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From: jae@whuxlm.UUCP (Jae Chung)
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Subject: Re: Stanford admission
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 11:05:28 EST
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> If you've got a 4.0 GPA from a BIG name school and place in the top 0.001%
> on the GRE its no sweat.  HOWEVER, a 3.67 GPA, top 8% on the GRE and a 
> 3.8 GPA in GRAD courses (non-matriculated) at Stanford didn't get me in.:-(
> 
> Good Luck,
> Van

*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** NO!!!!

I had less than 3.8 GPA from a not so BIG name school and placed below
top 20% in verbal section of GRE and was able to get into their
master's program (I also applied sometime in May--a few months after
the deadline).

Basically, I don't think they want all their students to have 4.0 from
a BIG name school and place 99.999% on the GRE (this applies to all
programs--PhD, MSAI, MSCS).  I think what is important is that you
know what you want to get out of the school and if Stanford could
provide the faculty and the support you need, you should apply.
If you want to get a feel for your chances of getting in, I think
you should talk to some of the faculty and the students there.
One thing I did notice while I was there is that they tend to favor
those applicants with non-CS (like math, EE, psych, ...) degree with
some CS background.

				--Jae