Stanford Reckons with History of Anti-Semitism

Over the years, we’ve detailed on the pages of this blog the discrimination that Jewish applicants faced in the admissions process to Ivy League institutions decades ago — discrimination that included the use of despicable quotas to limit the number of Jewish students. But it’s not like the Ivy League … 

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Stanford Extends Test-Optional Policy

Stanford University has opted to extend its test-optional admissions policy. The new extension will impact applicants to Stanford’s Class of 2027 as well as transfer applicants. In all, this marks three years in a row that the Palo Alto, California-based institution has not required test scores for admission. Stanford dropped … 

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Stanford Offers Students Leave of Absence

With the exception of students with special circumstances, members of Stanford University’s Class of 2024 spent no time on campus this academic year and these students are now being asked if in lieu of online classes for the rest of the year they’d like to take a leave of absence … 

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A Stanford Admissions Officer Charged with Attempted Murder

While it is the task of admissions officers at America’s elite universities to sift through the applications of students with perfect or near-perfect grades and scores to determine which of the applicants can contribute in significant ways to their incoming classes, it is also their task to not admit the … 

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Stanford’s Decision to Cease Reporting Admissions Figures

As we recently reported, Stanford University will no longer publicize the school’s undergraduate application figures. Many praised the university for this decision, arguing that ceasing the release of admissions figures will alleviate stress on applicants and make the dream of earning admission to Stanford seem more achievable. As our readers … 

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Stanford University Class of 2022

The admissions statistics are in the books for the Stanford University Class of 2022. In all, 2,040 students earned admission to The Farm. 750 of these students were admitted in the Single Choice Early Action round while the remaining 1,290 earned admission in the Regular Decision round. These students were … 

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A Stanford Admissions Officer’s Use of Social Media

High school students hear the warnings all the time: be careful what you post on social media for it can come back to haunt you. And, yes, it can jeopardize your case for admission to college. But the wisest students learn not from their own mistakes. Instead, they learn from … 

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Admission Rates at Non-Ivies

For years, we’ve been telling our readers that just because admission rates keep dropping at colleges across the country, it doesn’t mean these schools are becoming more competitive. So when we hear a parent say, “I heard it was harder this year than any other year,” we feel like we traveled … 

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Stanford Admission in 2016

Frank Bruni, the always opinionated “New York Times” op-ed columnist, wrote a cute piece yesterday entitled “College Admissions Shocker” that we figured we’d share with the readers of our college admissions blog. Bruni starts off the piece with this zinger: “Cementing its standing as the most selective institution of higher education … 

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Stanford Legacy Admissions

A recent Stanford University graduate wrote an interesting editorial on Stanford legacy admissions that we figured we’d share with our readers. Shockingly (not), the writer, Jonathan Poto, argues against the use of legacy status in admissions decisions at Stanford. It’s not exactly popular to argue in favor of legacy status … 

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