Stanford University?

Question

What does it take to get into Stanford. I'm in the 8th grade now. How can I prepare myself in order to have a good chance of getting enrolled there?

Answer 1

Once you hit high school make sure that you keep your grades up meaning get as many A’s as possible......a few B’s are ok but nothing lower than a B.

Take as many honors courses as possible and if you can do dual enrollment and/or take AP courses then the better.

Start volunteering to! Doesn’t really matter where but I know hospitals, food banks and such need volunteers however you may not be able to get into this until you are at least 16.

Extracurricular activities are good too! Join clubs in high school but not too many maybe one or two and try to hold a office in these clubs even if its only secretary or historian....doesn’t have to be president. If you are in sports, stay in them and if you have a talent like writing, drawing or music then enhance those.

Do well on national tests like the SAT’s and/or ACT’s. Become close with a few professors and your guidance counselor because they will need to write recommendations for you. National Merit is another test to do well on......mainly for the score because you will not be able to use the scholarship at Stanford....they do not offer academic scholarship their aid is all need based.....at least that is what they say on their website.

Now all that stuff is extra but you stay focused on your grades....do not let these other things come in front of your grades. And some of this stuff can be combined like you may be able to join a club in high school who’s main focus is community service so there you earn volunteer hours as well as club participation. Read the site below as it gives high school students some pointers.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Simple, develop self discipline and make sure that you get strait A's.

do your homework every single day, do not slack. I slacked so i'm just top 10% in my class instead of valedictorian or maybe number 2 or 3. i'm number 25 or something like that. You just need to make sure that you get ALL A's.

Sign up for the SAT in january. Then you will know where you stand as far as SAT scores. Come up with a plan to practice your SAT so that you can increase your score to 2250+.

Its good that you have a clear goal now so that you know what you're working towards.

Also play one sport, join 1-3 clubs and get leadership positions. Take the most rigorous courseloads possible with honors and ap classes. Prepare for your SAT Subject Tests.

Make good relationships with teachers so that you will have good essays. Also with your guidance counselor.

Find Summer Internship, research, and college programs so that you will have something useful on your application.

learn a foreign language.

Also work on your writing skills so that you can write an amazing essay.

If you do this you will have a good shot at Stanford. If you get denied, so what you'll get into another top school like USC, Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, or northwestern.

Answer 3

In order to be qualified, you need a 3.8 GPA (unweighted), with a weighted GPA over 4.0, lots of AP and honors classes, SAT scores over 2200/2400, lots of extracurriculars and a killer admissions essay.

Stanford only accepts 10% of those who apply. If we make the assumption that half the applicants are qualified to go there (and I suspect the number is higher), then they reject 80% of qualified applicants.

So -- the bad news is that even if you do everything that you need to do to get into Stanford, the odds are against you. But there is good news. If you do everything you need to do to get into Stanford -- you will definitely get into some great school.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

NOTHING short of PERFECT GRADES. Above a 4.0. And SAT scores in the 700s. Take lots and lots of honors and AP classes but you're going to have to work your butt off to get that 4.0. Lots of luck!

Answer 6

And u need to be in a good credited school

Answer 7

Either RICH OR SMART