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Giselle Ransom
how I got into Stanford (stats, classes, ecs, and more)
- Major
- Engineering (electrical)
Accepted 1
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Stanford
Stats
- GPA
- 4.92 W (of 6); rank 20/720 (top 4%)
- SAT · ACT
- test-optional
- AP courses
- IB Diploma + several AP
Awards 1
- Texas Association of Student Councils — state parliamentarian
Quest log 8
- Student council president (state parliamentarian, TASC; human trafficking supplies drive)
- NASA SEES internship — theoretical Mars rover mission (submitted to AGU)
- Texas Model UN — under secretary of media
- IB extended essay — physics research (tire friction)
- MIT MOSTEC / MITES semester program — electrical engineering
- 'Overwhelmed' college-advice podcast
- District student ambassador
- Job — 'Kona Ice' shaved ice business
Note
Texas; test-optional; strong ECs > grades per her framing