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An applicant was required to choose 1 of the following 2 topics on which
to write for his/her personal essay: (i) an aspect of his/her life s/he
wanted to change, or (ii) a fable. You were also asked to write a couple
of shorter essays, which included a letter to your roommate about
yourself. As for other competitive universities, you also needed to
provided your AP, Achievement and SAT scores, transcript of coursework
and a list of extracurricular activities. When I reviewed the reasons
why I had been accepted to Stanford, I recall the admissions officer
noting that I had the right range of scores on my national exams and
exceptional academics (almost all my classes my senior year were AP's),
but most importantly, the admissions officer had the impression from my
personal essay that I was a "nice person". I think if you want to get
into Stanford, you need to emphasize your unique qualities but also your
humanity and humility.
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