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What exactly is needed GPA and extracurricular wise to get into schools such as Stanford?

What exactly is needed GPA and extracurricular wise to get into schools such as Stanford?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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being #1 rank in your high school would help.

those schools are getting tougher and tougher to get in to…

here is all the info:

http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=3387&type=qfs&word=stanford

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A few days ago
Uliju
If you’re taking honors/AP classes, you should be getting at least a 3.9 – 4.0 GPA, or even above that. Taking lots and lots of extracirricular activities, such as clubs and sports, are great for any school, especially like Stanford. You better be some kind of perfectionist to go to there, though. Its tough, trust me.
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A few days ago
John
Times have changed. “Prestigious” universities are now recruiting students who have studied overseas, can speak a foreign language fluently, and have their works published. Community service and classes are nice, but their looking for things that are out of the ordinary. In essence, what makes you stick out from all the other students. You have taken Honors and AP, so what? So did everybody else. You have done community service and extra curricular activities, so what? So has everybody else. I don’t want to sound negative, but like I said, what makes you stand out from all of the other applicants?
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A few days ago
Ranto
3.8 unweighted, over 4.0 weighted, lots of AP and Honors classes, SAT score over 2200 (out of 2400).

Even then, you might not get in. Stanford only accepts about 8% of applicants. If half the students who apply are qualified (and I suspect that it is actually greater), then only about 16% of qualified students get in.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
I did a search on Collegeboard.com

GPA: 94% have 3.75+

Rank: 89% are in top ten percent

As for extracurriculars, they want people who are passionate and dedicated to a few extracurriculars that they can excel in, instead of a huge “laundry list” that shows no dedication.

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A few days ago
Lauren
lol, stanford. probably straight A’s, taking all AP and Honors classes, and doing soo many extracurriculars that u cant breathe. lol…VERY hard to get into.
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A few days ago
777
you should check out www. stanford.edu there is a lot more info there. 😉
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