[StannyBoy]

I would go with Okereke, who supposedly was talking to UCLA as a possibility if he didn't get admitted to Stanford.  Although sometimes this can be a sign of an abundance of caution (nobody is admitted until they are admitted), sometimes it can be a sign that admissions chances are not guaranteed.

By the way, I feel like the number of admissions casualties has gone down in recent years; I think the staff is better about communicating with some of the more marginal candidates so that they don't announce a commitment until they are admitted, having been burned a couple times in the past.

BC

Okereke has a 4.5 GPA and a 2120 SAT so he seems like a lock to get admitted. Where did you hear he was talking to UCLA? I don't think I've seen anything about that.

[StannyBoy]

I would go with Okereke, who supposedly was talking to UCLA as a possibility if he didn't get admitted to Stanford.  Although sometimes this can be a sign of an abundance of caution (nobody is admitted until they are admitted), sometimes it can be a sign that admissions chances are not guaranteed.

By the way, I feel like the number of admissions casualties has gone down in recent years; I think the staff is better about communicating with some of the more marginal candidates so that they don't announce a commitment until they are admitted, having been burned a couple times in the past.

BC

Okereke has a 4.5 GPA and a 2120 SAT so he seems like a lock to get admitted. Where did you hear he was talking to UCLA? I don't think I've seen anything about that.