WTF? 25ACT under 700 SAT2 in @Stanford,Cornell





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By Quarky (Quarky) on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 10:36 pm: Edit

I know this African American guy who got into Stanford and Cornell with the following test scores and no significant activities:

25 ACT composite
670 writing
660 math ic
460 biology

going into either environmental eng at cornell or mechanical eng at stanford.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? Damn, I wish 17 years ago my mom had more interactions with tourists from Africa, if you know what I mean.

By Lnacen (Lnacen) on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 11:23 pm: Edit

do you know his other stats? what does a 25 ACT equate to in SAT score?

By Quarky (Quarky) on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 11:24 pm: Edit

1140 or so.

By Nocalguy (Nocalguy) on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 11:27 pm: Edit

Are you sure? I know what you're implying, but even with AA there are many more qualified minorities than him for Stanford and Cornell.

By Quarky (Quarky) on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 11:29 pm: Edit

Yes, I am sure. I agree, there are way many more qualified minorities. So I do not understand what's going on...

By Lnacen (Lnacen) on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 11:34 pm: Edit

i find that some schools prefer to admit less qualified minorites in lieu of more qualified ones. hmm..
oh yeah, do you know his GPA?

By Rob (Rob) on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 11:45 pm: Edit

life's just not fair man. i got rejected from stanford, and although it wasn't a shock, it still doesn't feel to good. i mean, i had pretty good stats (1560/800/770/740) and decent EC's, but i guess being asian hurts in college admissions. hopefully princeton/harvard/yale will look favorably upon me. good luck to you.

By Quarky (Quarky) on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 11:27 pm: Edit

yeah, sh1t happens man
Good luck with your wait lists at HY and the P decision.

By Asdf (Asdf) on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 11:04 pm: Edit

That is devestating.

By Tdli (Tdli) on Friday, April 04, 2003 - 11:27 pm: Edit

I got rejected from cornell!!
(1600, 800, 800, 750, 740)

By Nocalguy (Nocalguy) on Friday, April 04, 2003 - 11:32 pm: Edit

Tdli, what do you think was the problem with your application?


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