may change your mind about what kind of law you want to get into once you are in law school.  You can't even choose your classes the first year, you are taking all required classes.  So look into overall qualities of schools, not just the con law program for your decision.  Good luck with your applications!!