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WAIT, WHAAA?
Have you ever wondered why you were accepted into Stanford? How Undergraduate Admissions ranked, rated and reviewed you? What impact your legacy status, athletic abilities, ethnicity, and demographics had on your application?
Of course you have.
After months of blood, sweat and tears, The Fountain Hopper is proud to announce Clarity by FoHo.
Clarity is The Fountain Hopper's attempt at demystifying Stanford's murky corners, all for our lovely subscribers.
For the first installment of Clarity, FoHo is sharing a tried and tested legal loophole that guarantees* you access to your confidential, internal Stanford admissions file.
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To get instructions on how to legally obligate Stanford to release your internal Stanford admissions files to you:
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Barring a huge technology fuckup, FoHo will immediately dispatch a followup email (to your inbox) with step-by-step, foolproof instructions on how to view documents you have the right to view by federal law.
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WHAT'S IN THE FILE?
Great question -- but first, a little insight into the admissions process.
When you apply to Stanford, your application gets assigned at least two admissions 'readers.'
FoHo knows you get a third (specialized) reader if you're a legacy or a 'minority' (though we're not too sure how that's defined). We also think you get an additional reader if you're an athlete or development kid (i.e. you donated $$$).
These readers (a mix of full-time admissions officers and seasonal hires) are tasked with reading thousands of applications in just a few weeks and distilling each of them into an concise, 300-ish word summary.
Think about that for a second.
You've been roaming the face of the Earth for 17 years, doing all the things one needs to do to get into a school like Stanford.
You have a stellar GPA, 2400s, founded an orphanage in The Gambia, published your bestselling memoir on your difficult journey to chess grandmaster while playing the violin with your fucking toes (YOUR FUCKING TOES) [youtube], all while pretending to be normal.
Then, somehow, you squish the entirety of those 17 years into the dozen or so pages that make up the Common Application.
And then the admissions readers come along and mash all of that into a mere 300 words and 10 numbers ('testing', 'non-academics', 'self-presentation', 'personal qualities', and 'intellectual vitality', all rated from 1 to 5).
And now you can know what they had to say.
HERE'S THAT BUTTON ONE MORE TIME.
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FAQ:
Q: Did FoHo just send me an email asking me to click a button?
A: Uh-huh.
Q: What happens when I click The Button?
A: FoHo sends you detailed instructions with how to get access to your admissions file.
Q: Can everyone do this?
A: Works best if you're a current student, but recent alums and recent admit denials also stand a chance.
Q: Is there... more?
A: So much more. The Fountain Hopper is just getting started.
* We don't actually guarantee anything, but it worked for us and it should work for you.
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