[Mick]

[quote author=socalstanfan1 link=topic=11512.msg111586#msg111586 date=1422051108]
I sometimes think that this is the psychological process going on with some of the recruits that court Stanford. A sense that, if they just devote themselves to the university, say the right things, show enough passion, that they can sweep admissions off its feet and everything can work out (even if, inside, they have nagging doubts).

I think the admission standards are so high that almost all recruits have doubts about getting in.
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I had a roommate who graduated from San Jose State with an accounting degree and better than decent grades.  He worked at the local office of a Big Eight accounting firm.  He was bound and determined to get into the very best MBA school he could, so he took GMAT (did well, but not out of this world), procured the US News and WR Top 25 MBA school list and proceeded to apply to every one on the list.

He was circumspect about the process.  He knew he didn't have the world's greatest specifications, but he gamely applied to every MBA school in the Top 25, and was very pleased to be accepted to Cornell....currently ranked #17 and if memory serves, was about the same at the time.

[Mick]

[quote author=socalstanfan1 link=topic=11512.msg111586#msg111586 date=1422051108]
I sometimes think that this is the psychological process going on with some of the recruits that court Stanford. A sense that, if they just devote themselves to the university, say the right things, show enough passion, that they can sweep admissions off its feet and everything can work out (even if, inside, they have nagging doubts).

I think the admission standards are so high that almost all recruits have doubts about getting in.
[/quote]

I had a roommate who graduated from San Jose State with an accounting degree and better than decent grades.  He worked at the local office of a Big Eight accounting firm.  He was bound and determined to get into the very best MBA school he could, so he took GMAT (did well, but not out of this world), procured the US News and WR Top 25 MBA school list and proceeded to apply to every one on the list.

He was circumspect about the process.  He knew he didn't have the world's greatest specifications, but he gamely applied to every MBA school in the Top 25, and was very pleased to be accepted to Cornell....currently ranked #17 and if memory serves, was about the same at the time.